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Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization

Olsson, Martin; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015

Although private equity firms are often criticized for layoffs, little evidence exists regarding which employees lose their jobs and why. We argue that explanations for the job polarization process can also explain layoffs after buyouts. Buyouts reduce agency problems, which triggers automation,...

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Cumulative Effects of Labor Market Distortions in a Developing Country

Norbäck, Pehr-Johan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1999

This paper considers a small open economy with an input-output industrial structure that creates vertical linkages and multiple equilibria. An imperfect labor market is introduced by assuming unionized labor. It is shown that a deregulation of the labor market may trigger a large discontinuous...

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The Design and Effects of Collectively Agreed Minimum Wages: Evidence from Sweden

Skedinger, Per - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2007

Minimum wages in Sweden are collectively agreed and differ by industry. Within agreements, the rates are also highly differentiated. Minimum wages are higher in Sweden than in any of the countries with statutory rates considered in this study. This is line with the view that minimum wages are...

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Institutions and Venture Capital

Lerner, Josh; Tåg, Joacim - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

We survey the literature on venture capital and institutions and present a case study comparing the development of the …

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Entrepreneurship and the Theory of Taxation

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

Taxation theory rarely takes entrepreneurship into consideration. We discuss how this omission affects conclusions derived from standard models of capital taxation when applied to entrepreneurial income. Some of the defining features of entrepreneurship often omitted by standard capital taxation...

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Billionaires

Leeson, Peter; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

is enormous: billionaires. We explore the relationship between economic development, institutions, and these contrasting … kinds of entrepreneurs. We find that the institutions consistent with self-employed entrepreneurs di¤er markedly from the … ones consistent with billionaires. Further, only the latter are consistent with the institutions that underlie economic …

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The Interaction of Entrepreneurship and Institutions

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010

Previous research, notably Baumol (1990), has highlighted the role of insti-tutions in channeling entrepreneurial … institutions—entrepreneurs often help shape institutions themselves. The bilateral causal relation between entrepreneurs and … institutions is examined in this paper. Entrepreneurs affect institutions in at least three ways. Entrepreneurship abiding by …

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Investment Incentives in the Formerly Planned Economies

Eliasson, Gunnar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1994

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Product Market Reforms and Incentives to Innovate in Sweden

Edquist, Harald; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

The Swedish economy has developed rapidly since the mid-1990s relative to most comparable countries, in particular relative to almost all other EU-15 countries. We investigate two policy areas that are believed to have been important for the strong economic development in Sweden during the last...

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Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Economic Dynamism: Lessons from a Comparison of the United States and Sweden

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012

, who are renowned specialists in the area and with deep knowledge of the pertinent institutions in Sweden and the US. These …

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