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Globalization and Child Health in Developing Countries: The Role of Democracy

Welander, Anna; Lyttkens, Carl Hampus; Nilsson, Therese - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

variation across countries is the quality of democracy. Using panel data for 70 developing countries between 1970 and 2009 this … paper disentangles the relationship between globalization, democracy, and child health. Specifically the paper examines how … globalization and a country's democratic status and historical experience with democracy, respectively, affect infant mortality. In …

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Where Schumpeter Was Nearly Right - The Swedish Model and Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.

Henrekson, M.; Jakobsson, U. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

In Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Joseph A. Schumpeter concluded thatsocialism would eventually displace …

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Where Schumpeter was Nearly Right - The Swedish Model and Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy

Henrekson, Magnus; Jakobsson, Ulf - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2000

In Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Joseph A. Schumpeter concluded that socialism would eventually displace …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419535

The Transformation of Ownership Policy and Structure in Sweden: Convergence towards the Anglo-Saxon Model?

Henrekson, Magnus; Jakobsson, Ulf - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2001

We investigate the dramatic transformation of ownership policies and ownership structure in Sweden during the postwar period. After WWII, Swedish ownership policies were guided by a socialist vision where the ultimate goal was abolition of private ownership. These policies came to an end in the...

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The Swedish Model of Corporate Ownership and Control in Transition

Henrekson, Magnus; Jakobsson, Ulf - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2003

We analyze the development of the Swedish ownership model after World War II. The controlling ownership in Swedish firms is typically concentrated to one or two owners. Often, but not always, the controlling owners are Swedish families. Thus, the model resembles the typical corporate control...

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Protection of Property Rights and Growth as Political Equilibria

Asoni, Andrea - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

This paper presents a survey of the literature on property rights and economic growth. It discusses different theoretical mechanisms that relate property rights to economic development. Lack of protection of property rights can result in slow economic growth through different channels:...

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Colonial Heritage and Economic Development

Asoni, Andrea - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008

While the importance of institutions for explaining cross-country income differences is widely recognized, comparatively little is known about the origins of economic institutions. One strand of the literature emphasizes cultural differences while another points at exogenous environmental...

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The Swedish Corporate Control Model: Convergence, Persistence or Decline?

Henrekson, Magnus; Jakobsson, Ulf - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2011

This paper explores the effects of deregulation and globalization on the dominant mode of corporate governance in Swedish public firms. The effects are multidimensional—the direction of change in corporate governance cannot be determined by simply examining whether a convergence towards the...

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Social Capital and the Family: Evidence that Strong Family Ties Cultivate Civic Virtues

Ljunge, Martin - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

I establish a positive relationship between family ties and civic virtues, as captured by disapproval of tax and benefit cheating, corruption, and a range of other dimensions of exploiting others for personal gain. I find that family ties are a complement to social capital, using within country...

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Economic Freedom and Economic Crisis

Bjørnskov, Christian - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015

In this paper, I explore the politically contested association between the degree of capitalism, captured by measures of economic freedom, and the risk and characteristics of economic crisis. After offering some brief theoretical considerations, I estimate the effects of economic freedom on...

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