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Johansson, Dan; Sjögren, Hans; Bjuggren, Carl Magnus - Ratioinstitutet - 2009

We analyze the proportion of family business and its contribution to employment and gross domestic product (GDP). Our … for one-fourth of total employment, and one-fifth of GDP. Their importance has increased during the period studied. …

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Annual Estimates of Swedish GDP in 1720-1800

Edvinsson, Rodney - Ratioinstitutet - 2005

For the period 1800 onwards, annual figures over GDP and GDP per capita for Sweden have been presented in different … studies. For the 18th century no such annual series exist. The aim of this paper is to present annual data on GDP and GDP per … based on any disaggregation of the different components of GDP. To estimate annual fluctuations, four different indicators …

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Deflation and Japan Revisited

Johnsson, Richard C.B. - Ratioinstitutet - 2003

Deflation counts among the worst things that could happen to an economy, the conventional wisdom tells us. But are falling prices really that bad? According to the Austrian School of Economics, this is not necessarily the case. A distinction is commonly made between (1) growth, (2)...

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Islam and the Institutions of a Free Society: Many Problems, Little Hope

Voigt, Stefan - Ratioinstitutet - 2004

The rule of law, constitutional democracy, and market economy are taken as the core institutions of free societies. After arguing that shared values heavily influence institutions, it is asked whether Islamic values are conducive to those institutions. The values are ascertained via the economic...

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Explaining Welfare State Survival: The Role of Economic Freedom and Globalization

Bergh, Andreas - Ratioinstitutet - 2006

Using the economic freedom index and the newly developed KOF-index of globalization, it is shown that the Scandinavian welfare states have experienced faster, bigger and more consistent increases in these areas, compared to the smaller European and the so called liberal welfare states. The...

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Constitutionalism, Division of Power and Transaction Costs

Berggren, Niclas; Karlson, Nils - Ratioinstitutet - 2002

According to many democracy theorists, there is an unavoidable trade-off between constitutionalism and the need for political action. This paper criticizes that belief. Rather, it argues that a division of power, while sometimes entailing high political transaction costs, can nevertheless be...

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Den offentliga sektorns utgifter

Moberg, Erik - Ratioinstitutet - 2004

Uppsatsen dokumenterar den offentliga sektorns utveckling och inriktning. Det framgår att sektorn expanderat i stort sett oavbrutet under 1900-talet, från cirka 10 procent av BNP vid seklets början till 70 procent 1993. Trots en viss tillbakagång sedan 1993 har Sverige idag de högsta...

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Resilience through Restructuring: Swedish Policy-Making Style and the Consensus on Liberalizations 1980–2000

Bergh, Andreas; Erlingsson, Gissur - Ratioinstitutet - 2006

increase in economic freedom. While taxes and expenditure shares of GDP remain high, there has been a profound restructuring of …

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Vad bör staten göra? En fråga om värdighet

Karlson, Nils - Ratioinstitutet - 2004

Uppsatsen analyserar den fundamentala, normativa frågan om statens roll i ett gott samhälle. Efter att först gått igenom sedvanliga effektivitetsargument utvärderas statens åtaganden utifrån kriteriet mänsklig värdighet. I analysen, som utgår ifrån en bred tradition inom klassisk...

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Dignity and the Burden of the Welfare State

Karlson, Nils - Ratioinstitutet - 2004

The burden of the welfare state may be analysed from an economic as well as a more normative perspective. This paper attempts to do both things. By the use of the case of Sweden the expansion and the costs of the welfare state is described, partly in international comparison, and explained,...

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