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Generality, State Neutrality and Unemployment in the OECD

Karlson, Nils; Box, Marcus; Heshmati, Almas - Ratioinstitutet - 2008

among OECD countries during 1970-2003. We identify three types of non-neutrality as concerns unemployment: the level or …-generality increases unemployment rates. The empirical results from the general conditional model suggest that government intervention and … a constrained bargaining range clearly increase unemployment, while a few of the cost shifting variables have unexpected …

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Corporative cartels and challenges to European labour market models

Karlson, Nils; Lindberg, Henrik - Ratioinstitutet - 2012

Abstract We propose that one of the main causes of shortcomings in European labour markets is the existence of corporative cartels, through which the state has delegated various forms of regulatory power to employers and employees that act as cartels. Analysis indicates that these cartel...

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Clearing vs. Leakage: Does Note Monopoly Increase Money and Credit Cycles?

Hortlund, Per - Ratioinstitutet - 2005

The effects of note monopolisation on the amplitude of money and credit cycles are studied. Note monopolisation trades clearing for leakage. If the central bank's reserve ratio is larger than that of the commercial banks, and if the currency-deposit ratio is sufficiently large, the leakage...

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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 capita in volume values for Sweden for the whole...

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The educational system – causing both skills shortages and low youth labour participation?

Malm Lindberg, Henrik - Ratioinstitutet - 2015

The educational system is perhaps the most important feature for labour market entry. During the last decades huge investments have been made at different levels in this system, the Knowledge lift and a doubling of the number of students in tertiary education are examples, but what are the...

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Taxation and Domestic Free Trade

Johnsson, Richard - Ratioinstitutet - 2004

In this paper it is argued that the domestic division of labor and trade is organized according to the same principle as the international division of labor and trade – the Ricardian comparative advantages. After all, the ultimate source of these comparative advantages is the individual. The...

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Industrial action in Sweden - a new pattern?

Lindberg, Henrik - Ratioinstitutet - 2011

The paper studies the modern conflict patterns and conflict dimensions in Sweden 1993-2005. The aim is to trace and interpret the new patterns and dimensions of labour market conflict by collecting and compiling strike data from the National Conciliation Office, (1993-99) and the National...

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Does Sweden Have Too Many or Too Few Bankruptcies Compared to EU Countries, Norway and the USA?

Buttwill, Klas - Ratioinstitutet - 2004

The main purpose with this paper is to compare the frequency of liquidation bankruptcies in Sweden with the frequency of bankruptcies in countries (Germany, U.S., Finland, Norway, U.K. and Denmark) that have a similar economic structure and there by are we able to investigate the legal influence...

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