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Do inflation and high taxes increase bank leverage?

Hortlund, Per (contributor) - 2005

Does the combination of inflation and high corporate taxes explain the increase in bank leverage in the 20th century? Inflation automatically increases bank debt, while high corporate taxes hinder capital accumulation. Capital ratios therefore drop, until leverage-induced returns are sufficient...

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How fast do banks adjust? : A dynamic model of labor-use with an application to Swedish banks

Kumbhakar, Subal (contributor); Heshmati, Almas (contributor) - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]

function. Swedish banking data is used as an application of the above model. -- Productivity ; Efficiency ; Convergence ; Labor …-Use ; Panel Data ; Banking Industry …

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Financial revolution and economic modernization in Sweden

Ögren, Anders (contributor) - 2007 - Third Version, April 6, 2008

The development of a well adapted financial system was a main part of the successful Swedish economic modernization in the latter half of the nineteenth century. In this paper it is shown that this development followed the pattern of a financial revolution. Major institutional and organizational...

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Economic preformance and work activity in Sweden after the crisis of the early 1990s

Davis, Steven J. (contributor); … - 2006 - Rev. version, August 1, 2007

explanation for Sweden's weak performance with respect to market work activity highlights the role of high tax rates on labor …

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Swedish economic growth and scholarly objectivity : an objective sociologist vs. subjective economists, or the way around?

Henrekson, Magnus (contributor) - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Walter Korpi argues in a previous issue of Challenge (March/April 2000) that Swedish economists' claim that Sweden …'s growth performance has been inferior to that of other industrialized countries is at odds with the facts. Since Sweden has … wrong regarding Sweden's relative growth performance. Available data indicate that Sweden was lagging behind during the 1970 …

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