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Wealth Concentration over the Path of Development: Sweden, 1873–-2006
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2007
We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the beginning of industrialization …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320172
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The Rise, Fall and Revival of a Capitalist Welfare State: What are the Policy Lessons from Sweden
Bergh, Andreas - 2011
This paper discusses a number of questions with regard to Sweden's economic and political development: How did Sweden … become rich? What explains Sweden's high level of income equality? What were the causes of Sweden's problems from 1970 to … 1995? How is it possible that Sweden, since the crisis of the early 1990s, is growing faster than most EU countries despite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320373
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Cournot Competition in Wholesale Electricity Markets : The Nordic Power Exchange, Nord Pool
Lundin, Erik - 2017
-ups were 8-11 percent. We find some support for the hypothesis that the division of Sweden into price areas in 2011 increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012941143
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Wind Power Volatility and the Impact on Failure Rates in the Nordic Electricity Market
Fogelberg, Sara - 2016
Wind power generation of electricity has gained popular support because of its low environmental impact and because of its low costs relative to other renewable energy sources. However, concerns have been raised in the power sector that wind power generation will come with the price of increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985326
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Trust Issues : Evidence from Second Generation Immigrants
Ljunge, Martin - 2012
This paper estimates the intergenerational transmission of trust by studying second generation immigrants in 29 European countries with ancestry in 87 nations. There is significant transmission of trust on the mother's side. The transmission is stronger in Northern Europe. Ancestry from more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013111736
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Real-Time Versus Day-Ahead Market Power in a Hydro-Based Electricity Market
Tangerås, Thomas - 2014
We analyse in a theoretical framework the link between real-time and day-ahead market performance in a hydro-based and imperfectly competitive wholesale electricity market. Theoretical predictions of the model are tested on data from the Nordic power exchange, Nord Pool Spot (NPS). We reject the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058430
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Hayekian Welfare States : Explaining the Co-Existence of Economic Freedom and Big Government
Bergh, Andreas - 2019
. Pensions in Sweden are used as a case to illustrate the empirical relevance of the argument. The new pension system represents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012872193
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Public and Private Welfare State Institutions : A Formal Theory of American Exceptionalism
Thomsson, Kaj - 2010
I construct a model of public policy development, and use the model to explain why the United States has a comparatively small public sector, but instead a large "private welfare state" with employment-based benefits. The key factors are politically organized firms and labor unions. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014191309
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Choice and Competition in the Welfare State : Home Care as the Ideal Quasi-market
Bergman, Mats; Jordahl, Henrik; Lundberg, Sofia - 2020
We study a reform by which a standardized model of choice and competition was introduced in tax-financed home care in a majority of Swedish municipalities. The market for home care is of particular interest since it is close to the ideal quasi-market. For identification, we exploit the different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014095515
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Trust, Welfare States and Income Equality : What Causes What?
Bergh, Andreas - 2014
The cross-country correlation between social trust and income equality is well documented, but few studies examine the direction of causality. We show theoretically that by facilitating cooperation, trust may increase efficiency and lead to more equal outcomes, while the feedback from inequality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013059080