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Economic Freedom and Antisemitism
Berggren, Niclas; Nilsson, Therese - 2020
We examine how variation in antisemitism across countries can be explained by economic freedom. We propose two mechanisms. First, the more economic freedom, the greater the scope of market activities. If people perceive the consequences of the market economy as detrimental, they will be more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012615425
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Economic Freedom and Antisemitism
Berggren, Niclas - 2020
We examine how variation in antisemitism across countries can be explained by economic freedom. We propose two mechanisms. First, the more economic freedom, the greater the scope of market activities. If people perceive the consequences of the market economy as detrimental, they will be more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012822543
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Market reform and school competition: The lesson from Sweden
Wennström, Johan - 2016
necessary to establish appropriate rules and institutions for school competition. Instead, ill-conceived grading and curriculum …-profit producers, must account for how institutions and incentive structures affect behavior. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917019
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Do voters dislike liberalizing reforms? New evidence using data on satisfaction with democracy
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2018
Since the early 1980s a wave of liberalizing reforms has swept over the world. While the stated motivation for these reforms has usually been to increase economic efficiency, some critics have instead inferred ulterior motives and a desire to enrich certain (already rich) people at the expense...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917073
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Financial and institutional reforms for an entrepreneurial society
Economidou, Claire; Grilli, Luca; Henrekson, Magnus; … - 2018
ventures. That is followed by three papers that focus on the institutions that (fail to) channel financial resources to such … ventures and two papers that analyze the relevance of labor market institutions. The special issue concludes with two papers … investigating how the interplay of institutions and productive entrepreneurship results in economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917079
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William J. Baumol: Innovative contributor to entrepreneurship economics
Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - 2021
William J. Baumol was one of the most prolific economists of his generation, analyzing a broad range of central economic issues addressing real problems of the world. In this essay, we present and critically evaluate Baumol's research contributions in entrepreneurship economics and point to...
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Corruption, judicial accountability and inequality: Unfair procedures may benefit the worst-off
Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2019
We ask whether, as many seem to think, corruption worsens, and judicial accountability improves, inequality, and investigate this empirically using data from 145 countries 1960.2014. We relate perceived corruption and de facto judicial accountability to gross-income inequality and consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012145536
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Institution-Driven Comparative Advantage and Organizational Choice
Ferguson, Shon; Formai, Sara - 2012
enforcement institutions determine international trade patterns. We find that the benefits of judicial quality for the exports of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320206
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Trade, Reallocations and Productivity: A Bridge between Theory and Data in Öresund
Åkerman, Anders - 2009
The paper estimates the causal effect of trade liberalisation on aggregate productivity through mechanisms related to firm selection. The construction of a bridge in 2000 across the Öresund Strait linking Copenhagen with Malmö, Sweden's third largest city, provided a natural experiment with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320209
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Institution-Driven Comparative Advantage, Complex Goods and Organizational Choice
Ferguson, Shon; Formai, Sara - 2011
production process. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether firms' integration opportunities affect the way institutions … contracts on the comparative advantage of complex goods. We also find that countries with good financial institutions export … section, panel and event study analysis. Our results confirm the role of institutions as source of comparative advantage and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320321