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Science & Technology (S&T) is high on the Chinese policy agenda but there are large uncertainties on the actual S …
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This chapter presents historical evidence about Swedish stock prices, dividends, and yields on government fixed-interest securities. Monthly returns are presented since 1901 for stocks, since 1874 for government long-term bonds and since 1856 for short-term Treasury bills or central bank...
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The tax system has at times favoured firm control through private foundations, which has been argued to inhibit high-impact entrepreneurship and economic growth. However, research has been hampered due to a lack of systematic historical tax data. The purpose of this study is threefold. First, we...
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Is technology or trade driving increases in wage inequality? We propose that technology interacts with trade in the … disproportionately affect wages for workers who perform tasks sensitive to the technology specialization (software or robotics) of the …
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The Swedish economy has developed rapidly since the mid-1990s relative to most comparable countries, in particular relative to almost all other EU-15 countries. We investigate two policy areas that are believed to have been important for the strong economic development in Sweden during the last...
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Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change (Princeton University Press, 2013). The book is … laudable for its emphasis on innovation, for its discussion of what constitutes a good life, and Phelps' realization that true … the lack of empirical indicators actually showing that the rate of innovation has dropped are significant weaknesses …
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prerequisite for innovation and entrepreneurship. This is done by putting the spotlight on the role that formal and informal … institutions often act as impediments to entrepreneurship and innovation. We argue that a common yet underappreciated source of …
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It is imperative that the economies of the European Union become more entrepreneurial to promote innovation and … to promote entrepreneurship, innovation and growth. …
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function which, until recently, has been an underappreciated and poorly understood source of innovation and institutional …
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Venture capital has become a dominant form of innovation finance, used by many high-tech startups. Europe lags the U …
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