Since the mid 1990s labor productivity growth in Sweden has been high compared to Japan, the US and the western EU … investment was 25 percent of value added in manufacturing, while the corresponding figure for the service sector was 11 percent … investment accounted for almost 30 percent of labor productivity growth in manufacturing. Thus, investments in intangibles that …

In this paper I attempt to replicate for Sweden the Corrado, Hulten and Sichel (2006) and Marrano and Haskel (2006 … intangibles in Sweden in 2004 was 277 billion SEK or 10.6 percent of total GDP. Based on total spending it can be estimated that … total investment in intangibles was 227 billion or approximately two-thirds of the total investment in fixed capital in 2004 …

In the 1980s, there was a huge increase in the outflow of foreign direct investment from Sweden to the EC. The EC … consistent with the assumption that different investment projects are competing for scarce funds …

' substantial investment in intangible assets such as R&D, design, and advertising. These investments are not classified as … investment in the National Accounts, however, in which only tangible assets are defined as investment. This paper provides … estimates of investment in intangible assets and uses the growth accounting framework to analyze the Swedish productivity boom …

In this paper I attempt to replicate for Sweden the Corrado, Hulten and Sichel (2006) and Marrano and Haskel (2006 … intangibles in Sweden in 2004 was 277 billion SEK or 10.6 percent of total GDP. Based on total spending it can be estimated that … total investment in intangibles was 227 billion or approximately two-thirds of the total investment in fixed capital in 2004 …

recognizing that firms make substantial investment in intangible assets such as R&D, design, advertising etc. These investments … are not classified as investment in the National Accounts, where only tangible assets are defined as investment. This … paper provides estimates of investment in intangible assets and uses the growth accounting framework to analyze the Swedish …

This study presents new homogenous series of top income shares in Sweden over the period 1903-2004. We find that …. When included, Sweden's experience resembles that in the U.S. and the U.K. with sharp increases in top incomes. Excluding … capital gains, Sweden looks more like the continental European countries where top income shares have remained relatively …

We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the beginning of industrialization …

Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …