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Using markets to measure pre-war threat assessments : the Nordic Countries facing World War II
Waldenström, Daniel (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003385786
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Exit, voice and political change : evidence from Swedish mass migration to the United States
Karadja, Mounir; Prawitz, Erik - 2018
We study the political effects of mass emigration to the United States in the 19th century using data from Sweden. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011911152
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How much does Sweden invest in intangible assets?
Edquist, Harald - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003809067
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Can investment in intangibles explain the Swedish productivity boom in the 1990s?
Edquist, Harald - 2009
After a severe crisis in the early 1990s, the Swedish economy experienced a boom in productivity growth. Economists have presented three explanations for the fast productivity growth in 1995–2004: market reforms, crisis recovery and the impact of information and communication technology (ICT)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879115
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Does hedonic price indexing change our interpretation of economic history? : evidence from Swedish electrification
Edquist, Harald (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003672471
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Parallel development? : Productivity growth following electrification and the ICT revolution
Edquist, Harald (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003516414
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Entrepreneurship, institutuions and economic dynamism : lessons from a comparison of the United States and Sweden
Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2012
, who are renowned specialists in the area and with deep knowledge of the pertinent institutions in Sweden and the US. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009666645
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Economic performance and work activity in Sweden after the crisis of the early 1990s
Davis, Steven J. (contributor);  … - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003398265
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The rise, fall and revival of the Swedish 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/10009012602
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Political power, resistance to technological change and economic development : evidence from the 19th century Sweden
Tyrefors, Björn; Lindgren, Erik; Pettersson-Lidbom, Per - 2017 - This version: June 16, 2017
We analyze investment decisions when information is costly, with and without delegation to an agent. We use a rational-inattention model and compare it with a canonical signal-extraction model. We identify three "investment conditions". In "sour" conditions, no information is acquired and no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011667675