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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 …

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Using markets to measure pre-war threat assessments : the Nordic Countries facing World War II

Waldenström, Daniel (contributor); … - 2006

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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 …

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Economic performance and work activity in Sweden after the crisis of the early 1990s

Davis, Steven J. (contributor); … - 2007

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Origins and resolution of financial crises : lessons from the current and Northern European crises

Ostrup, Finn; Oxelheim, Lars; Wihlborg, Clas - 2009

Since July 2007 the world economy has experienced a severe financial crisis originating in the U.S. housing market. The crisis has subsequently spread to the financial sectors in European and Asian economies and led to a severe worldwide recession. The existing literature on financial crises...

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Local multipliers and human capital in the US and Sweden

Moretti, Enrico; Thulin, Per - 2012

We show that every time a local economy generates a new job by attracting a new business in the traded sector, a significant number of additional jobs are created in the non-traded sector. This multiplier effect is particularly large for jobs with high levels of human capital and for high tech...

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University entrepreneurship and Professor privilege

Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika; Thursby, Marie - 2012

inventions, and compare two institutional regimes; the US and Sweden. In the US, the Bayh Dole Act gives universities the right … to own inventions from publicly funded research, whereas in Sweden, the professor privilege gives the university faculty …

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Characteristics and performance of new firms and spinoffs in Sweden

Andersson, Martin; Klepper, Steven - 2012 - Date of this version: 7 February 2012

We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden … over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden … single owner. -- Sweden ; spinoffs ; new firm formation ; entrepreneurship ; performance ; employment growth …

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Institutions and venture capital

Lerner, Joshua; Tåg, Joacim - 2012

venture capital market in the US to Sweden. Our literature survey underscores that the legal environment, financial market … an active venture capital market in Sweden compared to the US. In particular, a later development of financial markets …

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Gazelles as job creators : a survey and interpretation of the evidence

Henrekson, Magnus (contributor); Johansson, Dan (contributor) - 2008

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