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Entrepreneurship, institutuions and economic dynamism : lessons from a comparison of the United States and Sweden

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - 2012

deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the … economy. Particular aspects of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism are covered by pairs (or in one case three) coauthors …, considerable differences remain. These constitute the basis for the concluding policy discussion. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation …

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The rise and decline of private foundations as controlling owners of Swedish listed firms : the role of tax incentives

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael - 2019

Private foundations became a vehicle for the corporate control of large listed firms in Sweden during the post-war era, but in the 1990s, they were replaced by wealthy individuals who either directly own controlling blocks or who own them through holding companies. We study potential...

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Taxation of Swedish firm owners : the great reversal from the 1970s to the 2010s

Henrekson, Magnus - 2017

By the late 1960s, real effective taxation of income from individual firm owner-ship in Sweden approached 100 percent. A series of tax reforms initiated in the late 1970s reversed this situation. This paper has a threefold purpose: (1) to elucidate the thinking behind the vision of creating a...

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Global engagement and the occupational structure of firms

Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven J.; … - 2014

Engagement in foreign markets can have an impact on firm organization and on the type of occupations that a firm needs. We examine the effect of globalization on the occupational mix using detailed Swedish data that cover all firms and a representative sample of the labor force for 1997-2005. We...

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Perspectives on the success and early history of the Industrial Institute for Economic and Social Research (IU)

Henrekson, Magnus - 2009

research ; Creativity ; Entrepreneurship ; Research institute …

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Product market reforms and incentives to innovate in Sweden

Edquist, Harald; Henrekson, Magnus - 2013

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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Swedish wealth taxation, 1911-2007

DuRietz, Gunnar; Henrekson, Magnus - 2014

This paper studies the evolution of modern Swedish wealth taxation since its introduction in 1911 until it was abolished in 2007. It offers a thorough description of the rules concerning valuation of assets, deductions/exemptions and tax schedules to characterize effective wealth tax schedules...

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Incentivizing innovative entrepreneurship in quasi-markets : theory and evidence from Sweden's schools and nursing homes

Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2024

Many countries have implemented quasi-markets to enhance entrepreneurship and innovation in welfare service provision …

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