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The economic microgeography of diversity and specialization
Andersson, Martin; Larsson, Johan P.; Wernberg, Joakim - 2017
that these two types of externalities co-exist, but differ in their spatial distribution and attenuation within cities …-city industry cluster in a diversified, large city appears to let firms enjoy the benefits of local industry-specific externalities …
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Local rates of new firm formation : an empirical exploration using Swedish data
Andersson, Martin; Lavesson, Niclas; Partridge, Mark D. - 2019
We assess the empirical literature on the determinants of spatial variations in new-firm formation rates by undertaking a systematic empirical analysis of the relative roles of different demand- and supply-side factors. Using instrumental variables to address endogeneity, we find that local...
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Wind power and the cost of local compensation schemes : a Swedish revenue sharing policy simulation
Lundin, Erik - 2023
detached residential buildings in Sweden to simulate a variety of revenue sharing schemes applied to every present and planned …
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Commercialization, renewal and quality of patents
Svensson, Roger - 2011
commercialization of inventions. If the patent holder commercializes his invention, he has stronger incentives to retain the patent. The …, I take into account defensive patent strategies (e.g. deterring competitors from utilizing the patent) and pointedly ask … if there are any third factors (quality of the patent) that affect the commercialization and renewal decisions. Using a …
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Renewal of patents and government financing
Svensson, Roger (contributor) - 2008
likelihood of patent renewal. Since the owners know more about the patents than potential external financiers, there is a problem … of asymmetric information. To overcome this, Sweden has for a long time relied on government support rather than private …
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Innovation performance and government intervention
Svensson, Roger (contributor) - 2006
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Verifying high quality : entry for sale
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Svensson, Roger - 2017
When and how do entrepreneurs sell their inventions? To address this issue, we develop an endogenous entry-sale asymmetric information oligopoly model. We show that lowquality inventions are sold directly or used for own entry. Inventors who sell post-entry use entry to credibly reveal...
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Deregulation and regional specialization : evidence from Canadian agriculture
Carter, Colin Andre; Ferguson, Shon - 2017
For about seventy years, the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) was one of the world's largest export "single desk" state traders in agriculture, until it was deregulated in 2012 and stripped of its marketing powers. One of the main crops controlled by the CWB was barley. We estimate the impact of the...
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Mysteries of the trade? : skill-specific local agglomeration economies
Andersson, Martin; Larsson, Johan P. - 2020
Using longitudinal Swedish data, we document robust evidence of highly local spillovers between individuals in similar occupations. The results are consistent with the existence of knowledge spillovers between workers performing similar work tasks in the same city-district. We further...
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Assimilation patterns in cities
Satō, Yasuhiro; Zenou, Yves - 2019 - revised November 5, 2019
We develop a model in which ethnic minorities can either assimilate to the majority's norm or reject it by trading off higher productivity and wages with a greater social distance to their culture of origin. We show that "oppositional" ethnic minorities reside in more segregated areas, have...
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