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Two sides to the evasion : The Pirate Bay and the interdependencies of evasive entrepreneurship

Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus; Lundblad, Joakim - 2016

Evasive entrepreneurs innovate by circumventing or disrupting existing formal institutional frameworks by evading them. Since such evasions rarely go unnoticed, they usually lead to responses from lawmakers and regulators. We introduce a conceptual model to illustrate and map the interdependence...

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Stock option taxation and venture capital activity : a cross-country comparison

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2016

One response to uncertainty and transactions costs in VC-finance is to compensate founders (and other key personnel) with stock options under complex contracts. Entrepreneurs are granted stock options contingent on firm performance, vesting and other criteria. While most countries tax stock...

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Pushed by poverty or by institutions? : determinants of global migration flows

Bergh, Andreas; Mirkina, Irina; Nilsson, Therese - 2015

that trigger migration. People may well want to stay in or move to relatively poor countries if institutions are good …, partly because good institutions have an intrinsic value for people and partly because good institutions may be a sign of … levels, we find that institutional quality matters significantly for migration. Poor institutions act as a push factor, while …

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Owner-level taxes and business activity

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2015

In some classes of models, taxes at the owner level are "neutral" and have no effect on firm activity. However, this tax neutrality is sensitive to assumptions and no longer holds in more complex models. We review recent research that incorporates greater complexity in studying the link between...

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Did Africa's first choices matter? : growth legacies of leaders at independence

Jørgensen, Christina Mangaard; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2015

We explore the potential effects of the first leaders of Sub-Saharan Africa. We first outline a set of theoretical reasons for why leaders may matter particularly at the critical juncture of African independence and why this influence may be persistent. In an unbalanced panel from 40 African...

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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 … ; Institutions ; Firm growth ; Economic dynamism …

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Billionaire entrepreneurs : a systematic analysis

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - 2013

-employment. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation ; Institutions ; Regulation ; Self-employment …

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Does financial deregulation boost top incomes? : evidence from the Big Bang

Tanndal, Julia; Waldenström, Daniel - 2016

This study estimates the impact of financial deregulation on top income shares. Using the novel econometric method of constructing synthetic control groups, we show that the "Big Bang"-deregulations in the United Kingdom in 1986 and Japan 1997-1999 increased the share of pre-tax incomes going to...

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The diversity of entrepreneurial regimes in Europe

Dilli, Selin; Elert, Niklas - 2016

of formal and informal institutions based on data available from the 2000s onward. We employ principal component analysis …

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The moldable young : how institutions impact social trust

Bergh, Andreas; Öhrvall, Richard - 2016

Social trust is linked to many desirable economic and social outcomes, but the causality between trust and institutions … institutions and norms (such as corruption perceptions, average trust levels and various aspects of economic freedom) on social …

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