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Bjørnskov, Christian - 2015

In this paper, I explore the politically contested association between the degree of capitalism, captured by measures …

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Academic freedom, institutions and productivity

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2021

The issue of what explains differences in the wealth of nations is one of the most classic in economics. We propose de facto academic freedom as an explanatory variable. The main idea is that such freedom allows for the development of new useful knowledge through research unconstrained by...

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Entrepreneurship and regulatory voids : the case of ridesharing

Deerfield, Amanda; Elert, Niklas - 2022

Formal institutions, e.g., regulations, are considered crucial determinants of entrepreneurship, but what enables regulatory change when there is a regulatory void, meaning entrepreneurship clashes with existing regulations? Drawing on public choice theory, we hypothesize that regulatory freedom...

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The sharing economy: definition, measurement and its relationship to capitalism

Bergh, Andreas; Funcke, Alexander; Wernberg, Joakim - 2021

For the past decade, the sharing economy has not only grown but also expanded to cover a wide variety of different activities across the globe. Despite a lot of research, there is still no agreement on how to define and measure the sharing economy, and no consensus on whether the sharing economy...

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Does capitalism disfavor women? : evidence from life satisfaction

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2023

capitalism, disfavors women. This could take many forms, such as lower wages for the same type of work, reduced career … satisfaction such that capitalism confers more life satisfaction on men than on women. We test empirically whether this concern is … differences, and in the cases we do, the estimates reveal a more beneficial outcome for women. Hence, we conclude that capitalism …

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Tolerance in the United States : does economic freedom transform racial, religious, political and sexual attitudes?

Berggren, Niclas; Nilsson, Therese - 2015

Tolerance is a distinguishing feature of Western culture: There is a widespread attitude that people should be allowed to say what they want even if one dislikes the message. Still, the degree of tolerance varies between and within countries, as well as over time, and if one values this kind of...

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Economic freedom and antisemitism

Berggren, Niclas; Nilsson, Therese - 2020

We examine how variation in antisemitism across countries can be explained by economic freedom. We propose two mechanisms. First, the more economic freedom, the greater the scope of market activities. If people perceive the consequences of the market economy as detrimental, they will be more...

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The market-promoting and market-preserving role of social trust in reforms of policies and institutions

Berggren, Niclas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2017

Social trust has been identified as a catalyst for reforms. We take the literature further in two ways. First, we make a fine-grained analysis of mechanisms through which social trust enables liberalizing reforms - by strengthening the ability to overcome obstacles in the political process...

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Does economic freedom boost growth for everyone?

Bergh, Andreas; Bjørnskov, Christian - 2019

While the association between economic freedom and long-run economic growth is well documented, the parallel research literature on the distributional consequences of economic freedom is full of conflicting findings. In this paper, we take a step towards reconciling the two literatures by...

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Hayekian welfare states : explaining the co-existence of economic freedom and big government

Bergh, Andreas - 2018

The idea that all types of economic freedom - including limited government - promote prosperity is challenged by the fact that some countries successfully combine a large public sector with high taxes and otherwise high levels of economic freedom. To explain the co-existence of economic freedom...

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