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The Swedish macroeconomic policy framework
Calmfors, Lars - 2015
The paper describes the monetary and fiscal policy frameworks in Sweden and analyses how they were established as well … as current challenges. Sweden provides a good example of how deep economic crisis, in interaction with independent … frameworks. It remains to be seen whether it will be possible in Sweden to adapt the monetary and fiscal frameworks to changed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011302486
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Hayekian welfare states : explaining the co-existence of economic freedom and big government
Bergh, Andreas - 2018
. Pensions in Sweden are used as a case to illustrate the empirical relevance of the argument. The new pension system represents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943290
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Competition, takeovers and gender discrimination
Heyman, Fredrik (contributor); Svaleryd, Helena (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003641133
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Is financial risk-taking behaviour genetically transmitted?
Cesarini, David (contributor) - 2008
In this paper, we use a sample of almost 30,000 Swedish mono- and dizygotic twins to study the heritability of financial risk-taking. Following a major pension reform in the year 2000, virtually all Swedish adults had to simultaneously make a finnancial decision axoecting post-retirement wealth....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003756987
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Selfish and prospective : theory and evidence of pocketbook voting
Elinder, Mikael (contributor); Jordahl, Henrik (contributor) - 2008
Sweden, we establish a causal chain from policies to sizeable individual gains and losses and then to voting. The Social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003766637
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Should R&D champions be protected from foreign takeovers?
Bertrand, Olivier (contributor) - 2008
We analyze how the entry mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) affects affiliate R&D activities. Using unique affiliate level data for Swedish multinational firms, we first present empirical evidence that acquired affiliates have a higher level of R&D intensity than greenfield (start-up)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003766677
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Sweden : a minimum wage model in need of modification?
Skedinger, Per (contributor) - 2008
Swedish minimum wages are not regulated by law, but subject to bargaining between employers and trade unions and form part of collective agreements. This paper provides an overview of the Swedish minimum wage system, its characteristics and effects on employment and wages, and also discusses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003766696
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Intergenerational top income mobility in Sweden : capitalist dynasties in the land of equal opportunity?
Björklund, Anders (contributor); Roine, Jesper (contributor) - 2008
. Using a large dataset of matched father-son pairs in Sweden we are able to obtain results for fractions as small as 0 … top percentile of the population. Our results suggest that Sweden, well-known for its egalitarian achievements, is a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003770045
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The evolution of top incomes in an egalitarian society; Sweden, 1903-2004
Roine, Jesper (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003358973
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Job security and work absence : evidence from a natural experiment
Lindbeck, Assar (contributor); Palme, Mårten (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003279361