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Technology, Information and the Decentralization of the Firm

Acemoglu, Daron - 2014

decentralization decisions of firms. Centralized control relies on the information of the principal, which we equate with publicly … available information. However, the manager can use her informational advantage to make choices that are not in the best … interest of the principal. As the available public information about the specific technology increases, the trade-off shifts in …

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Transmission of nominal exchange rate changes to export prices and trade flows and implications for exchange rate policy

Hoffmann, Mathias; Holtemöller, Oliver - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 112 (2010) 1, pp. 127-161

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Mortality and early growth in England, France and Sweden

Lagerlöf, Nils-Petter - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 105 (2003) 3, pp. 419-439

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An econometric test of structural change in the demographic transition

Haynes, Stephen E. - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 87 (1985) 3, pp. 554-567

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An analysis of horizontal and vertical equity in Sweden, the US and the UK

Ankrom, Jeff A. - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 95 (1993) 1, pp. 119-124

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Structural and Cyclical Forces in the Labor Market During the Great Recession : Cross-Country Evidence

Sala, Luca - 2012

We use an estimated monetary business cycle model with search and matching frictions in the labor market and nominal price and wage rigidities to study four countries (the U.S., the U.K., Sweden, and Germany) during the financial crisis and the Great Recession. We estimate the model over the...

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Child Penalties Across Countries : Evidence and Explanations

Kleven, Henrik - 2019

This paper provides evidence on child penalties in female and male earnings in different countries. The estimates are based on event studies around the birth of the first child, using the specification proposed by Kleven et al. (2018). The analysis reveals some striking similarities in the...

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Political Risk Versus Market Risk in Social Security

Shoven, John B. - 2010

Pay-as-you-go Social Security is typically characterized as a universal defined benefit pension program. Implicit in this characterization is a sense that the participant%u2019s investment in future benefits is somehow guaranteed, or safe from risk. This study develops the concept of...

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Central Bank Credibility, Reputation and Inflation Targeting in Historical Perspective

Bordo, Michael D. - 2014

This paper examines the historical evolution of central bank credibility using both historical narrative and empirics for a group of 16 countries, both advanced and emerging. It shows how the evolution of credibility has gone through a pendulum where credibility was high under the classical gold...

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Does Management Matter in Schools

Bloom, Nicholas - 2014

We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the...

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