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What determines top income shares? : evidence from the twentieth century

Roine, Jesper (contributor); Vlachos, Jonas (contributor); … - 2007

This paper examines the long-run determinants of the evolution of top in-come shares. Using a newly assembled panel of 16 developed countries over the entire twentieth century, we find that financial development dis-proportionately boosts top incomes. This effect appears to be particularly...

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Ohlin on the great depression : the popular message in the daily press

Carlson, Benny; Jonung, Lars - 2001

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Ohlin on the Great Depression : the popular message in the daily press

Carlson, Benny; Jonung, Lars - 2001

This paper traces the development of Bertil Ohlin's views on issues such as the causes of the depression of the 1930's, policies against the depression, the use of fiscal and monetary policies, and tariffs and public works to stabilize the business cycle. We examine about 80 of his articles on...

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Wealth concentration over the path of development : Sweden, 1873 - 2005

Roine, Jesper (contributor); … - 2007

We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the begin-ning of industrialization … concentration was at a historically high level in the agrarian state and that it did not change much during early in-dustrialization …. From World War I up until about 1950, the richest percentile lost ground to the rest of the top wealth decile where …

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Tax effects on work activity, industry mix and shadow economy size : evidence from rich-country comparisons

Davis, Steven J. (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

Guided by a simple theory of task assignment and time allocation, we investigate the long run response to national differences in tax rates on labor income, payrolls and consumption. The theory implies that higher tax rates reduce work time in the market sector, increase the size of the shadow...

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Growth effects of government expenditure and taxation in rich countries

Fölster, Stefan; Henrekson, Magnus - 2000

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Growth effects of government expenditure and taxation in rich countries

Fölster, Stefan; Henrekson, Magnus - 2000

A number of cross-country comparisons do not find a robust negative relationship between government size and economic growth. In part this may reflect the prediction in economic theory that a negative relationship should exist primarily for rich countries with large public sectors. In this paper...

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How government bond prices reflect wartime events : the case of the Stockholm market

Waldenström, Daniel (contributor); … - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

. Unlike in countries involved in WWII, this market was unregulated. The outbreak of World War II heavily depressed prices of …

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Financial markets and trade policy

Svaleryd, Helena; Vlachos, Jonas - 1999

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The single European market, Swedish investment liberalisation, and horizontal and vertical multinationals

Mathä, Thomas (contributor) - 2001 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This paper analyses the effects of the Single European Market and Swedish Investment liberalisation on the structure of Swedish multinationals with their EU affiliates. The empirical results suggest that the determinants associated with horizontal and vertical multinationals have become...

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