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This paper provides empirical evidence on life-cycle patterns in the asset allocation of Swedish households. Data on household portfolio allocation are collected from the HINK surveys for the period 1982-1992, and portfolio shares of different asset categories are regressed on age, period, and...
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Realized capital gains are typically disregarded in the study of income inequality. We show that in the case of Sweden … surge in capital gains-driven inequality in Sweden since the 1980s. While there are no evident changes in terms of who earns …
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Finnish municipal data are used and a constitutional change in Sweden in 1970 is applied as an instrument for voter turnout in … local elections. In 1970, Sweden moved from having separate election days for different levels of government, among other … constitutional reform increased voter turnout in local elections in Sweden. The overall conclusion of this paper is that higher voter …
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We describe the size and timing for comprehensive as well as decomposed measures of unemployment. We then test for and confirm a change in the structural rate of unemployment by finding structural breaks in the Okun and Beveridge relations. Finally, we employ existing empirical models to examine...
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Austria, Finland and Sweden became members of the EU in 1995. This paper examines how support for the euro and trust in …. Support for the euro in the two euro-area members Austria and Finland has remained high and relatively stable since the … in Sweden. Since the start of the crisis, trust in the ECB was strongly influenced by the pronounced increase in …
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Sweden and Finland, two coun¬tries that are similar in many respects but in which local elections are held at different …
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This paper analyzes the economic effects of different income splitting rules for closely held corporations and sole proprietorships/partnerships in a tax system with a dual income tax. We conclude that the tax rules for closed corporations offer roughly the same cost of capital as for widely...
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variance in the real exchange rate for Finland and Sweden. …
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Sweden and Finland, two countries that are similar in many respects but in which local elections are held at different points …
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cut in the Finnish alcohol tax on mortality, alcohol related illnesses and work absenteeism in Sweden. This tax cut led to … the Finnish border are compared to changes in other parts of northern Sweden. We use register data where micro level data … outcomes. Our results on the effect of the Finnish tax cut on mortality and alcohol-related hospitalisations in Sweden are very …
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