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Corruption and the shadow economy: An empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2006

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a crosssection of 120 countries and a...

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The gender gap in workplace authority in Sweden 1968 - 2000: A family affair?

Bygren, Magnus; Gähler, Michael - 2007

We assess whether the gender gap in authority in Sweden has changed during the period 1968–2000, and investigate to …

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On the role of capital gains in Swedish income inequality

Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2011

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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LINDA - Longitudinal INdividual DAta for Sweden

Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter - 2000

This paper presents LINDA - a register-based longitudinal data set for Sweden. LINDA consists of a large panel of …

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Portfolio Allocation over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Swedish Household Data

Andersson, Björn - 2001

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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Monopolistic screening under learning by doing

Gärtner, Dennis - 2007

This paper investigates the design of incentives in a dynamic adverse selection framework when agents' production technologies display learning effects and agents' rate of learning is private knowledge. In a simple two-period model with full commitment available to the principal, we show that...

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Telecommunications regulation and new services: A case study at the state level

Prieger, James E. - 2000

The effects that regulation has on the innovation and the introduction of new telecommunications services have not been … previously quantified in the literature. This study compares state-regulated services in Indiana under rate of return regulation … (RoRR) and under alternative regulation. The econometric model comprises an count process (for innovation) followed by a …

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Auditor Independence and NAS : A Comparative Analysis of Selected Current Regulatory Frameworks

Islam, Ainul - 2012

There is a widespread public perception that the provision of NAS undermines auditor independence. In order to protect auditor independence, the regulatory frameworks of many countries include regulations and guidelines which auditors are required to observe. This paper provides a comparative...

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Structure and Development of Financial Institutions and Links with Trust: Cross-Country Evidence

Galindo, Arturo; Chong, Alberto; Calderón, César - 2001

is a cross section of 48 countries and the analysis covers the period 1980-1994. We use a new World Bank data set that …

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Financial development and TFP growth: Cross-country and industry-level evidence

Arizala, Francisco; Cavallo, Eduardo; Galindo, Arturo - 2009

This paper estimates the impact of financial development on industry-level total factor productivity (TFP) growth using a largely unexploited panel of 77 countries with data for 26 manufacturing industries for the years 1963 to 2003. A significant relationship is found between financial...

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