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Switching costs, firm size, and market structure
Loertscher, Simon; Schneider, Yves - 2005
In many markets, homogenous goods and services are sold both by large global frms and small local frms. Surprisingly, the large frms charge, often substantially, higher prices. Examples include hotels, airlines, and coffee shops. This paper provides a parsimonious model that can account for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010315515
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Management-Employee Relations, Firm Size, and Job Satisfaction
Tansel, Aysit; Gazioglu, Saziye - 2013
This paper investigates the job satisfaction in relation to managerial attitudes towards employees and firm size using the linked employer-employee survey results in Britain. We first investigate the management-employee relationships and the firm size using maximum likelihood probit estimation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500240
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Allocation and Ex Ante Cost Efficiency of a Swedish Subsidy for Environmental Sustainability: The Local Investment Program
Vredin Johansson, Maria - 2004
Sweden transforms into an ecologically sustainable society and to reduce unemployment. During the program period, more than 6 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321603
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Insured by the partner?
Olsson, Marton; Skogman Thoursie, Peter - 2010
This paper investigates whether the partner's social insurance coverage affects spousal labor supply. Using a reform which increased the sickness insurance coverage for non-government workers, the spousal elasticity of sick days with respect to the partner's benefit is estimated to 0.4....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273969
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317967
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321442
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321802
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321812
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Does School Competition Matter? Effects of a Large-Scale School Choice Reform on Student Performance
Ahlin, Åsa - 2003
relevant variables. Increased school competition is shown to have statistically significant positive effects on student … performance in mathematics, but no significant effects in English and Swedish. Interacting school competition with student … school competition than others, while adverse effects on students from low education families are found in terms of English …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321746
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The road not taken: Competition and the R&D portfolio
Letina, Igor - 2014
competition among firms leads to an increase in the variety of developed projects and a decrease in the amount of duplication of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011282467