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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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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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Does the John Bates Clark Medal boost subsequent productivity and citation success?
Chan, Ho Fai; Frey, Bruno S.; Gallus, Jana; Torgler, Benno - 2013
Despite the social importance of awards, they have been largely disregarded by academic research in economics. This paper investigates whether a specific, yet important, award in economics, the John Bates Clark Medal, raises recipients' subsequent research activity and status compared to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316904
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The role of ideology in disagreements among economists: A quantitative analisis
Mayer, Thomas - 2000
How justified is the charge that ideology strongly influences the allegedly objective opinions of economists? An … analysis of a new survey of AEA members and of surveys by Fuchs et al of labor economists and public economists shows that … value judgments and judgments about the government''s efficacy have some influence on the way economists think about what …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318594
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The neoclassicals' conundrum: If Adam Smith is the father of economics, it is a bastard child
Valdes Viera, Oscar - 2017
Neoclassical economists of the current era frequently pay lip service to Adam Smith's theories to certify the validity …, and the field of study he afforded to political economy. Instead, early neoclassical economists parted ways with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011784683
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Orthodoxer Mainstream und Heterodoxe Alternativen: Eine Analyse der ökonomischen Wissenschaftslandschaft
Quaas, Friedrun - 2014
Die moderne Volkswirtschaftslehre als wissenschaftliche Disziplin ist einerseits durch große Uneinheitlichkeit geprägt, die andererseits selbst in Zeiten der Krise der Theorie anscheinend nicht nachhaltig in ein öffentliches Bewusstsein vordringen konnte. Nach wie vor wird die Ökonomik...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352773
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Weaknesses of MMT as a guide to development policy
Aboobaker, Adam; Ugurlu, Esra Nur - 2020
This paper addresses the limitations of Modern Money Theory (MMT) as a guide to development policy. We explore two central questions on this topic: whether MMT policies 1) ought to be implemented in low- and middle-income economies and 2) can be implemented. In relation to the first question, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388921
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China's ancient principles of price regulation through market participation: The Guanzi from a comparative perspective
Weber, Isabella - 2021
The History of Economic Thought as a field has long taken it as a premise that so far as ancient economic thought is concerned, only the Greeks and Romans are worth studying. This paper introduces the Guanzi as a core text in ancient Chinese economic thought on price stabilization from a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012695582