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Characteristics and Performance of New Firms and Spinoffs in Sweden
Andersson, Martin; Klepper, Steven - 2012
We analyze the rate of formation, the characteristics, and the performance of different types of new firms in Sweden … over a decade. Comparisons to Denmark, Brazil, and the U.S. suggest that the environment for new firm formation in Sweden …
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Knowledge and economic progress: The role of social technologies
Eggertson, Thráinn - 2008
I focus on the independent role of social innovation in economic progress. Modern theory of economic growth and development emphasizes endowments, power, incentives, and physical technology, paying scant attention to knowledge of social systems as a scarce resource. I reverse these procedures by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306472
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Inventor mobility, knowledge diffusion, and growth
Koike-Mori, Yasutaka; Maruyama, Toshitaka; Okumura, Koki - 2024
This paper develops an endogenous growth model that incorporates a frictional inventor market and examines the allocation of inventors across firms, knowledge diffusion, and its impact on growth. In our model, inventors play dual roles: they engage in in-house R&D and transfer knowledge from...
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Committing to grow: Employment targets and firm dynamics
Akcigit, Ufuk; Alp, Harun; Diegmann, André; … - 2024
We examine effects of government-imposed employment targets on firm behavior. Theoretically, such policies create "polarization," causing low-productivity firms to exit the market while others temporarily distort their employment upward. Dynamically, firms are incentivized to improve...
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Inflation Targeting Is a Success, So Far: 100 Years of Evidence from Swedish Wage Contracts
Fregert, Klas; Jonung, Lars - 2008
Inflation targeting was adopted by several countries, including Sweden, in the 1990s. We evaluate the Swedish inflation … compared to previous regimes adopted in Sweden during the 20th century. Our approach to evaluate inflation targeting is … century of observations, inflation targeting in Sweden is a success – at least so far. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010295281
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The boom-bust cycle in Finland and Sweden 1984-1995 in an international perspective
Jonung, Lars; Schuknecht, Ludger; Tujula, Mika - 2005
This paper compares the boom-bust cycle in Finland and Sweden 1984-1995 with the average boom-bust pattern in … 1980s and 1990s. The boom-bust cycle in Finland and Sweden 1984-1995 was driven by financial liberalization and a hard …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298327
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Inflation Targeting Is a Success, So Far: 100 Years of Evidence from Swedish Wage Contracts
Jonung, Lars; Fregert, Klas - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 2 (2008) 2008-31, pp. 1-25
announced. Inflation targeting has thus reduced macroeconomic uncertainty compared to previous regimes adopted in Sweden … fixed exchange rates. As judged by the reactions of the labor market participants, inflation targeting in Sweden is a …
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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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Ethical vs. non-ethical - is there a difference? Analyzing performance of ethical and non-ethical investment fund
Lundberg, Linnéa; Novák, Jiří; Vikman, Maria - 2009
Ethical investments have become increasingly popular over the past years. Ethical funds restrict their investment based on environmental, social and/or ethical criteria. Prior research on the performance of ethical versus non-ethical funds yields mixed results. This paper investigates the...
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