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Firm foundations: The statistical footprint of multinational corporations as a problem for political economy
Ergen, Timur; Kohl, Sebastian; Braun, Benjamin - 2021
illustrate our argument by examining two important cases - Sweden's recent export success and the financialization of non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012876063
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Globalization and Imperfect Labor Market Sorting
Davidson, Carl; Heyman, Fredrik; Matusz, Steven; … - 2010
industry and the role that globalization plays in that process. Using matched worker-firm data from Sweden, we find strong … may be significant gains from globalization that have not been identified in the past - globalization may improve the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320315
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The Swedish external position and the Krona
Lane, Philip R. - 2006
This paper addresses the dynamics of the Swedish external position, with a particular focus on its inter-relation with the external value of the krona. We argue that financial globalisation means that a broader conceptual framework is required, whereby exchange rate fluctuations operate through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320781
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298615
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322203
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Empirical risk factors in realized stock returns
Novák, Jiří; Petr, Dalibor - 2009
Measuring risk in the stock market context is one of the key challenges of modern finance. Despite of the substantial significance of the topic to investors and market regulators, there is a controversy over what risk factors should be used to price the assets or to determine the cost of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322253