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Patent data play an important role as indicators of inventive and innovative activity across regions. This paper … incidence. Patent data over Swedish regions 1982-1999 are used to examine the distribution. The paper examines how the … distribution has changed over time in the aggregate and on a technology-by-technology basis. When accounting for quality, patents …
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paper applies econometric analysis on firm- and region-level data from Sweden. The knowledge base of firms is captured using …
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Sweden and Spain have developed very distinct systems of innovation over the long term. The former has a highly … cooperation patterns we apply social network analysis methods and study co-patent networks in Sweden and Spain during the second … was greater in Sweden than in Spain. This research opens new paths for further studies both on economic history and …
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The purpose of this article is to provide a deeper empirical insight into the structural change of an industry which is more relevant than that obtained by an analysis based on the traditionally estimated average production function. The main contribution is a long run analysis of technical...
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We analyze how the entry mode of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) affects affiliate R&D activities. Using unique affiliate level data for Swedish multinational firms, we first present empirical evidence that acquired affiliates have a higher level of R&D intensity than greenfield (start-up)...
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The central prediction of the Aghion et al. (2005) model is an inverted U-shaped relation between innovation and competition. The model is built on the assumption of a product market and has not yet been empirically tested on service-sector firms. Using detailed firm-level data, we find the...
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This article compares and contrasts male immigrant labor market experiences in Sweden and Denmark during the period … 1985 - 1995. Using register-based panel data sets from Sweden and Denmark, a picture of the employment assimilation process … Sweden and Denmark experienced similar declines in employment prospects between 1985 and 1995 despite quite different …
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Most OECD countries experience high unemployment rates and declining growth in higher educational attainment. An often suggested government policy is therefore to allocate resources towards formal schooling for adults. However, returns on such investments are uncertain and the foregone earnings...
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This paper investigates the relative labor productivity level for total manufacturing in Germany, Sweden and the US for …
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This paper presents an econometric analysis of the impact of collaboration with universities on the innovative output of firms. We also illustrate the differences that emerge from robustness checks, based on different matching estimators and samples. Our findings strongly suggest that university...
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