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From epidemic to pandemic : effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on high school program choices in Sweden
Aalto, Aino-Maija; Müller, Dagmar; Tilley, J. Lucas - 2022
We study whether the onset of the COVID-19 crisis affected the program choices of high school applicants in Sweden. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013163641
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From epidemic to pandemic: did the COVID-19 outbreak affect high school program choices in Sweden?
Aalto, Aino-Maija; Müller, Dagmar; Tilley, J. Lucas - 2021
Ceding ownership to outside investors provides a control dilemma for founders. In less developed capital markets with weaker formal institutions, we argue that retained founder director ownership can lower the transaction costs of external capital. Our argument rests on incomplete contracting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012695366
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What active labor market policy works in a recession?
Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Vikström, Johan - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839545
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What active labor market policy works in a recession?
Forslund, Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; Vikström, Johan - 2011
This paper discusses the case for expanding active labor market policy in recession. We find that there is reasonable case for relying more heavily on certain kinds of programs. The argument is tied to the varying size of the lock-in effect in boom and recession. If programs with relatively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839675
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Macroeconomic impact on expected default frequency
Åsberg, Per (contributor); Shahnazarian, Hovick (contributor) - 2008
We use a vector error correction model to study the long-term relationship between aggregate expected default frequency and the macroeconomic development, i.e. CPI, industry production and short-term interest rate. The model is used to forecast the median expected default frequency of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003618542
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Overvalued : Swedish monetary policy in the 1930s
Rathke, Alexander; Straumann, Tobias; Woitek, Ulrich - 2011
This paper reconsiders the role of monetary policy in Sweden's strong recovery from the Great Depression. The Riksbank …, our findings suggest that Sweden avoided the worst excesses of the depression by conducting conservative rather than … innovative monetary policy. We find that, by keeping the Swedish krona undervalued to replenish foreign reserves, Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009489289
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Overvalued : Swedish Monetary Policy in the 1930s
Rathke, Alexander - 2013
This paper reconsiders the role of monetary policy in Sweden's strong recovery from the Great Depression. The Riksbank …, our findings suggest that Sweden avoided the worst excesses of the depression by conducting conservative rather than … innovative monetary policy. We find that, by keeping the Swedish krona undervalued to replenish foreign reserves, Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013091832
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Overvalued : Swedish Monetary Policy in the 1930s
Rathke, Alexander - 2012
This paper reconsiders the role of monetary policy in Sweden's strong recovery from the Great Depression. The Riksbank …, our findings suggest that Sweden avoided the worst excesses of the depression by conducting conservative rather than … innovative monetary policy. We find that, by keeping the Swedish krona undervalued to replenish foreign reserves, Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013112596
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Sweden's COVID-19 recession : how foreign and domestic infections struck against firms and workers
Akerman, Anders; Ekholm, Karolina; Persson, Torsten; … - 2022
Using highly granular micro data, we document very divergent economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Swedish private-sector firms and their workers. Firms that exported to, or imported from, heavily afflicted countries reduced their output due to disrupted trade. Service firms that operated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013275359
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Overvalued : Swedish monetary policy in the 1930s
Rathke, Alexander; Straumann, Tobias; Woitek, Ulrich - 2011
This paper reconsiders the role of monetary policy in Sweden's strong recovery from the Great Depression. The Riksbank …, our findings suggest that Sweden avoided the worst excesses of the depression by conducting conservative rather than … innovative monetary policy. We find that, by keeping the Swedish krona undervalued to replenish foreign reserves, Sweden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009741031