Are competitive wage premia an obstacle to growth? The answer of the architects of the Scandinavian 'model' in the 1950s and 1960s was in the affirmative. By punishing expansive and growth enhancing sectors of the economy, competitive wage premia imposed an unwarranted drag on the rate of...

Do incentives differ between large and small organizations? Results from a representative survey of compensation managers are used to shed light on the issues. I find that (i) small establishments rely less on pecuniary incentives, and have a significantly more hostile attitude towards incentive...

This paper focuses on the effects of marginal tax rates, wealth, income, and a set of socioeconomic and demographic variables on the portfolio composition of households using detailed micro data on 2,000 Swedish households. In particular, efforts are made to disentangle the effects of marginal...

This paper uses micro data on more than 3,000 Swedish households to investigate the effects of taxes on portfolio composition. The results indicate that marginal tax rates have substantial effects on household portfolio choice, and that the common procedure of focusing on the behavior of the...