2010-07-02
During the summer our switchboard will be open Mondays - Thursdays 09.00–16.30 and Fridays 09.00–15.00. The researches can be reached by e-mail and direct phone numbers.
2010-05-31
On June 3–4, 2010, the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) organized an international conference on the topic "Innovation, Ownership and Competition Policy". The first purpose of the conference was to contribute to the understanding of the interaction between ownership, ownership changes, restructuring and innovation in the industrial development process. The second purpose was to enhance our understanding of the economic effects of competition policy on innovation. The conference was for invited participants only.
Read more
2010-05-07
Friday May 7th, 2010 Magnus Henrekson presented his and Andreas Bergh's book Government Size and Implications for Economic Growth on Capitol Hill (Washington, D.C.: AEI Press) in front of an audience consisting of some 50 Congressional staff members and specialists. The event was organized by the American Enterprise Institute. At the same event professor Richard Rogerson from Arizona State University also presented his new book The Impact of Labor Taxes on Labor Supply (also published by AEI Press).
Read more
Presentation
Read Andreas Bergh's and Magnus Henrekson's article based on the book in the Wall Street Journal
2010-04-08
Employment protection legislation is one of the most controversial issues in the labor market. In this insightful book, Per Skedinger provides an overview of the design, evolution and research on the effects of employment protection legislation around the world.
The author is Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Economics at Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
Please quote "Per Skedinger discount" when ordering the book to get a special discount price.
Read more and order the book
2010-04-07
Karin Edmark, Ph.D. in economics, defended her thesis "Strategic Interactions among Swedish Local Governments" at Uppsala University in 2007. Her research is mainly empirically oriented, and within the areas of economics of education and public economics.
In the area of public economics Karin Edmark has studied which factors affect municipality decision making; for example whether municipalities take strategic considerations when they decide on taxes and expenditures.
Read more
2010-02-03
The 2010 recipient of the world’s most prestigious Award in entrepreneurship research, the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, was announced today. Josh Lerner, Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking at Harvard Business School, will receive 100.000 euros for his influential contributions to the field of entrepreneurship research.
Read more
2010-01-29
On Wednesday the 10th of February Professor Edward P. Lazerar shared his experiences from his time as the Chief Economic Advisor to president George W. Bush from 2006 to 2009. The seminar offered the opportunity to understand the work of shaping the American administration's economic policies across the business cycle.
2009-12-03
The international academic publisher Edward Elgar will publish a book by Per Skedinger, Research Fellow and Associate Professor of Economics at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics. In this insightful book, Skedinger provides an overview of the design, evolution and research on the effects of employment protection legislation around the world. The book covers over 100 international studies, dealing with the impact of legislation on productivity, personnel turnover, structural change, perceived job security, and the aggregate level and distribution of employment and unemployment.
Read more
2009-10-01
Tobias Krantz talked about IFN as an example of research that is free from outside influence at the Marcus Wallenberg Prize ceremony in late September: “It happened now and then that researchers at the Institute drew conclusions that did not square with what some entrepreneurs thought was appropriate. But when some board members proposed that these reports should be stopped, Wallenberg rejected this outright and recommended instead that those who wanted to censor the research resign from the board.”
Link to the speech
2009-09-16
Seventy years have passed since the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (former IUI, and changed to IFN) was founded. The institute has since then been a leading institution in applied research in Sweden and has also figured prominently in the economic policy debate since its inception.
Read more