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Markups as a Hedge for Input Price Uncertainty: Evidence from Sweden
In this paper, we study a new channel to explain firms’ price-setting behavior. We propose that uncertainty about factor prices has a positive effect on markups. We show theoretically that firms with…
Working Paper
Publish date 11/16/2021
Energistadgefördragets nytta för EU ‒ ekonomiska konsekvenser mot bakgrund av EU:s ambitioner i klimatpolitiken
En kontroversiell fråga i EU-samarbetet under senare år har varitinvesteringsskydden för utlandsinvesteringar, inte minst i samband medförhandlingarna om ett nytt handelsavtal (det så kallade TTIP) me…
Report
Publish date 12/8/2021
The Energy Charter Treaty and EU-Growth Policies
The basic policy tool for increasing FDI is international investment agreements (IIAs), state-to-state treaties that protect FDI against host country policy measures. This note focuses on the IIA of m…
Report
Publish date 12/9/2021
A Non-Technical Introduction to Economic Aspects of International Investment Agreements
International investment agreements have become increasingly controversial. The agreements are alleged to be beset with a large number of deficiencies that harm host countries in particular. For inst…
Working Paper
Publish date 11/22/2018
Economics and Politics of International Investment Agreements
Close to 2 700 state-to-state investment agreements (IIAs) worldwide protect foreign direct investment (FDI) against host country policies. We analyze the design and implications of protection against…
Working Paper
Publish date 11/18/2016
Economics of International Investment Agreements
Nearly 2700 highly potent international investment agreements protect foreign investment against host country policies. This paper analyzes the design and implications of their contentious provisions…
Journal Article
Publish date 7/1/2021
Economic Aspects of International Investment Agreements
International investment agreements (“IIAs”) are State-to-State treaties that aim to promote investment, especially foreign direct investment (“FDI”), by protecting foreign investors against host-coun…
Journal Article
Publish date 1/1/2019
Modernisera Sveriges investeringsskyddsavtal
Sveriges investeringsskyddsavtal behöver moderniseras. Sverige har drygt 50 bilaterala avtal och Sverige ingår också i det sektorspecifika Energistadgefördraget. Avtalen skyddar investeringar mellan p…
Article in Swedish
Publish date 1/1/2020
International Investment Agreements – Efficient Means to Promote Swedish Growth?
This study discusses pros and cons of the Swedish international investment agreements from an economic perspective. It concludes that the older Swedish bilateral agreements should be revised to ensure…
Report
Publish date 4/29/2019
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Trust Us to Repay: Social Trust, Long-Term Interest Rates, and Sovereign Credit Ratings
This paper asks whether the sensitivity of market long-term interest rates and credit ratings is associated with cross-country differences in informal institutions, measured by social trust. We note a…
Journal Article
Publish date 8/13/2021
Market Power and Joint Ownership: Evidence from Nuclear Plants in Sweden
This paper presents an empirical test of the anticompetitive effects of joint ownership by examining the operation of three nuclear plants in Sweden. Since maintenance is the main conduit explaining v…
Journal Article
Publish date 12/10/2021