Research Interest Search
To find out more about the research interest you would like to know more about, click on the research interests of your choice. Researchers and research within the chosen field will be listed below.
Filter out specific content within the subject area
Open filters
Close filters
Your filter gave 70 hits.
Criminality
Culture
Economic growth
Gifts and bequests
Publicly funded services
Subsidies to businesses
Social Trust and Patterns of Growth
The association between social trust and economic growth is well-documented but how it works remains an open theoretical and empirical question. The paper uses growth accounting to break down sources…
Journal Article
Publish date 3/15/2022
Perceptions of Inherited Wealth and the Support for Inheritance Taxation
We study how attitudes to inheritance taxation are influenced by information about the role of inherited wealth in society. Using a randomized experiment in a register‐linked Swedish survey, we find t…
Journal Article
Publish date 3/29/2021
The Last Will: Estate Divisions as a Testament of to Whom Altruism is Directed
We use data on estate divisions to study to whom altruistic preferences are directed. Insofar bequests are given without the prospect of future personal benefits in mind, they are presumably intrinsic…
Journal Article
Publish date 9/9/2021
Affiliated Researcher
Does Economic Freedom Boost Growth for Everyone?
While the association between economic freedom and long‐term economic growth has been well documented, the parallel research literature on the distributional consequences of economic freedom is full o…
Journal Article
Publish date 5/4/2021
Affiliated Researcher
Affiliated Researcher
IFN Researcher
Do Firms in Rural Regions Lack Access to Credit? Local Variation in Small Business Loans and Firm Growth
We investigate whether bank loans specifically designed to reduce credit constraints for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have different impacts depending on where the firm is located. Using…
Journal Article
Publish date 1/27/2022
Den kalla handen
Under 2020 lämnade avlidna i Sverige 1,4 miljarder kr i testamentsgåvor till olika välgörande ändamål (Giva Sverige 2021). Detta givande är anmärkningsvärt på flera sätt. Närmare 100 000 personer avle…
Popular Science
Publish date 12/8/2021
Cultures of Trust and Institutions of Freedom
This project entails two interrelated core themes: Can institutions embodying economic freedom, contrary to the skepticism of some, contribute to fairness, trust, equality and responsibility; and can…
Research project
Collaborative Innovation Blocs and Mission-Oriented Innovation Policy: An Ecosystem Perspective
Among contemporary economists, Mariana Mazzucato stands out for her emphasis on the importance of innovation to solving pressing challenges and achieve a greater quality of life. However, the type of…
Book Chapter
Publish date 4/25/2022
The Fatal Conceit: Swedish Education after Nazism
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Sweden dismantled an education system that was strongly influenced by German, Neo-Humanist pedagogical principles in favor of a progressive, student-centered…
Journal Article
Publish date 4/29/2022
The View of Knowledge: An Institutional Theory of Differences in Educational Quality
This essay argues that the most crucial institution of any school system is its view of knowledge—from which virtually all other aspects of a school are derived: the content of its curricula, its peda…
Working Paper
Publish date 6/22/2022