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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
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
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
Decomposition of Air Pollution Emissions from Swedish Manufacturing
Starting from the '90s, Swedish manufacturing output has been constantly growing, while emissions of some major air pollutants have been declining. This paper decomposes manufacturing pollution emissi…
Journal Article
Publish date 3/22/2022
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
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Ecosystem Services for Compensation of Artificial Turf Systems
Constructing football fields in Sweden with artificial turf has grown in popularity in recent years. Although the increase in playing time per year is a significant benefit of using artificial turf, t…
Report
Publish date 12/14/2021
Investor-State vs. State-State Dispute Settlement
International investment agreements typically permit foreign investors to litigate against host countries (Investor-State Dispute Settlement, ISDS). Yet, common criticism holds that host countries wou…
Working Paper
Publish date 11/14/2018
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
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