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Economic methodology
Income and wealth inequality
Industrial organization
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Entrepreneurship and Regulatory Voids: The Case of Ridesharing
Formal institutions, e.g., regulations, are considered crucial determinants of entrepreneurship, but what enables regulatory change when there is a regulatory void, meaning entrepreneurship clashes wi…
Working Paper
Publish date 3/24/2022
Digitalization and Productivity Development in Industries
This project is a research collaboration between Ericsson AB and IFN.
In recent years the mass adoption of digital services by industries has emerged as an important factor to spur economic developm…
Research project
Entrepreneurship and Regulatory Voids: The Case of Ridesharing
We document the time it took for ridesharing to become legalized at the state level across the United States following its local (and often illegal) rollout. States with greater regulatory freedom pas…
Journal Article
Publish date 3/21/2022
Income inequality during the Covid-19 pandemic
Daniel Waldenström, IFN, writes about income inequality in Vox EU.
Media coverage
Publiceringsdatum 8/13/2021
COVID-19 and Income Inequality: Evidence from Monthly Population Registers
We measure the distributional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic using newly released population register data in Sweden. Monthly earnings inequality increased during the pandemic, and the key driver is…
Working Paper
Publish date 7/2/2021
Entrepreneurial Accessibility, Eudaimonic Well-Being, and Inequality
Amidst considerable debate on the relationship between entrepreneurship and economic inequality, scholarship only indirectly addresses how entrepreneurship informs individuals’ relative well-being. We…
Working Paper
Publish date 10/13/2021
Long-Run Trends in Top Income Shares: The Role of Income and Population Growth
This paper studies the sensitivity of long-run trends in top income shares to differences in top-share measures. While the standard measure fixes a share of the population, we define alternatives that…
Journal Article
Publish date 4/27/2022
IFN Researcher
Coups, Regime Transitions, and Institutional Consequences
Coups and regime transitions are events that typically are intended to change the basic institutional framework of a country. Which specific institutions change and the consequences of these changes n…
Journal Article
Publish date 6/4/2021
Political Failure: A Missing Piece in Innovation Policy Analysis
Within the field of innovation studies, researchers have identified systematic failures that hamper investment in R&D, innovation, and growth. Accordingly, researchers in this field often seek to…
Journal Article
Publish date 4/21/2022
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Contracting with Endogenously Incomplete Commitment: Escape Clauses
We study mechanism design under endogenously incomplete commitment as it arises in contracting with escape clauses. An escape clause permits the agent to end a contractual relationship under specified…
Working Paper
Publish date 5/28/2021