Current Projects
Research shows that societies allocating talent in an efficient way have greater growth. From the societal point of view, a technologically gifted energetic person may be in more productive use as an…
The world is in the midst of the fourth privatization wave, with record dollar amounts raised globally. So far the academic literature has provided ample empirical evidence that privatizations tend to…
The purpose of this project is to measure the gains from globalization and economic integration. In the first three subprojects we will explicitly test some of the major assumptions that researchers e…
The legal burdens for firms that buy and sell stocks have increased significantly lately. This is also true for firms that have wished to list themselves on a public market. Partly for this reason, bu…
Financial integration facilitates more efficient capital allocation and can affect the relationship between consumption and wealth by relaxing consumers' liquidity constraints. There are also adverse…
Occupational health risks put a significant strain on the economy. The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work estimates that in Sweden, the direct and indirect costs of work-related injuries an…
Issues related to ownership and ownership changes are central in understanding how the globalization process affects firms and society. This project aims to study the economics of corporate ownership,…
This project aims to empirically evaluate the labor market effects of increased international integration. The project departs from new economic theory on heterogeneous firms and workforces.
Firms both in Sweden and abroad have been exposed to increased competition in many forms. The development of globalization forces domestic firms to adapt to a tougher business climate, while trade ref…
This research project's primary goal is to develop a better understanding of how globalization affects labor market outcomes. The project will also analyze how recent digitalization and automation cha…
We examine if international trade improves labor market integration of immigrants in Sweden. Immigrants participate substantially less than natives in the labor market. However, trading with a foreign…
This project’s aim is twofold. First, the purpose is to increase our understanding of how the Swedish ownership- and control model is affected by globalization. Second, it aims to study which institut…
This project studies the income and wealth of Swedish households. A new and uniquely complete individual-level registry database has been constructed covering all years since 1968. This database entai…
State-to-state investment treaties protect foreign investment against host country policy measures that significantly reduce the investment value. They typically allow investors to litigate against ho…
Policymakers in Europe have recently begun to focus on the relative underrepresentation of women on corporate boards, and numerous countries are considering the implementation of gender quotas. In 200…
With the growing importance of ethicality in investment decisions, a natural question becomes whether the ethicality of business proposals influences entrepreneurs' chances of securing financing for t…
Technology and digitalization are challenging established structures in society. This research focuses on increasing knowledge about how digitalization affects productivity growth, labor market develo…
Industry standards often use patented technologies. For instance, telecom standards such as 3G and 4G rely on a large number of such ”standard-essential” patents. The owners of these potentially have…
The purpose of this project is to examine determinants of inflows of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI). The aim is to examine causal effects of locational characteristics on FDI, which will provide val…
Research has shown that contacts are a commonly used channel to enter the labor market. In Sweden, more than 70 percent of high school students have jobs prior to graduation, and these jobs can provid…
The Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has so far dealt with over 500 disputes since its introduction on 1 January 1995, making it one of the world's most widely used d…