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2020-01-16
Joacim Tåg, Program Director for Globalization and Global Restructuring, has been awarded the title of Associate Professor ( Docent) in Economics at Lund University.
He works on bringing Swedish registry data to the research frontier in labor and finance. A central theme is the allocation of executives and workers across firms and/or into entrepreneurship.
His research is detailed in over 30 publications and working papers and has been featured in major national and international newspapers. It has over 1000 cites in Google Scholar and ranks top decile by all-time downloads worldwide in SSRN.
Read more about Joacim Tåg
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2020-01-14
On the 17th of August 2020, IFN will be hosting the first European conference of the Labor and Finance Group.The Labor and Finance Group is an initiative to bring together academics working at the intersection of finance, labor economics, and personnel economics.
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2020-01-07
Thomas Tangerås presented his and Henrik Horn’s joint paper ”Economics of International Investment Agreements” at the American Economic Association’s annual meeting in San Diego.
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2019-11-29
On November 25, IFN celebrated 80 years of independent research with an anniversary seminar for specially invited guests. IFN Chairman of the Board Staffan Bohman emphasized the importance of fact-based analysis in his welcome speech:
- IFN has never had a more important task than today, as a factual voice in a debate and media climate where superficiality and fake news have become realities.
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2019-11-14
On Monday, IFN organized a seminar for a delegation from All-China Women's Federation. The federation is the leading organization for women's rights in China. Joacim Tåg presented his paper ”What Prevents Women from Reaching the Top?”
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2019-10-22
Magnus Henrekson, CEO of IFN, presented the book The Entrepreneurial Society – A Reform Strategy for the European Union, at ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research in Mannheim.
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2019-10-21
Joacim Tåg, IFN, presented the paper "What Prevents Women from Reaching the Top?" at the Joint Bank of England, Federal Reserve Board and European Central Bank conference Gender and career progression, in Frankfurt am Main on Monday.
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2019-10-17
Associate professor Shon Ferguson presented his study about so called born globals at the National Board of Trade today.