Scottish Journal of Political Economy
Simon Ek and Magnus Henrekson
We study to what degree authors who publish in the five most prestigious journals in economics have previously published there and in which world region they are based. Although still high, the concentration of United States‐based and previously published top‐five…
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
Jan Heufer and Per Hjertstrand
We introduce a method to recover homothetic preferences from choice data with minor optimization or measurement errors. Our method allows for a more detailed graphical analysis to reveal subjects’ preferences and to choose appropriate functional forms for…
North American Journal of Economics and Finance
Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson
Entry by multinational enterprises (MNEs) into emerging markets has increased substantially over the last decades. Many of these MNE entries have taken place in concentrated markets. To capture these features, we construct a strategic interaction model of MNE…
Energy Strategy Reviews
Mahir Sarfati, Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh and Pär Holmberg
Electricity markets employ different congestion management methods to handle the limited transmission capacity of the power system. This paper compares production efficiency and other aspects of nodal and zonal pricing. We consider two types of zonal pricing: zonal…
Neoliberalism and Market Forces in Education: Lessons from Sweden
Jonas Vlachos
In Sweden, a trust-based evaluation system meets a market-oriented school system which allows liberal entry conditions to voucher-funded private providers, several of which are for-profit corporations. The purpose of this chapter is to analyze how different providers…
Economica
Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Rickard Hammarberg
This paper examines whether and, if so, why source country heterogeneity exists in foreign direct investment. Using detailed Swedish matched employer‐employee data for the period from 1996 to 2009, we find statistical evidence that affiliate performance differs…
Rethinking Law
Mårten Blix
The past provides some guidance on how to handle the effects of technological change on society and the labour market. The question is how much. During the Industrial Revolution, some skilled workers lost their jobs as factories were built and machines gradually came…
Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
Shon Ferguson and Mark Sanctuary
A number of researchers have found that imports by pollution heavy industries do not increase in response to tighter pollution policy. We empirically evaluate the impact of an sudden and unexpected increase in Swedish electricity prices in the 2000s on the imports of…
Public Choice
Niclas Berggren and Christian Bjørnskov
Government debt is large in most developed countries, and while budget deficits may reflect short-term attempts to kick-start the economy in times of crisis by means of fiscal stimulus, the longer-term consequences may be detrimental to investment and growth. Those…
International Business Review
Reggy Hooghiemstra, Niels Hermes, Lars Oxelheim and Trond Randøy
The internationalization of firms has led to boards becoming more international as well. In this study, we investigate the consequences of board internationalization. In particular, by drawing on research on language and board dynamics, we identify theory-based…
International Business Review
Lars Oxelheim
Being able to separate temporary global macroeconomic influences – caused by fluctuations in exchange rates, interest rates and inflation – from intrinsic performance – related to a superior product, production process or management – is…
Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Shon Ferguson and Rikard Forslid
The purpose of this study is to test for the effects of trade promotion via the foreign service. The theory of trade with heterogeneous firms predicts that unilateral trade promotion allows medium- sized firms to export. We investigate the effects of trade promotion…