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  1. 1. Essays on Growth, Political Economy and Development

    Författare :Abdulaziz B. Shifa; Per Krusell; Jakob Svensson; Kjetil Storesletten; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Growth; human capital transfer; productivity; catch-up; Urban bias; rural poverty; dictatorship; Agricultural growth; manufacturing growth; instrumental variable; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis has three self-contained articles.Economic growth and trade in human capital: A salient empirical pattern in the East Asian “miracle” is a large increase in output and factor accumulation despite  only a modest increase in TFP. I develop and calibrate a model of growth and catch-up to provide a possible explanation. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Income Redistribution, Educational Choice and Growth

    Författare :Camilo von Greiff; Hans Wijkander; Henry Ohlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Taxation; Income redistribution; Education subsidies; Growth; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis contains three theoretical essays on public economics and economics of education. They all focus on different types of redistribution of labor income between individuals and their consequences for income distribution and economic growth. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Essays on Economic Growth, Inflation and Inequality

    Författare :Markus Kondziella; Timo Boppart; Per Krusell; Joshua Weiss; Carolina Villegas-Sanchez; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economic Growth; Inflation; Inequality; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Recent changes in firm dynamics and the nature of economic growthIn line with the US economy, market concentration and dispersion of revenue productivity within industries increased in Sweden from 1997-2017. I document a novel finding in administrative data that provides important insights about the trends: firm size and revenue productivity growth accelerated starting in the 1990s. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Tariffs, Trade, and Economic Growth in Sweden 1858–1913

    Författare :Viktor Persarvet; Peter Hedberg; Lars Karlsson; Jari Ojala; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; foreign trade; international trade; tariffs; effective rate of protection; trade policy; protectionism; taxes; Sweden; economic growth; structural change; industrialization; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the effects of Swedish tariff policy on trade and economic growth during Sweden’s industrial breakthrough in the second half of the nineteenth century. As the Swedish economy developed, its tariff policy also changed from relatively liberal to more protectionist. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Essays on Corporate Growth and Corporate Credit Risk

    Författare :Mehmet Caglar Kaya; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Gazelle Growth; Entrepreneurship; Acquisition; Competition; Venture Capital Finance; Policy; Credit Risk; Credit Default Swap; CDS Spread; Stock Illiquidity; Information Asymmetry; Market Interconnectedness; Capital Structure; Leverage; Credit Ratings; Accounting;

    Sammanfattning : This doctoral dissertation contributes to research on financial economics. It consists of an overall introduction and three independent papers. The first paper, “A Theory of Gazelle Growth: Competition, Venture Capital Finance, and Policy,” examines how young fast-growing small firms, called gazelles, develop. LÄS MER