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Taxation, Labor Market Policy and High-Impact Entrepreneurship

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan; Stenkula, Mikael - In: Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 10 (2010) 3, pp. 275-296

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Entrepreneurship and Public Policy

Henrekson, Magnus; Stenkula, Mikael - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009

Public policy is currently shifting from SME policy towards entrepreneurship policy, which supports entrepreneurship … public policy affects the prevalence and performance of both productive entrepreneurship and so-called high …-impact entrepreneurship in turn. Although varying contexts and economic systems make prescribing a general panacea impossible, a number of …

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Gazelles as job creators: a survey and interpretation of the evidence

Henrekson, Magnus; Johansson, Dan - In: Small Business Economics 35 (2010) 2, pp. 227-244

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How labor market institutions affect job creation and productivity growth

Henrekson, Magnus - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10

Economic growth requires factor reallocation across firms and continuous replacement of technologies. Labor market institutions influence economic dynamism by their impact on the supply of a key factor, skilled workers to new and expanding firms, and the shedding of workers from declining and...

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Local Competitiveness fostered through Local Institutions for Entrepreneurship

Andersson, Martin; Henrekson, Magnus - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014

We review and assess the role local institutional framework conditions play in fostering local entrepreneurship. The … basic premise is that entrepreneurship is a central driver of economic renewal and change, and that institutions affect both … the supply and direction of entrepreneurship. While local institutions always develop and operate against the backdrop of …

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Product Market Reforms and Incentives to Innovate in Sweden

Edquist, Harald; Henrekson, Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

The Swedish economy has developed rapidly since the mid-1990s relative to most comparable countries, in particular relative to almost all other EU-15 countries. We investigate two policy areas that are believed to have been important for the strong economic development in Sweden during the last...

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Inheritance Taxation in Sweden, 1885–2004: The Role of Ideology, Family Firms and Tax Avoidance

Henrekson, Magnus; Waldenström, Daniel - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2014

This paper studies the evolution of Swedish inheritance taxation since the late nineteenth century to its abolition in 2004. Our contribution is twofold. First, we compute the annual effective inheritance tax rates for different sizes of bequests, if the inherited assets were family firm equity...

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Small Business Activity Does not Measure Entrepreneurship

Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2013

Entrepreneurship policy mainly aims to promote innovative “Schumpeterian” entrepreneurship. However, the rate of … entrepreneurship is commonly proxied using quantity-based metrics, such as small business activity, the self-employment rate or the … entrepreneurship. In order to unambiguously identify high-impact entrepreneurs we focus on self-made billionaires (in USD) who appear …

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The Swedish Inheritance and Gift Taxation, 1885–2004

Du Rietz, Gunnar; Henrekson, Magnus; Waldenström, Daniel - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012

This paper studies the evolution of the modern Swedish inheritance taxation from its introduction in 1885 to its abolishment in 2004. A thorough description is offered of the basic principles of the tax, including underlying ideas and ambitions, tax schedules, and rules concerning valuation of...

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Entrepreneurship, Institutions and Economic Dynamism: Lessons from a Comparison of the United States and Sweden

Braunerhjelm, Pontus; Henrekson, Magnus - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2012

particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the economy. Particular … aspects of entrepreneurship and economic dynamism are covered by pairs (or in one case three) coauthors, who are renowned …

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