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Externalities vs Internalities: A Theory of Political Integration

Ellingsen, Tore - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1995

Decentralized government lead to inter-regional externalities. Whereas an integratedjurisdiction solves the externality problem, centralized government entails other costs - in particular a neglect for minority interests. The paper models formally the trade-off between these two forces in...

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Interregional Inequality and Robin Hood Politics

Bergman, Malin - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2003

This paper studies the implications of interregional redistributive taxation on interregional and interpersonal inequality and on social welfare. We introduce a model of two regions, where individuals are differentiated by their ability and opportunity, the former being determined by heritage...

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Distributional Conflict and Jurisdictional Organization

Wärneryd, Karl - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1997

The paper explores the implications for explaining the endogenous formation of jurisdictions of modelling the political process as a costly fight to acquire shares of the GNP pie. It is shown, in particular, that a system of federalism is especially significant in ameliorating distributional...

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The Effects of Leniency on Illegal Transactions: How (Not) to Fight Corruption

Buccirossi, Paolo; Spagnolo, Giancarlo - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2001

We study the consequences of 'leniency' - reduced legal sanctions for wrongdoers who spontaneously self-report to law enforcers - on corruption, drug dealing, and other forms of sequential, bilateral, illegal trade. We find that when not properly designed, leniency may be highly...

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Process Orientation, Integration of Work Teams and Management Control

Nilsson, Göran - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

put forth is if and how management control, in a broad sense, can support an integration of the teams. In an explorative … suboptimization, but they can also support integration by creating empowerment with the employees. Secondly, there seem to be two … seems to better support an integration of the teams. Thirdly, the control system used in one of the cases is compared with …

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Scandinavian Monetary Integration During the 19th Century: A Study of the Establishment of the Scandinavian Currency Union,1865-1875.

Talia, Krim - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2004

During the years 1873-1875, Norway, Denmark and Sweden reformed their monetary systems. They adopted a common currency, the Scandinavian Krona, based on gold. The German conversion to the gold standard in 1871 had acted as a catalyst for monetary change, and it sparked intense activity in...

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Did the European Unification Induce Economic Growth? In Search of Scale-Effects and Persistent Changes

Vanhoudt, Patrick - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

In this paper we investigate whether the European unification has had an impact on the Union's average labor productivity growth. Based on a time series approach we do not find a scale-effect as suggested by new growth theory. However, the data do not reject the hypothesis that the EU growth...

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Effects on Swedish Investment and Growth of Membership in the European Union

Kokko, Ari - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1994

integration on investment and growth. The assessment concludes that membership will allow increases in Swedish investment ratios …

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Health Care System Effects on Cost Efficiency in the OECD Countries

Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Löthgren, Mickael - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1998

This paper investigates the effects of different health systems on cost efficiency in inpatient health care among the OECD countries. The results indicate that public contract systems are less efficient and that public integrated health systems are more efficient than public reimbursement systems.

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A Multiple Output Stochastic Ray Frontier Production Model

Löthgren, Mickael - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1997

This paper proposes an approach to specify and estimate multiple input, multiple output production frontiers and technical efficiency using a stochastic ray frontier production model A possible model extension is to incorporate a technical efficiency effects model to allow estimation of the...

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