Andersson L. (2004) Regional risk-sharing provided by the fiscal system: empirical evidence from Sweden, Reg. Studies38, 269-280. The objective of this paper is to analyse risk-sharing among municipalities in Sweden in terms of how the central government smooths personal income via the tax and...

Andersson L. Fiscal flows and financial markets: to what extent do they provide risk sharing within Sweden?, Regional Studies. The objective of this paper is to analyse the amount of risk sharing that takes place between regions in Sweden. It is found that the capital market is the largest...

Lundberg J. (2006) Spatial interaction model of spillovers from locally provided public services, Regional Studies 40, 631-644. This paper tests the hypotheses that recreational and cultural services provided at the local government level in Sweden are associated with spillovers between...

Lundberg J. (2006) Using spatial econometrics to analyse local growth in Sweden, Regional Studies 40, 303-316. The paper investigates factors that determine the average income growth and net migration rates in Swedish municipalities during 1981-99. The main issue is to test the hypothesis that...

This paper concerns the regional growth pattern in Sweden, and the purpose is to analyse what factors determine the growth rate of average income and the net migration at the regional level. We find a negative relationship between the initial level of regional average income and subsequent...