Using a large dataset covering all trade in military equipment over the period 1950-2007, we address the relationship between differences in polity and arms trade from a novel empirical perspective. We provide evidence on the determinants of link formation at the bilateral level by estimating...

Although many of the worst performing countries over the post-World War II period were autocracies, many of the best were likewise autocratic. At the same time, no long-lived autocracy currently is rich whereas every long-lived democracy is. This paper proposes a theory to account for these...

Using SIPRI data on all international transfers of major conventional weapons 1950–2007, we study the relationship between differences in polity and arms trade. To study whether states tend to trade arms within their political vicinity we estimate gravity models of the likelihood of trade at...

This paper investigates the impact on earnings of non-cognitive ability, measured in terms of individuals’ 'self-esteem' on earnings. Starting with the pre-market factor approach suggested by Neal & Johnson (1996) a main finding is that measures of relative self-esteem along with cognitive...

Social kompetens, pålitlighet, självförtroende etc betraktas allmänt som värdefulla personlighetsdrag för individens karriärmöjligheter och löneutveckling men förekommer sällan som förklaringsfaktorer i empirisk lönebildningsforskning, mycket beroende på att det i regel saknas...

This paper investigates the impact of inflation targeting on wage formation and unemployment using a panel of 17 OECD countries 1972-2000. Five of the countries included in the study have combined floating exchange rates with explicit inflation targets during the 1990s. Using a theoretical...

I uppsatsen undersöks hur arbetslöshetens komponenter i termer av inflöde till arbetslöshet och arbetslöshetstider har utvecklats på den svenska arbetsmarknaden under perioden 1976-1997. Tyngdpunkten ligger på att undersöka det cykliska variationsmönstret i arbetslöshetstiderna....