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An Essay on Economic Reforms and Social Change in China
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
This paper applies a systems-oriented, “holistic” approach to China’s radical economic reforms during the last quarter of a century. It characterizes China’s economic reforms in terms of a multidimensional classification of economic systems. When looking at the economic consequences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771092
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Swedish Lessons for Post-Socialist Countries
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1998
Sweden experienced exeptionally fast economic growth during the century-long period 1870-1970. This illustrates that a decentralized market economy, highly open to international transactions, may be quite conductive to sustained productivity growth if the government fulfills its "classical"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190641
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Economic-Social Interaction during China’s Transition
Lindbeck, Assar - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2006
I discuss the nature of the economic reforms in China during the last quarter of a century in the context of a typology of economic systems, emphasizing the interaction between economic and social mechanisms. I also consider China’s options for further reforms. I focus on economic reforms that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005419520
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The Economics of Bounded Rationality, Entrepreneurship and Institutional Evolution
Day, Richard H. - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1989
-rational modes underlie both the erratic perturbations of entrepreneurship and the systematic waves of diffusion they initiate which … possible by financial intermediation. They imply asymmetric changes in individual welfare. The markets for entrepreneurship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019055
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Are High-Growth Firms Overrepresented in High-Tech Industries?
Daunfeldt, Sven-Olof; Elert, Niklas; Johansson, Dan - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
It is frequently argued that policymakers should target high-tech firms, i.e., firms with high R&D intensity, because such firms are considered more innovative and therefore potential fast-growers. This argument relies on the assumption that the association among high-tech status, innovativeness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011211884
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Entrepreneurship and the Theory of Taxation
Henrekson, Magnus; Sanandaji, Tino - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2008
Taxation theory rarely takes entrepreneurship into consideration. We discuss how this omission affects conclusions … entrepreneurship often omitted by standard capital taxation theory are incorporated into the analysis. This includes the lack of a well …. When unique attributes of entrepreneurship are taken into account, some major conclusions of capital taxation models no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082489
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Compulsory Education and Jack-of-all-trades Entrepreneurs
Douhan, Robin - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
Can educational institutions explain occupational choice between wage employment and entrepreneurship? This paper … is more likely to enter into entrepreneurship. In the theoretical model proposed, abilities are an outcome of talent and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025459
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The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and Oligopolists
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2009
We construct a model where incumbents can either acquire basic innovations from entrepreneurs, or wait and acquire developed innovations from entrepreneurial firms supported by venture capitalists. We show that venture-backed entrepreneurial firms have an incentive to overinvest in development...
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Taxes and the Choice of Organizational Form by Entrepreneurs in Sweden
Edmark, Karin; Gordon, Roger - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
This paper makes use of individual data for 2004 to 2008 on owners of closely-held businesses in Sweden to estimate the role of both tax and non-tax determinants in the choice to be a closely-held corporation vs. a proprietorship. While lower-income individuals face relatively neutral...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539860
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Entrepreneurial Innovations and Taxation
Haufler, Andreas; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2012
Many governments promote small businesses for the dual reasons of fostering ‘breakthrough’ innovations and employment growth. In this paper we study the effects of tax and subsidy policies on entrepreneurs’ choice of riskiness of an innovation project and on their mode of commercializing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009399312