Policy seminars
The seminar featured the presentation of two studies from the research project “Cultures of Trust and Institutions of Freedom”, financed by the John Templeton Foundation.
On May 25th Professor Saras D. Sarasvathy received the world's foremost prize on Entrepreneurship Research, the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, at a prize ceremony and lecture in Stockholm…
There has been a shift in economic activity and away from young firms toward large, mature ”superstar” firms, said professor John Haltiwanger in his prize lecture when he received the Global Award for…
Boyan Jovanovic is the 2019 winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research. According to the Prize motivation, Boyan Jovanovic received the Award “for pioneering research that advances our u…
“What I believe is missing in Italy is not the reforms, but believing in the reforms”, said Guiseppe Bertola, University of Turin, when presenting this years' EEAG Report on a seminar in Stockholm. He…
The EEAG-report 2018 in general and in particular a chapter titled “It’s ok to be different: Policy coordination and economic convergence” was presented at a seminar in Stockholm by Professor Clemens…
Edward Lazear of Stanford University visited IFN on Wednesday and launched a public seminar. Lazear has studied immigration to the United States, as well as to Sweden, and found that the underlying me…
On Tuesday the study Institutional Reform for Innovation and Entrepreneurship: An Agenda for Europe was presented in Stockholm. The study is part of Fires, a research program funded by the European Co…
Hernando de Soto, founder of the think-tank Institute of Liberty and Democracy (ILD), in Lima, Peru, has been awarded the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research 2017. "Five billion people are poor…
The EEAG Report 2017 was presented at a seminar in Stockholm. What drives populism, asked Professor Clemens Fuest, CESifo, Munich, at the seminar titled “Economic policy and the rise of populism”. His…
What can we learn from the research on automation and digitalization? This question was answered at a seminar organized by IFN. Keynote speaker was Professor Melanie Arntz, ZEW in Mannheim and Heidelb…
The well-known economist Deirdre McCloskey, Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago, opened a seminar entitled The idea is the idea of growth. Bettina Kashefi, chief economist at the Confederat…
Jonathan Haidt presented his research about morality at a seminar on June 28, 2016. He explained how it can be that left and right views are so different (in most countries), and what capitialism does…
Professor Philippe Aghion, Collège de France, received the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research 2016 on an award ceremony at Grand Hotel in Stockholm. Faced with an ample audience Aghion held a…
Harold James, Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University, presented the 2016 EEAG Report and a chapter about intergenerational fairness in today’s Europe. Mats Persson, Profe…
Does policy uncertainty curb economic growth, was the key question asked and answered by Professor Steven Davis, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, at a seminar organized by IFN. Davis is…
GDP is problematic as a measure of growth, but this does not mean that GDP is useless, explained Professor Diane Coyle, University of Manchester, in a seminar organized by IFN May 7. Coyle said that G…
Luigi Zingales, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance at the University of Chicago, presented his research on crony capitalism and pro-market vs. pro-business, at a seminar organized by IFN: Comme…
Stock markets fulfill dual functions: they enable firms to raise capital by issuing shares to the public and at the same time allow institutions/individuals to invest and take part in the listed compa…