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Harald Edquist

Associate Professor

Harald Edquist is Master Researcher Macroeconomics at Ericsson AB. He is affiliated with IFN where he was previously engaged in the international research project COINVEST (Competitiveness, Innovation and Intangible Investment in Europe). Harald has also worked as a Research Director at the think tanks Forum for Reforms, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (FORES) and the Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS). He has also been engaged in international research projects at the Swiss Bank UBS and the OECD.

Affiliated Researcher

Contact

Harald Edquist

harald.edquist@ericsson.com

Research interests: Economic history, Innovation, Macro economics, Sustainability, Technological change, Telecom

Among the questions that Harald Edquist tries to answer with his research:

How important are investments in ICT and particularly in mobile broadband for economic development?

What methods can be used to analyze 5G, 6G and IoT from an economic perspective?

How will digitalization, IoT and automation effect productivity and jobs?
How can we measure the economic effects from ICT beyond GDP?

Published at IFN

Journal Articles

04 November 2024 Edquist, Harald (2024). “How Important is Mobile Broadband Latency for Total Factor Productivity Growth?”. Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy 12(1), 305–327. doi.org/10.18080/jtde.v12n1.824

13 February 2024 Edquist, Harald and Pernilla Bergmark (2024). “How Is Mobile Broadband Intensity Affecting CO2 Emissions? – A Macro Analysis”. Telecommunications Policy 48(2), 102668. doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2023.102668

29 November 2022 Goodridge, Peter, Jonathan Haskel and Harald Edquist (2022). “We See Data Everywhere Except in the Productivity Statistics”. Review of Income and Wealth 68(4), 862–894. doi.org/10.1111/roiw.12542

01 September 2017 Edquist, Harald and Magnus Henrekson (2017). “Swedish Lessons: How Important are ICT and R&D to Economic Growth?”. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 42, 1–12. doi.org/10.1016/j.strueco.2017.05.004

01 March 2017 Edquist, Harald and Magnus Henrekson (2017). “Do R&D and ICT Affect Total Factor Productivity Growth Differently?”. Telecommunications Policy 41(2), 106–119. doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2016.11.010

01 December 2011 Edquist, Harald (2011). “Can Investment in Intangibles Explain the Swedish Productivity Boom in the 1990s?”. Review of Income and Wealth 57(4), 658–682. doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4991.2010.00436.x

01 March 2011 Edquist, Harald (2011). “Parallel Development? Productivity Growth Following the Diffusion of Electric Motors and ICT”. Scandinavian Economic History Review 59(1), 29–47. doi.org/10.1080/03585522.2011.541121

01 May 2010 Edquist, Harald (2010). “Does Hedonic Price Indexing Change our Interpretation of Economic History? Evidence from Swedish Electrification”. Economic History Review 63(2), 500–523. doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00504.x

Book Chapters

01 January 2013 Edquist, Harald and Magnus Henrekson (2013). “Product Market Reforms and Incentives to Innovate in Sweden”. In Maria Choupres and Harald Edquist (Eds.), What Can We Learn from Economic Reforms in Greece and Sweden? (143–198). Brussels: European Liberal Forum.

01 January 2006 Edquist, Harald and Magnus Henrekson (2006). “Technological Breakthroughs and Productivity Growth”. In Alexander J. Field, Gregory Clark and William A. Sundstrom (Eds.), Research in Economic History, Volume 24 (1–53). Bingley: Emerald.

Working Papers

08 February 2016 Edquist, Harald and Magnus Henrekson (2016). “Do R&D and ICT Affect Total Factor Productivity Growth Differently?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1108. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

08 June 2015 Edquist, Harald and Magnus Henrekson (2015). “Swedish Lessons: How Important are ICT and R&D to Economic Growth?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1073. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

13 November 2013 Edquist, Harald and Magnus Henrekson (2013). “Product Market Reforms and Incentives to Innovate in Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 986. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

11 February 2011 Edquist, Harald (2011). “Intangible Investment and the Swedish Manufacturing and Service Sector Paradox”. IFN Working Paper No. 863. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

23 September 2009 Edquist, Harald (2009). “Can Investment in Intangibles Explain the Swedish Productivity Boom in the 1990s?”. IFN Working Paper No. 809. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

15 January 2009 Edquist, Harald (2009). “How Much does Sweden Invest in Intangible Assets?”. IFN Working Paper No. 785. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 April 2008 Edquist, Harald (2008). “Does Hedonic Price Indexing Change Our Interpretation of Economic History? Evidence from Swedish Electrification”. IFN Working Paper No. 742. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

17 August 2007 Edquist, Harald (2007). “Parallel Development? Productivity Growth Following Electrification and the ICT Revolution”. IFN Working Paper No. 714. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

03 May 2006 Edquist, Harald and Magnus Henrekson (2006). “Technological Breakthroughs and Productivity Growth”. IFN Working Paper No. 665. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Articles in Swedish

01 January 2010 Edquist, Harald (2010). ”Kan immateriella investeringar förklara den svenska produktivitetsboomen under 1990–talet?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 38(2), 27–36.

01 January 2009 Edquist, Harald (2009). ”Hur länge förblir IKT avgörande för svensk produktivitetsutveckling?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 37(1), 31–40.

01 January 2008 Edquist, Harald (2008). ”IKT och produktivitet”. Ekonomiska Samfundets Tidskrift 61(3), s. 150.

01 January 2007 Edquist, Harald och Magnus Henrekson (2007). ”Vad kan tidigare teknologiska genombrott lära oss om IKT–revolutionen?”. Ekonomiska Samfundets Tidskrift 60(2), 61–71.

Op-Eds

23 September 2009 Edquist, Harald and Henrik Jordahl (2009). “SCB underskattar tjänstesektorn”. Svenska Dagbladet, September 23.

Popular Science

01 January 2009 Edquist, Harald (2009). “'Produktivitet' ett ord som lätt kan misstolkas – Svar till Erik Ruist”. Ekonomisk Debatt 37(5), p. 65.

01 January 2008 Edquist, Harald (2008). “IKT och produktivitet”. Ekonomiska Samfundets Tidskrift 61(3), p. 149.

01 January 2007 Edquist, Harald and Magnus Henrekson (2007). “Ny teknik slår igenom när den är gammal”. Forskning och Framsteg 42(4), 60–63.

Reports

01 January 2011 Edquist, Harald (2011). “Vilken betydelse har immateriella investeringar för den svenska ekonomin?”.

01 January 2010 Edquist, Harald (2010). “Hur viktiga är immateriella investeringar i tjänstesektorn och tillverkningsindustrin för näringslivets tillväxt?”.

Policy Papers (discontinued)

16 September 2009 Edquist, Harald (2009). “Så skapas kunskapsintensiv tjänstetillväxt”. IFN Policy Paper No. 28. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

10 September 2008 Edquist, Harald (2008). “Svensk produktivitetsutveckling och förutsättningar för en framgångsrik IKT-politik”. IFN Policy Paper No. 23. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

24 April 2007 Edquist, Harald and Magnus Henrekson (2007). “Vad kan tidigare teknologiska genombrott lära oss om IKT-revolutionen?”. IFN Policy Paper No. 14. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

IFN Newsletter

01 February 2010 Edquist, Harald (2010). “Hur viktiga är immateriella investeringar?”. IFN:s Nyhetsbrev (1), 1–4.