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Lars Persson

Professor, Deputy Director

Lars Persson is Professor in economics, Deputy Director at IFN, IFN Senior Research Fellow and director of the IFN research program The Economics of Entrepreneurship. In addition, he is research fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London) and the ifo Institute in Munich. He has served as an economic expert judge at the District Court of Stockholm, and has been visiting professor at the European University Institute and Purdue University.

IFN Researcher

Contact

Lars Persson

+46 (0)8 665 4504

lars.persson@ifn.se

Research interests: Artificial intelligence, Competition policy, Digitalization, Economic growth, Entrepreneurship, Industrial economics, Innovation, International investments, Private equity, venture capital, Technological change

Among the questions that Lars Persson tries to answer with his research:

How does industrial policy affect incentives for entrepreneurs to invest in innovative business projects?
What effect has a more protectionist approach to business ownership abroad in regards to efficiency in the domestic structural change?
How does digitalization affect the industrial restructuring process?
Are social norms corporate company-specific or country-specific?
How does the rise of the private equity market affect efficiency in trade and businesses?
Do we need more or less diversity to develop businesses?

Current writings

09 December 2024

Institutet för Näringslivsforskning

The Importance of Family Firms for Resilience and Transformation Capacity in the Swedish Business Sector

Popular Science

by Anders Kärnä, Dagmar Müller, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Martin Olsson, Lars Persson

11 June 2024

Small Business Economics

Why Generative AI Can Make Creative Destruction More Creative But Less Destructive

Journal Article

by Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson

10 June 2024

Small Business Economics

Risky Business: Venture Capital, Pivoting and Scaling

Journal Article

by Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson, Joacim Tåg

Published at IFN

Journal Articles

11 June 2024 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2024). “Why Generative AI Can Make Creative Destruction More Creative But Less Destructive”. Small Business Economics 63(1), 349–377. doi.org/10.1007/s11187-023-00829-4

10 June 2024 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (forthcoming). “Risky Business: Venture Capital, Pivoting and Scaling”. Small Business Economics. doi.org/10.1007/s11187-024-00944-w

05 September 2022 Persson, Lars and Thomas Seiler (2022). “Entrepreneurial Optimism and Creative Destruction”. North American Journal of Economics and Finance 62, 101737. doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2022.101737

05 February 2021 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2021). “Talent Development and Labour Market Integration in European Football”. World Economy 44(2), 367–408. doi.org/10.1111/twec.13071

01 April 2020 Gardberg, Malin, Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2020). “Digitization–Based Automation and Occupational Dynamics”. Economics Letters 189, 109032. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2020.109032

26 February 2020 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Charlotta Olofsson and Lars Persson (2020). “Acquisitions for Sleep”. B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 20(2), 20190021. doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2019-0021

01 January 2020 Koptyug, Nikita, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2020). “Should We Worry about the Decline of the Public Corporation? A Brief Survey of the Economics and External Effects of the Stock Market”. North American Journal of Economics and Finance 51, 101061. doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2019.101061

01 November 2019 Kaya, Mehmet Caglar and Lars Persson (2019). “A Theory of Gazelle Growth: Competition, Venture Capital Finance and Policy”. North American Journal of Economics and Finance 50, 101019. doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2019.101019

01 September 2019 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson and Fredrik Andersson (2019). “Has the Swedish Business Sector Become More Entrepreneurial than the U.S. Business Sector?”. Research Policy 48(7), 1809–1822. doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2019.04.007

01 August 2019 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2019). “The Turnaround of the Swedish Economy: Lessons from Large Business Sector Reforms”. World Bank Research Observer 34(2), 274–308. doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lky007

01 April 2019 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2019). “Stock Market Impact of Cross–Border Acquisitions in Emerging Markets”. North American Journal of Economics and Finance 48, 346–363. doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2019.02.011

01 March 2018 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2018). “Does the Debt Tax Shield Distort Ownership Efficiency?”. International Review of Economics & Finance 54, 299–310. doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2017.09.012

01 March 2018 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2018). “Threatening to Buy: Private Equity Buyouts and Antitrust Policy”. Economics Letters 164, 31–34. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.027

01 March 2018 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2018). “Who Creates Jobs and Who Creates Productivity? Small Versus Large Versus Young Versus Old”. Economics Letters 164, 50–57. doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.034

01 January 2018 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2018). “Private Equity Buyouts: Anti– or Pro–Competitive?”. Antitrust Chronicle 1(1), 1–5.

01 October 2017 Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika, Per Hjertstrand, Pehr‐Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson and Helder Vasconcelos (2017). “Why Entrepreneurs Choose Risky R&D Projects – But Still Not Risky Enough”. Economic Journal 127(605), F164–F199. doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12470

01 August 2017 Berg, Aron, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2017). “Cross–Border Mergers & Acquisitions with Financially Constrained Owners”. Review of World Economics 153(3), 433–456. doi.org/10.1007/s10290-017-0281-5

01 May 2017 Baziki, Selva Bahar, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2017). “Cross–Border Acquisitions and restructuring: Multinational Enterprises and Private Equity Firms”. European Economic Review 94, 166–184. doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.02.012

01 May 2016 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Roger Svensson (2016). “Creative Destruction and Productive Preemptive Acquisitions”. Journal of Business Venturing 31(3), 326–343. doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusvent.2016.03.001

01 November 2014 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Joacim Tå̊g (2014). “Acquisitions, Entry, and Innovation in Oligopolistic Network Industries”. International Journal of Industrial Organization 37, 1–12. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2014.07.003

01 September 2014 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Robin Douhan (2014). “Entrepreneurship Policy and Globalization”. Journal of Development Economics 110, 22–38. doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2014.04.006

01 May 2014 Haufler, Andreas, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2014). “Entrepreneurial Innovations and Taxation”. Journal of Public Economics 113, 13–31. doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2014.03.002

01 May 2014 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2014). “Born to be Global and the Globalisation Process”. World Economy 37(5), 672–689. doi.org/10.1111/twec.12132

01 December 2013 Carlsson, Bo et al. (2013). “The Evolving Domain of Entrepreneurship Research”. Small Business Economics 41(4), 913–930. doi.org/10.1007/s11187-013-9503-y

01 September 2013 Fabrizi, Simona, Steffen Lippert, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2013). “Venture Capitalists and the Patenting of Innovations”. Journal of Industrial Economics 61(3), 623–659. doi.org/10.1111/joie.12028

01 February 2013 Gans, Joshua S. and Lars Persson (2013). “Entrepreneurial Commercialization Choices and the Interaction between IPR and Competition Policy”. Industrial and Corporate Change 22(1), 131–151. doi.org/10.1093/icc/dts049

01 December 2012 Friberg, Richard, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2012). “Ex Post Merger Evaluations and Strategic Pre–Merger Investments”. Journal of Competition Law and Economics 8(4), 831–848. doi.org/10.1093/joclec/nhs027

01 October 2012 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2012). “Privatization, Investment and Ownership Efficiency”. Oxford Economic Papers 64(4), 765–786. doi.org/10.1093/oep/gpr053

01 August 2012 Bertrand, Olivier, Katariina Nilsson Hakkala, Pehr‐Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2012). “Should Countries Block Foreign Takeovers of R&D Champions and Promote Greenfield Entry?”. Canadian Journal of Economics 45(3), 1083–1124. doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5982.2012.01728.x

01 July 2012 Ganslandt, Mattias, Lars Persson and Helder Vasconcelos (2012). “Endogenous Mergers and Collusion in Asymmetric Market Structures”. Economica 79(316), 766–791. doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0335.2012.00937.x

01 April 2012 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2012). “Entrepreneurial Innovations, Competition and Competition Policy”. European Economic Review 56(3), 488–506. doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2011.12.001

01 January 2011 Bergh, Andreas, Lars Persson, Per Skedinger and Joacim Tåg (2011). “Three Book Reviews”. Journal of Economic Literature XLVIII/XLIX, p. 1051–1053 / 151–152 & 168–170.

01 December 2009 Fumagalli, Chiara, Massimo Motta and Lars Persson (2009). “On the Anticompetitive Effect of Exclusive Dealing when Entry by Merger is Possible”. Journal of Industrial Economics 57(4), 785–811. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6451.2009.00401.x

01 November 2009 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Jonas Vlachos (2009). “Cross–Border Acquisitions and Taxes: Efficiency and Tax Revenues”. Canadian Journal of Economics 42(4), 1473–1500. doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5982.2009.01554.x

01 January 2009 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2009). “The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and Oligopolists”. Journal of the European Economic Association 7(6), 1261–1290. doi.org/10.1162/JEEA.2009.7.6.1261

01 December 2008 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2008). “Cross–Border Mergers & Acquisitions Policy in Service Markets”. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 8, 269–293. doi.org/10.1007/s10842-008-0038-x

01 May 2008 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2008). “Globalization and Profitability of Cross–border Mergers & Acquisitions”. Economic Theory 35(2), 241–266. doi.org/10.1007/s00199-007-0237-4

01 March 2008 Modén, Karl-Markus, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2008). “Efficiency and Ownership Structure: The Case of Poland”. World Economy 31(3), 437–460. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.01065.x

01 July 2007 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2007). “Investment Liberalization – Why a Restrictive Cross–Border Merger Policy can be Counterproductive”. Journal of International Economics 72(2), 366–380. doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2006.09.004

01 October 2006 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2006). “Endogenous Asset Ownership Structures in Deregulated Markets”. European Economic Review 50(7), 1729–1752. doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.06.006

01 November 2005 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2005). “Privatization Policy in an International Oligopoly”. Economica 72(288), 635–653. doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0335.2005.00436.x

01 June 2005 Persson, Lars (2005). “The Failing Firm Defense”. Journal of Industrial Economics 53(2), 175–201. doi.org/10.1111/j.0022-1821.2005.00251.x

01 April 2004 Persson, Lars (2004). “Predation and Mergers: Is Merger Law Counterproductive?”. European Economic Review 48(2), 239–258. doi.org/10.1016/S0014-2921(03)00051-5

01 March 2004 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2004). “Privatization and Foreign Competition”. Journal of International Economics 62(2), 409–416. doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1996(03)00049-7

01 September 2001 Horn, Henrik and Lars Persson (2001). “Endogenous Mergers in Concentrated Markets”. International Journal of Industrial Organization 19(8), 1213–1244. doi.org/10.1016/S0167-7187(99)00062-4

01 April 2001 Horn, Henrik and Lars Persson (2001). “The Equilibrium Ownership of an International Oligopoly”. Journal of International Economics 53(2), 307–333. doi.org/10.1016/S0022-1996(00)00059-3

Books

01 January 2016 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2016). “Digitaliseringens dynamik – en ESO–rapport om strukturomvandlingen i svenskt näringsliv”. Stockholm: Finansdepartementet.

01 January 2013 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2013). Var skapas jobben? En ESO–rapport om dynamiken i svenskt näringsliv 1990 till 2009. Stockholm: Finansdepartementet.

Book Chapters

31 March 2021 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2021). “Digitalisation, Productivity and Jobs: A European Perspective”. In Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Karin Leijon, Anna Michalski and Lars Oxelheim (Eds.), The European Union and the Technology Shift (135–159). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.

01 January 2020 Persson, Lars and Thomas Tangerås (2020). “Transmission Network Investment Across National Borders: The Liberalized Nordic Electricity Market”. In Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh, Juan Rosellón and Ingo Vogelsang (Eds.), Transmission Network Investment in Liberalized Power Markets (557–594). Cham: Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47929-9_19

01 January 2020 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2020). “Digitalieringen, produktiviteten och jobben – ett europeiskt perspektiv”. In Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Michalski, Anna and Lars Oxelheim (Eds.), EU och teknologiskiftet. Europaperspektiv 2020 (149–175). Stockholm: Santérus Förlag.

01 January 2019 Henrekson, Magnus and Lars Persson (2019). “IFN:s forskningsprogram Entreprenörskapets ekonomi 2009–2019”. In Magnus Henrekson (Ed.), IFN 1939–2019 – 80 år av ekonomisk forskning (111–124). Stockholm: Ekerlids Förlag.

01 January 2009 Henrekson, Magnus and Lars Persson (2009). “Forskningsprogrammet Entreprenörskapets ekonomi”. In Magnus Henrekson (Ed.), IFN/IUI 1939–2009. Sju decennier av forskning om ett näringsliv i utveckling (472–483).

Working Papers

16 May 2023 Gunnarsson, Emma, Anders Kärnä, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2023). “Family Firms: In All Shapes and Sizes”. IFN Working Paper No. 1461. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

22 February 2023 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2023). “Why Big Data Can Make Creative Destruction More Creative – But Less Destructive ”. IFN Working Paper No. 1454. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

18 November 2022 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan , Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2022). “Risky Business: Venture Capital, Pivoting and Scaling”. IFN Working Paper No. 1444. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

11 February 2021 Heyman, Fredrik , Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2021). “Automation, Work and Productivity: The Role of Firm Heterogeneity”. IFN Working Paper No. 1382. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

12 September 2019 Gardberg, Malin, Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2019). “Digitization-Based Automation and Occupational Dynamics”. IFN Working Paper No. 1299. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 July 2019 Kaya, Mehmet Caglar and Lars Persson (2019). “A Theory of Gazelle Growth: Competition, Venture Capital Finance and Policy”. IFN Working Paper No. 1291. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

28 June 2019 Koptyug, Nikita, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2019). “Should We Worry about the Decline of the Public Corporation? A Brief Survey of the Economics and External Effects of the Stock Market”. IFN Working Paper No. 1298. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

28 February 2019 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2019). “Stock Market Impact of Cross-Border Acquisitions in Emerging Markets”. IFN Working Paper No. 1267. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

17 October 2018 Persson, Lars and Thomas Tangerås (2018). “Transmission Network Investment across National Borders: The Liberalized Nordic Electricity Market”. IFN Working Paper No. 1242. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

28 May 2018 Persson, Lars and Thomas Seiler (2018). “Entrepreneurial Optimism and Creative Destruction”. IFN Working Paper No. 1218. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

06 February 2018 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2018). “Threatening to Buy: Private Equity Buyouts and Antitrust Policy”. IFN Working Paper No. 1199. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

20 November 2017 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2017). “Who Creates Jobs and Who Creates Productivity? Small versus Large versus Young versus Old”. IFN Working Paper No. 1189. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

30 October 2017 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Roger Svensson (2017). “Verifying High Quality: Entry for Sale”. IFN Working Paper No. 1186. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

22 June 2017 Hjertstrand, Per, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2017). “The Educated Underdog Becomes the Ultimate Superstar”. IFN Working Paper No. 1176. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

15 May 2017 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2017). “Talent, Career Choice and Competition: The Gender Wage Gap at the Top”. IFN Working Paper No. 1169. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

21 December 2016 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson and Fredrik Andersson (2016). “Has the Swedish Business Sector Become More Entrepreneurial than the U.S. Business Sector?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1147. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

31 May 2016 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2016). “Talent Development and Labour Market Integration: The Case of EU Football”. IFN Working Paper No. 1126. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

04 March 2016 Ljungqvist, Alexander, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2016). “The Incredible Shrinking Stock Market: On the Political Economy Consequences of Excessive Delistings”. IFN Working Paper No. 1115. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

01 September 2015 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2015). “The Turnaround of Swedish Industry: Reforms, Firm Diversity and Job and Productivity Dynamics”. IFN Working Paper No. 1079. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

28 January 2015 Baziki, Selva, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2015). “Cross-Border Acquisitions and Restructuring: Multinational Enterprises and Private Equity Firms”. IFN Working Paper No. 1057. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 January 2013 Carlsson, Bo et al. (2013). “The Evolving Domain of Entrepreneurship Research ”. IFN Working Paper No. 948. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

24 September 2012 Berg, Aron, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2012). “International Mergers with Financially Constrained Owners ”. IFN Working Paper No. 927. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

18 September 2012 Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson and Helder Vasconcelos (2012). “Why Entrepreneurs Choose Risky R&D Projects – But Still Not Risky Enough”. IFN Working Paper No. 926. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 January 2012 Haufler, Andreas, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2012). “Entrepreneurial Innovations and Taxation”. IFN Working Paper No. 896. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 January 2012 Gans, Joshua S. and Lars Persson (2012). “Entrepreneurial Commercialization Choices and the Interaction between IPR and Competition Policy”. IFN Working Paper No. 895. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

06 April 2011 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2011). “Acquisitions, Entry and Innovation in Oligopolistic Network Industries”. IFN Working Paper No. 867. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

11 June 2010 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2010). “Does the Debt Tax Shield Distort Ownership Efficiency?”. IFN Working Paper No. 841. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 January 2010 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Joacim Tåg (2010). “Buying to Sell: A Theory of Buyouts”. IFN Working Paper No. 817. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

24 August 2009 Douhan, Robin, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2009). “Entrepreneurship Policy and Globalization”. IFN Working Paper No. 807. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

10 June 2009 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Roger Svensson (2009). “Creative Destruction and Productive Preemption”. IFN Working Paper No. 799. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 January 2009 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2009). “The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists and Oligopolists”. IFN Working Paper No. 783. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

13 November 2008 Friberg, Richard, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2008). “Getting a Better Price: Strategic Behavior before Changes in Ownership of Corporate Assets”. IFN Working Paper No. 777. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

06 November 2008 Fabrizi, Simona, Steffen Lippert, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2008). “Venture Capitalists, Asymmetric Information, and Ownership in the Innovation Process”. IFN Working Paper No. 776. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

17 October 2008 Bertrand, Olivier, Katariina Nilsson Hakkala, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2008). “Should R&D Champions be Protected from Foreign Takeovers?”. IFN Working Paper No. 772. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

10 April 2008 Friberg, Richard, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2008). “Privatization, Investment and Ownership Efficiency”. IFN Working Paper No. 744. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

08 April 2008 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2008). “Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions Policy in Service Markets”. IFN Working Paper No. 743. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

25 September 2007 Ganslandt, Mattias, Lars Persson and Helder Vasconcelos (2007). “Asymmetric Collusion and Merger Policy”. IFN Working Paper No. 719. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

20 September 2007 Fumagalli, Chiara, Massimo Motta and Lars Persson (2007). “On the Anticompetitive Effect of Exclusive Dealing when Entry by Merger is Possible”. IFN Working Paper No. 718. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

13 April 2007 Modén, Karl-Markus, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2007). “Efficiency and Ownership Structure – The Case of Poland”. IFN Working Paper No. 703. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

22 September 2006 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2006). “Entrepreneurial Innovations, Competition and Competition Policy”. IFN Working Paper No. 670. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

13 June 2006 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2006). “Investment Liberalization - Why a Restrictive Cross-Border Merger Policy can be Counterproductive”. IFN Working Paper No. 666. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

09 March 2006 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Jonas Vlachos (2006). “Cross-Border Acquisitions and Corporate Taxes: Efficiency and Tax Revenues”. IFN Working Paper No. 663. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

09 June 2005 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2005). “Investment Liberalization - Why a Restrictive Cross-Border Merger Policy can be Counterproductive”. IFN Working Paper No. 644. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 September 2004 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2004). “The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, and Oligopolists”. IFN Working Paper No. 626. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

25 November 2003 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2003). “Privatization Policy in an International Oligopoly”. IFN Working Paper No. 608. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

11 November 2003 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2003). “Privatization and Restructuring in Concentrated Markets”. IFN Working Paper No. 605. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

27 October 2003 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2003). “Endogenous Asset Ownership Structures in Deregulated Markets”. IFN Working Paper No. 604. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

10 January 2002 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2002). “Cross-Border Acquisitions and Greenfield Entry”. IFN Working Paper No. 570. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

19 December 2001 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2001). “Investment Liberalization - Who Benefits from Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitons?”. IFN Working Paper No. 569. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

04 September 2000 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2000). “Privatization and Foreign Competition”. IFN Working Paper No. 545. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

03 March 2000 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2000). “Privatization as a part of Liberalization Program in an International Oligopoly”. IFN Working Paper No. 532. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 July 1999 Persson, Lars (1999). “Predation and Mergers: Is Merger Law Counterproductive?”. IFN Working Paper No. 516. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

10 June 1999 Horn, Henrik and Lars Persson (1999). “The Equilibrium Ownership of an International Oligopoly”. IFN Working Paper No. 515. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

23 November 1998 Persson, Lars (1998). “The Auctioning of a Failing Firm”. IFN Working Paper No. 514. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

15 July 1998 Horn, Henrik and Lars Persson (1998). “Endogenous Mergers in Concentrated Markets”. IFN Working Paper No. 513. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Articles in Swedish

25 November 2022 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Henning Ottmer and Lars Persson (2022). “Företagsomställning och strukturomvandling i samband med ekonomiska kriser”. Ekonomisk Debatt 50(8), 16–30.

28 October 2022 Kärnä, Anders, Dagmar Müller, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2022). “Familjeföretagens betydelse för motståndskraften och omställningskraften i näringslivet”. Ekonomisk Debatt 50(7), 14–26.

01 January 2018 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck och Lars Persson (2018). ”Produktmarknadskonkurrens och skillnader i löner mellan kvinnliga och manliga chefer”. Ekonomisk Debatt 46(4), 43–53.

01 January 2017 Koptyug, Nikita, Lars Persson, Roger Svensson and Joacim Tåg (2017). “Aktiemarknadens betydelse för näringslivet och samhällsekonomin”. Ekonomisk Debatt 45(7), 6–17.

01 January 2008 Herzing, Mathias, Pehr-Johan Norbäck och Lars Persson (2008). ”Utländska direktinvesteringar: Effekter på det inhemska näringslivet”. Ekonomisk Debatt 36(2), 57–72.

Op-Eds

29 April 2024 Lindblad, Hans et al. (2024). “113 sätt att göra Sverige rikare och mer effektivt”. Dagens Nyheter, April 29.

18 January 2024 Persson, Lars, Karin Edmark, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Erik Prawitz (2024). “Sverige måste stå emot ropen på handelshinder”. Dagens Nyheter, January 18.

14 November 2023 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2023). “Nästa ekonomiska kris kräver mer än stödpolitik”. Dagens Nyheter, November 14.

14 January 2022 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2022). “Artificiell intelligens skapar ny utflyttningsvåg av jobb”. Dagens Nyheter, January 14.

02 May 2021 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2021). “Dålig konkurrens på den europeiska fotbollsmarknaden”. Dagens Industri, May 2.

19 April 2021 Persson, Lars and Fredrik Sjöholm (2021). “Slutreplik: Fel väg att låsa in medel i gamla företag”. Svenska Dagbladet, April 19.

10 April 2021 Persson, Lars and Fredrik Sjöholm (2021). “EU-förslag hot mot den svenska ägarmodellen”. Svenska Dagbladet, April 10.

09 March 2021 Persson, Lars and Fredrik Sjöholm (2021). “Coronastrategin har varit bra för svensk ekonomi”. Dagens Nyheter, March 9.

27 October 2019 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2019). “Konkurrenslagstiftning nyckeln till svenska entreprenörers framgång”. Dagens Industri, October 27.

10 May 2019 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2019). “Är Sveriges tid som stormakt i entreprenörskap över?”. Dagens Nyheter, May 10.

16 June 2016 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2016). “Digitalisering har gynnat Sverige”. Svenska Dagbladet, June 16.

04 June 2013 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2013). “Stöd till småföretag skapar inte fler jobb”. Svenska Dagbladet, June 4.

Popular Science

09 December 2024 Kärnä, Anders, Dagmar Müller, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Martin Olsson and Lars Persson (2024). “The Importance of Family Firms for Resilience and Transformation Capacity in the Swedish Business Sector”. Institutet för Näringslivsforskning, December 9.

12 August 2019 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2019). “How Sweden Became More Entrepreneurial Than the US”. VoxEU.org, CEPR Policy Portal and World Economic Forum, August 12.

03 November 2018 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Roger Svensson (2018). “Early Entry to Verify Quality Stimulates Breakthrough Innovations”. VoxEU.org, CEPR Policy Portal, November 3.

06 September 2018 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2018). “How the Market Can Help Break the Glass Ceiling for Women in Management”. ProMarket Blog, September 6.

23 January 2017 Färnstrand Damsgaard, Erika, Per Hjertstrand, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson and Helder Vasconcelos (2017). “Fostering Breakthrough Entrepreneurship”. VoxEU.org, January 23.

01 January 2010 Persson, Lars and Joacim Tåg (2010). “Book Review - Antitrust and Regulation in the EU and US: Legal and Economic Perspectives”. Review of Antitrust and Regulation in the EU and US: Legal and Economic Perspectives, by François Lévêque and Howard Shelanski. Journal of Economic Literature 48(4), 1051–1053.

Reports

29 April 2024 Lindblad, Hans et al. (2024). “Goda möjligheter till ökat välstånd”. Stockholm: Finansdepartementet.

20 January 2024 Persson, Lars, Karin Edmark, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Erik Prawitz (2024). “SNS Economic Policy Council Report 2024: Productivity Growth in the Swedish Business Sector”. Stockholm: SNS.

18 January 2024 Persson, Lars, Karin Edmark, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Erik Prawitz (2024). “Konjunkturrådets rapport 2024. Näringslivets produktivitetsutveckling”.

14 November 2023 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2023). “Strukturomvandling under ekonomiska kriser - var covidkrisen annorlunda?”. Stockholm: Fores.

25 October 2023 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2023). “Hur påverkar regulatoriska sandlådor konkurrensen?”. Stockholm: Konkurrensverket.

16 February 2023 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2023). “Internationell handel, miljön och klimatet”.

29 November 2021 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2021). “Ekonomiska krisers dynamik – en ESO-rapport om företagsomställning och strukturomvandling”.

01 January 2019 Heyman, Fredrik and Lars Persson (2019). “En regional analys av digitalisering och jobbdynamik i det svenska näringslivet”. Stockholm: Finansdepartementet.

01 January 2019 Persson, Lars and Pehr-Johan Norbäck (2019). “Marknadskoncentration och korsägande av företag”. Stockholm: Konkurrensverket.

01 January 2014 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2014). “Produktmarknadskonkurrens och diskriminering – Teori och empiri”.

01 January 2012 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2012). “Konkurrens– och effektivitetseffekter av privatiseringar. Teori och empiri”.

01 January 2010 Persson, Lars (2010). “En marknad för idéer. Entreprenörer, storföretag och riskkapitalister”. In Pontus Braunerhjelm (Ed.), En innovationsstrategi för Sverige (83–95).

14 September 2006 Herzing, Mathias, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2006). “Effektivitetseffekter av utländska direktinvesteringar - En översikt av nationalekonomisk forskning”.

Other Publications

29 December 2021 Braunerhjelm, Pontus, Magnus Henrekson, Ulf Jakobsson and Lars Persson (2021). “Till minne: Håkan Mogren”. Dagens Nyheter, December 29.

09 September 2020 Henrekson, Magnus, Henrik Horn and Lars Persson (2020). “Till minne: Assar Lindbeck”. Dagens Nyheter, September 9.

01 May 2013 Hammarberg, Rickard, Fredrik Heyman, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2013). “Kompletterande tabell- och figurdokument till Jobbdynamiken i svenskt näringsliv 1990 till 2009”. Stockholm: IFN.

Policy Papers (discontinued)

02 May 2018 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2018). “Digitalisering och produktivitet – en forskningsöversikt”. IFN Policy Paper No. 83. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

01 November 2015 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2015). “The Turnaround of the Swedish Economy: Lessons from Large Business Sector Reforms”. IFN Policy Paper No. 73. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

16 June 2014 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2014). “Produktivitet och företagsdynamik i svenskt näringsliv 1996 till 2009”. IFN Policy Paper No. 65. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

04 June 2013 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2013). “Jobbdynamiken i svenskt näringsliv 1990 till 2009 – teori och empiri”. IFN Policy Paper No. 60. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

06 December 2010 Persson, Lars (2010). “En marknad för idéer. Entreprenörer, storföretag och riskkapitalister”. IFN Policy Paper No. 42. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

IFN Newsletter

24 November 2020 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2020). “Microeconomic Reforms and Business Transformation: Some Lessons from Sweden”. IFN Newsletter (2), 1–4.

01 May 2019 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson and Roger Svensson (2019). “Start-ups for sale!”. IFN Newsletter (1), 1–4.

01 March 2013 Heyman, Fredrik, Lars Persson and Pehr-Johan Norbäck (2013). “Effekter av privatiseringar på konkurrens och effektivitet”. Nyheter från IFN: Ny ekonomisk forskning (2), 1–9.

01 February 2013 Heyman, Fredrik, Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson (2013). “Effects of Privatisation on Competition and Efficiency”. IFN Newsletter (2), 1–9.

01 May 2006 Norbäck, Pehr-Johan and Lars Persson (2006). “Vem ska äga innovativa idéer under processen från uppfinning till kommersialisering?”. IFN:s Nyhetsbrev (1), 1–4.

Among the questions that Lars Persson tries to answer with his research:
How does industrial policy affect incentives for entrepreneurs to invest in innovative business projects?
What effect has a more protectionist approach to business ownership abroad in regards to efficiency in the domestic structural change?
How does digitalization affect the industrial restructuring process?
Are social norms corporate company-specific or country-specific?
How does the rise of the private equity market affect efficiency in trade and businesses?
Do we need more or less diversity to develop businesses?