Research Interest Search
To find out more about the research interest you would like to know more about, click on the research interests of your choice. Researchers and research within the chosen field will be listed below.
Filter out specific content within the subject area
Open filters
Close filters
Your filter gave 61 hits.
Competition policy
Cultural economics
Elderly care
Electricity markets
Family business
Labor economics
Pandemic
Privatization
IFN Researcher
IFN Researcher
Self-Employment in the Countryside
In the project, barriers and success factors for self-employment in rural areas in Sweden are examined. Both registry data and survey data are utilized in the study.
Research project
IFN Researcher
Affiliated Researcher
Financial Intermediation Research Society's (FIRS) conference, Berlin
On May 29 - 31, Joacim Tåg will participate in the FIRS conference in Berlin. He will then present a paper on family business.
Event
Publish date 5/29/2024
The Importance of Family Firms for the Development and Balance in the Business Sector
About half of all private companies with employees in the Swedish business sector are family firms. They operate in many different areas and can be of different sizes, from very large to smaller compa…
Research project
The Significance of Cultural Norms for Immigrants Employment and Corporate Performance
In an era of significant immigration, integration is crucial. Society functions more effectively when individuals with foreign backgrounds participate in the economic, political, and social spheres al…
Research project
Affiliated Researcher
Procure Better: An Evaluation of Private Ambulance Providers’ Efficiency in Emergency Medical Services under New Contractual Regulations
A common argument against the economic theory that certain services are unsuitable for private providers is that the issues instead stem from inadequate expertise on the part of the contract issuer. W…
Research project
Policy Seminar: Is the Market Economy Culturally Harmful?
IFN arranged a policy seminar on March 7, 2024, entitled “Is the Market Economy Culturally Harmful?”. It featured the presentation of two studies from the research project “Cultures of Trust and Insti…
News
Publish date 3/8/2024
IFN Researcher
The Economics of Entrepreneurship
In the acclaimed book The Resilient Society: Economics After Covid, the author, Princeton Professor Markus Brunnermeier, describes how the experiences from the covid-pandemic have highlighted the valu…
Research program
Affiliated Researcher
Das egalitäre «nordische Arbeitsmodell» ist Schwedens ganzer Stolz – aber wie tauglich ist es für eine digitale und globalisierte Zukunft?
Per Skedinger, IFN, is interviewed by Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
Media coverage
Publish date 11/17/2022
That’s how long inflation can eat your salary increase
Negotiations on a new wage agreement between Swedish trade unions and employers within the industry department are in full swing. The agreed wage increases will set the level for the rest of the labo…
Media coverage
Publish date 3/29/2023
Cultures of Trust and Institutions of Freedom
This project entails two interrelated core themes: Can institutions embodying economic freedom, contrary to the skepticism of some, contribute to fairness, trust, equality and responsibility; and can…
Research project
Behavioral Responses to Health Risks and Policies during Epidemics
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted shortcomings of standard epidemiological models in accurately predicting the spread of the virus. This, in turn, undermined the ability to conduct reliable policy ana…
Research project
Presentation at Helsinki Graduate School of Economics
Joacim Tåg will present his paper ”JAQ of All Trades: Job Mismatch, Firm Productivity and Managerial Quality" at a seminar at the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics (GSE).
Event
Publish date 3/29/2023
Sweden's Successful Financin of a Strong Welfare System: A Model for Other Countries?
Mårten Blix, IFN, presents his and Henrik Jordahl's book Privatizing Welfare Services –Lessons from the Swedish Experiment at the Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF.
Event
Publish date 12/14/2021