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  • About us

    • About
    • Contact us

  • Media

    • News archive

  • Cooperations

    • Eli F. Heckscher Lectures

Research

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    • Labour Market Research
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    • Climate and Environmental Research

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    Working Paper No. 25. Does free trade really reduce growth? Further testing using the economic freedom index

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    Ekonomisk frihet, Ekonomisk tillväxt, Företagandets villkor, Frihandel, Henrik Jordahl, Niclas Berggren
    Working Paper No. 25.
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    Abstract

    While studies of the relationship between economic freedom and economic growth have shown it to be positive, significant and robust, it has rightly been argued that different areas of economic freedom may have quite different effects on growth. Along that line, Carlsson and Lundström (2002) present the surprising result that “International exchange: Freedom to trade with foreigners” is detrimental for growth. We find that “Taxes on international trade” seems to drive this result. However, using newer data and a more extensive sensitivity analysis, we find that it is not robust. Least Trimmed Squares-based estimation in fact renders the coefficient positive.

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    Berggren, N. & Jordahl, H. (2003). Does free trade really reduce growth? Further testing using the economic freedom index. Ratio Working Paper No. 25.

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    Colin, E., Sandström, C., & Wennberg, C. (2021). Utvärderingar av näringspolitik–en intressekonflikt mellan myndigheter, konsultföretag, politik och skattebetalare. Ekon. Debatt, 49, 30-41.

    Mer för mindre? Tillväxt och hållbarhet i Sverige
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    Grafström, J. & Sandström, C.
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    2020

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    The openness of open innovation in ecosystems
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    Open innovation has rendered increased interest both in practice and research, and has expanded from dyadic transfers of ideas, to ecosystem levels. Knowledge is at the heart of open innovation, and this paper describes and discusses knowledge-transfer linkages for open innovation. It does so based on a literature review. The paper links together open innovation research with general management research to categorise and discuss linkages among parties in terms of their openness and how they relate to knowledge management. Conclusions indicate that openness needs to be considered in different dimensions that also links to different knowledge management outcomes. The paper’s contribution consists of how it connects open innovation research to the general management literature, and how it builds a practical understanding of how linkages between firms can be categorised to aid firms to consider which mechanisms they may choose and why.

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