Företagandets villkor i internationell belysning

Sammanfattning

I en ny rapport har Ratio analyserat vad de nio viktigast internationella indexen om länders konkurrenskraft, regelbörda, ekonomiska frihet, entreprenörskap och innovationsförmåga säger om det svenska företagsklimatet. Trots flera topplaceringar har Sveriges position i förhållande till viktiga konkurrentländer försämrats.

Karlson, N., Larsson, A-S. & Blom, K. (2015). Företagandets villkor i internationell belysning. Rapport, 9 november. Ratio.

Liknande innehåll

Working paper

Ratio Working Paper No. 390: Fighting Populism by Rethinking Welfare

Karlson, N.

Publiceringsår

2026

Publicerat i

Ratio Working Paper Series.

Sammanfattning

Populism thrives on discontent. It could be anything from migration and xenophobia to globalization and welfare failures. Populists deliberately use such discontent to promote polarization by demonizing opponents and attacking media, established elites, courts etc. in the name of the “true people”. As a consequence, democracy, the rule of law, and sound social and economic policies are undermined, with long-term disastrous effects. In many cases, however, the original discontent is caused by real policy failures that have not been properly solved. A major strategy for fighting back at the populist threats therefore must be to improve policy. This paper focuses on the policy failures of welfare states, a major source of discontent in many democracies. I argue that the concept of welfare has been captured and misinterpreted into government assistance programs, a presumption that needs to be abandoned and replaced by interpreting welfare as human flourishing, something that primarily can be promoted within markets and civil society, supported by a small, limited, and decent state.

Artikel (med peer review)

Insider activism in the forest industry: An emerging phenomenon?

Grafström, J., & Karlson, N.

Publiceringsår

2026

Publicerat i

Forest Policy and Economics, 185, 103732

Sammanfattning

Insider activism refers to situations where public officials use administrative discretion to advance personal or ideological preferences. Although the concept has received increasing attention in organizational and political science research, empirical evidence remains limited. This research note examines whether insider activism may influence regulatory practice in the Swedish forestry sector and how perceived enforcement uncertainty affects forest owners’ behavior. A survey of forest owner representatives in southern Sweden indicates low trust in regulatory objectivity and weak perceptions of legal security. Many respondents report experiences of officials acting beyond their formal mandate. The findings suggest that perceived activism-driven uncertainty encourages defensive strategies among forest owners, including early harvesting and reduced willingness to report environmental values.

Rapporter

Hur påverkar skatt på förvärvsinkomster svensk innovationskraft?

Ejermo, O., Halvarsson, D., & Hansson, Å.

Publiceringsår

2025

Publicerat i

Tillväxtanalys.

Sammanfattning

Rapporten analyserar hur beskattningen av förvärvsinkomster påverkar Sveriges innovationsförmåga. Fokus ligger på hur marginalskatter och skattesystemets utformning påverkar humankapital, entreprenörskap och incitament till kunskapsintensivt arbete. Resultaten visar att höga skatter på arbetsinkomster riskerar att dämpa innovation genom minskad rörlighet, svagare incitament för utbildning och svårigheter att attrahera och behålla högkvalificerad arbetskraft. Rapporten diskuterar därmed skattepolitikens betydelse för långsiktig produktivitet och ekonomisk tillväxt.

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