Is China different? A meta-analysis of China's financial sector development

Sammanfattning

We examine whether China has benefited more from financial development than other countries. The results show that financial development has been less significant for growth in China than in other countries, even when China is compared with other transition economies.

Do Targeted R&D Grants toward SMEs Increase Employment and Demand for High Human Capital Workers?

BokkapitelPublikation

Daunfeldt, S. O., Halvarsson, D., Tingvall, P. G., & McKelvie, A.

Publiceringsår

2022

Publicerat i

Springer.

Sammanfattning

Most previous studies on the employment effects of government R&D grants targeting SMEs are characterized by data-, measurement-, and selection problems, making it difficult to construct a relevant control group of firms that did not receive an R&D grant. We investigate the effects on employment and firm-level demand for high human capital workers of two Swedish programs targeted toward growth-oriented SMEs using Coarsened Exact Matching. Our most striking result is the absence of any statistically significant effects. We find no robust evidence that the targeted R&D grant programs had any positive and statistically significant effects on the number of employees recruited into these SMEs, or that the grants are associated with an increase in the demand for high human capital workers. The lack of statistically significant findings is troublesome considering that government support programs require a positive impact to cover the administrative costs associated with these programs.

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An Anatomy of Failure – Wind Power Development in China

Artikel (med peer review)Publikation

Grafström, J.

Publiceringsår

2021

Publicerat i

Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics

Sammanfattning

China is currently the world’s largest installer of wind power. However, with twice the installed wind capacity compared to the United States in 2015, the Chinese produce less power. The question is: Why is this the case? This article shows that Chinese grid connectivity is low, Chinese firms have few international patents, and that export is low even though production capacity far exceeds domestic production needs. Using the tools of Austrian economics, China’s wind power development from 1980 to 2016 is documented and analyzed from three angles: (a) planning and knowledge problems, (b) unproductive entrepreneurship, and (c) bureaucracy and government policy. From a theoretical standpoint, both a planning problem and an entrepreneurial problem are evident where governmental policies create misallocation of resources and a hampering of technological development.

Ratio Working Paper No. 336 An Austrian economic perspective on failed Chinese wind power development

Working paperPublikation

Grafström, J.

Ladda ner

Publiceringsår

2020

Publicerat i

Ratio Working Paper

Sammanfattning

China is currently hailed as the world’s premier wind power producer. However, despite twice the installed wind power capacity compared to the United States in 2015, the Chinese installed capacity produces less power. Grid connectivity is remarkably low, Chinese firms have few international granted patents, and export is minimal even though production capacity far exceeds the domestic production needs. Using the tools of Austrian economics, failures in China’s wind power development from 1980-2016 is documented and analysed. From a theoretical standpoint, both a planning problem and an entrepreneurial problem is evident where governmental policies create misallocation of resources and a hampering of technological development.

Is China different? A meta-analysis of China’s financial sector development

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Do Targeted R&D Grants toward SMEs Increase Employment and Demand for High Human Capital Workers?

An Anatomy of Failure – Wind Power Development in China

Ratio Working Paper No. 336 An Austrian economic perspective on failed Chinese wind power development