Blar i Department of Economics på emneord "economic growth"
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Adam Smith and modern economics
(Discussion paper;13/2014, Working paper, 2014-04)In his Wealth of Nations (1776) Adam Smith created an agenda for the study of the economy that is reflected in the structure of modern economics. This paper describes Smith’s contributions to four central areas of economic ... -
Convergence between the Baltic and the Nordic economies: Some reflections based on new data for the Baltic countries
(DP SAM;05/2024, Working paper, 2024-04-18)This short paper uses recent estimates of GDP per capita for the Baltic countries for the 1919-2020(22) period to test for convergence between the Baltic and the Nordic economies. Drawing from the methodology used in Bernard ... -
Generational links between entrepreneurship, management and puritanism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This paper deals with relationships between puritanism, management and entrepreneurship. As this is an on-going debate among economic historians, it focuses on the period from the early 1800s until present times, where ... -
The historical relation between banking, insurance and economic
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2005)We examine empirically the dynamic historical relation between banking, insurance economic (income) growth in Sweden using time-series data from 1830 to 1998. We examine long-run historical trends in the data using ... -
On the importance of openness for industrial policy design in developing countries
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-01)How should industrial policy be designed in developing countries? Should industrial policy be targeted to a few sectors or be more broad based and therefore more neutral? Our theoretical analysis demonstrates that access ... -
Property rights and economic growth: evidence from a natural experiment
(Discussion Papers;20/2011, Working paper, 2011-11)In 1795 the British took control of the Cape colony (South Africa) from the Dutch; and in 1843 they exogenously changed the legal basis of landholding, giving more secure property rights to landholders. Since endowments ... -
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: Entrepreneurship of the Norwegian Puritan Leader Hans Nielsen Hauge.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The present paper deals with Max Webers hypothesis on the linkage between protestant ethics and the development of capitalism and entreprenaurship. It does so by study industrial entrepreneurship the great Norwegian puritan ...