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How does big-box retail entry affect labor productivity in durable goods retailing? A synthetic control approach
Using data from 2001 to 2012, the effects of IKEA entry in four Swedish municipalities, 2004–2007, on labor productivity in durable goods retailing is investigated using synthetic control methods. We contribut...
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Open AccessDo audited firms have a lower cost of debt?
The purpose of this study is to investigate if audited financial statements add value for firms in the private debt market. Using an instrumental variable method, we find that firms with audited financial stat...
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Open AccessHow Do Firms Respond to Reduced Labor Costs? Evidence from the 2007 Swedish Payroll Tax Reform
One way for policymakers to reduce labor costs and stimulate the recruitment of marginalized groups of labor in a highly unionized economy is to lower payroll taxes. However, the efficiency of this policy inst...
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Reforming the Swedish pharmaceuticals market: consequences for costs per defined daily dose
In 2009 and 2010, the Swedish pharmaceuticals market was reformed. One of the stated policy goals was to achieve low costs for pharmaceutical products dispensed in Sweden. We use price and sales data for off-p...
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Firm entry in the Swedish wholesale trade sector: Does market definition matter?
Firm entry into local markets has often been studied using administrative areas such as municipalities as the assumed relevant markets. However, administrative areas and the actual relevant markets based on lo...
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Start-ups and firm in-migration: evidence from the Swedish wholesale industry
We use a data set covering 13,471 Swedish limited liability firms in the Swedish wholesale industries during 2000–2004 to ascertain the determinants of new start-ups and of in-migration of firms. Access to a l...
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The Prescribing Physician’s Influence on Consumer Choice Between Medically Equivalent Pharmaceuticals
This paper reports on a study of the prescribing physician’s influence on consumers’ choice between medically equivalent pharmaceuticals. The study was performed using a dataset of 666,000 observations in whic...
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Do high taxes lock-in capital gains? Evidence from a dual income tax system
The purpose of this paper is to study whether investors’ willingness to realize capital gains falls when the marginal tax rate on capital gains is raised. We use a rich register-based panel data set covering a...
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Opening Local Retail Food Stores: A Real-Options Approach
A real-options approach was used, incorporating uncertainty and irreversibility of investments, to study the number of stores entering the Swedish retail food market during the period 1994–2002. It was found t...
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Uncertainty in the generic versus brand name prescription decision
This paper analyzes the impact of uncertainty concerning product quality of generic drugs on the substitution behavior of prescribing physicians. It is shown that uncertainty about the generic drug quality giv...
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Entry into Swedish Retail and Wholesale Trade Markets
This paper examines, using a zero-inflated negative binomial regression model, what determined entry into the Swedish retail and wholesale trade markets between 1990 and 1996. According to the results, high re...
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Fixed budgets as a cost containment measure for pharmaceuticals
In Västerbotten County, Sweden, there are two health centers which (in contrast to all other health centers in the region) bear strict responsibility over their pharmaceutical budget. This study examined wheth...
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Approval times and the safety of new pharmaceuticals
This study examined the relationship between the approval times for new pharmaceuticals and the number of adverse drug reactions reported to the Swedish Medical Products Agency. Yearly time-series data concern...
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Side effects of generic competition?
This study examined the relationship between generic drug market shares and the number of reported side effects. Yearly time-series data for the number of reported side effects and information on market shares...
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The Impact of Generic Drug Competition on Brand Name Market Shares – Evidence from Micro Data
This paper analyses how market shares for brandname drugs are affected by generic competition. The analysis is based onmicro data for twelve different original drugs, which are all subject togeneric competitio...
