The Swedish Economy

Barry P. Bosworth; Alice M. Rivlin

doi:10.5771/9780815719588

Summary

This books examines economic conditions and policies in Sweden. Topics include adjusting to slower economic growth, labor markets, taxation, the public sector, and Swedish political foundations.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8157-1042-4
ISBN-Online: 978-0-8157-1958-8
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 338
Product type: Edited Book

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1. What Strikes an American about the Swedish Economy? No access
2. Why Be Concerned about Sweden? No access
3. Microeconomic Policy No access
4. Macroeconomic Policy No access
5. Conclusions No access
1. The Growth Slowdown No access
2. Adjusting to Slower Growth No access
3. The Collapse of Domestic Investment No access
4. Inflation No access
5. Conclusion No access
1. Competitiveness and Economic Structure No access
2. Must the Terms of Trade Decline Continuously? No access
3. Structural Change and Industrial Policy No access
4. Industrial Policies: Lessons for the Future No access
5. Summary and Conclusions No access
6. Comments by Lars Werin No access
7. Comments by Per Magnus Wijkman No access
1. The Policy Debate No access
2. Macroeconomic Policies No access
3. Overview No access
4. Comments by Villy Bergström No access
1. Labor Market Developments and Economic Growth No access
2. Economic Incentives and Labor Mobility No access
3. Costs of Solidaristic Wage Policy No access
4. Unemployment and Labor Market Policy No access
5. Collective Bargaining and Aggregate Wage Determination No access
6. Wage Earner Funds No access
7. Conclusion No access
8. Comments by Lars Calmfors No access
9. Comments by Bertil Holmlund No access
1. Taxes No access
2. Transfer Programs No access
3. Theory of Labor Supply Response No access
4. Labor Supply Trends, 1963–84 No access
5. Effects of Taxes and Transfers on Swedish Work Effort No access
6. Conclusion No access
7. Comments by Assar Lindbeck No access
8. Comments by Ingemar Hansson No access
1. Overview No access
2. Deficits No access
3. Taxes No access
4. Expenditures No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Comments by Michael Sohlman No access
1. A Political Analysis of Economic Adjustment No access
2. Political Foundations of the Swedish Model No access
3. Changing Constraints and the Swedish Model No access
4. New Rules of the Game? No access
5. Suggestions for Change No access
6. Comments by Leif Lewin No access
7. Comments by Daniel Tarschys No access
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