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2016 - Historical stock price and accounting database - Kristian Rydqvist - Stockholm School of Economics
Swedish stock price and accounting data are available in the Findatabase from 1979 onwards. The purpose of this project is to update the Findatabase backwards...
2016 - Poverty care and the ballot paper: on the economic stratification of voting rights after 1921 - Fia Sundevall - Stockholm University
The project aims to explore the limitations of political citizenship of people on welfare after the democratic breakthrough. When so-called universal suffrage was introduced...
2015 - Financing firms, households and nations after the crisis - Pehr Wissén - Swedish Institute for Financial Research
The SIFR organizes an annual conference on a theme in financial economics. The theme for 2016 is financing of companies, banks and...
2015 - Spices and Socks: Global and Peripheral Consumption Patterns 1600-1850 - Marie Ulväng - Uppsala University, Sweden
What role did Swedish manufactures, abundance regulations and the Norwegian border trade play in the consumption patterns of farmers in inland Sweden? In the forested and...
2015 - Why are wages in the financial industry so high? Causes and implications - Per Strömberg - Stockholm School of Economics
The wages of employees in the financial services industry have increased dramatically since the 1980s relative to other industries in a large number of countries. In one...
2015 - Heads or tails? An exhibition about economy, value creation and money - Carina Sjöholm - Göteborgs Stadsmuseum
As a result of the project "Krona eller klave? Different sides of coins and credits during Gothenburg's 19th century", an exhibition is produced by...
2015 - Outside the Boardroom: Women, Children and Family Business 1890-1950 - Therese Nordlund Edvinsson - Stockholm University
Swedish business is dominated by men who manage and own companies. Throughout history, however, women have contributed in various ways to...
2015 - The nature of science, Eli F. Heckscher 1879-1952 - Ylva Hasselberg
The project concerns the completion of a biography of Eli F. Heckscher, the Swedish economist and economic historian. Heckscher lived during a period...
2015 - Management of complex business relationships - Henrik Agndal - Gothenburg School of Economics
As vertically integrated companies evolve into organizations based on collaborations and relationships with other companies, they create...
2015 - Man and fish. West coast fishing and the national economy 1700-2015 - Per Hallén - Gothenburg School of Economics
The ideal image of fishing for many is that of a fisherman wearing a lifejacket on board a small fishing boat with a spark-ignition engine. The reality is both...
2015 - Market Dynamics Patterns, a PhD program - Hans Kjellberg - Stockholm School of Economics, SIR
Although markets can be efficient mechanisms for resource allocation under certain conditions, their societal importance is rather linked to the ability to...
2015 - Do male-dominated environments affect gender differences in performance and career choice? - Anna Sandberg - Stockholm University
Today, large and economically significant gender gaps in pay and representation persist. Despite a high female labor force participation rate, the trend towards...
