Essays about: "Erik Grenestam"

Found 2 essays containing the words Erik Grenestam.

1. 1. Rising markups and the fall of the labor share: Predicting the effects of industry market power in the U.S.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Erik Grenestam; Julius Probst; [2014]
   Keywords : labor share markup monopoly market power production function returns to scale; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines the downward trend in the U.S. labor share of income, which is shown to have declined significantly over the last two decades. This phenomenon is in direct contradiction with standard neoclassical growth theory, which postulates constant factor shares of income. READ MORE

3. 2. Business or Pleasure: Broadband and Employment in Swedish Municipalities 2007-2011

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Erik Grenestam; [2013]
   Keywords : Broadband; Internet; Fiber; Optic fiber; IT; Employment growth; Local employment growth; Sweden; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The thesis examines the relationship between expanding coverage of fiber optic broadband and employment in Swedish municipalities during 2007-2011 using a fixed effects panel and an instrumental variables model. Increased fiber coverage among households is estimated to have a negative effect on municipal employment whereas increased coverage among workplaces is weakly positively related to employment. READ MORE