Publications

Research

Empirical economics, firm dynamics, and structural transformation. 19+ publications spanning productivity, growth, labor markets, and innovation.

Working Paper · 2025

Electricity Market Structure and Consequences for Wind and Solar Uptake in the EU-27

Grafström, Halvarsson, Herold, Vinberg

Market concentration doesn't impede renewable deployment. Policy design matters more than market structure.

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Working Paper · 2024

The Impact of High-Skilled Migration on Productivity in Swedish Firms

Halvarsson
Ratio Working Paper No. 374

Studying how high-skilled immigration affects firm-level productivity using Swedish matched employer-employee data.

Working Paper · 2023

City Size, Employer Concentration, and Wage Income Inequality

Halvarsson, Korpi
Ratio Working Paper No. 363

How urban scale and employer concentration interact to shape the distribution of wage income.

Published · 2024

Do gender norms travel within corporations?

Lark, Tingvall, Vahter, Videnord
Applied Economics Letters

Whether corporate structures serve as a conduit for gender norms across national borders.

Published · 2022

Amundsen versus Scott: Are growth paths related to firm performance?

Coad, Daunfeldt
Small Business Economics 59, 593–610

Whether the path a firm takes to reach a given size matters for subsequent performance.

Published · 2021

Direct and indirect effects of private- and government-sponsored venture capital

Engberg, Gustavsson Tingvall
Empirical Economics

Comparing the effectiveness of private versus government-backed venture capital on firm outcomes.

Published · 2020

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Asymmetric Double Type II Pareto Distributions

Halvarsson
Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice

A novel estimation approach for asymmetric heavy-tailed distributions common in firm growth data.

Published · 2018

Entrepreneurship and income inequality

Korpi, Wennberg
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization

How entrepreneurial activity shapes the distribution of income across the economy.

Published · 2018

Bursting into life: firm growth and growth persistence by age

Coad, Daunfeldt
Small Business Economics

How firm age relates to growth dynamics and the persistence of growth episodes.

Published · 2015

Are high-growth firms one-hit wonders?

Daunfeldt
Small Business Economics

Whether firms that experience rapid growth can sustain it or revert to the mean.

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