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How regulatory reforms in Sweden have boosted productivity

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28-Sep-2007

Espen Erlandsen and Jens Lundsgaard

The economic crisis in the early 1990s prompted action on reforming the Swedish welfare state and its institutions, including deregulation of a wide range of product markets. Economics Department Working Paper No. 577.

Sweden should continue reforms to strengthen its economy, says OECD

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30-Mar-2007

Sweden should instil more competition in the public sector, cut red tape and liberalize labour markets if it is to meet the challenge of an ageing population and maintain its high standards of social welfare, according to a new OECD report.

The role of competition policy in regulatory reform in Sweden

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30-Mar-2007

In the early 1990‘s Sweden made an impressive change in the direction of its competition law and policy.

Product market competition and economic performance in Sweden

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12-May-2004

Deborah Roseveare, Martin Jørgensen and Lennart Goranson

This paper examines the current state of product market competition in Sweden and proposes further measures. Economics Department Working Paper 388. 

Economic Survey - Sweden 2004: Harnessing resources more effectively

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05-Feb-2004

What measures could encourage young people to complete education more quickly? How can integration of immigrants into the labour market be improved? What can be done to reduce sick leave? What should be ...

Economic Survey - Sweden 2004 : Product market competition and economic performance

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05-Feb-2004

What could be done to boost productivity growth? Does the institutional framework for competition need strengthening? Which sectors require specific measures? How can the public sector be exposed to more competition?

The distribution system in Sweden

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08-Oct-1993

Sören Wibe

Economics Department Working Paper 141. This paper gives an overview of the distribution system in Sweden for the period 1970-88.