Curriculum Vitae. August 2017

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1 August 2017 Curriculum Vitae Name: Sven-Olov Daunfeldt Date of birth: September 14, 1970 Marital status: Married, two children. Current positions: Head of Research, The Swedish Retail Research Institute (HFI) Professor of Economics, Dalarna University Address: Handelns Forskningsinstitut, Regeringsgatan 60, SE Stockholm Phone: Degrees: Professor of Economics, Dalarna University, 2013 Associate Professor (Docent) of Economics, Umeå University, 2009 Ph.D. in Economics, Umeå University, 2001 Ph.D. thesis Daunfeldt, S-O. (2001), Essays on Intra-household Allocation and Policy Regime Shifts, Ph.D. thesis, Department of Economics, Umeå University. Articles published in international scientific journals [A1] [A2] Daunfeldt, S-O and de Luna, X. (2001), Efficacy and Cost of Regime Shifts in Inflation Policies - Evidence from New Zealand and Sweden, Applied Economics, 33, Aronsson, T, Daunfeldt, S-O and Wikström, M. (2001), Estimating Intrahousehold Allocation in a Collective Model with Household Production, Journal of Population Economics, 14, , also published in Zimmermann, K F and Vogler, M. (eds), Family, Household and Work, Springer, [A3] Daunfeldt. S-O, Rudholm, N and Bergström, F. (2006), Entry into Swedish Retail and Wholesale Trade Markets, Review of Industrial Organization, 29, [A4] [A5] [A6] [A7] Daunfeldt, S-O., and Hellström, J. (2007), Intra-household Allocation of Time to Household Production Activities: Evidence from Swedish Household Data, Labour, 21, Daunfeldt, S-O. (2007), Tax-Induced Trading and the Identity of the Marginal Investor: Evidence from Sweden, European Journal of Finance, 13, Daunfeldt, S-O and de Luna, X. (2008), Central Bank Independence and Price Stability: Evidence from 29 OECD-countries, Oxford Economic Papers, 60, Daunfeldt, S-O., Selander, C., and Wikström, M. (2009), Taxation, Dividend Payments and Ex-Day Price Changes, Multinational Finance Journal, 13,

2 [A8] [A9] [A10] [A11] [A12] [A13] [A14] [A15] [A16] [A17] [A18] [A19] [A21] Daunfeldt, S-O., Rudholm, N., and Rämme, U. (2009), Congestion Charges and Retail Revenues: Results from the Stockholm Road Pricing Trial, Transportation Research Part A, 43A, Daunfeldt. S-O, and Rudholm, N. (2009), Revenues as Proxy for Profits: A Cautionary Note, Applied Economic Letters, 16, Daunfeldt. S-O, Praski-Ståhlgren, U., and Rudholm, N. (2010), Do High Taxes Lockin Capital Gains? Evidence from a Dual Income Tax System, Public Choice, 145, Ankarhem, M., Daunfeldt, S-O., Rudholm, N., and Quoreshi, S. (2010), Do Regional Investment Grants Improve Firm Performance? Evidence from Sweden, Technology and Investments, 1, Daunfeldt, S-O., Orth, M., and Rudholm, N. (2010), Opening Local Retail Food Stores: A Real Options Approach, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 10, Daunfeldt, S-O., Elert, N., and Lang, Å. (2012), Does Gibrat s Law Hold for Retailing? Evidence from Sweden, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 19, Daunfeldt, S-O., Rudholm, N., and Rämme, U. (2013), Congestion Charges in Stockholm: How Have They Affected Retail Revenues?, Transportmetrica, 9, Daunfeldt, S-O., and Elert, N. (2013), When is Gibrat s Law a Law?, Small Business Economics, 41, Bjuggren, C-M., Daunfeldt, S-O., and Johansson, D. (2013), High-growth Firms and Family Ownership, Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, 26, Daunfeldt, S-O., Elert, N., and Rudholm, N. (2013) "Start-Ups and Firm In-migration: Evidence from the Swedish Wholesale Trade Industry", Annals of Regional Science, 51, Daunfeldt, S-O., Lang, Å., Macuchova, Z., and Rudholm, N. (2013), Firm Growth in the Retail and Wholesale Trade Sectors: Evidence from Sweden, The Service Industries Journal, 33, Daunfeldt, S-O., Hellström, J., and Landström, M. (2013), Why Do Politicians Implement Central Bank Independence Reforms?, Atlantic Economic Journal, 41, Daunfeldt, S-O., Elert, N., and Johansson, D. (2014), Economic Contribution of High-growth Firms: Do Policy Implications Depend on the Choice of Growth Indicator?, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 14,

3 [A22] [A23] Berggren, N., Daunfeldt, S-O., and Hellström, J. (2014), Social Trust and Central Bank Independence, European Journal of Political Economy, 34, Coad, A., Daunfeldt, S-O., Johansson, D., and Wennberg, K. (2014), Whom Do High- Growth Firms Hire?, Industrial and Corporate Change, 23, [A24] Coad, A., Daunfeldt, S-O., Hölzl, W., Johansson, D., and Nightingale, P. (2014), High-Growth Firms: Introduction to the Special Issue, Industrial and Corporate Change, 23, [A25] [A26] [A27] [A28] [A29] [A30] [A31] [A32] [A33] [A34] [A35] Daunfeldt, S-O., and Hartwig, F. (2014), What Determines the Use of Capital Budgeting Methods? Evidence from Swedish Listed Companies, Journal of Finance and Economics, 2, Daunfeldt, S-O., and Rudholm, N. (2014), Does Shelf-Labeling of Foods Increase Sales? Results from a Natural Experiment, Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 21, Rämme, U., Daunfeldt, S-O., and Rudholm, N. (2015), Market Reform and Food Prices: Did the 1912 Slaughterhouse Reform Affect Meat Prices in Stockholm?, International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research, 25(2), Daunfeldt, S-O., and Halvarsson, D. (2015) Are high-growth firms one-hit wonders? Evidence from Sweden, Small Business Economics, 44(2), Daunfeldt, S-O., Halvarsson, D., and Johansson, D. (2015), Using the Eurostat- OECD definition of High-growth Firms: A Cautionary Note, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 4(1), Bornhäll, A., Daunfeldt, S-O., and Rudholm, N. (2015), Sleeping gazelles: High profits but no growth, Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research, 34, 1-16 Daunfeldt, S-O., Elert, N., and Johansson, D. (2016). Are High-Growth Firms Overrepresented in High-tech Industries?, Industrial and Corporate Change, 25(1), Berggren, N., Daunfeldt, S-O., and Hellström, J. (2016), Does Social Trust Speed Up Economic Reforms? The Case of Central-Bank Independence, Journal of Institutional Economics, 12(2), Daunfeldt, S-O, Halvarsson, D., and Oana M. (2016) High-growth firms: Not so vital after all?, International Review of Entrepreneurship, 14(4), Bornhäll, A., Daunfeldt, S-O., and Rudholm, N. (2017), Do employment protection legislation prevent firm growth? Evidence from a natural experiment, Industrial and Corporate Change, 26(1), Daunfeldt, S-O., Mihaescu, O., Nilsson, H., and Rudholm, N. (2017), What happens when IKEA comes to town?, Regional Studies, 51(2),

4 [A36] Coad, A., Daunfeldt, S-O., and Halvarsson, D. (2017). Bursting into life: Firm growth and growth persistence by age, forthcoming Small Business Economics. Books/chapters in books [B1] [B2] [B3] [B4] Daunfeldt, S-O., Nordström, J., and Thunström, L. (2011), Habit Persistence in Food Consumption, Lusk, J.L., Roosen, J., and Shogren J (eds.,) Oxford Handbook on the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy, Chapter 31, Oxford Handbooks in Economics, Oxford University Press: Oxford. Daunfeldt, S-O., and Wallén, F. (2013), Svenska citroner: 8 fräscha idéer som lämnade en sur eftersmak. Kalla Kulor: Stockholm. Bornhäll, A., Daunfeldt, S-O., and Rudholm, N. (2015), Sleeping gazelles: The unseen job creators?. In Corbett, A.C., Katz, J.A., and McKelvie, A. Entrepreneurial growth: Individual, firm, and region, Advances in Entrepreneurship, Firm Emergence, and Growth, 17, Daunfeldt, S-O., Grek, Å., Hartwig., F., and Rudholm, N. (2017). Betydelsen av internt genererat kapital för en långsiktig hållbar företagstillväxt. In Lithander, J., and Falkenhall, B (eds), Perspektiv på kapitalförsörjning: En antologi om företagens finansiering och statens roll, Myndigheten för tillväxtpolitiska utvärderingar och analyser, Östersund. Conference papers [C1] [C2] [C3] [C4] Daunfeldt, S-O., Orth, M., and Rudholm, N. (2008), Does the Quality of Store Brands Affect the Number of National Brand Suppliers?, HUI Working Paper 18, The Swedish Retail Institute (HUI), Stockholm, presented at the 1th Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference. Chaterjee, S., Dalziel, P., Daunfeldt, S-O and Podder, N. (2008), Income Inequality and Transformation of the Welfare State: A Comparative Study of the Reforms in New Zealand and Sweden, HUI Working Paper No 20, paper presented at the New Zealand Economic Association s meeting in Auckland Daunfeldt, S-O., Landström, M., and Rudholm, N. (2013), Are Central Bank Independence Reforms Necessary for Achieving Low and Stable Inflation?, previous version presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society in Monterey March 2010 and at the 69 th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association in Chicago April Daunfeldt, S-O., and Rudholm, N. (2012), Does Gender Diversity in the Boardroom Improve Firm Performance?, HUI Working Paper No 60, HUI Research, Stockholm, paper presented at the 82 th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association. [C5] Bradley, S., Daunfeldt., S-O., Halvarsson, D., and Wennberg, K. (2014), Converting Technological Knowledge: Reconciling Internal and External Views of Firm Growth, paper presented at the 2013 ACERE Conference in Brisbane and the 2014 Strategic Management Society s Special Conference in Copenhagen.

5 [C6] [C7] [C8] [C9] Daunfeldt, S-O., Mihaescu, O., Nilsson, H., and Rudholm, N. (2014), When IKEA enters: Do local retailers win or lose?, HUI Working Paper 109, HUI Research: Stockholm, paper presented at the 4 th Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference in Stockholm. Lagin, M., Daunfeldt, S-O., and Rudholm, N. (2014), How does the use of in-store discount coupons affect sales? A retailer s perspective, paper presented at the 8 th HUI Workshop on Research in Retailing. Daunfeldt, S-O., Johansson, D., and Westerberg Seerar, H. (2015). Do high-growth firms provide jobs for unemployed immigrants? Evidence from matched employeremployee data, paper presented at the 2015 SWEGPEC conference. Bornhäll, A., Daunfeldt., S-O., and Elert, N. (2015). Employment protection legislation and the labor market position of immigrants - a natural experiment, paper presented at the 2015 SWEGPEC conference. [C10] Daunfeldt., S-O., and Fergin-Wennberg, E. (2015). Firm-level determinants of unemployment risk among newly hired immigrants, paper presented at the 2015 SWEGPEC conference. [C11] Daunfeldt, S-O, Gustafsson Tingvall, P., and Halvarsson, D. (2016). Firm support programs towards innovative small and medium-sized enterprises: Do they work?, paper presented at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society. Other articles [O1] [O2] [O3] [O4] Aronsson, T, Daunfeldt, S-O and Wikström, M. (2001), Intra-household Tax Avoidance An Application to Swedish Household Data, Umeå Economic Studies No 572, Department of Economics, Umeå University. Bergström, F., Daunfeldt. S-O, and Rudholm, N. (2007), Times they are a Changing: What s New in the Swedish Retail Trade Market?, European Retail Digest, 52, Daunfeldt, S-O., Fölster, S., and Hortlund, P. (2010), Consumption and Income Inequality in Sweden: A Different Story, HUI Working Paper No.39, The Swedish Retail Institute, Stockholm. Daunfeldt, S-O., Rudholm, N., and Sporre, H. (2017), Effects of Brand-Fit Music on Consumer behavior: A Field Experiment, HUI Working Paper No.121, The Swedish Retail Institute, Stockholm. Articles published in Swedish [S1] Daunfeldt, S-O. (1997), Kommer den svenska massarbetslösheten att permanentas?, I Tretton inlägg om arbetslöshet, Arbetarrörelsens Ekonomiska Råd, vol 2, s

6 [S2] [S3] [S4] [S5] [S6] [S7] [S8] [S9] Daunfeldt, S-O. (1997), Kollektiva modeller för hushållets val av arbetskraftutbud - en litteraturöversikt, Umeå Economic Studies No. 458, Department of Economics, Umeå University. Daunfeldt, S-O. (1999), Övergången från hög till låg inflation - en jämförelse av Nya Zeeland och Sverige, Ekonomisk Debatt, 27, Daunfeldt, S-O. (2002), Nyetableringar inom detaljhandeln En beskrivning av ett nytt forskningsprojekt, Forskningsrapport S 68, HUI. Daunfeldt, S-O. (2002), Nya modeller för hushållets fördelning av tid och resurser, Ekonomisk Debatt, 30, Daunfeldt, S-O., and Rudholm, N. (2005), Varför blev Ockelbo Årets Företagarkommun 2004?, Department of Economics, University of Gävle. Daunfeldt, S-O. (2006), Skapar oberoende centralbanker verkligen lägre inflation?, Ekonomisk Debatt, nr 8, Daunfeldt, S-O. (2007), Inventering av handelsinriktad nationalekonomisk forskning, Forskningsrapport S 113, HUI. Daunfeldt, S-O. (2007), Inventering av handelsinriktad arbetsmarknadsforskning, Forskningsrapport S 116, HUI. [S10] Daunfeldt, S-O., Lord, S., och Rosen, E. (2008), Är flaskvatten en miljöbov?, Forskningsrapport S 117, HUI. [S11] Daunfeldt, S-O., Gustafsson, N., Hortlund, P., och Rosen, E. (2008), Äldres konsumtionsmöjligeter och preferenser, Forskningsrapport S 118, HUI. [S12] Hortlund, P., Danielsson, M., och Daunfeldt, S-O. (2008), Det muntliga avtalet roll för välståndet, Forskningsrapport S 119, HUI. [S13] Daunfeldt, S-O., Lord, S., och Rosen, E. (2008), Rätt till heltid konsekvenser för handelssektorn, forskningsrapport, Svensk Handel. [S14] Daunfeldt, S-O., and Rudholm, N. (2010), Leder högre skatter på kapitalvinster till inlåsningseffekter?, Ekonomisk Debatt, nr 2, [S15] Daunfeldt, S-O., and Rudholm, N. (2010), Hyllskyltningar av ekologiska varor: Resultat från ett naturligt experiment, forskningsrapport S 152, HUI. [S16] Rudholm, N., Daunfeldt, S-O., Heldt, T., Thunström, L., och Weiberth, C. (2011), Märkningar och konsumentbeteende, Forskningsrapport 2011:1, Handelns Utvecklingsråd, Stockholm. [S17] Daunfeldt, S-O., Halvarsson, D., och Johansson, D. (2011), Snabbväxande företag: En fördjupad analys av mått och definitioner, Working paper 2011:27, Myndigheten för tillväxtpolitiska utvärderingar och analyser, Östersund.

7 [S18] Daunfeldt, S-O., and Bornhäll, A. (2011), Varför växer inte vissa företag? Om betydelsen av att studera potentiella snabbväxare, underlagsrapport Almedalen 2011, Ratio, Stockholm. [S19] Rudholm, N (red)., Blom, C., Daunfeldt., S-O., Junkka, F., Muhlrad, H., och Vestin, H. (2011), Vilka faktorer är av betydelse för partihandelns utveckling?, Forskningsrapport, Handelns Utvecklingsråd, Stockholm. [S20] Daunfeldt, S-O., och Halvarsson, D. (2011), Snabbväxarnas dynamik: Är hög företagstillväxt uthållig?, Rapport 2011:15, Myndigheten för tillväxtpolitiska utvärderingar och analyser, Östersund. [S21] Blom, C., Daunfeldt, S-O., och Gabrielsson, E. (2012), Momssänkningens betydelse för sysselsättningen i besöksnäringen: En första indikation, Rapport Visita. [S22] Daunfeldt, S-O., och Fölster, S. (2013), Experiment med välfärden, Ekonomisk Debatt, nr 2, [S23] Lundbäck, M., och Daunfeldt, S-O. (2013), Kommunalt företagande som konkurrensbegränsning: Företagarnas perspektiv, Slutrapport konkurrensverket. [S24] Daunfeldt, S-O., och Hortlund, P. (2014), Asymmetriska effekter av förändrade arbetsgivaravgifter för unga, Rapport Visita. [S25] Daunfeldt, S-O., Gustavsson Tingvall, P., och Halvarsson, D. (2014), Företagsstöd till innovativa små och medelstora företag: En kontrafaktisk effektutvärdering, Rapport 2014:16, Myndigheten för tillväxtpolitiska utvärderingar och analyser, Östersund. [S26] Daunfeldt, S-O. (2014). Musikens effekter på konsumenternas beteende: En forskningsöversikt. Rapport Soundtrack Your Brand: Stockholm. [S27] Daunfeldt, S-O., Rudholm, N., Nilsson, H., och Johansson, R. (2015). Drivkrafter och effekter av handelns satsning på EMV-produkter. Rapport DLFs stiftelse för forskning och utveckling: Stockholm. [S28] Mihaescu, O., Daunfeldt, S-O., och Bergman, M. (2015). Stöd till service i glesbygd. Bilaga till SOU 2015:35 Service i glesbygd. Betänkande av Utredningen Service i glesbygd, Fritzes: Stockholm. [S29] Daunfeldt, S-O., Fergin, E., och Bornhäll, A. (2015). Vilka är förutsättningarna för fler växande företag inom detaljhandeln? Forskningsrapport, HUI Research: Stockholm. [S30] Daunfeldt, S-O., Gustavsson Tingvall, P., och Halvarsson, D. (2016), Statliga innovationsstöd till små och medelstora företag: Har de någon effekt? Ekonomisk Debatt, nr 1, [S31] Daunfeldt, S-O., och Fergin, E. (2016). Matchningsprocessen på den svenska arbetsmarknaden: Vad kännetecknar de arbetslösa individer som inte kan behålla ett arbete? Forskningsrapport, HUI Research: Stockholm.

8 [S32] Daunfeldt, S-O. (2016). Turordningsreglernas ekonomiska effekter, Briefing paper #8, Timbro: Stockholm. [S33] Daunfeldt, S-O., Grek, Å., Hartwig., F., and Rudholm, N. (2017). Betydelsen av internt uppbyggt kapital för företagens tillväxt och överlevnad, PM 2017:01, Myndigheten för tillväxtpolitiska utvärderingar och analyser, Östersund. [S34] Daunfeldt, S-O., Gidehag, A., och Rudholm, N. (2017). Personalliggares effekter på lönerapporteringen i restaurang- och frisörbranschen. Rapport, Svenskt Näringsliv: Stockholm. Research grants exceeding 1 million SEK Lock-in Effects and Ex-dividend Day Behaviour: Evidence from Swedish Tax Policy Regime Shifts, Vetenskapsrådet (with Magnus Wikström) Competition Processes in the Food Industry, FORMAS (with Fredrik Bergström) Kommer efterfrågan med svanen? Om betydelsen av produktmärkningar i handeln, Handelns Utvecklingsråd Explaining High-growth Firms, Torsten och Ragnar Söderbergs stiftelser (with Dan Johansson and Karl Wennberg) Vad händer när IKEA kommer till stan? Handelns Utvecklingsråd (with Niklas Rudholm) Besöksnäringarnas snabbväxare, Besöksnäringens forsknings och utvecklingsfond (BFUF) Handelns betydelse för integration av utrikes födda. Handelns Utvecklingsråd Handelns roll för platsens attraktivitet. Hakon Swensson Stiftelsen. Staten som kapitalet. Hur påverkas konkurrensen av statliga stödinsatser till privata företag? Konkurrensverket. Kan val av musik skapa mervärden för personal och kunder i detaljhandeln? Handelsrådet. Various smaller grants from The Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT), Handelns Utvecklingsråd, Konkurrensverket, Sparbanksstiftelsen Nya, Svenskt Näringsliv, Timbro, Tillväxtanalys, Svensk Handel, Visita, Almega, Soundtrack Your Brand, Ockelbo Kommun, The Swedish Institute (SI), J C Kempe s Memorial Fund, J C Kempe s Academic Memorial Fund, Lars Hierta s Memory, Borgenskapets Research Foundation, and Foundation Siamon. Opponent and grading committee membership Opponent pre-dissertation seminar, Apostolos Baltzopoulos Three papers on regional entrepreneurship, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, January 2010.

9 Member of the grading committee, Andreas Högberg, Jönköping International Business School, June Opponent pre-dissertation seminar, Özge Öner Retail location: Market reach, co-location and retail premiums, Jönköping International Business School, December Opponent filosofie licentiate thesis, Hanna Kantola Retail success: The impact of space and agglomeration, Jönköping University. Referee experience Review of Economics of the Household, Journal of Socio-Economics, Oxford Economic Papers, European Journal of Finance, Journal of Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, CESinfo Economic Studies, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Industrial and Corporate Change (2), Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Small Business Economics (4), Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, International Journal of the Economics of Business, Annals of Regional Science, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Teaching experience National Accounting and Macroeconomic Theory (Umeå University), Macroeconomics and Stabilization Policy (Umeå University), Macroeconomic Theory (University of Gävle), Advanced Macroeconomics (Umeå University), Advanced Macroeconomics (University of Gävle), Introduction to Economics (Nordic Retail College, NDH), Applied Econometrics, (University of Gävle), European Economic Integration (University of Gävle), Financial Markets and Portfolio Analysis (University of Gävle), Marketing Research (University of Gävle), Coordinator Master-thesis (Dalarna University), and supervisor of 17 thesis at the bachelor and master level (Umeå University, University of Gävle and Dalarna University). Supervision of Ph.D. students Main supervisor: Niklas Elert, Department of Economics, Örebro University (Ph.Lic in September 2012; Ph.D in September 2014). Anders Bornhäll, Department of Economics, Örebro University (Ph.Lic in March 2014). Charlie Lindgren, Business intelligence, Dalarna University. Anton Gidehag, Department of Economics, Örebro University. Co-advisor: Fredrik Hartwig, Department of Business, Uppsala University (Ph.D in October 2012) Mats Landström, Department of Economics, Umeå University. (Ph.D in January 2014) Ulrika Praski-Ståhlgren, Department of Economics, Örebro University.

10 Åsa Lang, Department of Business, Mid Sweden University. Helena Nilsson, Department of Economics, Jönköping University. (Ph.Lic in March 2015) Hans Seerar Westerberg, Department of Economics, Örebro University. Elina Fergin-Wennberg, Department of Economics, Örebro University. Hampus Sporre, Department of Economics, Lund University. Past positions and appointments Research Director, HUI Research, Researcher, HUI Research, Researcher, The Ratio Institute, Research Director, The Swedish Retail Institute (HUI), Head of the Division of Economics, University of Gävle, Lecturer, University of Gävle, Researcher, Department of Economics, Umeå University, 2002, Researcher, The Swedish Retail Institute (HUI), Post-doctoral Fellow, Commerce Division, Lincoln University, New Zealand, Visiting graduate student, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 1998 December Other professional activities Co-editor of a special issue on high-growth firms in Industrial and Corporate Change. Organizer of the Ratio Workshop on High-growth Firms, May Organizer of the 2010 Ratio Colloquium for Young Social Scientists, Understanding Firm Growth, August Organizer and founder of the annual HUI Workshop Research in Retailing, Mälargården, ; Organizer and founder of the HUI Research network of affiliated researchers. Organizer of the 1 st Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference, Norrtälje, November 2008.

11 Member of the Board of Directors, The Swedish Retail Institute (HUI), Awards Best teacher of the year 2004, Department of Economics, University of Gävle. Seminar presentations Umeå University, University of Gävle, Göteborg University, CERUM, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Lincoln University, University of Cantebury, Victoria University of Wellington, Reserve Bank of New Zealand, Ministry of Finance (Sweden), Sveriges Riksbank, Ratio, HUI Research, Örebro University, Dalarna University, the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Tillväxtanalys, Vinnova, Handelns Utvecklingsråd, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Södertörn University, University of Sussex, SPRU Friday Freeman Seminar, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, ITPS Joint Research Centre (European Commission). Conference presentations European Finance Association s meeting in Berlin 2002, 8 th and 12 th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, 20 th Annual Congress of the European Economic Association, 13 th and 15 th Annual Conference of the Multinational Finance Society, 4 th Portuguese Finance Network Conference, Annual Congress of the European Society of Population Economics (ESPE), Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), 1 st and 2 nd, 5 th Nordic Retail and Wholesale Conference, 68 th, 69 th and 70 th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Almedalen 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2016; the 2009 General Meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society, Småföretagardagarna 2010, 2011 and 2012, Tillväxtdagarna 2011, the 2010 and 2016 Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society, the 2 nd World Congress of the Public Choice Societies, 17 th, 18 th, and 19 th International Conference on Recent Advances in Retailing and Services Science, 80 th and 82 th Annual Meeting of the Southern Economic Association, 28 th Annual Conference of the European Association of Law and Economics, Ratio Workshop on High- Growth Firms, 2013 Australian Center for Entrepreneurship Research Exchange Conference (ACERE), and 1 st -10 th HUI Workshop on Research in Retailing, Scandinavian Retail Forum 2012, Stenhammardagen 2013, Svenska Stadskärnors Årskonferens 2014, Forskningsinblick 2014, 34 th, 35 th, and 37 th Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference, 2014 Strategic Management Society s Special Conference in Copenhagen, Innovation Forum VI 2014 in Paris, Market Research & Insights Summit, 6 th IRIMA conference on R&D investments and Firm Dynamics, 2016 Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society.