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Entrepreneurship

  1. Rider, Christopher I., Peter Thompson, Aleksandra Kacperczyk, and Joacim Tåg. 2019. “Experience and Entrepreneurship: A Career Transition Perspective.” ILR Review 72 (5): 1149–81. https://doi.org/10.1177/0019793919852919.

  2. Åstebro, Thomas, and Joacim Tåg. 2017. “Gross, Net, and New Job Creation by Entrepreneurs.” Journal of Business Venturing Insights 8 (November): 64–70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbvi.2017.06.001.

  3. Tåg, Joacim, Thomas Åstebro, and Peter Thompson. 2016. “Hierarchies and Entrepreneurship.” European Economic Review 89 (October): 129–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2016.06.007.

  4. Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson, and Joacim Tåg. 2014. “Acquisitions, Entry, and Innovation in Oligopolistic Network Industries.” International Journal of Industrial Organization 37 (November): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2014.07.003.

CEOs and Managers

  1. Coraggio, Luca, Marco Pagano, Annalisa Scognamiglio and Joacim Tåg. 2024.”JAQ of All Trades: Job Mismatch, Firm Productivity and Managerial Quality” IFN Working Paper No. 1427, June https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4069721. Revise and resubmit at Journal of Financial Economics.

  2. Keloharju, Matti, Samuli Knüpfer, and Joacim Tåg. 2023. “CEO Health.” The Leadership Quarterly 34(3): 101672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2022.101672.

  3. Keloharju, Matti, Samuli Knüpfer, and Joacim Tåg. 2022. “What Prevents Women from Reaching the Top?” Financial Management (Lead Article and Selected Top 1 paper in Fall Issue) 51(3):711-738. https://doi.org/10.1111/fima.12390.

Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions

  1. Gardberg, Malin, Fredrik Heyman and Joacim Tåg. 2024. Technology Transfer in Mergers and Acquisitions and the Careers of Workers. IFN Working Paper No. 1457, https://ssrn.com/abstract=4412153.

  2. Hellmann, Thomas F., Alexander Montag, and Joacim Tåg. 2019. “Foreign Investors and Domestic Company Growth: Evidence from US Venture Capital Investments in Sweden.” SSRN Electronic Journal, April. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3372976.

  3. Olsson, Martin, and Joacim Tåg. 2018. “Are Foreign Private Equity Buyouts Bad for Workers?” Economics Letters 172 (November): 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.08.002.

  4. Baziki, Selva Bahar, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson, and Joacim Tåg. 2017. “Cross-Border Acquisitions and Restructuring: Multinational Enterprises and Private Equity-Firms.” European Economic Review 94 (May): 166–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.02.012.

Private Equity Buyouts

  1. Olsson, Martin, and Joacim Tåg. 2024.”What Is the Cost of Privatization for Workers?” IFN Working Paper No. 1201, June. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3134462. Conditionally accepted at The Journal of Finance.

  2. Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson, and Joacim Tåg. 2018. “Private Equity Buyouts: Anti- or Pro-Competitive?” CPI Antitrust Chronicle 1 (January): 31–36. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3128858.

  3. Olsson, Martin, and Joacim Tåg. 2018. “Are Foreign Private Equity Buyouts Bad for Workers?” Economics Letters 172 (November): 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2018.08.002.

  4. Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson, and Joacim Tåg. 2018. “Does the Debt Tax Shield Distort Ownership Efficiency?” International Review of Economics & Finance 54 (March): 299–310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iref.2017.09.012.

  5. Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson, and Joacim Tåg. 2018. “Threatening to Buy: Private Equity Buyouts and Antitrust Policy.” Economics Letters 164 (March): 31–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.027.

  6. Baziki, Selva Bahar, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Lars Persson, and Joacim Tåg. 2017. “Cross-Border Acquisitions and Restructuring: Multinational Enterprises and Private Equity-Firms.” European Economic Review 94 (May): 166–84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2017.02.012.

  7. Olsson, Martin, and Joacim Tåg. 2017. “Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization.” Journal of Labor Economics 35 (3): 697–754. https://doi.org/10.1086/690712.

  8. Olsson, Martin, and Joacim Tåg. 2017. “Påverkar riskkapitalinvesteringar anställda och samhällsekonomin?” Ekonomisk Debatt 8: 26–36. PDF

  9. Tåg, Joacim. 2012. “Real Effects of Private Equity.” In The Oxford Handbook of Private Equity, edited by Douglas Cumming, 269–99. Oxford: Oxford University Press. SSRN

Privatizations

  1. Olsson, Martin, and Joacim Tåg. 2023.”What Is the Cost of Privatization for Workers?” IFN Working Paper No. 1201, September. https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3134462. Conditionally accepted at The Journal of Finance.

Public versus Private Firms

  1. Koptyug, Nikita, Lars Persson, and Joacim Tåg. 2020. “Should We Worry About the Decline of the Public Corporation? A Brief Survey of the Economics and External Effects of the Stock Market.” The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, no. 51: 101061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.najef.2019.101061.

  2. Ljungqvist, Alexander, Lars Persson, and Joacim Tåg. 2018. “The Incredible Shrinking Stock Market: On the Political Economy Consequences of Excessive Delistings.” European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), February. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2714916.

  3. Koptyug, Nikita, Lars Persson, Roger Svensson, and Joacim Tåg. 2017. “Aktiemarknadens betydelse för näringslivet och samhällsekonomin.” Ekonomisk Debatt 7: 6–17. PDF

Venture Capital

  1. Hellmann, Thomas, Alexander Montag and Joacim Tåg. 2024.”Tolerating Losses for Growth: J-Curves in Venture Capital Investing”. IFN Working Paper No 1500, August https://ssrn.com/abstract=4937026.

  2. Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson, and Joacim Tåg. 2024. "Risky Business: Venture Capital, Pivoting and Scaling” Small Business Economics (forthcoming). https://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4280389.

  3. Hellmann, Thomas F., Alexander Montag, and Joacim Tåg. 2019. “Foreign Investors and Domestic Company Growth: Evidence from US Venture Capital Investments in Sweden.” SSRN Electronic Journal, April. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3372976.

  4. Lerner, J., and J. Tåg. 2013. “Institutions and Venture Capital.” Industrial and Corporate Change 22 (1): 153–82. https://doi.org/10.1093/icc/dts050.

  5. Tåg, Joacim. 2013. “Riskkapital till entreprenörer: Vilken roll spelar finansmarknaderna, skattepolitiken och arbetsmarknadsregleringarna?” Swedish Economic Forum Report 2013: Institutioner och Incitament för Innovation, edited by Pontus Braunerhjelm, 121–43. Stockholm: Entreprenörskapsforum. PDF


Firms and Human Capital

  1. Keloharju, Matti, Samuli Knüpfer, Dagmar Müller, and Joacim Tåg. 2024. “PhD Studies Hurt Mental Health, but Less Than Previously Feared.” Research Policy 53(8):105078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2024.105078.

  2. Colonnelli, Emanuele, Joacim Tåg, Michael Webb, and Stefanie Wolter. 2018. “A Cross-Country Comparison of Dynamics in the Large Firm Wage Premium.” AEA Papers and Proceedings 108 (May): 323–27. https://doi.org/10.1257/pandp.20181067.

  3. Tåg, Joacim. 2013. “Production Hierarchies in Sweden.” Economics Letters 121 (2): 210–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2013.08.001.


Regulating New Technologies

  1. Tangerås, Thomas P., and Joacim Tåg. 2016. “International Network Competition Under National Regulation.” International Journal of Industrial Organization 47 (July): 152–85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2016.04.006.

  2. Norbäck, Pehr-Johan, Lars Persson, and Joacim Tåg. 2014. “Acquisitions, Entry, and Innovation in Oligopolistic Network Industries.” International Journal of Industrial Organization 37 (November): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2014.07.003.

  3. Economides, Nicholas, and Joacim Tåg. 2013. “Network Neutrality and Network Management Regulation: Quality of Service, Price Discrimination, and Exclusive Contracts.” In Research Handbook on Governance of the Internet, edited by Ian Brown, 121–43. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. SSRN

  4. Economides, Nicholas, and Joacim Tåg. 2012. “Network Neutrality on the Internet: A Two-Sided Market Analysis.” Information Economics and Policy 24 (2): 91–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2012.01.001.

  5. Economides, Nicholas, and Joacim Tåg. 2012. “Modelling the Welfare Effects of Network Neutrality Regulation: A Response to Caves’s Comment.” Information Economics and Policy 24 (3–4): 293. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2012.08.004.

  6. Tåg, Joacim. 2009. “Paying to Remove Advertisements.” Information Economics and Policy 21 (4): 245–52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infoecopol.2009.02.001.

  7. Tåg, Joacim. 2009. “Competing Platforms and Third Party Application Developers.” Communications & Strategies 74 (2): 95–114. PDF

  8. Tåg, Joacim. 2009. “Policies och regleringar i telekommunikations-, media- och teknologiindustrierna.” Ekonomiska Samfundets Tidskrift 2/09: 83–87. PDF

  9. Tåg, Joacim. 2009. “Essays on Platforms: Business Strategies, Regulation and Policy in Telecommunications, Media and Technology Industries.” Helsinki: Hanken School of Economics. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-232-009-4.

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