https://hdl.handle.net/10419/81140 2026-11-03T14:29:40Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339190 Title: How parenting styles shape children's lifetime outcomes Authors: Dohmen, Thomas; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Grönqvist, Hans; Hertegård, Edvin; Pfann, Gerard A. Abstract: This study examines how parenting styles predict children's lifetime outcomes. Using a Swedish dataset which combines rich survey information on parenting styles with administrative records tracking children over five decades, we find that authoritarian parenting is negatively associated with children's long-term success, especially regarding their educational attainment. The results for other parenting styles are more mixed. Authoritarian parenting remains a robust predictor of adverse outcomes even when accounting for ability and family background. We identify children's knowledge accumulation and parental educational expectations as key mechanisms explaining these results. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339129 Title: What is the value of attention? Supply and demand estimation of attention in a mobile app setting Authors: Orrenius, Johan Abstract: I study the digital market for attention in a freemium mobile game where users choose between paying with money or by watching 30-second video ads. Using unique event-level data, I estimate consumers' supply elasticity of attention. In the aggregate, a one percent higher price increases the share of users watching videos as a payment by 2.2 percent. A substantial part is due to individual heterogeneity in tastes. When accounting for individual heterogeneity, the elasticity reduces to 0.5. The individual elasticities vary throughout the day, peaking in the evening. Complementing the unique data on each play made by users, I use data on the revenue to the gaming company from showing ads. The data is on an individual and daily level, allowing me to match the individual supply elasticity with the revenue from showing ads to the same individual. I find advertisers pay more to show ads to individuals who are less likely to use ads as their payment method. The effect is stronger among Android users than iOS users. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339127 Title: Why Is competition in the European football market failing, and what should be done about it? Authors: Henrekson, Magnus; Persson, Lars Abstract: The European football (soccer) market increasingly funnels rents to superstar players and intermediaries while weakening competitive balance. We trace this dynamic to two forces: (a) technological innovation that globalized broadcasting and magnified superstar returns, and (b) legal rulings boosting player mobility and causing bidding wars. The 2024 Diarra ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union further loosens transfer constraints and will likely intensify talent concentration at "superclubs". The result is soaring salaries and transfer fees, persistent financial fragility among non-elite clubs, and growing predictability of match outcomes. We evaluate reform options that preserve Europe's open-league tradition yet borrow from North American competitive-balance tools: greater revenue sharing, hard/soft salary caps, and draft-like mechanisms. These should be complemented by a "cartel tax" to fund youth sport, and club-governance codes plus credible financial-sustainability rules. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339280 Title: Green Deals around the world Authors: Stenkula, Mikael Abstract: This essay examines the rise of "Green Deals" as large-scale state-sponsored active industrial policies to accelerate a transition toward climate neutrality. Building on the concept of mission-oriented innovation policy (MOIP), it documents how environmental and active industrial policies have converged across advanced economies, reshaping the policy toolkit toward direct public investment and publicly supported investment. The essay provides detailed accounts of the European Union's Green Deal and the U.S. counterpart, situating them in the broader political economy of climate policy. It also highlights initiatives in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Sweden, which additionally illustrate Grean Deal initiatives and how the latter national strategies adapt EU-level frameworks and institutional constraints. A comparative analysis underscores key differences between the EU's fragmented, caseby-case approach and the more streamlined but fiscally uncertain U.S. model. The essay concludes by stressing the need for greater scrutiny of these policies, including their economic efficiency and fiscal sustainability. 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z