In this paper I attempt to replicate for Sweden the Corrado, Hulten and Sichel (2006) and Marrano and Haskel (2006) working papers on spending on intangible assets in the US and the UK. Based on their measurement methods the total spending on intangibles in Sweden in 2004 was 277 billion SEK or 10.6 percent of total GDP. Based on total spending it can be estimated that total investment in intan...

We consider a simple general equilibrium model with imperfect competition. Firms are price taker in the input market and compete à la Cournot in some or all of the product markets (their technology displays constant returns to scale). We show that an increase in the number of firms does not always improve welfare. We also provide a characterization in terms of mark-up rates of the sectors for w...

OBJECTIVES To examine the size and composition of the privately held firearm stock in the US; and to describe demographic patterns of firearm ownership and motivations for ownership. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A nationally representative household telephone survey of 2770 adults aged>or=18 years living in the US, conducted in the spring of 2004. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Responses to quest...

OBJECTIVE To examine whether dog ownership is associated with lower risk of childhood obesity. METHODS Cross-sectional study of 7,759 children at age 7 years in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) in the UK. In addition, longitudinal analyses were conducted between age 7 and 9 years. BMI at age 7 and 9 years was calculated from clinic-measured weight and height and st...

The exact relation between the sense that one's body is one's own (body-ownership) and the sense that one controls one's own bodily actions (agency) has been the focus of much speculation, but remains unclear. On an 'additive' model, agency and body-ownership are strongly related; the ability to control actions is a powerful cue to body-ownership. This view implies a component common to the sen...

Models, similar to other intellectual properties, are increasingly being treated as commodities worthy of protection. Providing ownership for models is key for promoting model reusability, composability, and distributed simulation. However, to date, it appears no principled approach has been developed to support ownership of models. Instead, individuals such as modelers and legal personnel empl...

Primary care services provide continuing and coordinating care, cater to most health care needs, and serve as a point of first contact with the health system. This article addresses the issue of government ownership of primary care. Ownership confers governance responsibility (ultimate control) for an organization, and accountability for its actions. Primary care organizations can be classed as...

Even democracies endowed with the most active free press struggle to maintain diversity of news coverage. Consolidation and market forces may cause only a few dominant players to control the news cycle. Editorial policies may be biased by corporate ownership relations, narrowing news coverage and focus. To an increasing degree this problem also applies to social media news distribution, since i...

3. The HIPC-Initiative, Fiscal Ownership and the Quality of Aid 3.1. The Quantitative and Qualitative Impact of the HIPC-Initiative 3.2. Impact on Resource Flows: The Debt Reduction Dividend 3.2.1. Measuring the Amount of Virtual Resources 3.2.2. Additionality 3.2.3. Debt Overhang 3.2.4. Debt Sustainability 3.3. Impact on Poverty Reduction and Aid Effectiveness 3.3.1. Channeling Debt Relief int...

Data centers have turned into a big concern for enterprises. Data centers have exhibited steadyenergy demand growth, and electric utilities have received sizeable requests for electrical power for new facilities. Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership for data centers. There are many challenges and opportunities for researchers to explore the i...