Browsing by Author "Svensson, Oscar"

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Generalized Trust and Taxation -A cross-country study
(2017-07-03) Rambjer, Lovisa; Svensson, Oscar; University of Gothenburg/Department of Economics; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik
This paper investigates whether generalized trust can help solve the large N social dilemma that financing public goods by taxes entails. Using data for generalized trust from the World Values Survey we examine if the level of generalized trust can explain cross-country variations in tax revenues and in marginal tax rates. Besides controlling for demographics and institutional factors, we also divide our sample by the share of the population belonging to hierarchical religions. Our OLS regressions show that generalized trust has a positive effect on tax revenues in countries where less than 60 % of the population is affiliated with Catholicism or Islam and in countries with already high tax revenues. To circumvent endogeneity and causality issues we use an IV regression with sport organization membership as the instrument. Our IV regression show that generalized trust has a positive effect on the marginal income tax rate in the complete sample. We also conclude that it is plausible that trust does not have an effect on either tax revenues or marginal tax rate in developing countries as they may be stuck in a low trust equilibrium.
Naturalization and Social Capital Investment- Evidence from 32 European Countries
(2019-07-02) Eriksson, John; Svensson, Oscar; University of Gothenburg/Graduate School; Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School
In times of increased migration, knowledge about how to best integrate migrants is crucial. In this paper, we investigate whether citizenship can facilitate integra-tion by increasing investment into social capital. The question is of interest as social cohesion and social capital investment are key determinants of economic growth. Us-ing data from the European Social Survey, we investigate the relationship between citizenship and several social capital investment measures with a Linear Probability model, a Two-stage Least Squares and a Bivariate Probit model. For exogenous variation in citizenship, we create an instrument based on variation in whether the country of origin allows their migrants to acquire dual citizenship. The results are mixed. In the naive linear model we ﬁnd a positive relationship, but the results are not robust to instrumental variable models that deal with selection into citizenship. Policy makers should not put too much faith in potential positive eﬀects of natu-ralization on social integration.
Ett sekel av pentekostal eskatologi. En komparativ studie av den svenska pingströrelsens förändrade eskatologiska betoningar, från Lewi Pethrus bok Jesus kommer (1912) till Teologiska nätverket i Pingst och dess skrift Jesus kommer (2012)
(2016-10-20) Svensson, Oscar; University of Gothenburg/Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religion
Ett sekel av pentekostal eskatologi. En komparativ studie av den svenska pingströrelsens förändrade eskatologiska betoningar, från Lewi Pethrus bok Jesus kommer 1912 till Teologiska nätverket i Pingst och dess skrift Jesus kommer 2012. (A Centu-ry of Pentecostal Eschatology. A comparative study of the Swedish Pentecostal Movement’s changed eschatological emphasis, from Lewi Pethrus book Jesus is coming 1912 to the Theo-logical Network of the Swedish Pentecost Movement and its scripture Jesus is coming 2012.) This dissertation studies the changing emphasis within the Swedish Pentecostal Movement’s eschatology between 1912 and 2012. The main purpose is to analyse how the eschatology was formed, what the influences were and which theologians established the most important doc-trines. The dissertation also shows how the Pentecostal eschatology changed over time and indicates what caused these changes. Special attention is given to describe the roles of John Nelson Darby’s dispensationalism and of George Eldon Ladds kingdom theology for the for-mation of the Swedish Pentecostal eschatology. The dissertation is divided into four sections, reflecting four schools of thought, each with its special focus concerning eschatology. The first, the theology of “Jesus is coming”, is described chiefly through the pivotal figure of the Swedish Pentecostal Movement, Lewi Pethrus, and his book Jesus kommer (Jesus is coming). The second school of thought, the “Harmageddon theology”, is described and analysed mainly through the Norwegian writer Thoralf Gilbrant and his book series Tidens tecken (Signs of the Time). The third is presented through the evangelical theologian George Eldon Ladd and his book De yttersta tingen (The Last Things). The last school of thought is presented mainly through people connected to the Theological network within the Swedish Pentecostal Movement and their adaptation of Ladd’s teachings. The dissertation also reflects on the “eschatological silence” between the third and fourth school of thought.