Valdemar Smith

Research Interests

• Firm performance and corporate governance
• Economics of innnovation and R&D
• Regional growth and inequalities
• The wine market and alcohol consumption

Selected Publications

• Rational Addiction and Alcohol Consumption: Evidence from the Nordic Countries. Proceedings of the 5 th International Conference of Oeconometrics, Thessaloniki, October 3-4 1997. Awarded With the VDQS-price as the best paper of the conference. Also published by ’Dipartemento Di Scienze Economiche, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy, 19 p. Journal of Consumer Policy, 22, 257-279, 1999 (with Jan Bentzen and Tor Eriksson)
• Spillovers in R&D Activities: An Empirical Analysis of the Nordic Countries. I: International Advances in Economic Research. 2001, 7, 2, s. 199-212 (with Jan Bentzen)
• The short-run Impact of Business Sector R&D activities on total factor productivity: Empirical evidence from the Danish economy. Journal of Global Business vol 12 no 33 2001 (with Jan Bentzen)
• Produktivitetsforskelle mellem danske virksomheder- afhængighed af brancheforhold. Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift 2001/4. (The Danish Economic Journal) (with Mogens Dilling-Hansen, Tor Eriksson and Erik Strøjer Madsen).
• Alcohol consumption in European Countries - time series based tests of convergence. Cahiers d’Economie et Sociologie Rurales no. 60-61 2001 (with Jan Bentzen and Tor Eriksson).
• Skaber den nye Økonomi højere produktivitet, Ledelse og Erhvervsøkonomi, no. 4 2001, (The Danish Journal of Management Studies) (with Mogens Dilling-Hansen and Erik Strøjer Madsen).
• Determinants of board and CEO turnover in Denmark. Empirica 28, 2001 (with Mogens Dilling-Hansen, Tor Eriksson and Erik Strøjer Madsen).
• Does location matter for firm R&D behaviour? Some empirical evidence. Regional Studies, 2002, 36, 8, s. 828-832 (with Anni Lene Broberg and Jesper Overgård).
• French nuclear testings and consumption of French Wine. International Journal of Wine Marketing, 2002, 14, 3, s. 20-36 (with Jan Bentzen).
• Efficiency, R&D and Ownership - Some Empirical Evidence. International Journal of Production Economics, 2003, 83, 1, s. 85-94 (with Mogens Dilling-Hansen and Erik Strøjer Madsen).
• R&D and Productivity in Danish Firms: Some Empirical Evidence. Applied Economics, 2004, Vol. 36, No. 16 (with Mogens Dilling-Hansen, Tor Eriksson and Erik Strøjer Madsen.
• Do women in top management affect firm performance? A panel study of 2500 Danish firms. Forthcoming in International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management (with Nina Smith and Mette Verner).
• Do the Scandinavian consumers pay a 'fair' price for premium German white wines? Forthcoming in Agrarwirtschaft (with Jan Bentzen).

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