Talk:Linder hypothesis

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It should be Steffan Linder, not Staffan Linder.

I looked the name up on Google Scholar with both "Steffan Linder" and "Staffan Linder". Staffan turned up 405 results and Steffan only 11.--Bkwillwm 09:17, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just to clarify: the name should be Staffan Burenstam Linder, as is currently written in the article. As I understand it from the Swedish Wikipedia article [1], he was born Staffan Linder and changed his family name to Burenstam Linder as an adult, wanting to carry on the Burenstam name (which was his mother's family name) after the last living member of the family tree carrying the Burenstam name had passed away.

Staffan is a traditional Swedish name, related to Stefan, which is the more common name. Steffan is not a proper spelling in Swedish. The use of the Steffan spelling may stem from mixing the names Staffan and Stefan. Sarnalios (talk) 12:13, 28 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the assesssment in this article that the evidence is supportive of a Linder effect is not correct. The evidence is much more mixed and a positive effect is restricted to only some goods (largely manufactures) and not trade overall and with only some countries (primarily developed). The quality of this article is not particularly good. By the way Staffan is the correct spelling as in the original article. ```` — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.239.220.249 (talk) 15:49, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]