Director, Stockholm China Economic Research Institute (formerly China Economic Research Center), 2011-
Associate Professor of Economics, Gothenburg University, 2010-
Visiting Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, 2010-2011
Visiting Professor, Thammasat University, 2010
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fudan University, 2008-2009
Fulbright Scholar, Columbia Business School, Columbia University, 2006-2007
Visiting Scholar, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2004-2005
PhD in Economics, Gothenburg University
MSc in Economics, Lund University
BSc in Business Administration, Lund University
BA in Indonesian (East and Southeast Asian Studies Program), Lund University
MA in Chinese Studies, Lund University
Research Interests
International Macroeconomics and Finance, Financial Development and Policy, Corporate Governance, Political Economy, China, Indonesia, Asia
Selected Publications
"China's Growing Influence in Southeast Asia: Monetary Policy and Equity Markets," The World Economy, 2012, 35, 816-837.
"Financial Repression and China's Economic Imbalances," in McKay, H. and Song, L. (eds.), Rebalancing and Sustaining Growth in China, ANU E Press, 2012.
"Financial Markets in East Asia and Europe during the Global Financial Crisis," The World Economy, 2011, 34, 1088-1105.
“Globala obalanser: Kina, USA och Europa," Ekonomisk Debatt, 2010, 38, 20-31.
"Review of Allies of the State: China's Private Entrepreneurs and Democratic Change by Jie Chen and Bruce J. Dickson," China Quarterly, 2010, 203, 735-736.
"Bra, men inte tillräckligt - Kinas nya växelkurspolitik," Internationella Studier, 2010, 3.
"China's Financial Market Integration with the World," Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 8, 293-314.
"Asian Sovereign Debt and Country Risk," Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 2010, 18, 335-350.
"China's Offical Rates and Bond Yields," with L. Fan, Journal of Banking and Finance, 2010, 34, 996-1007.
“Is U.S. Money Causing China’s Output?,” China Economic Review, 2009, 20, 732-741.
"Kina och den globala finansiella krisen," Ekonomisk Debatt, 2009, 37, 27-39.
“An Analysis of Dynamic Risk in the Greater China Equity Markets,” Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies, 2009, 7, 299-320.
“Stochastic Volatility and Time-Varying Country Risk in Emerging Markets,” European Journal of Finance, 2009, 15, 337-363.
“Spillover Effects among the Greater China Stock Markets,” with C. Ljungwall, World Development, 2009, 37, 839-851.
“Interdependencies among Asian Bond Markets,” Journal of Asian Economics, 2008, 19, 101-116.
Working Papers
"Financial Sector Policies, Poverty and Inequality," with X. Wang
"Financial Repression and China's Economic Imbalances"
"Financial Repression and External Imbalances," with X. Wang.
"Financial Repression and Structural Imbalances," with X. Wang.
"Escaping Political Extraction: Political Participation, Institutions, and Cash Holdings in China," with X. Feng.
"Political Participation and Entrepreneurial Initial Public Offerings in China," with X. Feng and T. Zhang.
“What Moves Bond Yields in China?” with L. Fan.