Research paper "Leniency, Asymmetric Punishment and Corruption: Evidence from China" has been listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for topics “Institutions & Corruption”, “Punishment, Corrective Justice Generally”, “Corruption” and “Institutions & Transition Economics: Political Economy”.

Today the British online newspaper The Independent reported on the QS ranking of Europe’s best economics degrees.

Joel Ringbo from the Department of Marketing and Strategy/Center of Retailing will defend his licentiate dissertation "In Search of the Optimal Grocery Store Layout: Examining the Effect of Placement Order for Complementary Product Categories in the Store Environment".

SSE is launching a new educational program geared towards accelerating integration of university graduates who have recently arrived in Sweden. This new executive education program will hopefully provide a fast track into the Swedish job market for qualifying graduates who have applied and/or been granted asylum in Sweden.

Capital flows between Sweden and Russia sheds some light on more general theoretical and empirical issues associated with FDI and portfolio flows that are highly relevant for Russia today. New policy brief by Torbjörn Becker offers policy lessons that can help modernize Russian economy.

The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) invites applications for a chaired Professorship in Sustainable Markets. The position entails scientific leadership of the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum) at SSE and the holder will lead research, teaching and outreach at Misum. The holder will be given the opportunity to shape a new research institute  that is closely connected to the strong research environment at SSE. Application is closing on Friday 1st April 2016 at 5 pm.

by Torbjörn Becker, SITE Working Paper

On March 13, Svenska Dagbladet published an article concerning the lack of university teachers in the field of accounting. Acting Professor Niclas Hellman was one of the co-authors. http://www.svd.se/akut-brist-pa-larare-i-ekonomi-pa-universiteten/om/naringsliv:debatt

Donor countries often face a Samaritan’s dilemma when trying to implement political conditionality in bilateral aid. New policy brief on strategic aid financing by Jenny Simon sheds light on how donor countries can solve Samaritan’s dilemma.

Astrid Palmstierna and Yuelin Wang, both students at the Stockholm School of Economics, have been awarded the 2016 Gun & Einar Larsson Scholarship for their project “Achieving greater gender equality in less economically developed countries (LEDC) – What is the Philippines doing that other LEDCs are not?”.