COVID-19 policy may not be a choice between the two.

Carbon pricing has long been the recommended tool of economists for mitigating climate change. In 2019, over 5000 economists, including 28 Nobel Laureate Economists, co-signed statements urging US...

Co-creating industry development.

Policy brief: A common presumption in economics is that a carbon tax is regressive – that the tax disproportionately burdens low-income households. However, this presumption originates from early...

Why did COVID-19 hit the automotive sector so hard, and can a similar situation in the future be avoided?

Policy brief: The Belarus economy was already struggling to generate growth before both the corona pandemic and the political protests following the August presidential election. The lack of growth...

New policy brief by Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, provides an analysis on the depth of Russia’s oil dependence.

Dagens Arena writes about Amazon’s business model and also effects on the Swedish retail industry if the giant establish in Sweden. Parts of the article is based on Sara Rosengren’s recent seminar in...

Department of Economics is welcoming you to online seminar with Heidi Thysen, LSE/NHH, presenting the paper "Equilibrium Contracts and Boundedly Rational Expectations".   This is an online seminar...