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?

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.

With sanctions becoming an increasingly important tool in ostracising autocratic regimes from western markets, the need for effective enforcement of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies is increasing....

This brief provides an overview of the discussion on the relative merits of grants and loans in the literature on foreign aid, including a short section on debt relief initiatives. These claims are...

Co-creating industry development.

Covering leadership in today's fast-changing world? At the Stockholm School of Economics, researchers study many aspects of modern leadership. From talent management, hybrid workplaces and...

The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to a pre-existing threat to global health: the quality of air in cities around the world. Prolonged exposure to air pollution has been found to increase the...

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...