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...

On this year's International Women's Day we would like to draw attention to the women impacted by the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Evidence from other armed conflicts suggests that...

Misum is the sustainability center of Stockholm School of Economics. Read here two very different reactions on today´s Nobel in Economics from the Misum researchers Max Jerneck, PhD, and Ranjula Bali...

Co-creating industry development.

Two years after the publication of the highly influential “Dasgupta Review” at the commission of the UK Treasury, Misum welcomed Prof. Sir Partha Dasgupta, the lead author of the report, for a...

We are happy to announce a Research Fellow position open for application at the Center for Asian Studies (CAS) at Stockholm School of Economics. The fellow program is a collaboration with the Swedish...

Are you hoarding toilet paper or stockpiling paracetamol to last you through the corona crisis? You’re not alone. Professor Richard Wahlund explains the psychology behind our need to stock up in times...

On December 5-6, 2016 Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) hosted its annual academic conference – 25 Years of Transition. The conference brought together researchers with an interest in...

Swedish–Ukrainian Business Conference at SSE (Oct 14, 2025): recovery, investment, energy & defense cooperation. Oschadbank, SUCC & SITE. See slides and photos. Read more.

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