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Today marks the launch of a new accelerator program called Activate from the SSE Business Lab, the incubator unit at the Stockholm School of Economics. Activate can be used by students and alumni who want to develop a prototype and begin commercial sales over a summer. The program provides ambitious entrepreneurs the support they need to quickly get to market.

On June 12 the student group SSE Students for Climate Action presented a report with 90 bullet points on how sustainability could be further integrated into SSE’s bachelor programs.

The annual EGOS conference is just around the corner, and we congratulate Misum´s professor Mette Morsing whose paper is one of three short-listed for the EGOS best paper award.

In the past months’ money laundering has been creating headlines around the world, revealing tax evasion and corrupt schemes in Europe. Anders Åslund presented his latest book “Russia’s Crony Capitalism” explaining Russia’s role in European money laundering scandals and risks associated with the Russian economy.

Working paper: This paper looks at how the Russian economy has developed under the leadership of Putin and how it spills over to its neighbours in the CIS region.

Working paper: This paper studies the use of financial contracts as bid-coordinating device in multi-unit uniform price auctions.