The auditing profession has a longstanding history of gender inequality. The gender pay gap has been previously explained through factors such as education, and labor force participation and...

During the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in a new era of complexity. Many social and economic responses are amplifying social inequalities and hampering strategic, long-term investments...

Employee satisfaction both demonstrates and drives organizational success. Yet there has been limited research into how employees and management perceive, interpret and use this non-financial...

In order to mitigate climate change, every country across the globe must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. This Misum Academic Insight looks at the impact of a carbon tax on UK power sector...

Economist at Sveriges Riksbank

Robert Östling, Professor of Economics at SSE, is one of six members on Finansministerns ekonomiska råd (the Minister for Finance's economic council). The economic council will provide Sweden’s...

We are very proud to announce that Anna Dreber Almenberg, Johan Björkman Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, has been appointed editor at the recently launched Journal of Political...

COVID Crisis: Increasing inequalities and decreasing investments?

Earmarked projects receive lower peer-review scores than non-earmarked projects, but do not consistently underperform in terms of tangible outputs like patents and publications. This, according to new...

Sons are much likelier than daughters to take over the family firm – despite the fact that businesses run by daughters outperform those run by sons. This according to new research from the Stockholm...