Anders Kärnä received his PhD in economics from Jönköping International Business School in 2018 with a thesis on the effects of innovation support. In 2024, he became an associate professor of economics at Örebro University. He has previously worked as a researcher at IFN, Örebro University, and the business research institute Ratio, as well as as a civil servant at the Ministry of Finance and Growth Analysis. Since the autumn of 2023, Anders has worked as a civil servant at Sveriges Riksbank and is affiliated with IFN.
Some questions Anders Kärnä tries to answer in his research:
- How does a company's choice of financing affect financial stability?
- How efficient are capital markets for companies?
- Can the increased popularity of populist parties be understood through real factors or through the strategic choices of established parties?
