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Åsa Hansson

Åsa Hansson received her Ph.D. in 2000 from Lund University on a dissertation analyzing tax policy limits. A large part of her graduate studies was done at the University of California in Santa Barbara. 2012–2015 she was a Research Fellow at IFN and affiliated 2016–2021. She was a member of the Danish Tax Commission in 2008‒2009 and member of the Swedish Corporate Tax Commission.

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Åsa Hansson

Åsa Hansson’s research focused on the behavioral aspects of taxation concerning both individuals and firms. A large part of her research centered around the effects globalization and increased tax competition have on current tax systems and public expenditures, and how tax systems should be designed in order to attract and retain economic activities.

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Journal Articles

01 January 2018 Hansson, Åsa, Karin Olofsdotter and Susanna Thede (2018). “Do Swedish Multinationals Pay Less in Taxes than Domestic Firms?”. World Economy 41(2), 393–413. doi.org/10.1111/twec.12585

01 January 2018 Hansson, Åsa, Susan Porter and Susan Perry Williams (2018). “What Determines Tax Incentives and How Effective Are They?”. Journal of Business & Economic Policy 5(4), 123–139. doi.org/10.30845/jbep.v5n4a13

01 September 2015 Hansson, Åsa, Susan Porter and Susan Perry Williams (2015). “The Importance of the Political Process on Corporate Tax Policy”. Constitutional Political Economy 26(3), 281–306. doi.org/10.1007/s10602-014-9185-8

01 April 2014 Hansson, Åsa and Karin Olofsdotter (2014). “Labor Taxation and FDI Decisions in the European Union”. Open Economies Review 25(2), 263–287. doi.org/10.1007/s11079-013-9282-8

01 January 2014 Hansson, Åsa and Cécile Brokelind (2014). “Tax Incentives, Tax Expenditures Theories in R&D: The Case of Sweden”. World Tax Journal 6(2), p. 33.

01 June 2013 Hansson, Åsa and Karin Olofsdotter (2013). “FDI, Taxes and Agglomeration Economies in the EU15”. Applied Economics 45(18), 2653–2664. doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2012.665596

Books

01 January 2020 Hansson, Åsa (2020). Rättvis och effektiv fastighetsskatt. Stockholm: Fores.

01 January 2019 Davidsson, Sara and Åsa Hansson (2019). Att bygga rätt infrastruktur – vilken transportinfrastruktur lönar sig och hur bör den finansieras?. Stockholm: Fores.

01 January 2018 Waldenström, Daniel, Spencer Bastani and Åsa Hansson (2018). Kapitalbeskattningens förutsättningar. Stockholm: SNS Förlag.

01 January 2017 Hansson, Åsa (2017). “Är det lönt att välja tåget? – Hur bör höghastighetsjärnväg finansieras?”. Stockholm: Fores.

Book Chapters

01 January 2020 Hansson, Åsa (2020). “Ett skattesystem för ett starkare Sverige”. In Klas Eklund (Ed.), Omstartskommissionen: Idéer för ett starkare Sverige. (257–285). Stockholm: Ekerlids Förlag.

Working Papers

11 December 2020 Hansson, Åsa and Fredrik Kopsch (2020). “Property Values and the Likelihood of Self-Employment”. IFN Working Paper No. 1376. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

11 December 2020 Hansson, Åsa (2020). “Have You Benefited from the Tax Reforms? The Distribution of Tax Payments in Sweden after Three Decades of Tax Changes”. IFN Working Paper No. 1375. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

31 August 2015 Dackehag, Margareta and Åsa Hansson (2015). “Taxation of Dividend Income and Economic Growth: The Case of Europe”. IFN Working Paper No. 1081. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

22 November 2012 Hansson, Åsa, Susan Porter and Susan Perry Williams (2012). “The Effect of Political and Economic Factors on Corporate Tax Rates ”. IFN Working Paper No. 942. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Articles in Swedish

01 January 2019 Hansson, Åsa (2019). ”Hur kan det svenska skattesystemet bli mer konkurrenskraftigt?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 47(4), 42–56.

01 January 2018 Waldenström, Daniel, Spencer Bastani and Åsa Hansson (2018). “Kapitalbeskattningens förutsättningar i Sverige”. Ekonomisk Debatt 46(2), 6–15.

01 January 2014 Hansson, Åsa (2014). “Dags för en ny skattereform”. Ekonomisk Debatt 42(4), 42–53.

Op-Eds

12 May 2021 Hansson, Åsa (2021). “Slutreplik: Ett kraftfullt motstånd – men inte folkligt”. Svenska Dagbladet, May 12.

06 May 2021 Hansson, Åsa (2021). “Utan fastighetsskatt får vi mer skadliga skatter”. Svenska Dagbladet, May 6.

17 August 2020 Ackum, Susanne m.fl. (2020). ”Så startar Sverige om”. Dagens Industri, 17 August.

09 July 2020 Andersson, Martin, Andreas Bergh, Åsa Hansson and Martin Nordin (2020). “Slutreplik: Den stora skillnaden i skatt är problemet”. Svenska Dagbladet, July 9.

28 June 2020 Andersson, Martin, Andreas Bergh, Åsa Hansson and Martin Nordin (2020). “LO har rätt om 3:12-reglerna”. Svenska Dagbladet, June 28.

28 April 2020 Ackum, Susanne m.fl. (2020). ”Vi tar fram en handfast plan för en omstart av Sverige”. Dagens Nyheter, 28 April.

09 April 2020 Hansson, Åsa och Andreas Bergström (2020). ”Slutreplik: Flera vägar bort från orättvist skattesystem”. Svenska Dagbladet, 9 April.

01 April 2020 Hansson, Åsa och Andreas Bergström (2020). ”Det behövs en rättvis fastighetsskatt”. Svenska Dagbladet, 1 April.

17 January 2018 Waldenström, Daniel, Spencer Bastani and Åsa Hansson (2018). “Sverige behöver införa ny arvs- och fastighetsskatt”. Dagens Nyheter, January 17.

12 May 2017 Bergström, Andreas and Åsa Hansson (2017). “Höghastighetståg ingen lönsam lösning”. Göteborgs-Posten, May 12.

28 February 2017 Hansson, Åsa and Andreas Bergström (2017). “Snabbtåget blir ännu dyrare än beräknat”. Dagens Industri, February 28.

21 June 2016 Bengtsson, Ingemar et al. (2016). “Fel om bokrisen – politiker har styrt för mycket”. Svenska Dagbladet, June 21.

12 June 2014 Wessberg, HG et al. (2014). “Bolagsvinster ska inte kunna flyttas ut till skatteparadis”. Dagens Nyheter, June 12.

22 January 2014 Andersson, Rune et al. (2014). “Skattesystemet ett lappverk – en ny stor reform behövs”. Dagens Nyheter, January 22.

Popular Science

01 January 2015 Hansson, Åsa and Agneta Kruse (2015). “Skatt är politik och ekonomi”. Ekonomisk Debatt 43(7), 45–48.