Research Interest Search
To find out more about the research interest you would like to know more about, click on the research interests of your choice. Researchers and research within the chosen field will be listed below.
Filter out specific content within the subject area
Open filters
Close filters
Your filter gave 28 hits.
Competition policy
Corona
Covid-19
Investment banking
Patents
Public choice
R&D
Structural change
Welfare state
Presentation of the SNS Economic Policy Council Report 2024: Swedish productivity among the best in the world
At a seminar at SNS on January 18, Lars Persson (chair), Karin Edmark, Pehr-Johan Norbäck, and Erik Prawitz presented the SNS Economic Policy Council Report 2024. They are all researchers at or affili…
News
Publish date 1/19/2024
IFN Researcher
Affiliated Researcher
Meet Europe's Richest
Who are the richest people in Europe? Where do they get their money and what do they do with it? How do they convert their financial wealth into political influence? And how much inequality is reasona…
Event
Publish date 9/15/2023
Income inequality during the Covid-19 pandemic
Daniel Waldenström, IFN, writes about income inequality in Vox EU.
Media coverage
Publish date 8/13/2021
Procure Better: An Evaluation of Private Ambulance Providers’ Efficiency in Emergency Medical Services under New Contractual Regulations
A common argument against the economic theory that certain services are unsuitable for private providers is that the issues instead stem from inadequate expertise on the part of the contract issuer. W…
Research project
The pandemic and its implications on trust
Sweden has one of the highest trust levels in the world. At a recent policy seminar, research on how the pandemic has affected trust levels in Sweden was presented.
News
Publish date 2/22/2022
IFN Researcher
IFN Researcher
Behavioral Responses to Health Risks and Policies during Epidemics
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted shortcomings of standard epidemiological models in accurately predicting the spread of the virus. This, in turn, undermined the ability to conduct reliable policy ana…
Research project
Affiliated Researcher
IFN Researcher
IFN Researcher
Sweden's Successful Financin of a Strong Welfare System: A Model for Other Countries?
Mårten Blix, IFN, presents his and Henrik Jordahl's book Privatizing Welfare Services –Lessons from the Swedish Experiment at the Independent Evaluation Office of the IMF.
Event
Publish date 12/14/2021
Extreme weather events and their impact on competitiveness and innovation
Europe has experienced severe weather events in recent years that have disrupted food production and caused large economic and environmental damage. Recent economic disturbances following geopolitical…
Research project
IFN Researcher
IFN Researcher
IFN Researchers receive funding from Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius stiftelse and Tore Browaldhs stiftelse
Björn Tyrefors has received funding of SEK 1,700,000 for the research project "The First Long-Term Causal Evaluation of Unconditional Cash Transfers to Poor Families." The project investigates the eff…
News
Publish date 5/8/2024
Affiliated Researcher
IFN Researcher