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Competition policy
Covid-19
Cultural economics
International trade
Minimum wages
Private equity, venture capital
School
Subsidies to businesses
Welfare state
Lars Oxelheim
Professor
lars.oxelheim@ifn.se
Affiliated Researcher
Pehr-Johan Norbäck
Associate Professor, Senior Research Fellow
pehr-johan.norback@ifn.se
IFN Researcher
Lars Persson
Professor, Deputy Director
lars.persson@ifn.se
IFN 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
Book review: Dumbing Down: The Crisis of Quality and Equity in a Once-Great Shool System – and How to Reverse the Trend
Magnus Henrekson's and Johan Wennström's book Dumbing Down: The Crisis of Quality and Equity in a Once-Great Shool System – and How to Reverse the Trend, is reviewed in The Independent Review.
Media coverage
Publish date 10/21/2022
Income inequality during the Covid-19 pandemic
Daniel Waldenström, IFN, writes about income inequality in Vox EU.
Media coverage
Publish date 8/13/2021
Alexander Montag
Assistant Professor
montaga@iu.edu
Affiliated Researcher
Policy Seminar: Is the Market Economy Culturally Harmful?
IFN arranged a policy seminar on March 7, 2024, entitled “Is the Market Economy Culturally Harmful?”. It featured the presentation of two studies from the research project “Cultures of Trust and Insti…
News
Publish date 3/8/2024
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
Roger Svensson
Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow
roger.svensson@ifn.se
IFN Researcher
Per Skedinger
Associate Professor
per.skedinger@ifn.se
IFN Researcher
Cultures of Trust and Institutions of Freedom
This project entails two interrelated core themes: Can institutions embodying economic freedom, contrary to the skepticism of some, contribute to fairness, trust, equality and responsibility; and can…
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
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
Thomas Tangerås
Associate Professor, Program Director
thomas.tangeras@ifn.se
IFN Researcher
IFN Researcher
Fredrik Sjöholm
Professor and CEO
fredrik.sjoholm@ifn.se
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