Astri Muren, Professor

Stockholm University Department of Economics SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden

+46-8-16 33 06

Short presentation

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 1989. My research is in experimental and behavioural economics, and also industrial organisation and regulation. I teach courses in microeconomics and its applications, and have taught at Stockholm University since 1992.

Current teaching

Selected publications

"Optimistic behavior when a decision bias is costly: An experimental test", Economic Inquiry, forthcoming

"Vetenskapliga sanningar och feministiska myter" (med A. Boschini, M. Palme och M. Persson, Ekonomisk Debatt 39, 2011, 5-13.

"Men among men don’t take norm enforcement seriously" (with A. Boschini and M. Persson), Journal of Socio-Economics 40, 2011, 523-529.

"Trade costs and the timing of competition policy adoption" (with R. Forslid och J. Häckner), Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 44(1), 2011

"Skatter och skattesystem: välfärd och fördelning" (med M. Lundholm) och "Diskriminering" (med M. Dufwenberg och L. Nekby), i Häckner, Jacobsson, Muren (red), Tillämpad Mikroekonomi, 2:a upplagan, Studentlitteratur, 2009

"An introduction: What should the EU do?", Swedish Economic Policy Review, vol. 13(1), 2006 pdf

"Generosity, Anonymity, Gender" (with M. Dufwenberg), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 61(1), 2006

"Gender Composition in Teams" (with M. Dufwenberg), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 61(1), 2006

"Collusion without communication" (with R. Pyddoke), Information Economics and Policy, vol. 18(1), 2006

"Regulatory reform: An introduction" (with B. Holmlund), Swedish Economic Policy Review, vol. 9(2), 2003 pdf

"Inkomstgarantier för konstnärer: ett förslag", Ekonomisk Debatt, Vol. 30(2), 2002

"Quantity precommitment in an experimental oligopoly market", Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 41, 2000

"Quality assurance in competitively tendered contracts", Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, Vol 34(1), 2000

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