Astri Muren, Associate Professor

astri.muren@ne.su.se
acm@ne.su.se

+46-8-16 33 06

Short presentation

I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Princeton University in 1989. My research is mainly in experimental economics and industrial organisation / regulation. I teach courses in microeconomics and its applications, and have taught at Temple University in 1988-1991 and at Stockholm University since 1992.

Current teaching

• Autumn 2009: Antitrust and regulation

Working papers

• Constructing gender in the economics lab
• Optimistic behavior when a decision bias is costly: An experimental test
• Young liberals and old conservatives - Inequality, mobility and redistribution
• When do countries introduce competition policy?
• Trademark protection and product differentiation

Selected publications

"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

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

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

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

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

"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

Additional information

• Ställföreträdande prefekt
• Studierektor för grundnivån