Work published  in English

1. Economic Restrictions on Soviet Defence Expenditure - a Model Approach (with Jan Rylander) in The Soviet Economy in a New Perspective, a compendium of papers submitted to the Joint Economic Committee, Congress of the United States, October 1976.

2. Inflation in Sweden, in Worldwide Inflation - Theory and Recent Experience, Krause, L.B. and W.S. Salant, eds., Brookings Institution, 1977.

3. Prices, Wages and Employment in the Open Economy, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, Monograph no 10, 1978 (Ph D dissertation).

4. Real Wages, Inflation and Unemployment in the Open Economy, in Inflation and Employment in Open Economies, A. Lindbeck, ed., North-Holland, 1979.

5. Domestic and Foreign Price Influences - a Disaggregated Study of Sweden (with Jan Herin), in Inflation and Employment in Open Economies, A. Lindbeck, ed., North-Holland, 1979.

6. Exchange Controls, Capital Movements and Stabilization Policy, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Quarterly Review 1980:3-4.

7. Wage Indexation, the Scandinavian Model and Macroeconomic Stability in the Open Economy (with Staffan Viotti), Oxford Economic Papers 1982:3.

8. Long-run Effects of Short-run Stabilization Policy - an Introduction, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 1982:2.

9. Cost Adjustment in Smaller OECD Countries, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Quarterly Review 1982:4.

10. Employment Policies, Wage Formation and Trade Union Behaviour in a Small Open Economy, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 1982:2. Reprinted in Bénassy, J-P, ed., Macroeconomics and Imperfect Competition, Edward Elgar, 1995.

11. Output, Inflation and the Terms of Trade in a Small Open Economy, Kyklos, Fasc.1, 1983.

12. Sweden and Finland - a Comparison of Stabilization Policy Strategies, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Quarterly Review 1984:4.

13. Stabilization Policy and Wage Formation in Economies with Strong Trade Unions, in M. Emerson, ed., Europe's Stagflation, Oxford University Press, 1984.

14. Exchange Controls Can Be Abolished, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken Quarterly Review 1985:4.

15. Classical Unemployment, Accommodation Policies and the Adjustment of Real Wages (with Henrik Horn), Scandinavian Journal of Economics 1985:2.

16. Trade Unions, Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Stability - an Introduction, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 1985:2.

17. The Roles of Stabilization Policy and Wage Setting for Macroeconomic Stability - the Experience of Economies with Centralized Bargaining, Kyklos, Fasc. 3, 1985.

18. Work Sharing, Employment and Wages, European Economic Review, April 1985.

19. Employment Policies and Centralized Wage Setting (with Henrik Horn), Economica, August 1986.

20. Comment to R. Flanagan: Efficiency and Equality in Swedish Labour Markets, in B. Bosworth and A. Rivlin, eds., The Swedish Economy, Brookings Institution, 1987.

21. European Unemployment and the Rigidities in the Labour Market - an Introduction, in R. Layard.and L. Calmfors, eds., The Fight Against Unemployment - Macroeconomic Papers from CEPS, MIT Press, 1987.

22. Comment to J. Drèze: Work Sharing: Why? How? How Not? in R. Layard and L. Calmfors, eds., The Fight Against Unemployment - Macroeconomic Papers from CEPS, MIT Press, 1987.

23. Comment to J. Sachs: High Unemployment in Europe: Diagnosis and Policy Implications, in C-H. Siven, ed., European Unemployment, Timbro, 1987.

24. Bargaining Structure, Corporatism and Macroeconomic Performance (with John Driffill), Economic Policy 6, 1988. Reprinted in P. N. Junankar, ed., The Economics of Unemployment, vol. III, Edward Elgar, 2000.

25. Work Sharing and Overtime (with Michael Hoel), Scandinavian Journal of Economics 1, 1988.

26. Comment to G. Alogoskoufis and A. Manning: On the Persistence of Unemployment, Economic Policy 7, 1988.

27. Wage Formation in the Nordic Countries, Nordiska ekonomiska forskningsrådets årsbok 1988.

28. Inflation and Unemployment in Sweden, Europe and the United States, in K. Goldmann, ed., International Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Stockholm University, 1988.

29. Comment to B. Holmlund: Wages and Unemployment in Unionized Economies: Theory and Evidence, in Holmlund, B., Löfgren, K. and V. Bergström, eds., Trade Unions, Employment and Unemployment Duration, Oxford University Press, 1989.

30. Work Sharing, Employment and Shiftwork (with Michael Hoel), Oxford Economic Papers 41, 1989

31. Comment to S. Bentolila and O. Blanchard: Spanish Unemployment, Economic Policy 1990:1

32. Wage Formation in Sweden (with Anders Forslund), in Calmfors, L., ed., Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Policy in the Nordic Countries, SNS and Oxford University Press, 1990.

33. Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Policy in the Nordic Countries: A Summary, in Calmfors, L., ed., Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Policy in the Nordic Countries, SNS and Oxford University Press, 1990.

34. Comment to R. Jackman: Wage Formation in the Nordic Countries Viewed from an International Perspective, in Calmfors, L., ed., Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Policy in the Nordic Countries, SNS and Oxford University Press, 1990.

35. Comment to T. Andersen: Macroeconomic Strategies Towards Internal and External Balance in the Nordic Countries, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 92, 1990:2.

36. Real Wage Adjustment and Employment Policies in the Nordic Countries (with Ragnar Nymoen), Economic Policy 11, 1990.

37. Real Wage Determination and Labor Market Policies: The Swedish Experience (with Anders Forslund), The Economic Journal, vol. 101, September 1991.

38. Lessons from the Macroeconomic Experience of Sweden, European Journal of Political Economy 9, 1993.

39. Comment to K.O. Moene, M. Wallerstein and M. Hoel: Bargaining Structure and Economic Performance. In Flanagan, R.J., Moene, K.O. and M. Wallerstein, eds., Trade Union Behaviour, Pay Bargaining and Economic Performance, Oxford University Press, 1993.

40. Centralisation of Wage Bargaining and Macroeconomic Performance - A Survey, OECD Economic Studies, No. 21, Winter 1993.

41. Active Labour Market Policy and Unemployment - A Framework for the Analysis of Crucial Design Features, OECD Economic Studies, No. 22, Spring 1994. Reprinted in P. N. Junankar, ed., The Economics of Unemployment, vol. IV, Edward Elgar, 2000.

42. What Can Sweden Learn from the European Unemployment Experiences? Swedish Economic Policy Review, No. 1-2, 1994.

43. Macroeconomic Effects of Active Labour Market Programmes in a Union Wage-setting Model (with Harald Lang), The Economic Journal, vol. 105, May 1995.

44. Does Active Labour Market Policy Increase Employment? Theoretical Considerations and Some Empirical Evidence from Sweden (with Per Skedinger), Oxford Review of Economic Policy, vol. 11, No. 7, 1995.

45. Labour Market Policy and Unemployment, European Economic Review, vol. 39, 1995.

46. Will High Unemployment in Sweden Become Persistent? Swedish Economic Policy Review, No. 1, 1995.

47. What Can We Expect from Active Labour Market Policy? Konjunkturpolitik, No. 43, 1995.

48. Comment on Bertil Holmlund and Ann-Sofie Kolm: Progressive Taxation, Wage Setting and Unemployment - Theory and Swedish Evidence. Swedish Economic Policy Review, No. 2, 1995.

49. Fiscal Policy when Monetary Policy Is Tied to the Mast (with Jonas Agell and Gunnar Jonsson), European Economic Review, vol. 40, 1996

50. Moral Hazard in the Welfare State. Comment on L. Söderström. In Giersch, H., ed., Reforming the Welfare State, Springer Verlag, 1997.

51. The Consequences of the Monetary Union - An Introduction, Swedish Economic Policy Review, No 1, 1997.

52. EMU - A Swedish Perspective (together with Harry Flam, Nils Gottfries, Magnus Jerneck, Rutger Lindahl, Janne Haaland Matlary, Christina Nordh Berntsson, Ewa Rabinowicz and Anders Vredin), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1997.

53. Labor Market Policy and Job Creation - Swedish and U.S. Experiences. Summary by Moderators, Conference organised by the Embassy of the United States, Stockholm, 20 May, 1997.

54. Comment to K. Grier: Government, Unions and Economic Growth. In Bergström, V., ed., FIEF Studies in Labor Markets and Economic Policy, Clarendon Press Oxford, 1997.

55. The EMU and Sweden - An Introduction (together with Harry Flam), Swedish Economic Policy Review, 1997:2.

56. A Balanced Approach to Employment Policy in Europe (with Alan Manning and Gilles Saint-Paul), HM Treasury, London, 1998.

57. Macroeconomic Policy, Wage Setting and Employment - What Difference Does the EMU Make?, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 1998:3.

58. The Political Economy of Labour-Market Reform (with Per Skedinger), Swedish EconomicPolicy Review No 2, 1998.

59. Unemployment and Economic Growth - A Partial Survey (with Bertil Holmlund), Swedish Economic Policy Review, 2000:1. Download.

60. Economic Policy and Growth - An Introduction (with Mats Persson), Swedish Economic Policy Review, 2000:1. Download.

61. Unemployment, Labour-Market Reform and Monetary Union, Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 19, No. 2, 2001. In pdf-format.

62. The Future of Collective Bargaining in Europe (with Alison Booth, Michael Burda, Daniele Checchi, Robin Naylor, and Jelle Visser) in T. Boeri, A. Brugiavini, and L. Calmfors, eds., The Role of Unions in the Twenty-First Century, Oxford University Press, 2001.

63. Explaining Wage Developments (with Eva Uddén Sonnegård), in Economic Review, 2001:4, Sveriges Riksbank, Stockholm. In pdf-format.

64. Wages and Wage-Bargaining Institutions in the EMU – A Survey of the Issues, Empirica 2001:28. Also published in R. Franzese, P. Mooslechner, and M. Schürz (eds.) Institutional Conflicts and Complementarities: Monetary Policy and Wage-Bargaining Institutions in EMU, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. Also IIES Seminar Paper No. 690 and CESifo Working Paper No. 520; downloadable from http://www.iies.su.se/publications/seminarpapers/690.pdf.

65. Macroeconomic Policy Coordination in the EU: How Far Should It Go?, Swedish Economic Policy Review, 2001:1. Download.

66. Does Active Labour Market Policy Work? Lessons from the Swedish Experiences (with Anders Forslund and Maria Hemström), Swedish Economic Policy Review, 2001:2. Also IIES Seminar Paper No. 700, IFAU Working Paper No. 2002:4 and CESifo Working Paper No. 675. Download.

67. Summary in English of “The Swedish Government Commission on Stabilisation Policy for Full Employment in the Event of Swedish Membership in the Monetary Union” (Stabiliseringspolitik i valuta­unionen, Slutbetänkande, Kommittén för stabiliseringspolitik för full sysselsättning vid ett svenskt medlemskap i valutaunionen), SOU 2002:16, Stockholm (with Ingemar Hansson, Bengt K Å Johansson, Nils Lundgren, Inga Persson, Irma Rosenberg). Download.

68. Report on the European Economy 2003 of the European Economic Advisory Group (EEAG) at the CESifo Institute (together with Giancarlo Corsetti, John Flemming, Seppo Honkapohja, John Kay, Willi Leibfritz, Gilles Saint-Paul, Hans-Werner Sinn and Xavier Vives), February, Munich. Report.

69. How to Reform Europe’s Fiscal Policy Framework (together with Giancarlo Corsetti),  World Economics Journal, 2003:1. Download.

70. Nominal Wage Flexibility and Fiscal Policy – How Much Can They Reduce Macroeconomic Variability in the EMU?, Submissions on EMU from Leading Academics, UK Membership of the Single Currency: An Assessment of the Five Economic Tests, HM Treasury, London, 2003. Download.

71. Fiscal Policy to Stabilise the Domestic Economy in the EMU: What Can We Learn from Monetary Policy?, CESifo Economic Studies, 2003:3. Download.

72. Report on the European Economy 2004 of the European Economic Advisory Group (EEAG) at the CESifo Institute (together with Giancarlo Corsetti, Seppo Honkapohja, John Kay, Willi Leibfritz, Gilles Saint-Paul, Hans-Werner Sinn and Xavier Vives), February, Munich. Report.

73. Unemployment Benefits, Contract Length and Nominal Wage Flexibility (with Åsa Johansson), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2004:1. Download.

74. "Activation versus Other Employment Polices - Lessons for Germany", CESifo Forum, 2/2004. Download.

75. The Effects of Active Labour Market Policies in Sweden: What Is the Evidence? (with Anders Forslund and Maria Hemström), in J. Agell, M.J. Keen and A.J. Weichenreider (eds.), Labor Market Institutions and Public Regulation, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. Download.

76. Finn Kydland and Edward Prescott’s Contribution to Dynamic Macroeconomics: The Time Inconsistency of Economic Policy and the Driving Forces behind Business Cycles (together with Peter Englund, Tore Ellingsen, Lars Engwall, Per Krusell, Karl-Gustaf Löfgren, Timo Teräsvirta and Jörgen Weibull), Advanced Information on the 2004 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, the Royal Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. Download.

77. Report on the European Economy 2005 of the European Economic Advisory Group (EEAG) at the CESifo Institute (together with Giancarlo Corsetti, Seppo Honkapohja, John Kay, Willi Leibfritz, Gilles Saint-Paul, Hans-Werner Sinn and Xavier Vives), March, Munich. Report.

78. What Remains of the Stability Pact and What Next?, Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, 2005:8. Report.

79. Nominal Wage Flexibility, Wage Indexation, and Monetary Union (with Åsa Johansson), Economic Journal, 2006:116. Download.

80. Report on the European Economy 2006 of the European Economic Advisory Group (EEAG) at the CESifo Institute (together with Giancarlo Corsetti, Seppo Honkapohja, John Kay, Gilles Saint-Paul, Hans-Werner Sinn, Jan-Egbert Sturm and Xavier Vives), March, Munich. Download.

81. The Revised Stability and Growth Pact – A Critical Assessment, The Journal for Money and Banking of the Bank Association of Slovenia, November 2006. Download.

82. Edmund Phelp’s Contributions to Macroeconomics (together with Peter Englund, Tore Ellingsen, Lars Engwall, Bertil Holmlund, Per Krusell, Karl-Gustaf Löfgren, Lars Magnusson, Timo Teräsvirta and Jörgen Weibull), Advanced Information on the 2006 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, the Royal Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. Download.

83. Edmund Phelp’s Contributions to Macroeconomics (together with Peter Englund, Tore Ellingsen, Lars Engwall, Bertil Holmlund, Per Krusell, Karl-Gustaf Löfgren, Lars Magnusson, Timo Teräsvirta and Jörgen Weibull), Information for the Public on the 2006 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, the Royal Academy of Sciences, Stockholm. Download.

84. The EEAG Report on the European Economy 2007 of the European Economic Advisory Group at the CESifo Institute (Lars Calmfors (Chair), Giancarlo Corsetti, Michael P. Devereux, Seppo Honkapohja, Gilles Saint-Paul (Vice Chair), Hans-Werner Sinn, Jan-Egbert Sturm and Xavier Vives), February, Munich. Report.

85. Flexicurity - an Answer or a Question, European Policy Analysis 2007:6, Sieps. Download.

86. Knowledge Driven Growth: An initial report by the Globalisation Council (together with other members of the Globalisation Council), Ds 2007:38, Stockholm, 2007; Download.

87. The EEAG Report on the European Economy 2008 by the European Economic Advisory Group at the CESifo Institute (Lars Calmfors (Chair), Giancarlo Corsetti, Michael P. Devereux, Gilles Saint-Paul (Vice Chair), Hans-Werner Sinn, Jan-Egbert Sturm and Xavier Vives), February, Munich. Download.

88. Comment on Charles Wyplosz: Fiscal Policy Councils - Unlovable or Just Unloved? at Economic Council in Sweden conference on "Fiscal Rules and Institutions", Stockholm 22 October 2007, Swedish Economic Policy Review 2007:14. Download.

89. The Role of Research and Researchers in Economic Policy-Making: Some Reflections Based on Personal Experiences (Tutkimuksen ja tutkijoiden rooli talouspolitiikassa: kokemuksiini perustuvaa pohdintaa), Finnish Economic Journal (Kansantaloudellinen aikakauskirja) 2009/1. Download.

90. Swedish Fiscal Policy, Report of the Fiscal Policy Council 2009 (with Torben Andersen, Martin Flodén, Laura Hartman, Ann-Sofie Kolm, Lars Tobisson and Erik Åsbrink), Stockholm. Download.

91. Comments to the 2010 Budget Bill (together with other members), Swedish Fiscal Policy Council 2009. Download.

92. Trade in Services and in Goods with Low-Wage Countries - How Do Attitudes Differ and How Are They Formed? (with Girts Dimdins, Marie Gustafsson, Henry Montgomery and Ulrika Stavlöt), Sieps 2009:6, Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies, Stockholm. Download.

93. How Have We Handled the Economic Crisis and What Do We Do Now?, Félix Neubergh Lecture at the School of Economics, Business and Law, University of Gothenburg, 8 December 2009. Download.