Jonas Häckner, Professor

Stockholm University Department of Economics SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden

+46-8-163049

Short presentation

I received my PhD in economics at the Stockholm School of Economics in 1993. My main research areas are competition policy and industrial economics. I was employed by Stockholm University in 1995 and have teaching experience from all levels. I am also the Director of Graduate Studies.

Research interests

  • Microeconomics
  • Industrial Economics
  • Competition Policy

Current teaching

  • Introductory Microeconomics (undergraduate level)
  • Law & Economics (advanced level)

Working papers

"When do Countries Introduce Competition Policy?", Working Papers in Economics 2005:6, Department of Economics, Stockholm University, with Rikard Forslid and Astri Muren.

"Trademark Dilution - A Welfare Analysis", Working Papers in Economics 2004:15, Department of Economics, Stockholm University, with Astri Muren.

"Mergers in Congested Markets", Working Papers in Economics 2004:8, Department of Economics, Stockholm University, with Carlos Razo.

Selected publications

"Advertising and Media Market Concentration", Journal of Media Economics, 21:2, (2008), 79-96, with Sten Nyberg.

"Vertical Integration and Competition Policy", Journal of Regulatory Economics, 24:2, (2003), 213-222.

"Market Delineation and Product Differentiation", Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 1:1, (2001), 81-99.

Tillämpad mikroekonomi, (Jointly edited by Martin Dufwenberg, Marie-Louice Isacson and Michael Lundholm). Studentlitteratur (2000). [This is a textbook for first-year economics students.]

"A Note on Price and Quantity Competition in Differentiated Oligopolies", Journal of Economic Theory, 93, (2000), 233-239.

"Rent-Control and Prices of Owner Occupied Housing", Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 102, (2000), 311-324, with Sten Nyberg.

"Vanity and Congestion; A Study of Reciprocal Externalities", Economica, 63, (1996), 97-111, with Sten Nyberg.

"Optimal Symmetric Punishments in a Bertrand Differentiated Products Duopoly", International Journal of Industrial Organization, 14, (1996), 611-630.

"Deregulating Taxi Services; a Word of Caution", Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, (1995), 195-207, with Sten Nyberg.

"Endogenous Product Design in an Infinitely Repeated Game", International Journal of Industrial Organization, 13, (1995), 277-299.

"Collusive Pricing in Markets for Vertically Differentiated Products", International Journal of Industrial Organization, 12, (1994), 155-177.


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