Per Pettersson-Lidbom, Professor

Stockholm University Department of Economics SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden

+46-8-161239

Short presentation

Per Pettersson-Lidbom completed his Ph.D. in Economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockolm University, in 2000 and he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University, the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS), during 2001-2002. His research is focused on political economics, public finance, and labor economics and it is empirically oriented.

Research interests

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Political economics
  • Public finance
  • Labor economics
  • Applied econometrics and evaluation methods

Working papers

WORKING PAPERS


"Revisiting the Relationship between Ethnic Diversity and Preferences for Redistribution" (with Lena Nekby). "Letter to the editors of Journal of Political Economy

"Democracy, Redistribution, and Political Participation: Evidence from Sweden 1919-1938" (with Björn Tyrefors) Revised and resubmitted to Econometrica. " First working paper version (2007)

"Testing Political Agency Models," 2006.

"Does Child Spacing Affect Children's Outcomes? Evidence from a Swedish Reform," Version March 2009 (with Peter Skogman Thoursie).

"Does Child Gender Affect Sibling and Family Outcomes?," 2008 (with Peter Skogman Thoursie and Jonas Vlachos).

Selected publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS


"Temporary Disability Insurance and Labor Supply: Evidence from a Natural Experiment," (with Peter Skogman Thoursie), Scandinavian Journal of Economics forthcoming.

"Does the Size of the Legislature Affect the Size of Government: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments," Journal of Public Economics,Volume 96, Issues 3–4, 269-278, 2012. First working paper version (2001).

"Dynamic Commitment and the Soft Budget Constraint: An Empirical Test," American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2(3): 154–179, 2010.

"Behavior under Social Pressure: Empty Italian Stadiums and Referee Bias," (with Mikael Priks) Economics Letters, 108: 212-214, 2010.

"Do Parties Matter for Economic Outcomes: A Regression-Discontinuity Approach," Journal of the European Economic Association, Volume 6, Issue 5: 1037–1056, 2008. First working paper version (2001).

"An Empirical Investigation of the Strategic Use of Debt," Journal of Political Economy, 109: 570-584, 2001.