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My primary research interests are behavioral economics, game theory and political economics. I obtained my Ph.D. in Economics from Stockholm School of Economics in September 2008 and have been working at the Institute for International Economic Studies since then. Most of my research is summarized in the introduction of my thesis. My thesis has been awarded the Arnberg Prize 2009 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

I also enjoy writing about economics for a broader audience. I have published in the Swedish paper Dagens Nyheter, and in the journal of the Swedish Economic Association, Ekonomisk Debatt. These articles are in Swedish and are available for download below. I also write about economics and economic policy at the Swedish blog Ekonomistas.

I am currently on parental leave (until end of February 2010) and can only be reached via e-mail and mobile phone during that period.

Curriculum vitae.

Current teaching

The academic year 2009/2010 I will teach a second year graduate course called Behavioral Economics II. The course focuses on behavioral game theory, in particular bounded rationality and learning.

Unpublished research

"Strategic Risk and Coordination Failure in Blame Games" (co-author Tore Ellingsen).

"Testing Game Theory in the Field: Swedish LUPI Lottery Games" (co-authors Joseph Tao-yi Wang, Eileen Chou and Colin F. Camerer). Related Swedish material: Press release, blog post with learning video.

"Political Polarization and the Size of Government" (co-author Erik Lindqvist). Related material: Supplementary appendix, summary in Swedish.

"Identity and Redistribution" (co-author Erik Lindqvist). Related material: Summary in Swedish.

"Organizational Structure as the Channeling of Boundedly Rational Pre-play Communication" (co-author Tore Ellingsen). This paper has largely been replaced by "When Does Communication Improve Coordination?" below.

Publications (in English)

"When Does Communication Improve Coordination?" (co-author Tore Ellingsen), American Economic Review, forthcoming. Related material: Online Appendix 3.

"Economic Influences on Moral Values", The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy (Advances) 9(1), Article 2. Related material: Mark Twain's short story "The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg" also makes the point that temptation corrupts moral values, blog post about the paper (in Swedish).

"Bounded Rationality and Endogenous Preferences", Ph.D. Dissertation, Stockholm School of Economics, 2008. Introduction

"A Game Theoretic Model of the Northwestern European Electricity Market – Market Power and the Environment" (co-authors Wietze Lise, Vincent Linderhof, Onno Kuik, Claudia Kempfert and Thomas Heinzow), Energy Policy, 2006, 34(15), p 2123–2136.

Publications (in Swedish)

"Beteendeekonomi och konsumentpolitik". Report on consumer policy written for the Swedish Ministry of Integration and Gender Equality, 2009.

"Från nationalekonomi till ekonomik?" (editorial with Martin Flodén), Ekonomisk Debatt, 2009, 37(3), p 3–4.

"Homo Economicus" (book review), Ekonomisk Debatt, 2006, 34(5), p 52–54.

"Den oekonomiska människan", Dagens Nyheter, January 18, 2006.

"Teorier spelar roll!" (reply), Ekonomisk Debatt, 2005, 33(6), p 58–59.

"Är nationalekonomin ideologisk?", Ekonomisk Debatt, 2005, 33(2), p 6–18

"Fett och beroende", Dagens Nyheter, May 3, 2005.

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Additional information

I can also be reached at my mobile phone +46-70-5745792. My office is A862 which is located on the 8th floor in the A building (Universitetsvägen 10).