I'm an associate professor of economics (i.e. "Docent" at Uppsala University). At IFN, I direct the research program The Economics of the Service Sector and conduct research on tax financed services.
I'm also studying economic voting and the importance of good looks for political candidates, as well as trust and social capital.
I'm affiliated with UCFS at Uppsala University, where I'm working most Tuesdays, and with IZA.
External collections of my research papers are available at Google Scholar, IDEAS and SSRN.
"Political Preferences and Public Sector Outsourcing" (with Mikael Elinder), IFN Working Paper 877, July 2011. pdf
"Outsourcing Public Services: Ownership, Competition, Quality and Contracting" (with Fredrik Andersson), IFN Working Paper 874, June 2011. pdf
"The Right Look: Conservative Politicians Look Better and Their Voters Reward It" (with Niclas Berggren and Panu Poutvaara), IZA DP 5513, February 2011. pdf
"Self-interested and Prospective: Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting" (with Mikael Elinder and Panu Poutvaara), September 2010. pdf
"The Looks of a Winner: Beauty and Electoral Success" (with Niclas Berggren and Panu Poutvaara), Journal of Public Economics, 94, 1-2, 8-15, 2010. Graphic Article
"Inequality and Trust in Sweden: Some Inequalities are More Harmful than Others" (with Magnus Gustavsson), Journal of Public Economics, 92 (1-2), 348-365, 2008. pdf
For other publications in Swedish, see my Swedish page.