Journal articles:
"Common Trends and Shocks to Top Incomes - A Structural Breaks Approach", Review of Economics and Statistics, forthcoming, (w. Jesper Roine).
"Why Does Sovereign Risk Differ for Domestic and External Debt? Evidence from Scandinavia, 1938-1948", Journal of International Money and Finance, forthcoming.
"The Long-Run Determinants of Inequality: What Can We Learn from Top Income Data?", Journal of Public Economics, 93(7-8), 974-988 (with Jesper Roine and Jonas Vlachos).
"Wealth Concentration over the Path of Development: Sweden, 1873-2006", Scandinavian Journal of Economics 111(1), 151-187 (with Jesper Roine).
"Using Financial Markets to Analyze History: The Case of the Second World War", Historical Social Research 32(4), 330-350, (with Bruno S. Frey).
"Why should inequality researchers care about the rich?", IFC Bulletin, No. 28, 421-427.
"Did Nordic Countries Recognize the Gathering Storm of World War II? Evidence from the Bond Markets", Explorations in Economic History, 45(2), 107-126, (with Bruno S. Frey).
The Evolution of Top Incomes in an Egalitarian Society: Sweden, 1903–2004 , Journal of Public Economics 92(1-2), 366-387 (with Jesper Roine), (Swedish summary)
"Increased International Integration is a Prerequisite for More and Better Research in Economic History: Reply to Knutsen and Sjögren", Scandinavian Economic History Review 53(3): 85-92, 2005.
"Is Swedish Research in Economic History Internationally Integrated?", Scandinavian Economic History Review 53(2): 50-77, 2005.
"International Financial Liberalization and Industry Growth", International Journal of Finance & Economics 10(3): 263-284, 2005 (with Jonas Vlachos)
"Markets Work in War: World War II Reflected on the Zurich and Stockholm Stock Exchanges", Financial History Review 11(2): 51-67, 2004, (with Bruno S. Frey)
"Why Are Securities Transactions Taxed? Evidence from Sweden, 1909-1991", Financial History Review 9: 164-191, 2002.
"Taxing Emerging Stock Markets: A Beneficial Policy? Evidence From the Stockholm Stock Exchange, 1907-1939", Explorations in Economic History 39(1):, 29-45, 2002.
Working papers:
"Citation Success: Evidence from Economic History Publications", IFN WP #819, (with Gianfranco Di Vaio and Jacob Weisdorf).
"Intergenerational Top Income Mobility in Sweden - A Combination of Equal Opportunity and Capitalistic Dynasties", IFN WP #755, 2008 (w. Anders Björklund and Jesper Roine).
How Should Research Performance Be Measured? Evidence from Swedish Economists, IFN WP #712, 2007 (w. Magnus Henrekson), (Swedish summary).
Chapters in books:
"Top Incomes in Sweden over the Twentieth Century", in Atkinson, A.B. and T. Piketty, eds, Top Incomes: A Global Perspective, Vol. II, Oxford University Press, Oxford (w. Jesper Roine), 2009.
"Income Distribution in Sweden since 1990", in Glans & Laurin (eds) Towards an Hourglass Society? Income Differences and the Fate of the Middle Class, Glasshouse Forum, 2008-12.
"Long-Run Changes in the Concentration of Wealth: An Overview of Recent Findings" in Davies, J.B., ed, Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2008 (w. Henry Ohlsson and Jesper Roine), (Swedish summary).
"Privat äganderätt och ekonomisk tillväxt" [Private Property Rights and Economic Growth], chapter in N. Berggren and N. Karlson (Eds.) Äganderättens grunder och konsekvenser, Stockholm: Ratio, 2005.
Academic writings in Swedish:
"Rörlig ersättning till vd - svar till Jan Wallander", Ekonomisk Debatt [Journal of the Swedish Economic Association], No. 7, 2009.
"Rörlig ersättning till vd - vad säger forskningen?", Ekonomisk Debatt, No. 5, 2009.
"Hur ska framtidens förmögenhetsstatistik se ut?", Ekonomisk Debatt, No. 8, 2007, p- 72-77.
"Svenska toppinkomsters utveckling 1903-2004", Ekonomisk Debatt, No 8, 2006;
– Media highlights: DN Debatt (06-09-04), SvD (06-12-04), DN (06-12-07), Dagens Industri (06-12-08), Di.se (06-12-07)., DiTV (06-12-07), TV8 Finansnytt (06-12-07), SvD Näringsliv (07-01-29), Forskning och Framsteg 2/2007.
"Hur internationell är svensk ekonomisk historia?", Ekonomisk Debatt, No. 5, 2006.
Hur bör forskningsprestationer mätas?", Ekonomisk Debatt 34(3): 62-77, 2006, (with Magnus Henrekson and Kristin Magnusson).
Book reviews:
Review of "Emerging Markets and Financial Globalization Sovereign Bond Spreads in 1870–1913 and Today" by Paolo Mauro, Nathan Sussman, and Yishay Yafeh, Finance & Development 44(2), 2007
Review of "A History of Banking in Antebellum America: Financial Markets and Economic Development in an Era of Nation-Building" by Howard Bodenhorn, Scandinavian Economic History Review 49(1), 2001.
Review of "The State, the Financial System and Economic Modernization" by Richard Sylla, Richard Tilly and Gabriel Tortella (eds.), Scandinavian Economic History Review, 47(3), 1999.
Review of "Mellen Økonomi og Historie" by Lars Herlitz (ed.), Scandinavian Economic History Review, 47(1), 1999.
Other writings (Op-Eds etc):
"Så kan bonussystemen förbättras", Göteborgs-Posten, Mar. 24, 2009.
"Felkalkyl i kampen mot skattefusk", Dagens Industri, Nov. 19, 2008. (with Tino Sanandaji)
"Pengar ingen bra VD-bonus", SVT Opinion, Nov. 19, 2008.
"Låt staten ta över", Fokus, Sept. 19, 2008 (with Eva Mörk).
"Bättre forskning utan förmögenhetsregister", Dagens Industri, Sept. 19, 2007.
"Rön för vinden", Axess, No. 5, 2007 (with Henrik Jordahl)
"Grundlöst om jämställda styrelser", Dagens Industri, April 2, 2007 (with Henrik Jordahl)
"Arbetarrörelsen hycklar", Brännpunkt, Svenska Dagbladet, March 26, 2004 (with Jonas Vlachos)
"Replik: Inte räntans eller frihandelns fel. Social obalans och fattigdom i u-länderna har andra orsaker", Dagens Nyheter, Kulturdelen, March 28, 2002.