Lars Persson is a docent (associate professor) in economics and deputy director of the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (former IUI) in Stockholm. His fields of interest are industrial economics, international investments, competition policy, innovations and entrepreneurship. Currently Lars Persson is conducting research on (i) international mergers and corporate restructuring, (ii) the interaction between entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and oligopolists in the innovation process, and (iii) corporate taxes and acquisitions.

Lars Persson is research fellow at Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London) and at Swedish Foundation for Small Business Research (FSF, Sweden). He has also served as an economic expert Judge at the District Court of Stockholm, and has been visiting professor at the European University Institute and Purdue University.

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Published or forthcoming work

''The Organization of the Innovation Industry: Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, and Oligopolists" (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck). Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 7, No. 6, 2009, 1261-1290.  An earlier Working Paper version can be found here.

"On the Anticompetitive Effect of Exclusive Dealing When Entry by Merger is Possible" (with Chiara Fumagalli and Massimo Motta). Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol.54, No. 4, December 2009, 785-811.  An earlier WP version can be found here.

"Cross-Border Acquisitions and Taxes: Efficiency and Tax Revenues" (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Jonas Vlachos). Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 42, No. 4, November 2009, 1473-1500.  An earlier WP version can be found here.

"Cross-Border Mergers & Acquisitions Policy in Service Markets" (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck). Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2008, 269–293.  An earlier WP version can be found here.

"Efficiency and Ownership Structure – The Case of Poland" (with Karl-Markus Modén and Pehr-Johan Norbäck). The World Economy, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2008, 437-460.  An earlier WP version can be found here.

"Globalization and Profitability of Cross-border Mergers & Acquisitions" (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck). Economic Theory, Vol. 35, No. 2, 2008, 241–266.

"Investment Liberalization - Why a Restrictive Cross-Border Merger Policy can be Counterproductive'' (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck). Journal of International Economics, Vol. 72, No. 2, 2007, 366–380.  An earlier WP version can be found here.

"Endogenous Asset Ownership Structures in Deregulated Markets" (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck). European Economic Review, Vol. 50, No.7, October 2006, 1729-1752.  An earlier WP version can be found here.

"Privatization Policy in an International Oligopoly" (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck).  Economica, Vol. 72, No. 288, 2005, 635-653.  An earlier WP version can be found here.

"The Failing Firm Defence" Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 53, No. 2, 2005, 175-201.

"Predation and Mergers: Is Merger Law Counterproductive?" European Economic Review, Vol. 48, No. 2, April 2004, 239-258.  An earlier WP version can be found here.

"Privatization and Foreign Competition" (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck). Journal of International Economics, Vol. 62, No. 2, March 2004, 409-416.  An earlier WP version can be found here.

"Endogenous Mergers in Concentrated Markets" (with Henrik Horn). International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 19, No. 8, September 2001, 1213-1244.  An earlier WP version can be found here.

"The Equilibrium Ownership of an International Oligopoly" (with Henrik Horn). Journal of International Economics, Vol. 53, No. 2, April 2001, 307-333.  An earlier WP version can be found here.

"Asset Ownership in Imperfectly Competitive Markets" Monograph Series, No. 35. Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm, 1998.

Working Papers

Buying to Sell: A Theory of Buyouts (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Joacim Tåg), Working Paper No. 817, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, 2010.