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Ola Andersson

Associate Professor

Ola Andersson received his doctorate in economics in 2008 at Lund University. Between 2008 and 2011 he was a researcher at the Stockholm School of Economics and between 2012 and 2016 he was a research affiliate at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in Stockholm. He is currently Associate Professor (Docent) at the Department of Economics, Uppsala University and affiliated to IFN.

Affiliated Researcher

Contact

Ola Andersson

Uppsala University

+46 (0)70 432 2450

ola.andersson@nek.uu.se

Research interests: Auctions, Behavioral economics, Game theory, Industrial organization, Private equity, venture capital, Risk management

Among the questions that Ola Andersson tries to answer with his research:

How do we take a risk on behalf of other people?
What are the patterns of behavior in auctions with multiple goods?
When does communication hurt/help cooperation?
How do we design an efficient school choice?
What shapes attention in decision making?

Current writings

Journal of Health Economics

Anticipation of COVID-19 Vaccines Reduces Willingness to Socially Distance

Journal Article

by Ola Andersson, Pol Campos-Mercade, Armando N. Meier, Erik Wengström

Scandinavian Journal of Economics

The Impact of Stay-at-Home Policies on Individual Welfare

Journal Article

by Ola Andersson, Pol Campos-Mercade, Fredrik Carlsson, Florian Schneider, Erik Wengström

Altinget

Information om vaccin riskerar minska social distansering

Op-Ed

by Ola Andersson, Pol Campos-Mercade, Armando Meier, Erik Wengström

Published at IFN

Journal Articles

Andersson, Ola, Pol Campos-Mercade, Fredrik Carlsson, Florian Schneider and Erik Wengström (forthcoming). “The Impact of Stay-at-Home Policies on Individual Welfare”. Scandinavian Journal of Economics. doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12470

Andersson, Ola, Pol Campos-Mercade, Armando N. Meier and Erik Wengström (2021). “Anticipation of COVID-19 Vaccines Reduces Willingness to Socially Distance ”. Journal of Health Economics 80, 102530. doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2021.102530

Andersson, Ola, Jim Ingebretsen Carlson and Erik Wengström (2021). “Differences Attract: An Experimental Study of Focusing in Economic Choice”. Economic Journal 131(639), 2671–2692. doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueab032

Andersson, Ola, Håkan J. Holm, Jean‐Robert Tyran and Erik Wengström (2020). “Risking Other People's Money: Experimental Evidence on the Role of Incentives and Personality Traits”. Scandinavian Journal of Economics 122(2), 648–674. doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12353

Andersson, Ola, Håkan J. Holm and Erik Wengström (2020). “Grind or Gamble? An Experiment on Effort and Spread Seeking in Contests”. Economic Inquiry 58(1), 169–183. doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12852

Andersson, Ola, Cédric Argenton and Jörgen W. Weibull (2018). “Robustness to Strategic Uncertainty in the Nash Demand Game”. Mathematical Social Sciences 91, 1–5. doi.org/10.1016/j.mathsocsci.2017.10.007

Andersson, Ola and Tommy Andersson (2017). “Timing and Presentation Effects in Sequential Auctions”. Journal of Mechanism and Institution Design 2(1), 39–55. doi.org/10.22574/jmid.2017.12.002

Andersson, Ola, Marieke Huysentruyt, Topi Miettinen and Ute Stephan (2017). “Person–Organization Fit and Incentives: A Causal Test”. Management Science 63(1), 73–96. doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2015.2331

Andersson, Ola, Topi Miettinen, Kaisa Hytönen, Magnus Johannesson and Ute Stephan (2017). “Subliminal Influence on Generosity”. Experimental Economics 20(3), 531–555. doi.org/10.1007/s10683-016-9498-8

Andersson, Ola, Håkan J. Holm, Jean-Robert Tyran and Erik Wengström (2016). “Deciding for Others Reduces Loss Aversion”. Management Science 62(1), 29–36. doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2014.2085

Andersson, Ola, Håkan J. Holm, Jean-Robert Tyran and Erik Wengström (2016). “Risk Aversion Relates to Cognitive Ability: Preferences or Noise?”. Journal of the European Economic Association 14(5), 1129–1154. doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12179

Andersson, Ola, Cédric Argenton and Jörgen W. Weibull (2014). “Robustness to Strategic Uncertainty”. Games and Economic Behavior 85, 272–288. doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2014.01.018

Andersson, Christer, Ola Andersson and Tommy Andersson (2013). “Sealed Bid Auctions versus Ascending Bid Auctions: An Experimental Study”. Review of Economic Design 17(1), 1–16. doi.org/10.1007/s10058-012-0129-3

Andersson, Ola and Håkan J. Holm (2013). “Speech is Silver, Silence is Golden”. Games 4(3), 497–507. doi.org/10.3390/g4030497

Andersson, Ola and Erik Wengström (2012). “Credible Communication and Cooperation: Experimental Evidence from Multi–Stage Games”. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 81(1), 207–219. doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2011.10.002

Working Papers

Andersson, Ola, Pol Campos-Mercade, Armando N. Meier and Erik Wengström (2021). “Anticipation of COVID-19 Vaccines Reduces Social Distancing”. IFN Working Paper No. 1378. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola, Pol Campos-Mercade, Fredrik Carlsson, Florian Schneider and Erik Wengström (2020). “The Individual Welfare Costs of Stay-at-Home Policies”. IFN Working Paper No. 1340. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola, Håkan J. Holm, Jean-Robert Tyran and Erik Wengström (2020). “Robust Inference in Risk Elicitation Tasks”. IFN Working Paper No. 1358. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola, Håkan J. Holm and Erik Wengström (2017). “Grind or Gamble? An Experimental Analysis of Effort and Spread Seeking in Contests”. IFN Working Paper No. 1149. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola, Jim Ingebretsen Carlson and Erik Wengström (2016). “Differences Attract: An Experimental Study of Focusing in Economic Choice”. IFN Working Paper No. 1145. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola and Tommy Andersson (2015). “Decomposing the Afternoon Effect: An Empirical Investigation of Sequential Train Ticket Auctions”. IFN Working Paper No. 1085. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola, Topi Miettinen, Kaisa Hytönen, Magnus Johannesson and Ute Stephan (2015). “Subliminal Influence on Generosity”. IFN Working Paper No. 1084. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola, Marieke Huysentruyt, Topi Miettinen and Ute Stephan (2014). “Person-Organization Fit and Incentives:
A Causal Test”. IFN Working Paper No. 1010. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola, Håkan J. Holm, Jean-Robert Tyran and Erik Wengström (2013). “Deciding for Others Reduces Loss Aversion ”. IFN Working Paper No. 976. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola, Håkan J. Holm, Jean-Robert Tyran and Erik Wengström (2013). “Risking Other People’s Money: Experimental Evidence on Bonus Schemes, Competition, and Altruism”. IFN Working Paper No. 989. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola, Jean-Robert Tyran, Erik Wengström and Håkan J. Holm (2013). “Risk Aversion Relates to Cognitive Ability: Fact or Fiction?”. IFN Working Paper No. 964. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola, Cédric Argenton and Jörgen W. Weibull (2012). “Robustness to Strategic Uncertainty”. IFN Working Paper No. 910. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Christer, Ola Andersson and Tommy Andersson (2011). “Sealed Bid Auctions vs. Ascending Bid Auctions: An Experimental Study”. IFN Working Paper No. 882. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Andersson, Ola and Erik Wengström (2011). “Credible Communication and Cooperation: Experimental Evidence from Multi-stage Games ”. IFN Working Paper No. 883. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Articles in Swedish

Andersson, Ola, Pol Campos-Mercade och Erik Wengström (2021). ”Attityder och beteenden under covid-19-pandemin”. Ekonomisk Debatt 49(6), 5–18.

Op-Eds

Andersson, Ola, Pol Campos-Mercade, Armando Meier and Erik Wengström (2021). “Information om vaccin riskerar minska social distansering”. Altinget, January 26.

Andersson, Ola and Tommy Andersson (2016). “Med datorisering blir gemensam skolkö effektiv”. Dagens Nyheter, May 16.