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Journal Articles
01 November 2017
Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Who Becomes A Politician?”. Quarterly Journal of Economics 132(4), 1877–1914. doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjx016
01 October 2017
Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Dynastic Political Rents? Economic Benefits to Relatives of Top Politicians”. Economic Journal 127(605), F495–F517. doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12494
01 August 2017
Besley, Timothy, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden”. American Economic Review 107(8), 2204–2242. doi.org/10.1257/aer.20160080
01 April 2016
Fiva, Jon H. and Olle Folke (2016). “Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Electoral Reform”. British Journal of Political Science 46(2), 265–279. doi.org/10.1017/S0007123414000209
01 January 2016
Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2016). “The Primary Effect: Preference Votes and Political Promotions”. American Political Science Review 110(3), 559–578. doi.org/10.1017/S0003055416000241
01 January 2016
Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2016). “Electoral Competition and Gender Differences in Political Careers”. Quarterly Journal of Political Science 11(1), 59–102. doi.org/10.1561/100.00014161
01 January 2016
Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2016). “The Glass Ceiling in Politics: Formalization and Empirical Tests”. Comparative Political Studies 49(5), 567–599. doi.org/10.1177/0010414015621073
01 June 2015
Folke, Olle, Lenita Freidenvall and Johanna Rickne (2015). “Gender Quotas and Ethnic Minority Representation: Swedish Evidence from a Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study”. Politics & Gender 11(2), 345–381. doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X15000069
01 May 2015
Snyder, James M., Olle Folke and Shigeo Hirano (2015). “Partisan Imbalance in Regression Discontinuity Studies Based on Electoral Thresholds”. Political Science Research and Methods 3(2), 169–186. doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2014.31
01 January 2015
Erikson, Robert S., Olle Folke and James M. Snyder (2015). “A Gubernatorial Helping Hand? How Governors Affect Presidential Elections”. Journal of Politics 77(2), 491–504. doi.org/10.1086/680186
01 October 2014
Folke, Olle (2014). “Shades of Brown and Green: Party Effects in Proportional Election Systems”. Journal of the European Economic Association 12(5), 1361–1395. doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12103
01 July 2013
Ting, Michael M., James M. Snyder, Shigeo Hirano and Olle Folke (2013). “Elections and Reform: The Adoption of Civil Service Systems in the U.S. States”. Journal of Theoretical Politics 25(3), 363–387. doi.org/10.1177/0951629812453217
01 October 2012
Folke, Olle and James M. Snyder (2012). “Gubernatorial Midterm Slumps”. American Journal of Political Science 56(4), 931–948. doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2012.00599.x
01 August 2011
Folke, Olle, Shigeo Hirano and James M. Snyder (2011). “Patronage and Elections in U.S. States”. American Political Science Review 105(3), 567–585. doi.org/10.1017/S0003055411000256
Book Chapters
01 January 2013
Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2013). “Kvinnotricket och EU:s konkurrenskraft”. In Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Lars Oxelheim and Thomas Persson (Eds.), Ett konkurrenskraftigt EU till rätt pris. Europaperspektiv 2013 (145–177).
Working Papers
17 September 2018
Folke, Olle, Johanna Rickne and Daniel M. Smith (2018). “Gender and Dynastic Political Recruitment”. IFN Working Paper No. 1233. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
22 December 2016
Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2016). “All the Single Ladies: Job Promotions and the Durability of Marriage”. IFN Working Paper No. 1146. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
15 September 2016
Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2016). “Who Becomes a Politican?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1133. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
12 August 2014
Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2014). “The Glass Ceiling in Politics: Formalization and Empirical Tests”. IFN Working Paper No. 1034. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
17 January 2014
Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2014). “Preferential Voting, Accountability and Promotions into Political Power: Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 1002. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
07 November 2013
Besley, Timothy, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2013). “Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 985. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
10 October 2012
Erikson, Robert S., Olle Folke and James M. Snyder Jr (2012). “A Gubernatorial Helping Hand? How Governors Affect Presidential Elections”. IFN Working Paper No. 932. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
05 September 2012
Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2012). “Female Representation but Male Rule? Party Competition and the Political Glass Ceiling”. IFN Working Paper No. 923. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
Articles in Swedish
01 January 2017
Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Kompetens och klassbakgrund bland svenska politiker”. Ekonomisk Debatt 45(3), 5–17.
01 January 2017
Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2017). “All the Single Ladies – toppjobb och skilsmässor bland kvinnor och män”. Ekonomisk Debatt 45(1), 18–26.
01 January 2014
Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2014). “Personröster och politisk makt”. Ekonomisk Debatt 42(1), 17–26.
01 January 2012
Rickne, Johanna och Olle Folke (2012). ”Kvinnor i politiken och män vid makten?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 40(1), 16–21.
Op-Eds
08 August 2018
Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2018). “Väljarna överskattar andelen utlandsfödda”. Expressen, August 8.
05 December 2017
Folke, Olle, Erik Lundin and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Kvinnliga kirurgers prestationer undervärderas systematiskt”. Feministiskt perspektiv, December 5.
26 May 2017
Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Replik: Osanningar om forskning”. Svenska Dagbladet, May 26.
19 April 2017
Rickne, Johanna and Olle Folke (2017). “Var är den feministiska forskningspolitiken?”. Feministiskt Perspektiv, April 19.
13 September 2014
Folke, Olle, Jenny Madestam and Johanna Rickne (2014). “En röst är aldrig bortkastad”. Svenska Dagbladet, September 13.
16 September 2012
Rickne, Johanna and Olle Folke (2012). “Personkrysset väger tungt i det politiska maktspelet”. Dagens Nyheter, September 16.
08 March 2012
Rickne, Johanna and Olle Folke (2012). “Varannan damernas med herrar som för”. Expressen, March 8.
23 September 2010
Folke, Olle (2010). “Problem med det svenska valsystemet”. Svenska Dagbladet, September 23.
16 August 2010
Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2010). “Lobbyister bör redovisas öppet”. Svenska Dagbladet, August 16.
Popular Science
27 April 2017
Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Political Selection and the Path to Inclusive Meritocracy”. VoxEU.org, April 27.
Reports
01 January 2017
Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Könskvotering, kompetens och karriär”. Stockholm: SNS.
01 January 2012
Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2012). “Personröster och politiska karriärer”.