Björn Tyrefors received his Ph.D. from Stockholm School of Economics in December 2007. The dissertation work focused on how institutions shape policy using quasi-experimental methods. After graduation, he held a postdoc. position at the Department of Economics at Århus University and later at the Department of Economics at Stockholm University. He is a researcher at IFN and at the Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg.
Some questions that Björn tries to answer in his research:
- Do political institutions cause, for example, policy economic institutions and development?
- Grading bias in Swedish schools
- Empirical tests of the scope of government. Public vs. private providers.
- What role play incentives for integration of refugees?
- Is there specific deterence. Evidence form Sweden?
