Erik Lundin

Ph.D.

Erik Lundin holds a Ph.D. in economics from Stockholm School of Economics. The title of his dissertation is "Empirical Essays on Strategic Behavior in the Electricity and Water Sectors". He is one of the researchers in the Firm Competitiveness research program.

IFN Researcher

Contact

Erik Lundin

+46 (0)70 752 5847

erik.lundin@ifn.se

Research interests: Competition policy, Electricity markets, Energy, Environment, Industrial organization, Infrastructure, Market regulations, Political economy, Privatization

Among the questions that Erik Lundin tries to answer with his reserach:

How do firms exercise market power in electricity markets?
What factors influence the location of wind power?
What is the role of Government in the transition towards a green electricity market?

Current writings

05 December 2025

Sydsvenskan

Replik: Indelningen i elområden är viktig för ett välfungerande kraftsystem

Op-Ed

by Pär Holmberg, Erik Lundin, Thomas Tangerås

29 September 2025

Svensk Vindkraft

Låt marknaden bygga osubventionerad elproduktion

Op-Ed

by Erik Lundin, Pär Holmberg, Thomas Tangerås

15 August 2025

Working Paper No. 1532

Private Ownership and Pricing: Evidence from the Swedish District Heating Sector

Working Paper

by Erik Lundin

Published at IFN

Journal Articles

30 May 2024 Lundin, Erik (2024). “Wind Power and the Cost of Local Compensation Schemes: A Swedish Revenue Sharing Policy Simulation”. Energy Economics 135, 107632. doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2024.107632

10 August 2022 Lundin, Erik (2022). “Geographic Price Granularity and Investments in Wind Power: Evidence from a Swedish Electricity Market Splitting Reform”. Energy Economics 113, 106208. doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2022.106208

27 June 2022 Elert, Niklas and Erik Lundin (2022). “Gender and Climate Action”. Population and Environment 43(4), 470–499. doi.org/10.1007/s11111-022-00397-x

10 December 2021 Lundin, Erik (2021). “Market Power and Joint Ownership: Evidence from Nuclear Plants in Sweden”. Journal of Industrial Economics 69(3), 485–536. doi.org/10.1111/joie.12271

01 April 2020 Lundin, Erik (2020). “Effects of Privatization on Price and Labor Efficiency: The Swedish Electricity Distribution Sector”. Energy Journal 41(2), 247–273. doi.org/10.5547/01956574.41.2.elun

01 January 2020 Lundin, Erik and Thomas Tangerås (2020). “Cournot Competition in Wholesale Electricity Markets: The Nordic Power Exchange, Nord Pool”. International Journal of Industrial Organization 68, 102536. doi.org/10.1016/j.ijindorg.2019.102536

01 December 2017 Lundin, Erik (2017). “Price Mimicking under Cost–of–Service Regulation: The Swedish Water Sector”. Journal of Regulatory Economics 52(3), 313–332. doi.org/10.1007/s11149-017-9345-7

Working Papers

15 August 2025 Lundin, Erik (2025). “Private Ownership and Pricing: Evidence from the Swedish District Heating Sector”. IFN Working Paper No. 1532. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

26 November 2024 Lundin, Erik and Jenny von Platten (2024). “The Socioeconomics of Wind Power Expansion: Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 1511. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

07 June 2023 Lundin, Erik (2023). “Wind Power and the Cost of Local Compensation Schemes: A Swedish Revenue Sharing Policy Simulation”. IFN Working Paper No. 1467. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

29 May 2023 Lundin, Erik (2023). “Wind Power Approval and Decentralization: Evidence from the Swedish Greens”. IFN Working Paper No. 1464. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

25 October 2021 Lundin, Erik (2021). “Geographic Price Granularity and Investments in Wind Power: Evidence from a Swedish Electricity Market Splitting Reform”. IFN Working Paper No. 1412. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

21 April 2020 Elert, Niklas and Erik Lundin (2020). “Gender and Climate Action”. IFN Working Paper No. 1332. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

21 November 2017 Lundin, Erik and Thomas Tangerås (2017). “Cournot Competition in Wholesale Electricity Markets: The Nordic Power Exchange, Nord Pool”. IFN Working Paper No. 1191. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

03 November 2016 Lundin, Erik (2016). “Effects of Privatization on Price and Labor Efficiency: The Swedish Electricity Distribution Sector”. IFN Working Paper No. 1139. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

29 February 2016 Lundin, Erik (2016). “Market Power and Joint Ownership: Evidence from Nuclear Plants in Sweden ”. IFN Working Paper No. 1113. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

18 December 2013 Lundin, Erik (2013). “Strategic Interaction vs. Regulatory Compliance among Regulated Utilities: The Swedish Water Sector”. IFN Working Paper No. 998. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Articles in Swedish

01 January 2019 Lundin, Erik (2019). ”Effekter av privatiseringar på pris och arbetskostnad i den svenska eldistributionssektorn”. Ekonomisk Debatt 47(7), 40–49.

01 January 2016 Tangerås, Thomas and Erik Lundin (2016). “Vad händer om kärnkraften läggs ned?”. Kvartal 1(1).

Op-Eds

05 December 2025 Holmberg, Pär, Erik Lundin and Thomas Tangerås (2025). “Replik: Indelningen i elområden är viktig för ett välfungerande kraftsystem”. Sydsvenskan, December 5.

29 September 2025 Lundin, Erik, Pär Holmberg and Thomas Tangerås (2025). “Låt marknaden bygga osubventionerad elproduktion”. Svensk Vindkraft (4), p. 12.

29 April 2025 Lundin, Erik (2025). “Slutreplik: Fastighetsägarna drar fel slutsats”. Svenska Dagbladet, April 29.

23 April 2025 Lundin, Erik (2025). “Behåll fjärrvärmen i kommunal ägo”. Svenska Dagbladet, April 23.

11 April 2025 Holmberg, Pär, Chloé le Coq, Erik Lundin and Thomas Tangerås (2025). “Replik: Vår rapport bidrar till kostnadseffektiv elmarknad”. April 11.

05 December 2024 Nordström, Lars, Lennart Söder, Mikael Amelin, Cecilia Hermansson and Erik Lundin (2024). “För dyrt och utan konsekvensanalys”. Dagens Industri, December 5.

11 September 2024 Lundin, Erik (2024). “Öka den lokala acceptansen för vindkraft genom lagstadgad kompensation till närboende”. Dagens Industri, September 11.

26 August 2024 Bergman, Lars, Eirik S Amundsen, Erik Lundin, Nils Henrik Mørch von der Fehr and Kenth Skogsvik (2024). “Så kan elnätsavgifterna hållas på en vettig nivå”. Dagens Nyheter, August 26.

08 September 2023 Lundin, Erik and Mattias Schain (2023). “Replik: Ulf Stenberg överskattar takets effekt”. Dagens Juridik, September 8.

17 October 2022 Lundin, Erik and Magnus Söderberg (2022). “Ökande elnätspriser tyder på brister i regleringen”. Dagens Nyheter, October 17.

13 November 2021 Lundin, Erik (2021). “Riv inte upp prisområdena på elmarknaden”. Sydsvenskan, November 13.

18 March 2021 Lundin, Erik (2021). “Sliutreplik: Frivillighet kommer inte att fungera”. Svenska Dagbladet, March 18.

13 March 2021 Lundin, Erik (2021). “Öka kommuners vilja att tillåta ny vindkraft”. Svenska Dagbladet, March 13.

02 October 2018 Lundin, Erik (2018). “Slutreplik: Fjärrvärmen behöver starkare konkurrens”. Svenska Dagbladet, October 2.

23 September 2018 Lundin, Erik (2018). “Hushåll förlorare när värmebolag maxar vinsten”. Svenska Dagbladet, September 23.

05 December 2017 Folke, Olle, Erik Lundin and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Kvinnliga kirurgers prestationer undervärderas systematiskt”. Feministiskt perspektiv, December 5.

27 October 2017 Lundin, Erik (2017). “Bötfäll kommuner som inte redovisar vattenkostnader”. Dagens Samhälle, October 27.

20 December 2016 Lundin, Erik (2016). “Sätt stopp för nätjättarnas övervinster”. Svenska Dagbladet, December 20.

15 July 2014 Tangerås, Thomas and Erik Lundin (2014). “Vi kan stänga två kärnkraftsreaktorer”. Expressen, July 15.

Popular Science

12 April 2022 Holmberg, Pär , Erik Lundin and Thomas Tangerås (2022). “En effektiv elförsörjning på kort och lång sikt”. Ekonomisk Debatt 50(3), 73–78.

08 June 2021 Lundin, Erik (2021). “Vindkraften i kommunal motvind”. Kvartal, June 8.

Reports

24 April 2025 Lundin, Erik (2025). “Raka rör – en ESO-rapport om prisbildning, ägarstrukturer och policyutmaningar på fjärrvärmemarknaden”.

26 August 2024 Bergman, Lars et al. (2024). “Reformerad intäktsreglering”.

02 May 2023 Lundin, Erik (2023). “Bilaga 6, 10 och 11 till SOU 2023:18”. In Värdet av vinden. Del 2: Bilagor (261–278, 335–348). Stockholm: Regeringskansliet.

17 October 2022 Lundin, Erik and Magnus Söderberg (2022). “Analys av priser och reglering på den svenska elnätsmarknaden. Vad kan vi lära av våra grannländer?”.

17 May 2022 Lundin, Erik (2022). “Vad betalar du för framtidens elnät?”.

Other Publications

09 June 2025 Lundin, Erik (2025). “Vindkraftsgrannar vann i domstol”. Fokus, June 9.

Dissertations

17 August 2016 Lundin, Erik (2016). Empirical Essays on Strategic Behavior in the Electricity and Water Sectors. Doctoral Dissertation. Department of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics.

IFN Newsletter

01 November 2018 Lundin, Erik (2018). “Consumer Awareness as a Complement to Regulation”. IFN Newsletter (2), 1–4.