Program

Each presentation is allotted 25 minutes, with 5 minutes reserved for general discussion. 

Updated December 5, 2025

Friday, December 5 

19:15 Pre-conference dinner, at the restaurant Båthuset, address Hamngatan 2, Sigtuna (at the harbour) for participants arriving on Friday

Saturday, December 6

Breakfast at the hotel restaurant

12:00–13:00 Lunch at the hotel, in a venue located adjacent to the conference room, Lusthuset 

13:00–13:05 Registration

13:05–13:10 Welcome address

SESSION 1

13:10–13:40 Contract Renegotiations in Public-Private Partnerships: Balancing Commitment and Flexibility 
Presenter: Emmanuelle Auriol, Toulouse School of Economics (co-author: Stéphane Saussier)

13:40–14:10 Monitoring and Pay in Dual Labor Markets
Presenter: Tore Ellingsen, Stockholm School of Economics

14:10–14:40 Tolerating Losses for Growth: J-Curves in Venture Capital Investing
Presenter: Joacim Tåg, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) (co-authors: Thomas Hellmann and Alexander Montag)

14:40–15:10 Coffee

SESSION 2

15:10–15:40 Platform Openness: Evidence from Bug Bounty Programs
Presenter: Tobias Kretschmer, Imperial College and LMU Munich (co-authors: Aviram Zrahia and Sarit Markovich 

15:40–16:10 ESG Aversion: Experimental Evidence on Perceptions and Preferences 
Presenter: Ye Zhang, Stockholm School of Economics

16:10–16:40 Title TBA 
Presenter: Hans Hvide, University of Bergen

16:40–17:10 Some thoughts from the work with the Swedish Productivity Commission 
Presenter: Lars Persson, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

18:30–19:00 Drink and group photo

19:00 Dinner (Swedish julbord/Christmas smorgasbord)

Sunday, December 7

Breakfast at the hotel restaurant

SESSION 3

09:45–10:15 Regulatory Sandboxes and the Commercialization Market
Presenter: Pehr-Johan Norbäck, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

10:15–10:45 Carbon Pricing and Investment 
Presenter: Gustav Martinsson, Stockholm University (co-authors: James R. Brown, Per Strömberg, and Christian Thomann)

10:45–11:15 Title TBA 
Presenter: Dora Simon, University of Stavanger

11:15–11:45 Coffee (and check out from the hotel)

11:45–12:15 Local Corporate Taxation and Business Activity
Presenter: Jacob Lundberg, Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) (co-author: Gabriella Massenz)

12:15–12:20 Closing remarks

12:20 Lunch at the hotel

14:00 Taxi to the airport for those who return home on December 7 (the hotel will assist with coordinating taxis)