Research faculty

Erik Lundin

Ph.D.

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?

New research

Market Power and Joint Ownership: Evidence from Nuclear Plants in Sweden Erik Lundin

For more information, see my external homepage www.eriklundin.org. Here is my CV.

Journal publications

Market Power and Joint Ownership: Evidence from Nuclear Plants in Sweden, Journal of Industrial Economics (accepted for publication)

Cournot Competition in Wholesale Electricity Markets: The Nordic Power Exchange, Nord Pool (with Thomas Tangerås), International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 68, 2020

Effects of Privatization on Price and Labor Efficiency: The Swedish Electricity Distribution Sector, The Energy Journal, Vol. 41, Issue 2, 2020

Price Mimicking under Cost-of-Service Regulation: The Swedish Water Sector, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 52, Issue 3, 2017, 313-332

Media and popular writing

Höjda vinster för elbolagen när elnäten privatiserades, interview for Ekonomiekot, November 2019

Effekter av privatiseringar på pris och arbetskostnad i den svenska eldistributionssektorn, Ekonomisk Debatt, November 2019

Consumer awareness as a complement to regulation, IFN Newsletter, November 2018

Hushåll förlorare när värmebolag maxar vinsten, Svenska Dagbladet, September 2018. Comment by Energiföretagen Sverige, SABO and Riksbyggen, Final comment by me

Kvinnliga kirurgers prestationer undervärderas systematiskt (with Olle Folke och Johanna Rickne), Feministiskt Perspektiv, November 2017

Bötfäll kommuner som inte redovisar vattenkostnader, Dagens Samhälle, October 2017

Sätt stopp för nätjättarnas övervinster, SvD Näringsliv Debatt, December 2016

Kärnkraftens förutsättningar och framtid i Sverige, IFN Podradio, March 2016

Vad händer om kärnkraften läggs ned? (med Thomas Tangerås), Kvartal.se, March 2016

Vi kan stänga två kärnkraftsreaktorer (med Thomas Tangerås), Expressen Debatt, July 2014

Dissertation

Empirical Essays on Strategic Behavior in the Electricity and Water Sectors, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, June 2016

Erik Lundin

Contact

Mob : +46 70 752 5847
erik.lundin@ifn.se

Introduction

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 within the research program Sustainable Energy Transition.

Subject areas

Leading Research Environment

IFN at the top

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The Research Institute of Industrial Economics, IFN, is a private and independent foundation devoted to pursuing highly relevant research for trade and industry.

The researchers at IFN are united in their belief that economic methods offer a powerful tool for understanding society.

The main research programs are:

economics of entrepreneurship
globalization and corporate restructuring
economics of the service sector
economics of the electricity markets
economics of institutions and culture.

Global Award

Research on entrepreneurship

The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research is the foremost global award for research on entrepreneurship.This Prize is awarded annually with a prize sum of EUR 100,000.

IFN in cooperation with Entreprenörskapsforum and Vinnova are the principals of the award, in cooperation with the donor, Lars Backsell.

Professor Boyan Jovanovic, New York University, is the winner of the Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research 2019.