Thomas Tangerås' main fields of interest are industrial economics and political economics. His current research focuses on (i) electricity markets, (ii) telecommunications and (iii) language policies. He was a visiting scholar at Stanford University. during 2017-18.
Competition for flexible distribution resources in a 'smart' electricity distribution network, IFN WP 1351, August 2020
Locational marginal network tariffs for intermittent renewable generation (with Frank A. Wolak), IFN WP 1310, November 2019
Central- versus self-dispatch in electricity markets (with Victor Ahlqvist and Pär Holmberg), IFN WP 1257, revised March 2019
The competitive effects of linking electricity markets across space and time (with Frank A. Wolak), IFN WP 1184, revised March 2020
Economics of international investment agreements (with Henrik Horn), Journal of International Economics, forthcoming
Cournot competition in wholesale electricity markets: The Nordic power exchange, Nord Pool (with Erik Lundin), International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 68, January 2020, 1-20
Real-time versus day-ahead market power in a hydro-based electricity market (with Johannes Mauritzen), Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 66, Issue 4, December 2018, 904-941
Equilibrium supply security in a multinational electricity market with renewable production, Energy Economics, Vol. 72, May 2018, 416-435
Energy system transition in the Nordic market: Challenges for transmission regulation and governance (with Anna Grigoryeva and Mohammad R. Hesamzadeh), Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, Vol 7, January 2018, 127-146
International network competition under national regulation (with Joacim Tåg), International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 47, July 2016, 152-185
Renewable electricity policy and market integration, Energy Journal, Vol. 36, Number 4, October 2015, 331-353
Nuclear capacity auctions (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson), Energy Journal, Vol. 36, Number 3, July 2015, 247-261
Network competition with income effects, RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 45, Issue 3, Fall 2014, 645-673
A reexamination of renewable electricity policy in Sweden (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson), Energy Policy, Vol. 58, July 2013, 57-63
Optimal transmission regulation of an integrated energy market, Energy Economics, Vol. 34, Issue 5, September 2012, 1644-1655
Market power in the Nordic electricity wholesale market: A survey of the empirical evidence (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson), Energy Policy, Vol. 37, Issue 9, September 2009, 3681-3692
Yardstick competition and quality, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 18, Issue 2, Summer 2009, 589-613
Democracy, autocracy and the likelihood of international conflict, Economics of Governance, Vol. 10, No. 2, April 2009, 99-117
Ethnic diversity, civil war and redistribution (with Nils-Petter Lagerlöf), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 111, Issue 1, March 2009, 1-27
Unilingual versus bilingual education: a political economy analysis (with Javier Ortega), Journal of the European Economic Association, Vol. 6, Issue 5, September 2008, 1078-1108
From rent seeking to human capital: a model where resource shocks cause transitions from stagnation to growth (with Nils-Petter Lagerlöf), Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 41, No. 3, August 2008, 760-780
Voter turnout in small referendums (with Morten Søberg), Electoral Studies, Vol. 26, Issue 2, June 2007, 445-459
Collusion-proof yardstick competition, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 83, No. 2, February 2002, 231-254
Podcasts
Mindre politik, mer marknad - en podd om framtidens elmarknad (with Pär Holmberg), IFN podden, October 23, 2020
Who wants to ride the Swedish nuclear rollercoaster? IAEE Podcast Series, October 22, 2020
20 % högre elpris?, IFN podden, March 17, 2016
Incitamenten att investera i produktion på elmarknaden (with Pär Holmberg), Report to the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv), October 23, 2020.
Transmission network investment across national borders: The liberalized Nordic electricity market (with Lars Persson), in Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh, Juan Rosellón and Ingo Vogelsang (eds.): Transmission Network Investment in Liberalized Power Markets, Springer Lecture Notes in Energy, Vol. 79, 2020, 557-594
Stabil elproduktion uppmuntras inte av elmarknaden, DN.se Debatt, March 25, 2019
Centralstyrd elhandel knappast rätt väg att gå (with Pär Holmberg), SvD.se Debatt, December 27, 2018
EU gör det svårt att minska flygets klimatpåverkan, DN.se Debatt, April 17, 2018
Virtues and vices of international investment agreements (with Henrik Horn), IFN Newsletter #1, 2017
Vad händer om kärnkraften läggs ner? (with Erik Lundin), Kvartal.se, March 18, 2016
Släckta kabel-tv-nät försämrar konkurrensen, Dagens Samhälle, November 27, 2015
En samhällsekonomisk analys av konsekvenserna av att stänga eller begränsa tjänsteutbudet i ett befintligt kabel-tv-nät, Report commissioned by Com Hem AB, 2015
National policies for renewable electricity are an obstacle to market integration in the European Union, IAEE Energy Forum, Third Quarter, 2014, 33-34
Vi kan stänga två kärnkraftsreaktorer (with Erik Lundin), Expressen Debatt, July 15, 2014 (Source document)
Begränsa de offentliga bolagen, SvD Brännpunkt, August 29, 2013
Energimarknaden, ägandet och klimatet (with Tommy Lundgren, Jesper Stage and Björn Carlén), SNS Förlag, 2013
Elprisskillnaderna i Sverige är motiverade - slutreplik (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson and Pär Holmberg), SvD.se Brännpunkt, March 25, 2013
Backa inte från reformen med elområden (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson and Pär Holmberg), SvD.se Brännpunkt, March 15, 2013
En gemensam elmarknad stärker EU:s konkurrenskraft (with Pär Holmberg), in Antonina Bakardjieva, Lars Oxelheim and Thomas Persson (eds.): Ett konkurrenskraftigt EU till rätt pris - Europaperspektiv 2013, Santérus Förlag, 2013, 207-236
Elområden viktiga för en effektivare elmarknad (with Pär Holmberg), DN.se Debatt, March 5, 2012
Slöseri att inte genast införa timdebitering av hushållsel (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson), DN Debatt, November 11, 2011
Investeringar på elmarknaden - fyra förslag för förbättrad funktion (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson), Rapport till Expertgruppen för miljöstudier 2011:5
Designing electricity auctions: Introduction and overview, Utilities Policy, Vol. 18, Issue 4, December 2010, 163-164
Norge låg bakom vinterns rekordhöga svenska elpriser (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson), DN Debatt, October 1, 2010
Nationella beslut kan bidra till att lösa det globala klimatproblemet, IFN Nyhetsbrev #3, 2010
Släpp fram fler ägare till svenska kärnkraftverk (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson), SvD Brännpunkt, June 17, 2010
Är vindkraftkooperativens priser marknadsmässiga? Report commissioned by Svensk Vindenergi, 2009
Priserna på elmarknaden måste tåla en granskning (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson), DN Debatt, December 29, 2009
Fungerar konkurrensen på elmarknaden? (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson) Ekonomisk Debatt, No. 8, 2009, 21-37
Kollektiv anslutning av TV/bredband - ett konkurrensproblem? Uppdragsforskningsrapport 2009:6, Konkurrensverket, 2009
Piska bättre än morot när hushållen ska spara energi (with Sven-Olof Fridolfsson), DN Debatt, July 14, 2009
Är mobiltelemarknaden mogen för avreglering? (with Johan Stennek), Ekonomisk Debatt, No. 5, 2007, 60-66
Better regulation of mobile telecommunications (with Johan Stennek), SIEPS European Policy Analysis #1, 2007
Är telemarknaden mogen för avreglering? Forskningen pekar i en annan riktning (with Johan Stennek), IFN Newsletter #1, 2007
Ekonomisk analys av SMP-bedömningar (with Johan Stennek), Report commissioned by Tele2 Sverige AB, 2003
Skälig och marknadsmässig samtrafikersättning (with Johan Stennek), Report commissioned by Tele2 Sverige AB, submitted to Länsrätten i Stockholm, 2002
Comment on Lars Hultkrantz: Telecommunications liberalisation in Sweden: Is ‘intermediate’ regulation viable?, Swedish Economic Policy Review, Vol. 9, No.2, Fall 2002, 163-165
Efficiency problems within the adult education initiative – a rudimentary analysis, Report commissioned by the Swedish Agency for Public Management (Statskontoret), 2000
Older unpublished working papers
Intense network competition (with Johan Stennek), NET Institute WP 08-36, September 2008
Competition vs. regulation in mobile telecommunications (with Johan Stennek), NET Institute WP 08-09, September 2008