Job Market Candidates

Each year graduate students nearing the completion of their PhD are proudly promoted on the Econ Job Market. Read more about our candidates for 2025/2026 below.

Throughout the years, the IIES' PhD graduates have joined many internationally renowned universities and organizations, taking up positions in the US, Europe, Australia, and Canada. At present, former IIES students hold tenured or untenured jobs at the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Northwestern University, UC San Diego, University of Zurich, University of British Columbia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, University of Minnesota, the Board of Governors, the European Central Bank, and the IMF amongst many more.

Placement officers

The Placement officers this year are Assistant Professors Brian Higgins and Laia Navarro-Sola. Prospective employers who have questions about a candidates' vitae, experience, or research fields can contact either of them for more information. Employers may also contact the students and their advisers directly.

Brian Higgins

Phone: +46 (0)8 16 20 69
Email: brian.higgins@iies.su.se

Laia Navarro-Sola

Phone: +46 (0)8 674 77 11
Email: laia.navarrosola@iies.su.se

Our Job Market Candidates

Tiago Bernardino. Photo: Hanna Weitz/IIES.

Tiago Bernardino. Photo: Hanna Weitz/IIES.

Personal web
CV
Cellphone: +351 965 147 956
Email: tiago.bernardino@iies.su.se

Job Market Paper

Structural Transformation and the Transmission of Monetary Policy

Fields of Interest

Primary: Macroeconomics (monetary and fiscal policy)
Secondary: Public Economics

References

Kurt Mitman
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 30 57
Email: kurt.mitman@iies.su.se

Per Krusell
Phone: +46 70 276 1334
Email: per.krusell@iies.su.se

Kieran Larkin
Phone: +46 (0)8 674 77 15
Email: kieran.larkin@iies.su.se

Ricardo Reis (LSE)
Email: R.A.Reis@lse.ac.uk

Chek Yin Choi. Photo: Hanna Weitz/IIES.

Chek Yin Choi. Photo: Hanna Weitz/IIES.

Personal web
CV
Cellphone: +49 15780867191
Email: chek-yin.choi@iies.su.se

Job Market Paper

Supplier Search and Market Concentration

Fields of Interest

Primary: Macroeconomics, Trade
Secondary: Industrial Organization, Supply Chain

References

Timo Boppart
Email: timo.boppart@iies.su.se

Kurt Mitman
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 30 57
Email: kurt.mitman@iies.su.se

Michele Fioretti (Bocconi University)
Email: fioretti.m@unibocconi.it

Per Krusell
Phone: +46 70 276 1334
Email: per.krusell@iies.su.se

Mattias Folkestad. Photo: Miriam Bratt.

Mattias Folkestad. Photo: Miriam Bratt.

Personal web
CV
Cellphone: +46 (0)73 429 4364
Email: mattias.folkestad@iies.su.se

Job Market Paper

Female Teachers: The Roots of Women’s Emancipation

Fields of Interest

Primary: Political Economy
Secondary: Economics of Education

References

Torsten Persson
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 30 66
Email: torsten.persson@iies.su.se

David Strömberg (Dept. of Economics, SU)
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 43 76
Email: david.stromberg@su.se

Juan Llavador Peralt.

Juan Llavador Peralt.

Personal web
CV
Email: juan.llavadorperalt@iies.su.se

Job Market Paper

The Granular Drag on Growth

Fields of Interest

Primary: Macroeconomics
Secondary: Growth, Finance

References

Per Krusell
Phone: +46 70 276 1334
Email: per.krusell@iies.su.se

Xavier Gabaix (Harvard University)
Phone: +1 (617) 495 2143
Email: xgabaix@fas.harvard.edu

Joshua Weiss
Phone: +44 (0)20 795 7508
Email: joshua.weiss@iies.su.se

Timo Boppart
Email: timo.boppart@iies.su.se

Jinci Liu. Photo: Hanna Weitz/IIES.

Jinci Liu. Photo: Hanna Weitz/IIES.

Personal web
CV
Cellphone: :+46 (0)70 715 3871
Email: jinci.liu@iies.su.se

Job Market Paper

Managing by Feedback

Fields of Interest

Primary: Labor, Applied Microconomics
Secondary: Personnel, Organizational, Digital Economics

References

Arash Nekoei
Phone: +46 (0)70 097 2144
Email: arash.nekoei@iies.su.se

Mitch Downey
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 30 70
Email: mitch.downey@iies.su.se

Josef Sigurdsson (Dept. of Economics, SU)
Phone: +46 (0)79 351 0248
Email: josef.sigurdsson@su.se

Thore Petersen.

Thore Petersen.

Personal web
CV
Cellphone: +49 151 5073 3574
Email: thore.petersen@iies.su.se

Job Market Paper

Can the plants turn green?

Fields of Interest

Primary: Macroeconomics
Secondary: Energy and Environmental Economics

References

Per Krusell
Phone: +46 70 276 1334
Email: per.krusell@iies.su.se

Joshua Weiss
Phone: +44 (0)20 795 7508
Email: joshua.weiss@iies.su.se

Jonatan Riberth. Photo: Hanna Weitz/IIES.

Jonatan Riberth. Photo: Hanna Weitz/IIES.

Personal web
CV
Cellphone: +46 (0)70 266 2281
Email: jonatan.riberth@iies.su.se

Job Market Paper

Adverse Health Events and Vaccine Hesitancy

Fields of Interest

Primary: Health Economics
Secondary: Public Economics

References

Arash Nekoei
Phone: +46 (0)70 097 2144
Email: arash.nekoei@iies.su.se

Torsten Persson
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 30 66
Email: torsten.persson@iies.su.se

Mårten Palme (Dept. of Economics, SU)
Phone: +46 (0)8 16 33 07
Email: marten.palme@su.se


Last updated: 2025-11-27

Source: Institute for International Economic Studies