Institute for International Economic Studies
Research
New theoretical modeling of green transitions
Research by Torsten Persson (IIES) and Timothy Besley (LSE) shows how market and policy failures can prevent welfare-enhancing green transitions, or make ongoing ones too slow.
Car purchases in the U.S. during the Great Recession
How do car purchases help us understand the drivers of the Great Recession of 2007?
Society's "outsiders" in the Sweden Democrats
The proportion of local politicians with weak ties to the labor market and to the nuclear family is higher among populist, radical-right Sweden Democrats and their voters than among other parties in Sweden.
Our PhD program
Applications open for the Stockholm PhD Program
Deadline: 31 January, 2023
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The economics program at Stockholm University is broadly considered to be one of the very best in Europe.
Where do our students go after graduation?
Upon graduation, IIES’s students go on to tenure-track jobs at universities worldwide or positions in government and other organizations.
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Press and Media
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Nobel Symposium on Inequality
August 27-28, 2022
In memory of Professor Assar Lindbeck 1930-2020
On 28 August 2020 we were reached by the sad news that Professor Assar Lindbeck had passed away
Center for Monetary Policy and Financial Stability (CeMoF)
CeMoF is a collaboration between the IIES, Stockholm Business School (SBS) and the Department of Economics (ECON).