/sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2025/rysslands-ekonomiska-sarbarhet//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2025/rysslands-ekonomiska-sarbarhet/tor, 17 apr 2025 11:36:50 Östekonomiska institutet (SITE) har tagit fram en ny rapport om de ekonomiska konsekvenserna av Rysslands fullskaliga invasion av Ukraina, som nyligen överlämnades till Sveriges finansminister. Rapporten ger uppdaterade insikter om de växande obalanserna i den ryska krigsekonomin och belyser de finansiella utmaningar som regeringen står inför för att kunna vidmakthålla den nuvarande nivån på militärutgifterna./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sweden-support-for-ukrainians//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sweden-support-for-ukrainians/mån, 07 apr 2025 14:58:37 Sweden has given strong support to Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s invasion—but there’s been far less attention on the Ukrainians who’ve fled to Sweden. A new policy brief shows that these displaced people face unclear rights and limited support, which makes it harder for them to rebuild their lives and contribute to both Swedish society and Ukraine’s future./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/gender-gaps-workshop-2025//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/gender-gaps-workshop-2025/tis, 01 apr 2025 14:24:16 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), together with the American University of Armenia (AUA), is pleased to announce a two-day Paper Development Workshop on June 3-4 as part of the program “Closing Gender Gaps Through Economics Research”, supported by the Swedish Institute Eastern Partnership Cooperation Project./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/public-procurement-of-innovation//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/public-procurement-of-innovation/mån, 24 mar 2025 12:00:34 Governments spend billions on procurement, but can these contracts be a tool to drive innovation? A new study co-authored by Giancarlo Spagnolo, professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), explores the effectiveness of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI). Forthcoming in the International Journal of Industrial Organization, the study finds that while PPI can foster innovation—especially for small and young firms—major challenges remain in policy design and.../sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2025/sveriges-energiomstallning//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2025/sveriges-energiomstallning/mån, 17 mar 2025 12:00:52 Sverige är på väg mot en fossilfri framtid, men elmarknaden står inför betydande osäkerheter kring efterfrågan, kostnader och politiska riktlinjer. En ny rapport av SITE:s forskare Chloé Le Coq och hennes medförfattare poängterar att Sveriges energiomställning inte kan ske utan hjälp. Starkt europeiskt samarbete och robusta regelverk är avgörande för att säkerställa stabilitet och effektivitet./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/effects-of-war-on-society//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/effects-of-war-on-society/mån, 10 mar 2025 14:16:45 War reshapes societies, but does it make people more cooperative or more divided? A new policy brief from the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) explores how exposure to violence affects social trust, cooperation, and political engagement. The findings have important implications for Ukraine’s future, particularly its path toward EU membership./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/baltic-states-energy-independence//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/baltic-states-energy-independence/tis, 04 mar 2025 09:03:09 The Baltic states officially severed their energy ties with Russia and Belarus on February 7, 2025, successfully desynchronizing from the BRELL electricity network without experiencing blackouts. However, recent cable disruptions in the Baltic Sea have raised new energy security concerns, underscoring the need to diversify and decentralize power systems. A new SITE policy brief analyzes the challenges and lessons learned from this transition and compares it to Ukraine’s energy resilience./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/europas-stod-till-ukraina//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/europas-stod-till-ukraina/mån, 24 feb 2025 14:33:01 Det västerländska stödet till Ukraina står vid ett vägskäl, och insatserna har aldrig varit högre. En ny policy brief från Östekonomiska Institutet (SITE), författad av Torbjörn Becker, Maria Perrotta Berlin, Anders Olofsgård och Jesper Roine, argumenterar för att fortsatt stöd inte bara är en moralisk skyldighet utan också en ekonomisk nödvändighet för Europa. Kostnaden för att låta Ryssland vinna skulle vida överstiga priset för uthållig hjälp./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/poland-ukrainian-refugees-policy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/poland-ukrainian-refugees-policy/fre, 21 feb 2025 10:31:43 The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked an unprecedented wave of solidarity among the Polish society and generous official support from the Polish government. Three years later, both the level of support and attitudes towards Ukrainian refugees in Poland continue to occupy headlines, raising questions about public policies, as well as economic and social impact. These questions will likely gain in prominence, as the electoral campaign ahead of this year’s presidential electio.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sverige-bensinskattesankning//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sverige-bensinskattesankning/ons, 12 feb 2025 11:03:44 Sverige har sänkt bensinskatten och gjort bilkörning mer prisvärd, men experter varnar för långsiktiga konsekvenser. En ny policyanalys från Östekonomiska Institutet (SITE) visar hur de senaste skattesänkningarna har pressat ner priserna, men samtidigt gjort hushållen mer sårbara för svängningar i oljepriset och bromsat övergången till elbilar./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukraine-moldova-georgia-eu-membership//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukraine-moldova-georgia-eu-membership/mån, 20 jan 2025 14:05:43 The Russian invasion of Ukraine has intensified the urgency of European Union (EU) enlargement, bringing Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia closer to potential membership. A new policy brief, based on discussions at SITE 2024 Development Day conference, highlights the political, economic, and security challenges these countries face as they seek EU integration​./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukraine-halts-russian-gas-transit//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukraine-halts-russian-gas-transit/mån, 13 jan 2025 13:00:00 Ukraine has halted the transit of Russian gas to Europe, ending decades of direct pipeline deliveries and significantly reshaping the region's energy landscape. This new policy brief explores the financial and geopolitical consequences, including Europe's increased reliance on liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the risks for Moldova and Ukraine./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russia-sanctions-seminar-with-simon-johnson//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russia-sanctions-seminar-with-simon-johnson/fre, 20 dec 2024 14:14:34 On December 12, 2024, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) hosted a public seminar featuring Professor Simon Johnson, co-recipient of the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The event centered on international sanctions against Russia and strategies to curtail its capacity to wage war in Ukraine./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/kremlin-propaganda-vulnerabilities//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/kremlin-propaganda-vulnerabilities/tor, 28 nov 2024 14:53:53 On November 11, 2024, SITE hosted journalist Peter Pomerantsev for a seminar exploring the Kremlin's propaganda vulnerabilities. Pomerantsev highlighted internal fractures within Russian society and outlined strategies for countering authoritarian narratives and support Ukraine’s resistance./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/eu-integration-ukraine-moldova-georgia//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/eu-integration-ukraine-moldova-georgia/tor, 14 nov 2024 13:00:00 On December 4, 2024, SITE will host its annual Development Day Conference, focusing on the journey of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia toward European Union membership. Key political, business, and academic voices will discuss critical strategies and reforms needed for EU integration./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/moldova-eu-integration-transnistria//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/moldova-eu-integration-transnistria/mån, 14 okt 2024 11:30:53 Moldova is now firmly on the path to European Union membership, but the breakaway region of Transnistria remains a significant roadblock. A recent policy brief, published in October 2024, explores how Transnistria's economy, though influenced by Russia, is deeply connected to Moldova and the EU. /sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2024/rysslands-ekonomiska-obalanser//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2024/rysslands-ekonomiska-obalanser/tis, 01 okt 2024 16:22:58 En ny rapport visar att Rysslands ekonomi står inför växande finansiella obalanser till följd av det pågående kriget mot Ukraina. Rapporten, genomförd av Östekonomiska Institutet (Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, SITE), avslöjar att Rysslands ekonomiska resurser är under ökande press, vilket hotar landets ekonomiska stabilitet under de kommande åren./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/alternatives-to-carbon-pricing-workshop//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/alternatives-to-carbon-pricing-workshop/mån, 30 sep 2024 16:12:09 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Eastern Europe: Climate and Environment (FREECE) invites paper submissions to a one-day workshop on the 'The Next Era of Climate Policies: Alternatives to Carbon Pricing' on November 25, 2024, in Stockholm./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russias-influence-in-africa//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russias-influence-in-africa/ons, 25 sep 2024 10:00:00 Russia is expanding its presence in Africa, aiming to gain influence in areas with weak institutions and governments. A new policy brief published in September 2024 explores this trend and the potential consequences for Africa’s development./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-board-members-at-site-2024//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-board-members-at-site-2024/tor, 19 sep 2024 10:00:04 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) is delighted to announce Christine Bäckström (CEO at the International Council of Swedish Industry) and Henrik Borelius (Active Owner and Chairman of Side System) as new board members at SITE./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-report-reveals-russias-core-shadow-fleet//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-report-reveals-russias-core-shadow-fleet/ons, 21 aug 2024 16:18:36 A new analysis by the KSE Institute reveals critical insights into Russia’s shadow fleet, urging coalition governments to take immediate action against vessels circumventing sanctions. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/call-for-papers-one-day-conference-on-gender-economics//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/call-for-papers-one-day-conference-on-gender-economics/tis, 25 jun 2024 09:36:11 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Gender Economics in Eastern Europe (FROGEE) are pleased to invite submissions of papers for a one-day conference titled “How Does Gender Matter in the Economy?”, to be held in Stockholm, Sweden on December 6th, 2024./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-35th-anniversary//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-35th-anniversary/ons, 19 jun 2024 13:36:46 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) celebrates 35 years of pioneering economic research, institution building and policy analysis./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-gender-perspective-on-financing-for-development//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-gender-perspective-on-financing-for-development/fre, 31 maj 2024 10:00:00 Gender equality is vital for global progress. As we near the 2025 Financing for Development conference, Maria Perrotta Berlin, Assistant Professor at SITE, stresses integrating gender into financing strategies. This includes fiscal policies, social protection, and climate finance to support women, particularly in low-income areas, promoting equality, resilience, and sustainable development./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/existing-textbooks-for-home-study-improves-learning-in-low-income-areas//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/existing-textbooks-for-home-study-improves-learning-in-low-income-areas/mån, 27 maj 2024 10:00:00 A paper published in The Economic Journal shows how student learning in a fragile and low-income context can be helped by more intensive use of existing textbooks for home study. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/navigating-market-exits-companies-responses-to-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/navigating-market-exits-companies-responses-to-the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/ons, 22 maj 2024 10:00:00 Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, led to global condemnation and sanctions. International companies were pressured to exit Russia. This policy brief examines which companies left, using data from the LeaveRussia project, and focuses on Swedish businesses that announced withdrawal but were still found in Russia. It also analyzes how these revelations affected their stock prices and investor reactions./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/would-electing-more-women-make-the-u.s.-congress-less-polarized//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/would-electing-more-women-make-the-u.s.-congress-less-polarized/tor, 16 maj 2024 11:22:22 This policy brief examines the belief that electing more women to the U.S. Congress would reduce partisan gridlocks. It shows that while Republican women historically cooperated more with Democrats, this was due to ideological proximity rather than gender. Among Democrats, women cooperate less with the opposite party than men. Furthermore, recent years have seen a narrowing of ideological differences along gender-lines among Republicans, reducing gender-based cooperation disparities./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/navigating-environmental-policy-consistency-amidst-political-change//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/navigating-environmental-policy-consistency-amidst-political-change/ons, 15 maj 2024 07:52:00 Europe, like other parts of the world, currently grapples with the dual challenges of environmental change and democratic backsliding. In a context marked by rising populism, misinformation, and political manipulation, designing credible sustainable climate policies is more important than ever. The 2024 annual Energy Talk, organized by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), gathered experts to bring insight into these challenges and explore potential solutions for enhancing.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-chapters-by-anders-aslund-and-torbjorn-becker-focus-on-ukraines-and-russias-connections-to-the-eu//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-chapters-by-anders-aslund-and-torbjorn-becker-focus-on-ukraines-and-russias-connections-to-the-eu/tis, 07 maj 2024 14:38:19 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) is proud to highlight two significant contributions by Torbjörn Becker, Director of SITE, and Anders Åslund, the founding director of SITE, to the newly released book, "The Borders of the European Union in a Conflictual World"./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/shaping-the-future-together-stockholm-summit-on-rebuilding-war-torn-ukrainian-municipalities//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/shaping-the-future-together-stockholm-summit-on-rebuilding-war-torn-ukrainian-municipalities/mån, 22 apr 2024 15:31:17 Join Stockholm University and the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 29 of April, 2024, for a conference on "Rethinking Cities In Ukraine". Active participation from front-line municipalities and discussions with Swedish and international partners about current and future needs for reconstruction./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/nuclear-renaissance-powering-swedens-climate-policy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/nuclear-renaissance-powering-swedens-climate-policy/ons, 17 apr 2024 13:45:00 Sweden's government aims to build new nuclear reactors by 2045 to achieve net zero emissions. This policy brief, written by Julius Andersson (SITE), compares this plan to France's successful 1970s nuclear expansion but notes significant differences: Sweden's existing low-carbon energy, cheaper alternatives, and higher nuclear costs today suggest that the benefits of new reactors may be modest and costly./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sanctions-on-russia-getting-the-facts-right//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sanctions-on-russia-getting-the-facts-right/mån, 18 mar 2024 11:38:37 Sanctions play a crucial role in curbing Russia's ambitions & ending the war on Ukraine, yet their strategic importance is often overlooked. In this policy brief, experts from SITE, KSE, 91ԭ�� Riga, CREA, Uppsala University and Beijer Institute sheds light on sanctions' complexities against Russia's aggression./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/vacancy-office--and-event-manager-at-site//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/vacancy-office--and-event-manager-at-site/ons, 13 mar 2024 10:55:48 We're hiring! SITE seeks an Event- & Office Manager with a positive attitude to enhance our office & events. Thrive in an international setting, manage projects, and provide exceptional service. Ready to join our team? Apply now!/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/closing-the-gender-data-gap//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/closing-the-gender-data-gap/fre, 08 mar 2024 09:00:00 To highlight the International Women's Day, researchers from Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA) have compiled a brief overview of studies that have changed the view of economic differences between women and men. The policy brief illustrates the importance of the need for better data in order to effectively design policies that can reduce disparities./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/covid-19-and-media-coverage-in-sweden//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/covid-19-and-media-coverage-in-sweden/ons, 28 feb 2024 16:01:25 In their paper, recently accepted at Health Economics, researchers Marcel Garz from Jönköping University and Maiting Zhuang from the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), shed light on the influence of media coverage on individual behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/trending-social-media-attention-on-russias-war-in-ukraine//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/trending-social-media-attention-on-russias-war-in-ukraine/tis, 20 feb 2024 10:45:34 As Russia's invasion of Ukraine unfolds, global interest peaks. This brief, by SITE researchers Maria Perrotta Berlin and Jonathan Lehne, examines X (formerly Twitter) trends in 62 nations, shedding light on public engagement amidst geopolitical upheaval. Insights into when and why the conflict captures international attention are explored, offering nuanced understanding of global consciousness dynamics./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/postdoctoral-research-position-in-economics//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/postdoctoral-research-position-in-economics/tor, 15 feb 2024 10:54:44 We are looking for a Post Doc to a large international research project entitled (Re)Constructing Modern Ukraine—People, Institutions, and the Environment awarded by the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies (FBEES). /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/call-for-papers-the-political-economy-of-environmental-policy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/call-for-papers-the-political-economy-of-environmental-policy/tor, 15 feb 2024 09:57:21 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Eastern Europe: Climate and Environment (FREECE) invites paper submissions to a one-day workshop session on the 'Political Economy of Environmental Policy' with a keynote lecture by Michaël Aklin (EPFL, Swiss Federal Institute) on 19th of April 2024 in Stockholm./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jesper-roine-forklarar-sanktionernas-effekt-pa-den-ryska-ekonomin-i-tv4-nyhetsmorgon//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jesper-roine-forklarar-sanktionernas-effekt-pa-den-ryska-ekonomin-i-tv4-nyhetsmorgon/mån, 12 feb 2024 11:26:31 Har EU:s sanktioner mot Ryssland, som infördes efter invasionen av Ukraina, varit ineffektiva? Jesper Roine, biträdande chef på Östekonomiska Institutet, ger en inblick i sanktionerna och den ryska ekonomin i TV4 Nyhetsmorgon./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/addressing-the-impact-of-war-on-human-capital-and-higher-education-in-ukraine//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/addressing-the-impact-of-war-on-human-capital-and-higher-education-in-ukraine/fre, 09 feb 2024 14:07:00 On 6th of February, 2024, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Friends of KSE initiative hosted an event in collaboration with the Nordic Ukraine Forum, to explore and support the critical cause of higher education in Ukraine./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-is-the-evidence-on-the-swedish-paternity-leave-policy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-is-the-evidence-on-the-swedish-paternity-leave-policy/mån, 05 feb 2024 12:00:04 Since 1995, Sweden has allocated increasing parental leave to both parents, encouraging fathers' involvement. Pamela Campa, researcher from SITE, analyzes Sweden's parental leave policies, revealing diverse impacts on parental roles and gender attitudes./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukrainian-refugees-who-returns-and-why//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukrainian-refugees-who-returns-and-why/fre, 02 feb 2024 13:31:51 Following the Russian invasion, 60% of the 17 million Ukrainian refugees have returned home. Family connections, educational prospects, and a commitment to rebuilding are key drivers, according to a recent study by Ilona Sologoub, VoxUkraine editor and FREE Network affiliate. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-and-nordic-ukraine-forum-to-host-event-on-higher-education-in-ukraine//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-and-nordic-ukraine-forum-to-host-event-on-higher-education-in-ukraine/fre, 26 jan 2024 12:01:26 Welcome to an event hosted by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) in collaboration with the Nordic Ukraine Forum. Join us on 6th of February, 2024, to explore and support the critical cause of higher education in Ukraine. Don't miss this meaningful discussion and mingle with Ukrainian music and art exhibition!/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-to-undermine-russias-war-capacity//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-to-undermine-russias-war-capacity/fre, 19 jan 2024 15:27:10 The Stockholm Institute for Transition Economics (SITE) invited researchers and stakeholders to SITE's 2023 Development Day conference to discuss how to undermine Russia’s capacity to wage war. This policy brief shortly summarizes the featured presentations and discussions./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/future-of-ukraine-summit-in-stockholm//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/future-of-ukraine-summit-in-stockholm/ons, 17 jan 2024 11:03:41 Join Region Stockholm on 15-16th of February, 2024, for "The 2nd Future of Ukraine Summit." Focused on innovation, collaboration, and economic growth, this event aims to strengthen ties between Stockholm and Ukraine./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/support-the-future-of-ukraine-friends-of-kse//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/support-the-future-of-ukraine-friends-of-kse/ons, 20 dec 2023 07:00:00 Friends of KSE, a Swedish non-profit organization, and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) sincerely thanks each and every one of you for the donations that have helped Ukraine through education. Your support has been instrumental in assisting Ukrainian academics, faculty, staff, and students at the Kyiv School of Economics (KSE)./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highligts-and-presentations-shared-at-site-2023-development-day//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highligts-and-presentations-shared-at-site-2023-development-day/tis, 19 dec 2023 17:24:00 On 5th of December, 2023, we hosted our annual Development Day conference at the 91ԭ��. This year we focused on how to reduce financing to the Russian war machine and contain the Russian economy while at the same time supporting Ukraine’s reconstruction and winning the information war./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/photos-from-the-site-2023-development-day-conference//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/photos-from-the-site-2023-development-day-conference/tis, 19 dec 2023 17:21:44 Check out the photos from this year SITE Development Day conference down below!/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/impact-gasoline-prices-households//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/impact-gasoline-prices-households/fre, 15 dec 2023 09:00:00 SITE and FREE Network researchers delve into Europe's rising fuel costs, post-geopolitical shifts. Focused on gasoline and diesel prices, the study assesses household impacts, advocating nuanced policy responses to address economic challenges in the wake of global energy crises./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-the-academic-conference-2023//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-the-academic-conference-2023/tis, 12 dec 2023 10:00:57 On October 13th, 2023, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe (FROMDEE) hosted an academic conference on “Democratic Backsliding and Electoral Autocracies”. This brief provides a short summary of the keynote lecture and research presentations featured at the conference./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-research-reveals-foreign-aids-positive-impact-on-female-empowerment-in-malawi//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-research-reveals-foreign-aids-positive-impact-on-female-empowerment-in-malawi/fre, 08 dec 2023 08:00:00 Maria Perrotta Berlin, Evelina Bonnier, and Anders Olofsgård's paper on 'Foreign Aid and Female Empowerment', forthcoming in the Journal of Development Studies, uses geo-coded data to delve into the nuanced impact of foreign aid on women in Malawi. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/development-day-2023//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/development-day-2023/ons, 22 nov 2023 15:03:00 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) is set to host its annual Development Day conference on December 5 at the 91ԭ��. The focus lies on sanctions and other strategies to curb Russian export revenues and the Russian war economy more generally, support Ukraine's reconstruction efforts, and combat disinformation./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-eu-gas-purchasing-mechanism-a-game-changer-or-a-storm-in-a-teacup//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-eu-gas-purchasing-mechanism-a-game-changer-or-a-storm-in-a-teacup/mån, 06 nov 2023 15:40:27 In a landmark move amid energy volatility, the EU adopts AggregateEU for joint gas procurement. This brief, written by SITE researchers Chloé Le Coq and Elena Paltseva, evaluates challenges in gas market dynamics following the energy crisis, addressing design issues of this innovative mechanism./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukraine-and-nato--evidence-from-public-opinion-surveys//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukraine-and-nato--evidence-from-public-opinion-surveys/mån, 30 okt 2023 12:06:35 A recent survey in Ukraine indicates unprecedented 89% support for NATO membership, showcasing a historic shift in attitudes across regions. This brief, by Anna Anisimova (SITE), explores the evolution of pro-NATO sentiment, regional divides, and the impact of Russian aggression on public opinion. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/pamela-campa-receives-prestigious-award//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/pamela-campa-receives-prestigious-award/tor, 26 okt 2023 14:44:20 Congratulations to Pamela Campa (SITE) and her co-authors for receiving one of the Christiaan Huygens Reproduction and Replication Prizes for their research reproduction work, which delves into the intriguing realms of gender differences in cooperation within the U.S. Congress./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/does-foreign-aid-foster-female-empowerment//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/does-foreign-aid-foster-female-empowerment/mån, 16 okt 2023 10:42:10 A 2023 study by SITE researchers explores the overlooked link between foreign aid and female empowerment. Using aid project data and surveys, it reveals a modest but significant positive effect on various aspects of women's empowerment. Read the policy brief to learn more!/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/frogee-celebrates-nobel-prize-to-claudia-goldin//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/frogee-celebrates-nobel-prize-to-claudia-goldin/tis, 10 okt 2023 11:28:37 Yesterday on 9th of October, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences was bestowed upon Prof. Claudia Goldin of Harvard University for her pioneering work on women's labor market evolution. FROGEE and SITE extends heartfelt congratulations to Prof. Goldin for this esteemed recognition./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/insights-and-research-shared-at-the-2023-free-network-retreat//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/insights-and-research-shared-at-the-2023-free-network-retreat/tor, 05 okt 2023 13:07:01 On 8-10 September, 2023, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the FREE Network hosted the annual Retreat in Visby to discuss its institutes’ respective work of research areas, from politics to climate change to consumer behavior and joint efforts within the Network./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/key-takeaways-from-the-frogee-conference//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/key-takeaways-from-the-frogee-conference/ons, 27 sep 2023 12:07:30 In the 20th century, women's presence grew in academia and other high-skilled professions, yet disparities persist. This brief highlights the key takeaways from the conference organized by the Centre of Economic Analysis (CenEA), together with the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Gender Economics (FROGEE) on 21-22 June, 2023, in Warsaw./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/vacancy-event-and-office-manager-to-site//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/vacancy-event-and-office-manager-to-site/mån, 25 sep 2023 11:29:39 Are you a proactive go-getter with a positive attitude? We are looking for an Event- and Office Manager to take charge of our office and events! Join our research and policy institute and be part of something big./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-nordic-model-and-tourism//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-nordic-model-and-tourism/tor, 21 sep 2023 13:35:36 In this working paper, researchers from SITE analyze how prostitution laws affect sex tourism, studying legal changes in four countries and their impact on tourism flows./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/foreign-aid-and-female-empowerment//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/foreign-aid-and-female-empowerment/tor, 31 aug 2023 15:22:41 In this working paper, forthcoming in the Journal of Development Studies, researchers from SITE examines foreign aid's influence on women's empowerment in Malawi using geo-coded data. Positive impacts are observed, but context matters—gender-targeted aid varies in efficacy across communities./sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2023/jesper-roine-diskuterar-varfor-ojamlikhet-ar-viktigt//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2023/jesper-roine-diskuterar-varfor-ojamlikhet-ar-viktigt/fre, 25 aug 2023 09:00:31 I den här intervjun belyser Jesper Roine, biträdande chef på SITE, orsakerna, yttringarna och sambanden mellan inkomst- och förmögenhetsojämlikhet, ämnen som behandlas i hans senaste bok "Därför är ojämlikheten viktig"./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukraines-national-independence-day//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukraines-national-independence-day/tor, 24 aug 2023 09:00:00 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the FREE Network wish to extend heartfelt greetings to the brave people of Ukraine on National Independence Day, August 24. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/environmental-enforcement-in-the-eu-insights-from-administrative-cases-in-the-us//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/environmental-enforcement-in-the-eu-insights-from-administrative-cases-in-the-us/mån, 21 aug 2023 10:51:00 In this brief, Pamela Campa and co-author examine the EU commissions (EC) proposal and highlight its commendable aim of strengthening environmental regulation enforcement at the EU level. However, they also note its limitations in terms of the enforcement tools it encompasses. Their focus is on discussing the potential benefits of utilizing administrative law tools for enforcing environmental regulation, in contrast to the current emphasis on criminal law in the EC's approach./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/democracy-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/democracy-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/tor, 29 jun 2023 09:00:00 In this brief, Jonathan Lehne and Maiting Zhuang examines the fragility of democratic institutions in Eastern Europe, comparing expert assessments and general population surveys. Experts' concerns have intensified, yet voters in almost all new EU member states and across age groups express growing satisfaction with their democracies. The study reveals a shift where people's perception of democracy is increasingly influenced by election outcomes rather than actual institutional change, even wh.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-future-of-energy-infrastructure-resilience-in-europe//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-future-of-energy-infrastructure-resilience-in-europe/mån, 19 jun 2023 14:37:08 On 11 May, 2023, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Eastern Europe: Climate and Environment (FREECE) invited four experts to the 2023 annual Energy Talk to discuss the future of Europe’s Energy infrastructure resilience. This policy brief summarizes the main points from the presentations and discussions./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/private-sector-engagement-in-ukraine//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/private-sector-engagement-in-ukraine/tor, 15 jun 2023 14:17:34 On 8 June, 2023, the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) in cooperation with the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) and IVA’s Business Executives Council organized a conference on Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction held at IVA. Read the key takeaways from the conference to learn more!/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-researchers-receives-sek-2-million-grant-for-research-on-climate-change-beliefs//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-researchers-receives-sek-2-million-grant-for-research-on-climate-change-beliefs/ons, 14 jun 2023 09:00:54 Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation and Tore Browaldh Foundation recognize the research in unraveling the impact of labor-market, media narratives, and personal traits on climate change perspectives./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/deputy-prime-minister-of-ukraine-on-the-next-steps-in-eu-integration//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/deputy-prime-minister-of-ukraine-on-the-next-steps-in-eu-integration/tis, 30 maj 2023 08:00:41 On 26 May, 2023, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) had the honor of hosting a distinguished keynote speaker, Olga Stefanishyna (Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine) who shared her insights on Ukraine’s progress with reforms on the way to full EU integration. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/deputy-prime-minister-of-ukraine-at-sse//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/deputy-prime-minister-of-ukraine-at-sse/tor, 25 maj 2023 09:36:00 On Friday 26 May, 2023, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) are organizing a high-level discussion with keynote speaker Olga Stefanishyna, Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic integration of Ukraine./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/spillover-effects-from-the-nordic-model-of-prostitution-legislation//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/spillover-effects-from-the-nordic-model-of-prostitution-legislation/tis, 09 maj 2023 15:02:27 Several countries, including France, Canada, and Israel, have adopted the Nordic model of prostitution legislation to combat sexual exploitation. However, researchers from SITE highlight that these reforms might unintentionally increase sex tourism, necessitating comprehensive policy considerations./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/european-democracy-through-the-lens-of-party-manifestos//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/european-democracy-through-the-lens-of-party-manifestos/tis, 09 maj 2023 13:33:20 In this policy brief, researchers from SITE explores the challenges of quantifying political discourse using 30 years of party manifestos. It analyzes the evolution of dominant topics in European politics, particularly in transition countries. The brief utilizes data from the Manifesto Project to describe the development of political discourse in Europe, emphasizing differences between Western European countries and Eastern European transition economies./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-board-member-at-site//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-board-member-at-site/tor, 04 maj 2023 15:33:25 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) is pleased to welcome a newly elected board member, Kristian Andersson, CEO of SEB Ukraine./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukraines-finance-minister-marchenko-on-the-current-situation-in-ukraine-and-eu-accession//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukraines-finance-minister-marchenko-on-the-current-situation-in-ukraine-and-eu-accession/ons, 03 maj 2023 16:34:38 On 28 April, 2023, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies (SCEEUS) organized a high-level discussion with keynote speaker Sergii Marchenko, Minister of Finance of Ukraine at the 91ԭ��. Read the highlights from the event to learn more!/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/call-for-papers--democratic-backsliding-and-electoral-autocracies//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/call-for-papers--democratic-backsliding-and-electoral-autocracies/tor, 20 apr 2023 16:12:56 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Media and Democracy in Eastern Europe (FROMDEE) invites paper submissions to a one-day conference on “Democratic backsliding and electoral autocracies” with a keynote lecture by Arturas Rozenas (New York University) on 13 October 2023 in Stockholm, Sweden. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russias-data-warfare//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russias-data-warfare/tis, 18 apr 2023 14:43:37 In this brief SITE researchers, Anna Anisimova and Cecilia Smitt Meyer, present a short overview of some of the most important statistics on Russia’s economic performance no longer publicly available. They also discuss some alternative measures to track the Russian economy which can be used to provide more accurate assessments of the effect of sanctions and thus reduce the impact of Russia’s data warfare./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/policy-brief-media-coverage-and-pandemic-behaviour-evidence-from-sweden//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/policy-brief-media-coverage-and-pandemic-behaviour-evidence-from-sweden/tor, 13 apr 2023 16:12:33 In this policy brief, researchers Marcel Garz (Jönköping University) and Maiting Zhuang (SITE) illustrate the media's power to affect behavioural change, using the Swedish experience during Covid-19 as an example./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/back-from-the-ashes-swedish-and-global-contribution-to-ukraines-reconstruction//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/back-from-the-ashes-swedish-and-global-contribution-to-ukraines-reconstruction/ons, 05 apr 2023 11:12:11 What role should Sweden and the EU have when it is time to rebuild Ukraine with development aid and other means? Read the Expert Group For Aid Studies (EBA) report written by SITE's researchers Anders Olofsgård and Maria Perrotta Berlin./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/call-for-papers-the-playing-field-in-academia-why-are-women-still-underrepresented//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/call-for-papers-the-playing-field-in-academia-why-are-women-still-underrepresented/fre, 17 mar 2023 11:06:34 The Forum for Research on Gender Economics (FROGEE) together with the Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA) and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) invites academic papers to a conference held in Warsaw, entitled: “The playing field in academia: Why are women still underrepresented?” /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/exploring-the-impact-from-the-russian-gas-squeeze-on-the-eus-greenhouse-gas-reduction-efforts//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/exploring-the-impact-from-the-russian-gas-squeeze-on-the-eus-greenhouse-gas-reduction-efforts/ons, 15 mar 2023 12:19:51 Throughout 2022, the reduction in Russian gas imports to the EU and the resilience of European energy markets have been subject of significant public discourse and policy-making. Of particular concern has been the EU’s ability to maintain its environmental goals. In this policy brief, researchers from SITE and the University of Pennsylvania aim to reevaluate the consequences from the loss of Russian gas and the EU’s response to it on greenhouse gas emissions in the region./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/rebuilding-ukraine-the-gender-dimension-of-the-reconstruction-process//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/rebuilding-ukraine-the-gender-dimension-of-the-reconstruction-process/ons, 08 mar 2023 12:00:00 The post-war reconstruction of Ukraine will have to comprehensively address a number of objectives to set the country on a path of stable, sustainable and inclusive growth. In this policy paper, researchers from the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Forum for Research on Gender Economics (FROGEE) together with other gender economics experts argue that the principles of “building-back better” need to take the gender dimension under consideration./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/en-jamstalldhetsperspektiv-pa-ateruppbyggnaden-av-ukraina//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/en-jamstalldhetsperspektiv-pa-ateruppbyggnaden-av-ukraina/mån, 06 mar 2023 09:17:02 Om återuppbyggnaden av Ukraina ska leda till en hållbar framtids utveckling som kommer hela befolkningen till del, måste principerna för att "bygga tillbaka bättre" ta hänsyn till den specifika karaktären hos könsrollerna i ekonomin under återuppbyggnadsprocessen./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/leading-experts-advocate-tougher-sanctions-against-russia//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/leading-experts-advocate-tougher-sanctions-against-russia/fre, 24 feb 2023 13:05:49 As of today, Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has persisted for a year. While several countries have helped Ukraine with military, financial and humanitarian aid, Ukraine requires additional assistance to endure the conflict with Russia. What other forms of support and aid are needed for Ukraine’s survival? And how can the EU and Sweden support Ukraine’s victory? /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-should-the-reconstruction-of-ukraine-be-financed-and-organized//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-should-the-reconstruction-of-ukraine-be-financed-and-organized/mån, 16 jan 2023 16:46:18 Did you miss the chance to attend the book launch event "Rebuilding Ukraine: Principles and policies" presented by Torbjörn Becker, Beatrice Weder di Mauro and Veronika Movchan on 11 January? Watch the recordings to learn more about their framework for Ukraine’s post-war reconstruction co-written together with leading scholars and experts./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ny-boklansering-europaperspektiv-2023-eus-inre-och-yttre-granser-i-en-konfliktfylld-varld//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ny-boklansering-europaperspektiv-2023-eus-inre-och-yttre-granser-i-en-konfliktfylld-varld/fre, 13 jan 2023 12:56:28 Den 1 februari 2023 kl. 13.00-17.00 lanseras den 26:e årgången av Europaperspektiv på Kulturhuset vid Sergels Torg i Stockholm. Torbjörn Becker, chef för Östekonomiska Institutet (SITE), tillsammans med en rad ledande svenska forskare och experter kommer bland annat diskutera viktiga utmaningar och frågor: Hur ska återuppbyggnaden av Ukraina genomföras och vilken roll spelar EU i den processen?/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-to-sustain-support-for-ukraine-and-overcome-the-financial-and-political-challenges-highlights-from-sitedevday-2022//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-to-sustain-support-for-ukraine-and-overcome-the-financial-and-political-challenges-highlights-from-sitedevday-2022/mån, 09 jan 2023 15:16:16 Did you miss the chance to attend the annual SITE 2022 Development Day conference? This policy brief shortly summarizes the presentations and discussions at the SITE Development Day Conference, held on December 6, 2022. The main focus of the conference was how to maintain and organize support for Ukraine in the short and long run, with the current situation in Belarus and the region and the ongoing energy crisis in Europe, also being addressed./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/friends-of-kse-delivering-supplies-to-ukraine-and-the-kyiv-school-of-economics//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/friends-of-kse-delivering-supplies-to-ukraine-and-the-kyiv-school-of-economics/ons, 04 jan 2023 15:33:35 On 18 December 2022, two mini-vans filled with generators, sleeping bags, powerbanks, outdoor equipment etc, funded by donations to Friends of KSE, left Stockholm on its journey to students and academics at Kyiv School of Economics (KSE) in Ukraine. On December 20, all things were safely delivered in Ukraine./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/torbjorn-becker-invald-till-en-av-de-nya-medlemmarna-i-ivas-ekonomiavdelning//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/torbjorn-becker-invald-till-en-av-de-nya-medlemmarna-i-ivas-ekonomiavdelning/tor, 22 dec 2022 15:01:24 Torbjörn Becker, chef för Östekonomiska Institutet (SITE), valdes till en av de nya medlemmarna i Kungl. Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademien (IVA) tillsammans med 38 andra framstående forskare och experter inom den privata och offentliga sektorn./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/konstantin-sonin-discuss-his-latest-research-paper-why-did-putin-invade-ukraine-a-theory-of-degenerate-autocracy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/konstantin-sonin-discuss-his-latest-research-paper-why-did-putin-invade-ukraine-a-theory-of-degenerate-autocracy/fre, 16 dec 2022 12:36:20 On December 14, 2022, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) invited Professor Konstantin Sonin, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy, for a seminar discussion about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, non-democratic regimes and degenerate autocracy. In case you missed the event, watch the recordings to learn more about the research paper./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-the-site-2022-development-day-conference//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-the-site-2022-development-day-conference/tor, 15 dec 2022 11:57:35 On December 6, 2022, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) hosted the annual Development Day, this year focusing on how to maintain and organize support for Ukraine. See photos and highlights from the conference to learn more./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/alexandra-polivanova-on-political-repressions-in-russia-and-the-work-of-memorial//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/alexandra-polivanova-on-political-repressions-in-russia-and-the-work-of-memorial/ons, 07 dec 2022 15:34:54 Alexandra Polivanova on political repressions in Russia and the work of Memorial, Russian civil society organization and Nobel Peace Prize winner./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya-johan-forssell-andrij-plachotnjuk-will-be-attending-the-site-2022-Development-day-conference//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya-johan-forssell-andrij-plachotnjuk-will-be-attending-the-site-2022-Development-day-conference/tor, 01 dec 2022 20:00:56 This year’s SITE Development Day conference will focus on the Russian war on Ukraine. We will discuss the situation in Ukraine and neighbouring countries, how to finance and organize financial support within the EU and within Sweden, and how to deal with the current energy crisis. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-the-event-a-strategy-to-help-ukraine-win-the-war-and-become-a-successful-member-of-the-eu//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-the-event-a-strategy-to-help-ukraine-win-the-war-and-become-a-successful-member-of-the-eu/tor, 10 nov 2022 12:08:58 On Monday, November 7, 2022, the Friends of KSE initiative together with the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) organized an event to discuss ideas on how we can support Ukraine during and after the war./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-strategy-to-help-ukraine-win-the-war//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-strategy-to-help-ukraine-win-the-war/fre, 04 nov 2022 10:21:36 Russia’s fierce military campaign in Ukraine continues, but Ukraine stands their ground as the military tide is turning in their favour. But what besides the military support is needed for Ukraine to win the war?/sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2022/rysslands-dystra-ekonomiska-framtid//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2022/rysslands-dystra-ekonomiska-framtid/tis, 01 nov 2022 13:51:17 Är den ryska ekonomin "förvånansvärt motståndskraftig" mot sanktioner och västvärldens åtgärder? Det korta svaret är nej. I denna policy rapport diskuterar Maria Perrotta Berlin och Jesper Roine, forskare från Östekonomiska Institutet (SITE), Rysslands dystra ekonomiska framtid./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/why-has-the-issue-of-media-literacy-received-growing-attention-in-recent-years//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/why-has-the-issue-of-media-literacy-received-growing-attention-in-recent-years/mån, 31 okt 2022 15:54:34 Over the last decades, there has been an ongoing shift in the way people access news. In this interview, Jonathan Lehne (researcher at SITE) discusses the importance of media literacy and how the rise of social media has spread the responsibilities for the production, dissemination, and fact-checking of news much more broadly./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lediga-tjanster-event--och-office-manager-pa-ostekonomiska-institutet-site//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lediga-tjanster-event--och-office-manager-pa-ostekonomiska-institutet-site/tor, 06 okt 2022 11:17:25 SITE söker en Event- och Office Manager till vårt team. Är du en serviceinriktad person som vill arbeta på ett ledande internationellt forsknings- och policyinstitut med daglig internationell kontakt?/sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2022/tillampning-av-sanktioner-och-penningtvatt//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2022/tillampning-av-sanktioner-och-penningtvatt/ons, 05 okt 2022 14:41:08 Sanktioner blir ett allt viktigare verktyg för att utestänga autokratiska regimer från västerländska marknader, och behovet av en effektiv tillämpning av politiken för bekämpning av penningtvätt (AML) ökar. Det globala systemet för bekämpning av penningtvätt kommer att utgöra ryggraden när det gäller att upptäcka kringgående av sanktioner. Detta system har dock fått omfattande kritik för att vara ineffektivt. I denna rapport diskuterar forskarna Giancarlo Spagnolo och Theo Nyreröd problemen m.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/utlandskt-stod-till-ukraina-lardomar-fran-litteraturen-om-strategiskt-utlandskt-bistand//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/utlandskt-stod-till-ukraina-lardomar-fran-litteraturen-om-strategiskt-utlandskt-bistand/mån, 26 sep 2022 14:11:17 Ukraina får för närvarande betydande inflöden av utländskt bistånd från västerländska givare för att hjälpa landet att stå emot den ryska aggressionen. Det utländska biståndet återspeglar delvis altruistiska motiv från givarsidan, men också givarnas inhemska strategiska utrikespolitiska mål, eftersom kriget ses som en del av en kamp om den framtida världsordningen. I denna policy brief diskuterar Anders Olofsgård den akademiska litteratur som har analyserat förekomsten och konsekvenserna av.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/higher-education-and-research-in-times-of-war-and-peace-key-insights-from-the-2022-free-network-conference//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/higher-education-and-research-in-times-of-war-and-peace-key-insights-from-the-2022-free-network-conference/mån, 26 sep 2022 11:50:41 Russia’s war on Ukraine entails lost human capital, both in actual lives lost and due to major disruptions to key functions of the society, such as education and research. In light of this, the FREE Network, together with the Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA) and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), hosted the public conference “Higher Education and Research in War and Peace“ in Warsaw on the 10th of September 2022. This policy brief is based on the presentations and pan.../sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2022/sa-hanterar-vi-energikrisen-och-hjalper-ukraina-vinna-kriget//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2022/sa-hanterar-vi-energikrisen-och-hjalper-ukraina-vinna-kriget/fre, 23 sep 2022 13:53:50 Hur ska vi hantera energikrisen och på vilket sätt kan vi samtidigt hjälpa Ukraina? Jesper Roine, docent i nationalekonomi vid SITE, gör ett försök att reda ut några fakta om vad som sker och använder grundläggande ekonomisk teori för att tänka kring vad som är mer eller mindre lämpliga politiska förslag för att dämpa negativa effekter av det som sker./sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2022/vem-gynnades-av-den-sankta-bensinskatten-i-sverige//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2022/vem-gynnades-av-den-sankta-bensinskatten-i-sverige/fre, 16 sep 2022 15:28:37 Mot bakgrund av de snabbt stigande bensin- och dieselpriserna under 2022 har ett antal europeiska länder sänkt bränsleskatterna, ofta i form av tidsbestämda skattelättnader. I denna policy brief analyserar SITE-forskarna Julius Andersson och Celina Tippmann skatteincidensen av den svenska skattesänkningen på bensin genom att jämföra prisutvecklingen på bensin i Sverige med den i Danmark, där bränsleskatten förblev oförändrad./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/media-coverage-and-pandemic-behaviour-evidence-from-sweden//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/media-coverage-and-pandemic-behaviour-evidence-from-sweden/mån, 22 aug 2022 16:27:55 Sweden has attracted a lot of interest as one of few countries that did not impose mandatory lockdowns or curfews in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. New research studies show local Swedish media in this environment affect individual behavior. Read the latest SITE working paper where researchers Marcel Garz (Jönköping University) and Maiting Zhuang (SITE), investigate the effects of media coverage on compliance with public health recommendations during the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/hedging-eus-winter-risk-by-curbing-gas-demand-solidarity-nudge-and-market-solutions//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/hedging-eus-winter-risk-by-curbing-gas-demand-solidarity-nudge-and-market-solutions/tis, 16 aug 2022 15:27:49 The concern of Russian gas supply disruption and its implications has never been as serious. Chloé Le Coq, Professor at the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas (CRED) and a Research Fellow at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), discusses how nudging energy consumers to lower their demand may support the plans of the European Commission (EC). /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ill-pay-you-later-sustaining-relationships-under-the-threat-of-expropriation//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ill-pay-you-later-sustaining-relationships-under-the-threat-of-expropriation/tis, 21 jun 2022 16:21:17 SITE and NES (New Economic School) researchers investigate how multinational firms manage their relationships with governments under the threat of expropriation. Exploring micro data from the oil and gas industry worldwide, they show that the multinationals delay investment, production and tax payments by more than five years in countries with weak institutions relative to countries with strong ones. These findings are consistent with the theory suggesting that delaying rents to the governmen.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/shelter-for-ukrainian-students-and-their-families//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/shelter-for-ukrainian-students-and-their-families/fre, 17 jun 2022 10:19:13 Charity auction of the Christine König Gallery and Dorotheum (Vienna) with works by Ukrainian artists for the benefit of the Friends of KSE Foundation (Kyiv School of Economics) to support free living space and educational support for Ukrainian children and their families. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/domestic-violence-legislation---awareness-and-support-in-latvia-russia-and-ukraine//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/domestic-violence-legislation---awareness-and-support-in-latvia-russia-and-ukraine/fre, 10 jun 2022 13:33:44 SITE and FREE Network researchers investigate the factors that correlate with awareness and support for domestic violence legislation in Latvia, Russia and Ukraine, three countries that introduced recent reforms. The working paper is based on a cross-country survey on perceptions and prevalence of domestic and gender-based violence conducted within the FROGEE project./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/economic-and-social-context-of-domestic-violence-research-shared-at-the-2022-frogee-conference//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/economic-and-social-context-of-domestic-violence-research-shared-at-the-2022-frogee-conference/tis, 07 jun 2022 16:15:26 This brief summarizes the research papers presented at the 2022 FROGEE conference “Economic and Social Context of Domestic Violence”, which took place on May 11, 2022. It was organized by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) together with the Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA) and the FREE Network. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/gender-based-violence-in-conflict//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/gender-based-violence-in-conflict/mån, 30 maj 2022 15:18:29 The eruption of war exposes women to increased gender-based violence, in the immediate conflict area as well as in the countries where they seek refuge. Acknowledging the specific conflict-related risks that women face is important, in order to target interventions, especially considering that the actors that sit at peace negotiation tables are predominantly or exclusively men./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-energy-and-climate-crisis-facing-europe-how-to-strike-the-right-balance//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-energy-and-climate-crisis-facing-europe-how-to-strike-the-right-balance/ons, 25 maj 2022 10:06:03 Policymakers in Europe are currently faced with the difficult task of reducing our reliance on Russian oil and gas without worsening the situation for firms and households that are struggling with high energy prices. The two options available are either to substitute fossil fuel imports from Russia with imports from other countries and cut energy tax rates to reduce the impacts on firms and household budgets, or to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels entirely by investing heavily in low-carbo.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukrainian-delegation-at-sse//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ukrainian-delegation-at-sse/mån, 23 maj 2022 16:29:27 We are honoured that H.E. Mr. Oleksiy Chernyshov, Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, who is paying a visit to Stockholm as the President’s of Ukraine Special Envoy, chose to make the 91ԭ�� (91ԭ��) his first stop in his busy schedule today./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-the-event-economic-and-social-context-of-domestic-violence//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-the-event-economic-and-social-context-of-domestic-violence/mån, 16 maj 2022 15:13:53 What are the consequences of domestic violence? What are the factors behind domestic violence? How does war affect the prevalence of gender violence in conflict areas and post conflicts? On 11 May 2022, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) together with the Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA) and the FREE Network hosted a hybrid conference focused on 'Economic and social context of domestic violence' with a special panel session on ‘Dimensions of gender-based violence in.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/will-the-sanctions-against-Russia-have-any-effect//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/will-the-sanctions-against-Russia-have-any-effect/tor, 12 maj 2022 11:46:18 Sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine are argued to be the strongest and farthest-reaching imposed on a major power after WWII, more numerous and more comprehensive than all other measures currently in force against all other sanctioned countries. A question often asked, which is hard to answer, is whether sanctions are effective. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/gender-based-violence-and-the-ukraine-conflict//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/gender-based-violence-and-the-ukraine-conflict/mån, 09 maj 2022 09:30:00 Everybody is deeply shaken by the horror of war, but there are some gender differences in the type of harm that individuals face. Acknowledging the specific risk that women face during wartime in order to target interventions is important, especially considering that often the actors that sit at peace negotiation tables are exclusively men. Pamela Campa, Assistant Professor at Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), discusses the risks that women face during a war conflict./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/julius-andersson-wins-the-aej-best-paper-award//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/julius-andersson-wins-the-aej-best-paper-award/fre, 06 maj 2022 10:22:05 "Carbon Taxes and CO2 Emissions: Sweden as a Case Study" written by Julius Andersson, Assistant Professor at Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), has won the 2022 AEJ: Economic Policy Best Paper Award./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-impact-of-rising-gasoline-prices-on-swedish-households--is-this-time-different//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-impact-of-rising-gasoline-prices-on-swedish-households--is-this-time-different/tor, 05 maj 2022 13:46:27 The world is currently experiencing what can be labelled as a global energy crisis, with surging prices for oil, coal, and natural gas. For households in Sweden and abroad, this translates into higher gasoline and diesel prices at the pump as well as increased electricity and heating costs. In this policy brief, Julius Andersson, Assistant Professor at SITE, together with Celina Tippmann, Research Assistant at SITE, put the current gasoline price in Sweden into a historical context and answer.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/when-discussing-financial-aid-for-reconstruction-what-are-the-arguments-in-favour-of-loans-and-in-favour-of-grants//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/when-discussing-financial-aid-for-reconstruction-what-are-the-arguments-in-favour-of-loans-and-in-favour-of-grants/sön, 01 maj 2022 09:00:00 This brief provides an overview of the discussion on the relative merits of grants and loans in the literature on foreign aid, including a short section on debt relief initiatives. These claims are then tested against the context of Ukrainian post-war reconstruction, and it is argued that the case for providing grants is very strong. This argument is based on the magnitude of the investments needed, the need to create a long-run sustainable economy, the road towards a future EU membership, an.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-are-the-effects-of-banning-russian-oil-and-gas-across-the-eu//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-are-the-effects-of-banning-russian-oil-and-gas-across-the-eu/fre, 29 apr 2022 09:33:21 Since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war, the West has been contemplating sanctions on Russian oil and gas imports. For the EU, this plan poses a significant challenge due to the long-existing sizable dependency on Russian energy. In this brief, we outline the possible effects of banning Russian oil and gas on the energy import bill across the EU./sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2022/torbjorn-becker-i-dagens-nyheter-sanktioner-mot-oljan-kan-fa-putins-pengar-att-ta-slut//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2022/torbjorn-becker-i-dagens-nyheter-sanktioner-mot-oljan-kan-fa-putins-pengar-att-ta-slut/mån, 04 apr 2022 09:39:01 Torbjörn Becker, chef för Östekonomiska institutet (SITE) vid Handelshögskolan i Stockholm: Ryssland måste tvingas betala ett högre pris för sitt krig i Ukraina. Sanktioner ska riktas mot olje- och gasexporten, och det är också dags att öka pressen mot banksystemet. Frysta ryska tillgångar i väst kan senare bli en god grundplåt för Ukrainas återuppbyggnad./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/do-sanctions-from-us-and-eu-push-autocracies-closer-to-each-other//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/do-sanctions-from-us-and-eu-push-autocracies-closer-to-each-other/fre, 18 mar 2022 14:52:12 What is the biggest problem with imposing sanctions on autocracies? How are the cost of sanctions shared across the sanctioned party? Jonathan Lehne, Assistant Professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), talks about the "Fortress Russia" strategy and how the Russian economy's exposure to sanctions has changed since 2014./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-higher-energy-prices-for-oil-and-gas-affect-green-transition//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-higher-energy-prices-for-oil-and-gas-affect-green-transition/fre, 18 mar 2022 14:23:52 Can oil and gas sanctions and EU’s plans to reduce dependence on Russian energy affect EU transition to renewables? Elena Paltseva, Associate Professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), shares her insights and discusses the current European growth strategy. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/riskerar-ryssland-en-statsbankrutt-pa-grund-av-omvarldens-sanktioner//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/riskerar-ryssland-en-statsbankrutt-pa-grund-av-omvarldens-sanktioner/tor, 17 mar 2022 10:02:55 Anders Olofsgård, biträdande chef för Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), förklarar vad en statsbankrutt kan betyda för Ryssland i nuläget, och hur vi har hamnat i denna situation./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/can-russias-economy-survive-torbjorn-becker-shares-his-insights-in-bbc-podcast//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/can-russias-economy-survive-torbjorn-becker-shares-his-insights-in-bbc-podcast/mån, 14 mar 2022 12:29:53 The invasion of Ukraine has already begun reshaping the world. The bombardment of Ukrainian cities has led to the deaths of thousands of civilians and forced millions to flee the country. But the war has also completely upended the global economy. Russia is paying the heaviest economic price, as it grapples with Western-led sanctions on its banks, major industries and individuals associated with President Vladimir Putin. Can Russia's economy survive? /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-will-the-sanctions-affect-russia//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-will-the-sanctions-affect-russia/ons, 09 mar 2022 11:32:58 As fighting across Ukraine escalates and the world reacts, how will the sanctions affect Russia and can we expect them to be effective? Maria Perrotta Berlin, Assistant Professor at Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), shares her insights and discusses the potential effects of sanctions against Russia./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/securing-womens-safety-at-the-time-of-war//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/securing-womens-safety-at-the-time-of-war/tis, 08 mar 2022 13:05:13 On this year's International Women's Day we would like to draw attention to the women impacted by the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Evidence from other armed conflicts suggests that women are particularly vulnerable both at the site of the war and in displacement, and that gender-based violence heightens in conflict and post-conflict societies. With this in mind, the international community should pay particular attention to protection, support and well-being of affected wome.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/academicsstandwithukraine//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/academicsstandwithukraine/tor, 03 mar 2022 16:21:56 The Forum for Research on Eastern Europe and Emerging Economies (FREE Network) stands for peace, security and democracy and condemns Russia’s invasion of the independent and democratic nation of Ukraine and violation of international law./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/svenskt-bistand-till-ryssland//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/svenskt-bistand-till-ryssland/tis, 01 mar 2022 12:18:47 I det rådande läget har Sveriges stöd till Ryssland hamnat i fokus. I Dagens Nyheter diskuteras just detta, där bland annat Anders Olofsgård, biträdande chef på Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) blev intervjuad./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/torbjorn-becker-i-dagens-industri-varken-ryssland-eller-vast-har-nagot-att-vinna-pa-en-utvidgad-konflikt-i-ukraina//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/torbjorn-becker-i-dagens-industri-varken-ryssland-eller-vast-har-nagot-att-vinna-pa-en-utvidgad-konflikt-i-ukraina/fre, 11 feb 2022 14:07:42 I en nyligen publicerad debattartikel i Dagens Industri diskuterar Torbjörn Becker om Rysslands verkliga hot från väst, som handlar mer om de ekonomiska konsekvenserna snarare än det militära./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/from-east-to-west-a-paper-curtain-in-swedish-foreign-news-coverage//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/from-east-to-west-a-paper-curtain-in-swedish-foreign-news-coverage/tis, 08 feb 2022 09:00:00 How much a country is talked about in the media can determine its place in the public debate. In this brief, SITE researchers Maiting Zhuang and Svante Strömberg study the amount of news coverage devoted to European countries in the Swedish press. They document a systematic difference between Western and Eastern Europe and explore underlying factors that could be important in explaining this East-West divide./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/paradise-leaked-an-analysis-of-offshore-data-leaks//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/paradise-leaked-an-analysis-of-offshore-data-leaks/tis, 01 feb 2022 09:00:00 In recent years, there have been several high-profile leaks of documents related to the offshore financial industry, such as the Pandora Papers released last year. Some of the data contained in the leaked documents have now been made public. In this brief, SITE researchers Jonathan Lehne and Maiting Zhuang discuss the advantages and pitfalls of using these data for economic analysis. They show that despite some caveats, there are patterns in these data that can shed light on a secretive.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-does-the-gas-crisis-reveal-about-european-energy-security//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-does-the-gas-crisis-reveal-about-european-energy-security/tis, 25 jan 2022 11:59:51 The recent record-high gas prices have triggered legitimate concerns regarding the EU’s energy security, especially with dependence on natural gas from Russia. This brief discusses the historical and current risks associated with Russian gas imports. SITE researchers Chloé Le Coq and Elena Paltseva argue that decreasing the reliance on Russian gas may not be feasible in the short-to-mid-run, especially with the EU’s goals of green transition and the electrification of the economy. To ensure t.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-will-climate-change-and-the-need-for-energy-transformation-affect-environmental-policy-in-eastern-europe//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/how-will-climate-change-and-the-need-for-energy-transformation-affect-environmental-policy-in-eastern-europe/mån, 10 jan 2022 16:22:53 The need for urgent climate action and energy transformation away from fossil fuels is widely acknowledged. Yet, current country plans for emission reductions do not reach the requirements to contain global warming under 2°C. What is worse, there is even reasonable doubt about the commitment to said plans given recent history and existing future investment plans into fossil fuel extraction and infrastructure development. This policy brief shortly summarizes the presentations and discussions a.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/from-russia-with-love//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/from-russia-with-love/ons, 22 dec 2021 12:12:24 Policy brief: Some recently discovered money laundering schemes have funnelled large amounts of illegal money from former soviet states through European banks. This note briefly describes the evolution of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regime for financial institutions, the introduction of which was concurrent with the post-soviet transition and the connected illegal flows of funds. It discusses the effectiveness of the current AML regime – and its ability to detect and seize illegal funds..../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/discretion-efficiency-and-abuse-in-public-procurement-a-new-ebook//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/discretion-efficiency-and-abuse-in-public-procurement-a-new-ebook/fre, 10 dec 2021 15:52:07 On December 15th, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) will be organising an online book launch event of a new eBook co-edited by SITE researcher Giancarlo Spagnolo titled “Procurement in Focus: Rules, Discretion, and Emergencies”. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-annual-development-day-conference-will-focus-on-environmental-policy-in-eastern-europe//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-annual-development-day-conference-will-focus-on-environmental-policy-in-eastern-europe/mån, 22 nov 2021 10:20:06 This year’s SITE Development Day conference will focus on environmental policy in Eastern Europe, with a particular emphasis on global warming, energy transformation, and energy security./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-insights-concerning-the-1970-nobel-prize-in-literature-to-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-insights-concerning-the-1970-nobel-prize-in-literature-to-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/mån, 15 nov 2021 09:50:05 Policy brief: The recently declassified proceedings of the Swedish Academy shed new light on why it awarded Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn the literature prize in 1970. His novels reflected unique experiences of many prisoners. The Academy characterized his work as a renewal of the great Russian literary tradition. However.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-forskarna-giancarlo-spagnolo-och-theo-nyrerod-diskuterar-penningtvatt-och-visselblasare//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-forskarna-giancarlo-spagnolo-och-theo-nyrerod-diskuterar-penningtvatt-och-visselblasare/fre, 12 nov 2021 14:33:21 Hur fungerar kampen mot penningtvätt? Är regelverket tillräckligt effektivt för att upptäcka och åtgärda penningtvätt? Och vilken roll kan visselblåsaren ha i penningtvättsbekämpningen? Giancarlo Spagnolo och Theo Nyreröd, forskare vid Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), diskuterar penningtvätt och visselblåsare i senaste SNS webbinariet./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-board-members-elected-at-site//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-board-members-elected-at-site/fre, 22 okt 2021 13:21:44 Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) is pleased to welcome two newly elected board members, former Swedish Ambassador Veronika Bard, and former Head of Cooperation at Sida Mirja Zetterman./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-covid-19-pandemic-effects-on-our-well-being//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-covid-19-pandemic-effects-on-our-well-being/mån, 20 sep 2021 15:37:25 Policy brief: This brief summarizes the insights shared in the online workshop “Dimensions of Well-being“, where participants presented and discussed their latest research relating to the dimensions of well-being. The two-day workshop was organized by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) as part of the Forum for Research on Gender Economics (FROGEE) and took place on 28-29 June, 2021./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/imfs-new-sdr-allocationwhy-belarus-is-getting-money-from-the-fund//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/imfs-new-sdr-allocationwhy-belarus-is-getting-money-from-the-fund/tor, 09 sep 2021 11:18:08 Policy brief: Why is the IMF sending $1bn to Belarus as the country is falling deeper into repression and authoritarianism? The answer might not be what you expect./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/green-concerns-and-salience-of-environmental-issues-in-eastern-europe//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/green-concerns-and-salience-of-environmental-issues-in-eastern-europe/tis, 31 aug 2021 09:30:00 Policy brief: Changes in individual behavior are an essential component of the planet’s effort to reduce carbon emissions. But such changes would not be possible without individuals acknowledging the threat of anthropogenic climate change. This brief discusses the climate change risk perceptions across Europe./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/vaccination-progress-and-the-opening-up-of-economies//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/vaccination-progress-and-the-opening-up-of-economies/ons, 11 aug 2021 12:07:48 Policy brief: In this brief, we report on the FREE network webinar on the state of vaccinations and the challenges ahead for opening up economies while containing the pandemic, held on June 22, 2021. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-fresh-look-at-whistleblower-rewards//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-fresh-look-at-whistleblower-rewards/fre, 18 jun 2021 10:02:59 Working paper: In recent years we have seen a rapid increase in legislation governing, protecting, and rewarding whistleblowers. More recently, EU enacted a directive protecting whistleblowers, the US has gone one step further long ago. In this paper, SITE researchers review the evidence for the effectiveness of US whistleblower reward programs and consider some recent novelties./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/difficult-times-ahead-for-the-belarus-economy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/difficult-times-ahead-for-the-belarus-economy/fre, 28 maj 2021 14:00:00 Policy brief: The Belarus economy was already struggling to generate growth before both the corona pandemic and the political protests following the August presidential election. The lack of growth was the result of an incomplete transition process to modernize the economy combined with a strong reliance on the Russian economy and its dependence on international commodity prices that have not paid off in recent years. With the added political turmoil and, so far, lack of a new political and.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-southern-urals-as-a-touchstone-for-soviet-wartime-performance//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-southern-urals-as-a-touchstone-for-soviet-wartime-performance/tor, 27 maj 2021 11:00:00 Policy brief: As time passes and archives open, ever more topics in Russian military-economic history can be studied with primary sources. One such theme is the colossal evacuation of industrial enterprises and equipment from July 1941 onwards. Thousands of railway cars and lorries carried equipment, raw materials, as well as personnel from Ukraine, the Baltics, and western regions of the Russian Federation to the Urals and beyond./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/carbon-tax-regressivity-and-income-inequality//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/carbon-tax-regressivity-and-income-inequality/mån, 17 maj 2021 15:06:38 Policy brief: A common presumption in economics is that a carbon tax is regressive – that the tax disproportionately burdens low-income households. However, this presumption originates from early research on carbon taxes that used US data, and little is known about the factors that determine the level of regressivity of carbon taxation across countries. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/inequality-in-the-pandemic-evidence-from-sweden//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/inequality-in-the-pandemic-evidence-from-sweden/ons, 28 apr 2021 14:49:00 Policy brief: Most reports on the labor-market effects of the first wave of COVID-19 have pointed to women, low-skilled workers and other vulnerable groups being more affected. Research on the topic shows a more mixed picture. Researchers from the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE); Pamela Campa, Jesper Roine and Svante Strömberg explores the Swedish labor market during COVID-19 crisis./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/The-future-of-energy-storage--challenges-and-opportunities//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/The-future-of-energy-storage--challenges-and-opportunities/mån, 26 apr 2021 11:28:17 Policy brief: As the dramatic consequences of climate change are starting to unfold, addressing the intermittency of low-carbon energy sources, such as solar and wind, is crucial. The obvious solution to intermittency is energy storage. However, its constraints and implications are far from trivial. Developing and facilitating energy storage is associated with technological difficulties as well as economic and regulatory problems that need to be addressed to spur investments and foster.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/does-the-russian-stock-market-care-about-navalny//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/does-the-russian-stock-market-care-about-navalny/tis, 20 apr 2021 16:05:00 Policy brief: Alexei Navalny is the most prominent opposition leader in Russia today. During 2020, he entered not only the domestic Russian news flows, but was a major news story around the world following his horrific Novichok poisoning in August. This brief investigates the response in the Russian stock market to news about Navalny./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-would-have-happened-if-sweden-had-imposed-a-lockdown//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-would-have-happened-if-sweden-had-imposed-a-lockdown/mån, 19 apr 2021 15:01:31 Working paper: SITE researcher Giancarlo Spagnolo together with co-authors compare different indicators of the spread and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, developing a novel method to adjust daily COVID-19 deaths to match weekly excess mortality. Focusing on Sweden, the only country that has good data and did not impose a lockdown. What would have happened if Sweden did impose a lockdown back in 2020?/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/surprised-by-wirecard-enablers-of-corporate-wrongdoing-in-europe//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/surprised-by-wirecard-enablers-of-corporate-wrongdoing-in-europe/fre, 09 apr 2021 15:12:24 Working paper: The last two decades have uncovered a concerning range of corporate wrongdoing by large European firms in a wide variety of industries. What has driven European firms to engage in such systematic wrongdoing? In this article, SITE researcher Giancarlo Spagnolo and co-author Theo Nyreröd use data on US investigations to identify the European countries hosting most corporate wrongdoers./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-motivates-whistleblowers-to-come-forward-with-information//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-motivates-whistleblowers-to-come-forward-with-information/fre, 26 mar 2021 15:40:40 Wall Street Journal mentions SITE researcher Giancarlo Spagnolo's research study on "Motivating Whistleblowers". A study that shines light into what motivates people to come forward with information about wrongdoing./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/understanding-russias-gdp-numbers-in-the-covid-19-crisis//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/understanding-russias-gdp-numbers-in-the-covid-19-crisis/tor, 11 mar 2021 12:07:18 Policy brief: Russia’s real GDP fell by a modest 3 percent in 2020. The question addressed here is how a major oil-exporting country can go through the COVID-19 pandemic with a decline of this magnitude when oil prices fell by 35 percent at the same time as the domestic economy suffered from lock-downs. The short answer is that it is mainly a statistical mirage. Read the policy brief to learn more!/sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2021/women-in-politics-why-are-they-under-represented//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2021/women-in-politics-why-are-they-under-represented/mån, 08 mar 2021 09:00:00 Policy brief: Women are generally under-represented in political offices worldwide, and their under-representation becomes larger in more senior positions. This brief reviews some recent academic literature in economics and political science on the likely causes of women’s under-representation. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-are-the-challenges-to-media-freedom-in-Eastern-European-countries//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-are-the-challenges-to-media-freedom-in-Eastern-European-countries/fre, 05 mar 2021 13:57:04 Policy brief: In recent years, press freedom in many Eastern European countries has increasingly come under threat. This policy brief provides an overview of the importance of a free press for democracy and the challenges to media freedom in these European transition economies./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/whos-winning-the-vaccination-race-addressing-the-covid-19-vaccination-effort-in-eastern-europe//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/whos-winning-the-vaccination-race-addressing-the-covid-19-vaccination-effort-in-eastern-europe/mån, 01 mar 2021 11:42:23 Policy brief: There are great expectations that vaccinations will enable a return to normality from COVID-19. However, there is massive variation in vaccination efforts, vaccine access, and attitudes to vaccination in the population across countries. This policy brief compares the situation in a number of countries in Eastern Europe, the Baltics, the Caucasus region, and Sweden. The brief is based on the insights shared at a recent webinar “Addressing the COVID-19 pandemic: Vaccination effort.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/pollution-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-air-quality-in-eastern-europe//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/pollution-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-air-quality-in-eastern-europe/tis, 16 feb 2021 09:00:00 Policy brief: The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to a pre-existing threat to global health: the quality of air in cities around the world. Prolonged exposure to air pollution has been found to increase the mortality rate of COVID-19. This is a particular concern for much of Eastern Europe, where emissions regularly exceed safe levels. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/selective-attention-and-the-importance-of-types-for-information-campaigns//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/selective-attention-and-the-importance-of-types-for-information-campaigns/ons, 27 jan 2021 11:00:00 Working paper: Can we improve the potential for information to induce individual climate-change curbing action by focusing on individual types? In this paper Maria Perrotta Berlin, Assistant Professor at SITE, and her co-author try to contribute to the understanding of the persistence and increase of meat eating in the face of mounting evidence on the ills of meat production and consumption by considering the role of selective attention and learning./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sites-forskare-beviljad-33-msek-i-forskningsanslag-inom-projeket-strategisk-risk-artificiell-intelligens-och-samverkande-brott//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sites-forskare-beviljad-33-msek-i-forskningsanslag-inom-projeket-strategisk-risk-artificiell-intelligens-och-samverkande-brott/tor, 14 jan 2021 10:53:03 Giancarlo Spagnolo, professor i nationalekonomi vid SITE, tillsammans med medförfattare vid Bologna Universitetet och Standford Universitetet har beviljats 3,3 MSEK i finansiering av Vetenskapsrådet för ett treårigt forskningsprojek. Projektet fokuserar kring hur AI-baserade prissättande algoritmer lär sig att kolludera mot konsumenter genom att hålla marknadspriser höga till konsumenternas bekostnad./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-development-day-2020-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-eastern-europe//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-development-day-2020-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-in-eastern-europe/mån, 21 dec 2020 08:00:00 After having been relatively mildly affected in the first wave, Eastern Europe is currently in the midst of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with much higher levels of infected and dead compared to the spring. This health crisis not only has economic consequences, but also has contributed to political instability in parts of the region. Learn more on the presentations and discussions held at the SITE Development Day conference 2020!/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-the-webinar-economic-reforms-of-fragile-states---perspectives-from-somalia//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-the-webinar-economic-reforms-of-fragile-states---perspectives-from-somalia/mån, 30 nov 2020 12:20:49 Fragile states are particularly vulnerable to adverse economic shocks and in need of international support. Through constructive collaboration with international partners, however, fragile state governments can successfully pursue ambitious reform agendas for the short and long run. SITE and MISUM (Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets) invited the Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Dr. Abdirahman Dualeh Beileh, and the Swedish ambassador to Somalia, Staffan Tillander, to.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/domestic-violence-has-increased-by-60---alarming-consequences-of-the-pandemic//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/domestic-violence-has-increased-by-60---alarming-consequences-of-the-pandemic/mån, 23 nov 2020 12:04:30 As governments around the globe are continuing to enforce contagion management strategies to limit the spread of COVID-19, many experts are voicing their concerns about a different kind of pandemic. Alarming reports have surfaced from a wide range of countries suggesting significant increases in domestic violence, including one of its most prevalent forms – intimate partner violence./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-about-the-economic-perspectives-on-domestic-violence-insights-from-the-webinar//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-about-the-economic-perspectives-on-domestic-violence-insights-from-the-webinar/mån, 26 okt 2020 10:31:56 The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown restrictions have amplified the academic and policy interest in the causes and consequences of domestic violence. With this in mind, the FREE Network invited academic researchers to participate in an online workshop “Economic perspectives on domestic violence“. Read the full summary from the workshop and learn more!/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/har-vald-i-hemmet-okat-under-pandemin//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/har-vald-i-hemmet-okat-under-pandemin/tis, 13 okt 2020 10:43:18 Våld i nära relationer och särskilt det som drabbar kvinnor har ökat sedan coronapandemins utbrott. Arbetslöshet, permitteringar och hemmaarbete har bidragit till det som nu kallas skuggpandemin, enligt forskaren Maria Perrotta Berlin. Se presentationen från Utbildningsradion./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/does-political-illegitimacy-in-belarus-imply-new-economic-risks//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/does-political-illegitimacy-in-belarus-imply-new-economic-risks/tis, 06 okt 2020 15:57:52 Policy brief: Today’s political crisis in Belarus has given a rise to the phenomenon classified in political science as political illegitimacy. However, this is not a pure political phenomenon. It causes adverse and severe economic adjustments. In a short-term perspective, it gives a rise to numerous risks of financial destabilization. Moreover, it is likely to deepen the current recession and make it protracted. In the long-term, political illegitimacy causes adverse institutional adjustment.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/transition-and-beyond-women-on-the-labour-market-in-the-context-of-changing-social-norms//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/transition-and-beyond-women-on-the-labour-market-in-the-context-of-changing-social-norms/tor, 01 okt 2020 13:05:51 What are the developments of gender gaps in the labour market and social norms related to labour market activity? Authors from BEROC, BICEPS, CenEA, CEFIR, ISET PI and SITE discuss change of labour markets in the latest FROGEE brief. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/democracy-in-transition---the-first-30-years//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/democracy-in-transition---the-first-30-years/tis, 15 sep 2020 13:27:45 Last year marked an important milestone as the world celebrated the 30-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the first post-communist election in Poland. Despite the latest developments, there is still a large democratic gap between transition countries that became EU members and other transition countries./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-book-digs-deep-into-putins-russia//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-book-digs-deep-into-putins-russia/tor, 10 sep 2020 09:07:11 What do we really know about Putin’s Russia? How far will the Russian economy, military prowess and international ambitions go? Torbjörn Becker together with other distinguish researchers and authors provides a basis for assessing Russia's prospects without the distortions caused by fake news and disinformation wars in the new book “Putin’s Russia - Economy, Defence and Foreign Policy” edited by Professor Steven Rosefielde of University of North Carolina./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-importance-of-remittance//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-importance-of-remittance/ons, 02 sep 2020 10:00:20 How important are remittances from migrant workers for the economies of low-income countries? And how does international legislation to prevent illicit financial flows affect the ability to send such remittances?/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-members-at-the-site//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-members-at-the-site/tis, 01 sep 2020 09:35:45 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) continues to expand - adding five new members to our great research team. Despite the current circumstances, it is our pleasure to welcome the new members at SITE./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/long-term-unemployment-on-its-rise---a-blow-to-the-swedish-economy-jesper-roine-in-dagen-industri//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/long-term-unemployment-on-its-rise---a-blow-to-the-swedish-economy-jesper-roine-in-dagen-industri/mån, 31 aug 2020 10:57:50 "The longer a person is unemployed, the greater the probability that the individual will not return to work at all. And even if we recover from the pandemic, it is not certain that those people will return", Jesper Roine explains the risk of longterm-unemployment in a recent interview in Dagens industri./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/can-new-government-change-save-belarus--the-last-soviet-economy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/can-new-government-change-save-belarus--the-last-soviet-economy/tor, 20 aug 2020 15:12:35 SvD Näringsliv recently interviewed Torbjörn Becker – Director of Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics – sharing his impression about the current situation in Belarus and what potential role Russia have in all of this. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/torbjorn-becker-in-svt-aktuellt//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/torbjorn-becker-in-svt-aktuellt/tor, 04 jun 2020 13:53:17 Varje vecka pumpar staten in miljarder i stöd, bidrag och satsningar för att hålla Sverige i rullning. Hur kan Sverige, som i flera år sparat för att få ner statsskulden nu kan bjuda på ett gigantiskt miljardregn? Var kommer alla dessa pengarna ifrån? Torbjörn Becker förklarar i senaste avsnittet av SVT Aktuellt./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/battre-karriarvagar-for-upphandlare-behovs//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/battre-karriarvagar-for-upphandlare-behovs/ons, 03 jun 2020 11:00:32 Sverige saknar både statistik och kompetens som möjliggör bättre upphandlingar. Det menar SITE's forskare Giancarlo Spagnolo i en ny rapport som efterlyser bättre utbildnings- och karriärmöjligheter för upphandlare i en intervju med Dagens Samhälle./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2-msek-grant-for-the-research-project-legislative-reforms-and-violence-against-women//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2-msek-grant-for-the-research-project-legislative-reforms-and-violence-against-women/tor, 14 maj 2020 10:20:03 SITE Researchers Pamela Campa, Elena Paltseva, Maria Perrotta Berlin and Giancarlo Spagnolo were awarded 2 MSEK from Jan Wallanders and Tom Hedelius foundation and Tore Browaldhs foundation for their research on gender-based violence in Eastern Europe, Sweden and Canada./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/oppna-skolor-sparade-sverige-miljarder-kronor//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/oppna-skolor-sparade-sverige-miljarder-kronor/tis, 12 maj 2020 15:46:01 I det senaste avsnittet från Vetenskapens Värld "Vägen ur Corona", förklarar Jesper Roine vad åtgärderna för pandemin har kostat den svenska samhället. Har Sverige klarat sig bättre ekonomisk i jämförelse med de andra nordiska länderna?/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/vacancy-open-research-assistant-at-site//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/vacancy-open-research-assistant-at-site/mån, 11 maj 2020 10:00:11 Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics are now looking for a new Research Assistant to help out with the research and policy work of our institution. Are you our next RA this fall?/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/can-increased-textbook-usage-affect-student-learning-in-low-income-countries//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/can-increased-textbook-usage-affect-student-learning-in-low-income-countries/ons, 06 maj 2020 16:28:44 Anders Olofsgård (Associate Professor at SITE) together with co-authors Jean-Benoit Falisse and Marieke Huysentruyt studied the impact of a simple “textbooks for self-study” incentive scheme targeting primary school students in DRC./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/pandemins-chockeffekter-och-det-auktoritara-hotet//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/pandemins-chockeffekter-och-det-auktoritara-hotet/ons, 15 apr 2020 16:49:53 Sex månader efter det att coronaviruset först uppträdde är världsekonomin på väg in i en djup ekonomisk kris som kan resultera i politiska maktförskjutningar på global nivå. Frånvaron av ledarskap i USA och EU ger Kina och Ryssland ökat självförtroende och spelrum. Hur Sverige och EU hanterar dessa utmaningar avgör vår förmåga att på nationell nivå hantera framtida kriser, skriver Torbjörn Becker och Martin Kragh./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russia-economic-update--brace-for-the-covid-19-impact//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russia-economic-update--brace-for-the-covid-19-impact/tis, 07 apr 2020 16:03:43 Russia’s oil dependence will once again contribute to an economic downturn that most certainly will follow the Covid-19 outbreak in Russia as in other countries. The decline in oil prices alone could lead to a drop in GDP of more than 8 percent. Will Russia face difficult trade-offs in dealing with the crisis at a time?/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/covid-19--free-network-project//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/covid-19--free-network-project/tis, 07 apr 2020 13:43:00 In a joint collaboration, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics together with members of the FREE Network initiative are now providing coverage on the COVID-19 situation in the Eastern European region. What is the current situation in Belarus, Georgia, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine?/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/women-in-power-unpopular-unwilling-or-held-back//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/women-in-power-unpopular-unwilling-or-held-back/sön, 08 mar 2020 11:44:13 Sweden is considered one of the most gender equal countries but the question remains whether there are still challenges when it comes to gender equality in Sweden. We interviewed Pamela Campa (Assistant Professor at SITE) where she shares her reflections on why there are still few women in power in Sweden./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-has-happened-to-the-russian-economy-since-2000//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-has-happened-to-the-russian-economy-since-2000/tor, 05 mar 2020 17:04:21 Although significant growth has been achieved since 2000, all of this came in the first two tenures of Putin in the Kremlin during the increasing oil prices. But is Russia still a hostage to the whims of international oil market? /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/transition-is-still-not-a-done-deal//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/transition-is-still-not-a-done-deal/fre, 28 feb 2020 13:26:13 SITE's Director, Torbjörn Becker, shares his thoughts and reflection on a Baltic Rim Economies article about 30 years after the first post-communist election in Poland, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and EU's integration for many post-communist countries./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/pamela-campa-no-data-based-evidence-that-gender-quotas-decrease-the-quality-of-politicians//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/pamela-campa-no-data-based-evidence-that-gender-quotas-decrease-the-quality-of-politicians/fre, 17 jan 2020 15:37:00 How acute is the issue of gender inequality in politics in the world today? And what is the world losing from the under-representation of women in politics? Pamela Campa, Assistant Professor at SITE, explains the issue behind gender inequality in politics in a recent interview by European Dialogue: Expert Group./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-academic-conference-2019//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-academic-conference-2019/ons, 15 jan 2020 14:12:21 On December 16-17, 2019, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics hosted the annual Academic Conference at the 91ԭ�� that brought together researchers and scholars in economics and political science from all over Europe and North America contributing to a better understanding of the political economy of Eastern Europe./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-secures-funding-until-2024//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-secures-funding-until-2024/tor, 19 dec 2019 12:00:48 The Swedish Government in collaboration with major businesses have decided to renew the financing agreement to support the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics until the end of 2024./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/anders-olofsgards-interview-with-radiokorrespondenterna//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/anders-olofsgards-interview-with-radiokorrespondenterna/ons, 18 dec 2019 18:36:24 What significance does the money that migrants from different countries sends to their countries of origins have? Anders Olofsgård, Deputy Director at Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, answer this question in the latest episode of Radiokorrespondenterna, Sveriges Radio P1./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-prostitution-and-violence---evidence-from-sweden//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-prostitution-and-violence---evidence-from-sweden/mån, 09 dec 2019 10:40:03 Working paper: What are the consequences of the “Nordic Model” of prostitution legislation adopted in Sweden in 1999? This working paper focuses on various measures of violence, distinguishing between known and unknown perpetrator, indoor and outdoor crimes, and on health outcomes such as hospitalizations./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2.1-msek-grant-for-the-research-project-penalties-in-cash-or-in-kind//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2.1-msek-grant-for-the-research-project-penalties-in-cash-or-in-kind/fre, 29 nov 2019 16:29:10 SITE researcher Pamela Campa and Lucija Muehlenbachs, from University of Calgary, won 2.1 MSEK from FORMAS annual grant for Research and Development early career projects./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-development-day-conference-2019---the-state-of-democracy-in-eastern-europe//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/highlights-from-development-day-conference-2019---the-state-of-democracy-in-eastern-europe/tis, 26 nov 2019 17:13:58 This year's edition of the annual Development Day conference were centred around the current political and business climate in the Eastern European region, throwing light on new developments in the past few years, strides towards and away from democracy, and the challenges as well as possible policy solutions emanating from those./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/breaking-the-bonds-of-criminal-gangs-with-leniency//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/breaking-the-bonds-of-criminal-gangs-with-leniency/tor, 21 nov 2019 15:47:14 The Swedish government is once again evaluating leniency to break criminal gangs, according to news agency TT. But can the government break the culture of silence around criminal gangs in Sweden? What are the risk and consequences of being a government witness? Professor Giancarlo Spagnolo and Assistant Professor Maria Perrotta Berlin shared their insights on this topic./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-corrupting-cartels-an-overview-of-the-petrobras-case//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-corrupting-cartels-an-overview-of-the-petrobras-case/fre, 15 nov 2019 11:07:00 Working paper: This paper aims to describe the corruption case and the connected cartels that affected one of the biggest Brazilian companies by analyzing how the cartel members acted and the contracts affected or potentially affected by the illegal activity./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/hur-framjar-man-demokratisk-utveckling-i-ost2//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/hur-framjar-man-demokratisk-utveckling-i-ost2/tis, 05 nov 2019 14:16:26 Vad betyder svaga politiska kontrollfunktioner, korruption och maktmissbruk för Östeuropa? Och vilka är möjligheterna till samarbete i Europa överlag? Det tittar vi närmare på i årets upplaga av SITE:s konferens Development Day./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-financial-incentives-for-whistleblowers//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-financial-incentives-for-whistleblowers/tis, 22 okt 2019 12:08:23 Working paper: Whistleblower reward programs, or “bounty regimes”, are increasingly used in the United States. According to Professor Spagnolo and his co-auhtor, the effectiveness of these programs has been questioned, and empirical evidence on their effectiveness have been scarce likely due to their relatively recent introduction./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/anders-olofsgard-in-omvarlden//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/anders-olofsgard-in-omvarlden/tis, 15 okt 2019 12:18:28 Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer were awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics. Anders Olofsgård, Associate Professor at SITE, shares his insights and thoughts in an interview with the Swedish news media Omvärlden./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-is-hiring//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-is-hiring/tis, 17 sep 2019 15:14:00 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics invites applications for tenure-track positions at the assistant and associate professor level./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/policy-lessons-after-30-years-of-research-on-transition//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/policy-lessons-after-30-years-of-research-on-transition/tis, 10 sep 2019 11:47:38 “Policy Lessons After 30 Years of Research on Transition” is organized to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Polish parliamentary elections of June 1989. Thirty years since the breakthrough elections in Poland numerous challenges remain and the role of good evidence-based policies seems to be as relevant as ever./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-working-paper-on-russias-macroeconomy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-working-paper-on-russias-macroeconomy/fre, 28 jun 2019 15:22:53 SITE director Torbjörn Becker has published a working paper on Russia’s macroeconomy./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-russias-macroeconomy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-russias-macroeconomy/fre, 28 jun 2019 14:34:33 Working paper: This paper looks at economic growth and its fundamental determinants in Russia over the last decades. It starts by showing that, contrary to the views of some political commentators, growth is highly important for the popularity of president Putin. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/interview-with-site-director-torbjorn-becker//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/interview-with-site-director-torbjorn-becker/mån, 24 jun 2019 11:46:14 Last week Dagens Industri TV invited our Director Torbjörn Becker, where he commented on Russia's current economic situation and the impact it has on the rest of the world./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/anders-aslund-talks-about-russia//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/anders-aslund-talks-about-russia/tor, 13 jun 2019 16:17:18 In the past months’ money laundering has been creating headlines around the world, revealing tax evasion and corrupt schemes in Europe. Anders Åslund presented his latest book “Russia’s Crony Capitalism” explaining Russia’s role in European money laundering scandals and risks associated with the Russian economy./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-russias-economy-and-regional-spillovers//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-russias-economy-and-regional-spillovers/tor, 13 jun 2019 12:02:19 Working paper: This paper looks at how the Russian economy has developed under the leadership of Putin and how it spills over to its neighbours in the CIS region./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-financial-contracts-as-coordination-device//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2019-financial-contracts-as-coordination-device/tor, 13 jun 2019 11:42:54 Working paper: This paper studies the use of financial contracts as bid-coordinating device in multi-unit uniform price auctions./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russias-crony-capitalism-the-path-from-market-economy-to-kleptocracy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russias-crony-capitalism-the-path-from-market-economy-to-kleptocracy/fre, 17 maj 2019 09:06:01 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) has the pleasure to invite you to a presentation on Thursday May 23, 17.00-18.30 by Anders Åslund, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and affiliated faculty of SITE./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/post-euromaidan-ukraine-political-developments-after-the-revolutionary-attempt//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/post-euromaidan-ukraine-political-developments-after-the-revolutionary-attempt/mån, 06 maj 2019 15:12:55 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economic (SITE) has the pleasure to invite you to a presentation on Thursday May 16, 11.00-12.30 by Dr. Mykhailo Minakov, Senior Fellow at the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/maria-perrotta-berlin-is-appointed-as-the-new-global-challenges-development-director//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/maria-perrotta-berlin-is-appointed-as-the-new-global-challenges-development-director/ons, 20 mar 2019 16:30:26 91ԭ�� has appointed Maria Perrotta Berlin as the new Global Challenges Development Director, with responsibility for the Global Challenges education track and the UN PRME initiative at the School. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-academic-conference-highlights//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-academic-conference-highlights/tis, 08 jan 2019 22:46:48 On December 17-18th, SITE hosted its annual Academic Conference that brought together international scholars to discuss and showcase what current research tells us about the existing forms of gender inequality worldwide, their causes, and their consequences./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/centenary-of-latvian-independence-and-foreign-policy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/centenary-of-latvian-independence-and-foreign-policy/tor, 06 dec 2018 09:38:56 SITE has the pleasure to invite you to a presentation on Wednesday December 12, by Professor Andris Spruds, Director of the Latvian Institute of International Affairs./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/making-the-global-financial-system-work-for-all//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/making-the-global-financial-system-work-for-all/tor, 29 nov 2018 15:23:13 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre (SSFC) have the pleasure to invite you to a presentation of the report Making the Global Financial System Work for All on Friday December 14 by Erik Berglöf, London School of Economics and Political Science (former EBRD Chief Economist), and with comments by Karolina Ekholm, Deputy Minister of Finance, and Magnus Lennartsson, Deputy Director General, Global Agenda Department, Ministry for Forei.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/1.8-msek-grant-for-the-research-project-the-donor-footprint-placement-and-impact-of-aid-projects//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/1.8-msek-grant-for-the-research-project-the-donor-footprint-placement-and-impact-of-aid-projects/ons, 07 nov 2018 10:31:46 SITE researchers Anders Olofsgård and Maria Perrotta Berlin won 1.8 MSEK from Vetenskapsrådet for research on the community-level impact of foreign aid-financed interventions./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-academic-conference//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-academic-conference/tor, 25 okt 2018 09:26:47 This year’s SITE Academic Conference – Gender in Economics: From Survival to Career Opportunities, brings together leading international scholars to discuss what current research tells us about the existing forms of gender inequality worldwide, their causes, and their consequences./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-policy-brief-on-energy-demand-management//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-policy-brief-on-energy-demand-management/ons, 24 okt 2018 10:23:48 How can we encourage consumers to buy more energy efficient cars, houses or appliances? New policy brief by Chloé Le Coq, Associate Professor at SITE, and Rebecca Ly, Research Assistant at SITE, discusses how efficiency of consumer decisions can be improved by changing governmental regulation and market incentives. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-energy-talks--highlights-and-presentations//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-energy-talks--highlights-and-presentations/tis, 16 okt 2018 16:46:32 This year’s SITE Energy Talks – Energy Demand Management: Insights from Behavioral Economics, was devoted to discussing how consumers make energy efficiency decisions and what incentives can be used to change consumer behaviour. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jesper-roine-appointed-adjunct-professor-of-economics//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jesper-roine-appointed-adjunct-professor-of-economics/tor, 11 okt 2018 14:00:37 Congratulations to SITE Deputy Director Jesper Roine, who has been appointed as Adjunct Professor of Economics, especially the Economics of Inequality, at the Department of Economics at 91ԭ�� from Oct 2018 to Sept 2020./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/energy-demand-management-insights-from-behavioral-economics.-join-site-energy-talks-on-october-16//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/energy-demand-management-insights-from-behavioral-economics.-join-site-energy-talks-on-october-16/tor, 27 sep 2018 11:21:56 Which factors are salient in consumers’ decisions? And how do these factors change by consumer group and product type? Join SITE Energy Talks 2018 – Energy Demand Management: Insights from Behavioral Economics on October 16 to learn more!/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-book-on-the-russian-economy-under-putin//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-book-on-the-russian-economy-under-putin/ons, 26 sep 2018 14:25:30 What has been going on in the Russian economy under President Putin? And what may the future look like given the external environment, internal challenges and reform processes? New book "The Russian Economy under Putin" is edited by Torbjörn Becker, Director at SITE, and Susanne Oxenstierna, Deputy Research Director at the Swedish Defence Research Institute (FOI). /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-energy-talks--energy-demand-management-insights-from-behavioral-economics//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-energy-talks--energy-demand-management-insights-from-behavioral-economics/tor, 13 sep 2018 11:07:59 How do consumers make energy efficiency decisions? Learn more at this year's SITE Energy Talks on October 16!/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/leading-academic-researchers-discuss-ngos//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/leading-academic-researchers-discuss-ngos/tor, 21 jun 2018 09:44:31 On June 19-20, SITE and the N.G.O. Network jointly organized this year’s edition of the annual N.G.O. Workshop. Leading academic researchers from both European and North American universities were gathered to discuss different issues related to the organizational and contractual aspects of the provision of public goods and services by NGOs. The two-day workshop featured both empirical and theoretical research findings, as well as many interesting and rewarding discussions. /sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2018/gender-equality-and-economic-development---highlights-from-site-development-day-2018//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2018/gender-equality-and-economic-development---highlights-from-site-development-day-2018/fre, 08 jun 2018 08:28:04 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) with support from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs organised the annual SITE Development Day conference dedicated to discuss initiatives that can help create a more equal society and improve economic development. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/this-friday-more-than-200-people-will-discuss-gender-equality--join-the-conversation//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/this-friday-more-than-200-people-will-discuss-gender-equality--join-the-conversation/fre, 25 maj 2018 16:42:00 On Friday, June 1, it's time for SITE Development Day 2018: Gender Equality and Economic Development – a full day conference with both speakers and participants from business, academia and government! /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-development-day-2018-on-june-1//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-development-day-2018-on-june-1/fre, 18 maj 2018 13:14:00 Only two weeks left until this year’s SITE Development Day – Gender Equality and Economic Development: From Research to Action. There are already more than 100 registered participants for this event, please register as soon as possible if you want to attend./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-research-on-political-behavior-in-the-arab-world//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-research-on-political-behavior-in-the-arab-world/ons, 25 apr 2018 15:59:00 Why do citizens facing similar conditions – marginalization, exclusion, deteriorating public services, corrupt government, and inequality – rely on different behaviors to express political sentiments? /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-development-day-2018--gender-inequality-and-economic-development-from-research-to-action//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-development-day-2018--gender-inequality-and-economic-development-from-research-to-action/ons, 25 apr 2018 14:15:00 On June 1, SITE with financial support from the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs will be organizing the Development Day 2018 conference at the 91ԭ��. The topic of this year’s conference is gender and development./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-policy-brief-on-regulatory-developments-in-eu-telecommunications//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-policy-brief-on-regulatory-developments-in-eu-telecommunications/tor, 19 apr 2018 09:49:54 What are the key changes proposed by the European Commission to its existing regulatory framework for telecommunications? New policy brief by Mark Bernard, Researcher at SITE, highlights and briefly discusses some key changes in that regard./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-pioneer-russian-publishing-company-at-251//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-pioneer-russian-publishing-company-at-251/tor, 12 apr 2018 10:24:02 This Spring, historians from all over the world have participated in, or sent their congratulations to, the 25th Anniversary conference of the AIRO-XXI publishing company. Lennart Samuelson, Affiliated Researcher at SITE, is one of them./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ina-ganguli-wins-russian-national-award-in-applied-economics//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/ina-ganguli-wins-russian-national-award-in-applied-economics/ons, 11 apr 2018 09:48:32 Ina Ganguli, Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and SITE Affiliated Researcher, is the winner of this year’s Russian National Award in Applied Economics. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/anders-aslund-in-the-washington-post//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/anders-aslund-in-the-washington-post/ons, 04 apr 2018 12:58:52 “It’s time to go after Vladimir Putin’s money in the West” /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/save-the-date-9th-n.g.o.-workshop-june-18-19//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/save-the-date-9th-n.g.o.-workshop-june-18-19/ons, 04 apr 2018 00:00:00 SITE and the N.G.O. network jointly organize this year’s edition of the annual N.G.O. workshop on June 19-20. The workshop will focus on the organizational and contractual aspects of the provision of public goods and services by organizations that are neither purely for-profit nor public-sector./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-finding-cooperators-sorting-through-repeated-interaction//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-finding-cooperators-sorting-through-repeated-interaction/ons, 28 mar 2018 15:29:22 By Mark Bernard (with Jack Fanning and Sevgi Yuksel), Article in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-myths-and-numbers-on-whistleblower-rewards//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-myths-and-numbers-on-whistleblower-rewards/ons, 21 mar 2018 11:00:22 By Giancarlo Spagnolo and Theo Nyreröd/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2018-signaling-dissent-political-behavior-in-the-arab-world//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2018-signaling-dissent-political-behavior-in-the-arab-world/ons, 21 mar 2018 10:50:26 By Anders Olofsgård, Raj M. Desai and Tarik Yousef/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/torbjorn-becker-in-nyhetsmorgon//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/torbjorn-becker-in-nyhetsmorgon/ons, 21 mar 2018 09:58:21 How will the Russian economy develop under Putin's next term? Torbjörn Becker, Director of SITE, provides insights on Morgonstudion. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/swedish-and-finnish-experts-discuss-how-russias-presidential-election-will-impact-its-economic-and-political-development//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/swedish-and-finnish-experts-discuss-how-russias-presidential-election-will-impact-its-economic-and-political-development/tis, 20 mar 2018 07:55:00 On Thursday March 15, SITE organised a seminar together with the Embassy of Finland on the state of Russia ahead of the election. Finnish and Swedish experts on Russia were gathered to discuss how the presidential election will impact economic and political development in Russia./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-director-on-the-russian-economy-in-svenska-dagbladet//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-director-on-the-russian-economy-in-svenska-dagbladet/fre, 16 mar 2018 15:11:34 Torbjörn Becker has contributed an article in Swedish on the Russian economy in Svenska Dagbladets blogg ‘Säkerhetsrådet’./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-policy-brief-on-the-russian-economy-under-putin-so-far//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-policy-brief-on-the-russian-economy-under-putin-so-far/tor, 15 mar 2018 10:19:00 Russians are heading to the polling booths on March 18, but where will the economy head after Putin gets elected president again? /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/women-in-top-incomes-evidence-from-sweden-19742013//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/women-in-top-incomes-evidence-from-sweden-19742013/tor, 08 mar 2018 14:00:00 In recent years the importance of top incomes has become apparent in the study of economic inequality. But one dimension that has not received attention in the top income literature is that of gender. In “Women in Top Incomes: Evidence from Sweden 1974–2013”, SITE Associate Professor Jesper Roine therefore takes a closer look at top incomes from a gender perspective together with Anne Boschini and Kristin Gunnarsson. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/career-seminar-with-world-bank-group-and-site//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/career-seminar-with-world-bank-group-and-site/tis, 06 mar 2018 16:24:20 This Tuesday March 6, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) had the pleasure to, in collaboration with The World Bank Group (WBG), organize a seminar covering an introduction to the WBG and career opportunities within the different parts of the institution. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/whistleblower-rewards-false-reports-and-corporate-fraud//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/whistleblower-rewards-false-reports-and-corporate-fraud/ons, 10 jan 2018 09:53:00 Rewards for whistleblowers – is it an efficient way to detect crimes? Or will it lead to fraudulent reports, making law enforcement costlier and less effective in the end? These questions are at the centre of a heated debate, as US enforcement agencies have been increasingly relying on incentives for corporate whistleblowers, while their European counterparts appear weary of introducing them. SITE Professor Giancarlo Spagnolo, together with Paolo Buccirossi and Giovanni Immordino, try to shed.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-imperfect-financial-markets-as-a-commitment-device-for-the-government//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-imperfect-financial-markets-as-a-commitment-device-for-the-government/tor, 21 dec 2017 11:28:44 By Jenny Simon, Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-optimal-debt-bias-in-corporate-income-taxation//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-optimal-debt-bias-in-corporate-income-taxation/tor, 21 dec 2017 11:23:45 By Jenny Simon, Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-the-political-economy-of-multilateral-aid-funds//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-the-political-economy-of-multilateral-aid-funds/tor, 21 dec 2017 11:18:52 By Jenny Simon (with Justin Valasek)/sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2018-older/2013-centralized-fiscal-spending-by-supranational-unions//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/publications/2018-older/2013-centralized-fiscal-spending-by-supranational-unions/tor, 21 dec 2017 11:12:40 By Jenny Simon (with Justin M. Valasek)/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-risk-aversion-prospect-theory-and-strategic-risk-in-law-enforcement-evidence-from-an-antitrust-experiment//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-risk-aversion-prospect-theory-and-strategic-risk-in-law-enforcement-evidence-from-an-antitrust-experiment/ons, 20 dec 2017 15:48:20 By Chloé Le Coq and Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Maria Bigoni and Sven-Olof Fridolfsson), Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011-on-the-role-of-capital-gains-in-swedish-income-inequality//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011-on-the-role-of-capital-gains-in-swedish-income-inequality/ons, 20 dec 2017 15:38:12 By Jesper Roine (with Daniel Waldenström), Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-common-trends-and-shocks-to-top-incomes--a-structural-breaks-approach//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-common-trends-and-shocks-to-top-incomes--a-structural-breaks-approach/ons, 20 dec 2017 15:31:23 By Jesper Roine (with Daniel Waldenström), Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-intergenerational-top-income-mobility-in-sweden--capitalist-dynasties-in-the-land-of-equal-opportunity//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-intergenerational-top-income-mobility-in-sweden--capitalist-dynasties-in-the-land-of-equal-opportunity/ons, 20 dec 2017 15:16:14 By Jesper Roine (with Anders Björklund and Daniel Waldenström), Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2007-what-determines-top-income-shares-evidence-from-the-twentieth-century//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2007-what-determines-top-income-shares-evidence-from-the-twentieth-century/ons, 20 dec 2017 15:10:51 By Jesper Roine (with Jonas Vlachos and Daniel Waldenström), Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2007-on-the-possibility-of-political-change--outcomes-in-between-local-and-global-equilibria//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2007-on-the-possibility-of-political-change--outcomes-in-between-local-and-global-equilibria/ons, 20 dec 2017 14:25:57 By Jesper Roine (with Conny Olovsson), Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-associate-professor-jesper-roine-is-awarded-swede-of-the-year-in-economics-together-with-cowriters-of-ekonomistas//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-associate-professor-jesper-roine-is-awarded-swede-of-the-year-in-economics-together-with-cowriters-of-ekonomistas/ons, 20 dec 2017 10:21:32 Since 2006, the magazine Fokus has given an annual award – “Swede of the year” – in different categories to Swedes who have contributed to society. This year, the recipients of the award in Economics are the writers behind the blog Ekonomistas, one of whom is SITE Associate Professor Jesper Roine. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-academic-conference-2017//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-academic-conference-2017/mån, 18 dec 2017 14:01:52 On December 14-15th, 2017 SITE hosted its annual academic conference together with Association of Swedish Development Economists (ASWEDE)./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-academic-conference-will-host-distinguished-speakers//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-academic-conference-will-host-distinguished-speakers/tis, 05 dec 2017 20:00:00 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Association of Swedish Development Economists (ASWEDE) has the pleasure to invite you to the SITE Academic conference "Public Sector Efficiency and Effectiveness: Implications for Developing and Transition Countries"./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-buyer-quality-and-procurement-outcomes-explorative-evidence-from-the-us//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-buyer-quality-and-procurement-outcomes-explorative-evidence-from-the-us/tor, 30 nov 2017 15:07:30 By Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Francesco Decarolis, Leonardo Giuffrida, Elisabetta Iossa, Vincenzo Mollisi), SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-cartels-and-leniency-taking-stock-of-what-we-learnt//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-cartels-and-leniency-taking-stock-of-what-we-learnt/tor, 30 nov 2017 15:02:22 By Giancarlo Spagnolo and Catarina Marvão, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-leniency-collusion-corruption-and-whistleblowing//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-leniency-collusion-corruption-and-whistleblowing/tor, 30 nov 2017 14:55:40 By Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Reinaldo Luz), SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-what-do-we-know-about-the-effectiveness-of-leniency-policies-a-survey-of-the-empirical-and-experimental-evidence//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-what-do-we-know-about-the-effectiveness-of-leniency-policies-a-survey-of-the-empirical-and-experimental-evidence/tor, 30 nov 2017 14:49:55 By Giancarlo Spagnolo and Catarina Marvao, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-reputation-competition-and-entry-in-procurement1//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-reputation-competition-and-entry-in-procurement1/tor, 30 nov 2017 09:20:43 By Giancarlo Spagnolo, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-legalizing-bribes//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-legalizing-bribes/tor, 30 nov 2017 09:11:28 By Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Martin Dufwenberg), SITE Working Paper (revised)/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-the-distortive-effects-of-antitrust-fines-based-on-revenue//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-the-distortive-effects-of-antitrust-fines-based-on-revenue/tor, 30 nov 2017 09:04:30 By Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Vasiliki Bageri and Yannis Katsoulacos), SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/aid-motivation-in-early-and-mature-partnerships-is-there-a-difference//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/aid-motivation-in-early-and-mature-partnerships-is-there-a-difference/ons, 29 nov 2017 12:16:26 By Anders Olofsgård, Maria Perrotta and Emmanuel Frot/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-from-abnormal-to-normaltwo-tales-of-growth-from-25-years-of-transition//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-from-abnormal-to-normaltwo-tales-of-growth-from-25-years-of-transition/ons, 29 nov 2017 11:58:08 By Torbjörn Becker and Anders Olofsgård, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/experts-from-international-monetary-fund-discuss-innovation-driven-growth-policies-at-the-event-organised-by-site-and-entreprenorskapsforum//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/experts-from-international-monetary-fund-discuss-innovation-driven-growth-policies-at-the-event-organised-by-site-and-entreprenorskapsforum/mån, 27 nov 2017 21:35:25 Senior Economist Dr. Reda Cherif and Senior Economist Dr. Fuad Hasanov, from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), gave a presentation about strategies that can help emerging and low-income countries to catch up with the technological frontier and the role of the state and the private sector to achieve innovation-driven growth at the event organised by SITE and Entreprenörskapsforum./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lennart-samuelson-in-svenska-dagbladet//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lennart-samuelson-in-svenska-dagbladet/tor, 23 nov 2017 14:32:31 “The Soviet millennial kingdom lasted for twenty years”. It’s been a hundred years since the October Revolution in 1917, a revolution that brought an almost religious faith in a bright future, with dreams of a fairer world order. Lennart Samuelson, Affiliated Researcher at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), writes about the new book "The house of government: A saga of the Russian revolution" by Russian-American historian Yuri Slezkine, where the young Soviet state and.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/mikhail-kasyanov-on-the-political-situation-in-russia//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/mikhail-kasyanov-on-the-political-situation-in-russia/ons, 22 nov 2017 15:03:02 Mikhail Kasyanov, former Prime Minister of Russia and an outspoken critic of President Putin, gave a presentation on the political situation in Russia on the 16th of November at 91ԭ��. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/thomas-sterner-gives-a-presentation-at-site-energy-talks//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/thomas-sterner-gives-a-presentation-at-site-energy-talks/tor, 26 okt 2017 08:45:00 Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Gothenburg, gave a presentation on technological development, geopolitical and environmental issues in our energy future at SITE Energy Talks, concerning the rapidly increasing level of carbon content, new technological development, the impact of low oil prices and the most promising ways to stop emissions./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-political-situation-in-russia//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-political-situation-in-russia/tis, 24 okt 2017 14:28:41 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economic (SITE) has the pleasure to invite you to a presentation on Thursday November 16, 15.00-16.00 by Mikhail Kasyanov, Former Prime Minister of Russia and an outspoken critic of President Putin and government’s policy./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jesper-roine-in-sveriges-natur//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jesper-roine-in-sveriges-natur/mån, 23 okt 2017 09:33:14 "Who will decide to block out the sun?" President Trump's decision to leave the Paris climate agreement opens up the possibility for countries to use radical and risky artificial options to cool down their own regions. Jesper Roine, Associate Professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), writes in Sveriges Natur about the importance of continuing international negotiations on how to solve the issue climate change. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-energy-talks-with-thomas-sterner//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-energy-talks-with-thomas-sterner/fre, 20 okt 2017 08:14:09 The 11th SITE Energy Talks on the 24th of October will be devoted to discussing the technological development of energy industry and, geopolitical and environmental challenges in our energy future. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/le-coq-at-fores//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/le-coq-at-fores/mån, 16 okt 2017 09:40:59 SITE Associate Professor Chloé Le Coq will this Friday take part in a discussion at Fores on the topic of Russia./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/open-positions-at-site//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/open-positions-at-site/ons, 04 okt 2017 16:20:06 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) at the 91ԭ�� invites applications for tenure-track positions at the assistant and associate professor level./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-associate-professor-jesper-roine-interviewed-in-konflikt//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-associate-professor-jesper-roine-interviewed-in-konflikt/mån, 18 sep 2017 11:44:36 Jesper Roine in a discussion on Sveriges Radio concerning inequality, its current state and what an ideal level of inequality might be./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/whistleblower-rewards-false-reports-and-corporate-fraud//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/whistleblower-rewards-false-reports-and-corporate-fraud/mån, 28 aug 2017 10:43:00 by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Paolo Buccirossi and Giovanni Immordino), SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-women-in-top-incomes-evidence-from-sweden-19742013//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-women-in-top-incomes-evidence-from-sweden-19742013/tis, 01 aug 2017 10:48:00 by Jesper Roine (with Anne Boschini and Kristin Gunnarsson), IZA Discussion Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/conference-on-the-russian-economy-at-ui//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/conference-on-the-russian-economy-at-ui/tis, 20 jun 2017 13:00:00 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) and the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI) jointly organized a day’s conference on the 13th of June on the topic of the Russian economy. It brought together a number of distinguished lecturers and guests for a discussion on the economy's current and future state in Russia. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-the-donor-footprint-and-gender-gaps//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-the-donor-footprint-and-gender-gaps/tor, 01 jun 2017 10:53:00 by Maria Perrotta Berlin, Evelina Bonnier and Anders Olofsgård, UNU Wider Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-development-day-2017--financing-for-development//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-development-day-2017--financing-for-development/mån, 29 maj 2017 09:17:15 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs organised the annual SITE Development Day conference on the topic of development finance. The conference brought together distinguished academics, industry experts, development economists, policy makers and guests interested in the topic. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-leniency-asymmetric-punishment-and-corruption-evidence-from-china//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-leniency-asymmetric-punishment-and-corruption-evidence-from-china/ons, 24 maj 2017 13:42:00 By Maria Perrotta Berlin, Giancarlo Spagnolo and Bei Qin, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/invitation-to-attend-site-seminar-on-russian-reforms//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/invitation-to-attend-site-seminar-on-russian-reforms/mån, 15 maj 2017 21:36:42 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economic (SITE) has the pleasure to invite you to a seminar on Wednesday 24 May, 13.15-15.00 with Stephen Fortescue, University of New South Wales Visiting Fellow, Centre for European Studies, Australian National University and SITE’s director Torbjörn Becker./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/development-day-2017-financing-for-development-where-are-we-now//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/development-day-2017-financing-for-development-where-are-we-now/mån, 08 maj 2017 23:06:46 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs have the pleasure to invite you the Development Day 2017 conference on May 31 at the 91ԭ��./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/erik-meyersson-from-site-interviewed-in-ekonomiekot//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/erik-meyersson-from-site-interviewed-in-ekonomiekot/tor, 04 maj 2017 10:52:56 Erik Meyersson, Assistant professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, explains the Turkey's drift towards authoritarianism and future economic development on Sveriges Radio./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-pricing-and-capacity-provision-in-electricity-markets//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-pricing-and-capacity-provision-in-electricity-markets/ons, 05 apr 2017 11:04:00 by Chloé Le Coq (with Henrik Orzen and Sebastian Schwenen), published in the Journal of Regulatory Economics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/latest-research-on-social-entrepreneurship---seforis-library//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/latest-research-on-social-entrepreneurship---seforis-library/fre, 31 mar 2017 15:29:00 The SEFORÏS project has created an online library with latest research papers, policy briefs, presentations and online course on social entrepreneurship./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-professor-erik-meyersson-discusses-industrial-espionage-on-bbc-radio//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-professor-erik-meyersson-discusses-industrial-espionage-on-bbc-radio/fre, 31 mar 2017 07:21:51 Erik Meyersson, Assistant professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, explains to Theo Leggett, BBC Business News Reporter, how, at the height of the Cold War, the German Democratic Republic - with the help of a network of thousands well-placed human assets - was able to produce cheap copies of one of IBM's most advanced computers./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-motivating-whistleblowers//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-motivating-whistleblowers/tor, 16 mar 2017 10:59:00 by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Jeffrey V. Butler and Danila Serra), Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/europes-growth-challenge--book-presentation-by-anders-aslund//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/europes-growth-challenge--book-presentation-by-anders-aslund/tis, 21 feb 2017 15:38:07 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics invites you to a book presentation on Europe’s Growth Challenge by Professor Anders Åslund on Wednesday March 15, 10.15 – 11.30./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-invites-to-attend-the-swedish-launch-of-the-world-bank-development-report-2017//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-invites-to-attend-the-swedish-launch-of-the-world-bank-development-report-2017/fre, 20 jan 2017 09:45:48 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) together with the World Bank, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs are proud to host the Swedish launch of the World Bank Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-academic-conference-highlights-and-presentations//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-academic-conference-highlights-and-presentations/fre, 09 dec 2016 13:29:38 On December 5-6, 2016 Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) hosted its annual academic conference – 25 Years of Transition. The conference brought together researchers with an interest in transition economics, to contribute to a scholarly debate on the current state of transition./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-economic-scarcity-and-consumers-credit-choice//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-economic-scarcity-and-consumers-credit-choice/ons, 07 dec 2016 10:55:00 by Chloé Le Coq (with Marieke Bos and Peter van Santen), Swedish House of Finance Research Paper/sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2016/site-academic-conference-will-gather-distinguished-economists-and-experts-in-transition-economics//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2016/site-academic-conference-will-gather-distinguished-economists-and-experts-in-transition-economics/tis, 29 nov 2016 10:21:16 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) organises its annual academic conference on the unfinished transition 25 years after the breakup of the Soviet Union. Among already confirmed speakers are Gerard Roland, Konstantin Sonin, Jeffrey Sachs, Anders Åslund, Ruben Enikolopov, Helena Schweiger, John Earle, Guido Friebel, Ina Ganguli and Leonid Polischuk./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/torbjorn-becker-director-of-site-investigates-the-depth-of-russias-oil-dependence//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/torbjorn-becker-director-of-site-investigates-the-depth-of-russias-oil-dependence/ons, 23 nov 2016 21:16:00 New policy brief by Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, provides an analysis on the depth of Russia’s oil dependence. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/innovation-a-key-to-future-growth.-polish-and-swedish-experiences//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/innovation-a-key-to-future-growth.-polish-and-swedish-experiences/sön, 20 nov 2016 12:26:58 The Embassy of the Republic of Poland, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the 91ԭ�� invite you to register for a seminar on ‘Innovation: a key to future growth. Polish and Swedish experiences’, with the participation of the President of the Republic of Poland, Mr Andrzej Duda./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/expanding-leniency-to-fight-collusion-and-corruption//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/expanding-leniency-to-fight-collusion-and-corruption/tis, 15 nov 2016 06:54:14 In this policy brief, Giancarlo Spagnolo, Professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, and Reinaldo Diogo Luz, Ph.D Candidate at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) Law School, discuss how to increase the effectiveness of leniency programs in multiple offenses cases, to fight bid rigging and corruption./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/will-new-technologies-change-the-energy-markets//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/will-new-technologies-change-the-energy-markets/sön, 06 nov 2016 22:08:22 In this policy brief, authors highlight challenges and opportunities that new technologies will bring for energy markets, in particular wind energy, smart grid technology, and electromobility, that were discussed during the 10th SITE Energy Day, held at the 91ԭ�� on October 13, 2016./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-can-the-poor-be-mobilized//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-can-the-poor-be-mobilized/fre, 04 nov 2016 11:02:00 by Anders Olofsgård (with Raj M. Desai and Shareen Joshi), SITE Working Paper/sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2016/russias-external-economic-linkschallenges-and-opportunities//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2016/russias-external-economic-linkschallenges-and-opportunities/sön, 30 okt 2016 23:10:00 Russia’s external economic links are too heavily focused on exchanging natural resources for consumption and investment goods, but oil creates too much uncertainty and is not a sustainable driver of growth for Russia or the world. What are the challenges and opportunities for growth in Russia? /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/seforis-project-unveils-first-findings-about-social-enterprises-in-sweden//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/seforis-project-unveils-first-findings-about-social-enterprises-in-sweden/tor, 13 okt 2016 17:29:33 SEFORÏS, a research consortium supported by the European Commission, has announced the first findings in a large study on the state of social entrepreneurship conducted in several EU member states, Russia and China./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russias-state-armament-plan-of-2010--the-macro-view-in-mid-2016//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russias-state-armament-plan-of-2010--the-macro-view-in-mid-2016/sön, 09 okt 2016 22:27:58 New policy brief by Torbjörn Becker, Director of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, provides an analysis of what the new macro economic reality of Russia means for its armament plans./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/will-new-technologies-change-the-energy-markets-site-10th-energy-day//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/will-new-technologies-change-the-energy-markets-site-10th-energy-day/tis, 04 okt 2016 09:16:53 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) has the pleasure of inviting you to 10th Energy Day./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/professor-erik-meyerssons-research-on-military-coups-featured-in-bloomberg//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/professor-erik-meyerssons-research-on-military-coups-featured-in-bloomberg/sön, 18 sep 2016 17:58:28 Do military coups affect economic growth? Research by Assistant Professor Erik Meyersson of the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics and 91ԭ�� has been mentioned in Bloomberg as the most comprehensive look on whether military coups affect economic growth./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jesper-roine-discusses-jobs-and-productivity-in-the-digital-economy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jesper-roine-discusses-jobs-and-productivity-in-the-digital-economy/mån, 05 sep 2016 18:20:00 A new ESO report investigates how digital economy will affect jobs in the future. Associate Professor Jesper Roine shares his thoughts on how digital economy will affect economic inequality./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-russias-oil-dependence-and-the-eu//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-russias-oil-dependence-and-the-eu/ons, 10 aug 2016 11:52:00 By Torbjörn Becker, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/traces-of-transition-unfinished-business-25-years-down-the-road//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/traces-of-transition-unfinished-business-25-years-down-the-road/mån, 18 jul 2016 04:01:36 New policy brief by Anders Olofsgård, Deputy Director at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), and Associate Professor at the 91ԭ�� (91ԭ��), and Evelina Bonnier, Ph.D. candidate at the 91ԭ�� and research assistant at the SITE, reports on a discussion on the unfinished business of transition after the breakup of the Soviet Union. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/why-do-scientists-move-and-why-should-we-care//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/why-do-scientists-move-and-why-should-we-care/mån, 06 jun 2016 11:21:11 New policy brief by Ina Ganguli, Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Affiliated Researcher at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, explains the determinants of mobility of scientists and discusses new evidence from a large dataset of elite life scientists./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-will-host-a-conference-on-transition---development-day-2016//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-will-host-a-conference-on-transition---development-day-2016/tor, 12 maj 2016 09:15:17 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs has the pleasure to invite you the Development Day 2016 conference on May 27 at the 91ԭ��./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/global-inequality--what-do-we-mean-and-what-do-we-know//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/global-inequality--what-do-we-mean-and-what-do-we-know/mån, 25 apr 2016 11:56:33 New policy brief by Jesper Roine, Associate Professor at the 91ԭ�� and the Deputy Director at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, explains global economic inequality within and between countries./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/on-the-timing-of-turkeys-authoritarian-turn//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/on-the-timing-of-turkeys-authoritarian-turn/lör, 09 apr 2016 11:01:17 New policy brief by Erik Meyersson, Assistant Professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), examines the timing of Turkey’s authoritarian turn using raw data measuring freedoms from the Freedom House (FH). /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-political-man-on-horseback//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-political-man-on-horseback/tis, 05 apr 2016 13:25:00 by Erik Meyersson, Working paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sites-research-paper-listed-on-ssrns-top-ten-download-lists1//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/sites-research-paper-listed-on-ssrns-top-ten-download-lists1/tor, 31 mar 2016 08:33:48 Research paper "Leniency, Asymmetric Punishment and Corruption: Evidence from China" has been listed on SSRN's Top Ten download list for topics “Institutions & Corruption”, “Punishment, Corrective Justice Generally”, “Corruption” and “Institutions & Transition Economics: Political Economy”./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-policy-lessons-can-be-learned-from-swedish-russian-capital-flows//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/what-policy-lessons-can-be-learned-from-swedish-russian-capital-flows/mån, 21 mar 2016 09:19:41 Capital flows between Sweden and Russia sheds some light on more general theoretical and empirical issues associated with FDI and portfolio flows that are highly relevant for Russia today. New policy brief by Torbjörn Becker offers policy lessons that can help modernize Russian economy. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/test//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/test/tis, 15 mar 2016 11:36:00 by Torbjörn Becker, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-policy-brief-on-strategic-aid-financing-by-jenny-simon-sheds-light-on-how-donor-countries-can-solve-samaritans-dilemma//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-policy-brief-on-strategic-aid-financing-by-jenny-simon-sheds-light-on-how-donor-countries-can-solve-samaritans-dilemma/mån, 14 mar 2016 06:14:54 Donor countries often face a Samaritan’s dilemma when trying to implement political conditionality in bilateral aid. New policy brief on strategic aid financing by Jenny Simon sheds light on how donor countries can solve Samaritan’s dilemma./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/wider-annual-lecture-direct-interventions-against-poverty-in-poor-places-by-professor-martin-ravallion//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/wider-annual-lecture-direct-interventions-against-poverty-in-poor-places-by-professor-martin-ravallion/tor, 03 mar 2016 15:03:27 On March 23, the United Nations University UNU-WIDER and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) will host a WIDER Annual Lecture by Professor Martin Ravallion, a leading economist in the research of poverty and policies for fighting it./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-political-man-on-horseback-military-coups-and-development//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2016-political-man-on-horseback-military-coups-and-development/tor, 18 feb 2016 11:14:00 by Elena Paltseva (with Tore Ellingsen), published in The Review of Economic Studies/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-ranked-among-top-100-economic-think-tanks-in-the-world//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-ranked-among-top-100-economic-think-tanks-in-the-world/mån, 15 feb 2016 20:54:32 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) has been ranked among the world’s leading think tanks in the 2015 Global Go To Think Tank Index./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/international-research-project-seforis-has-surveyed-over-1000-directors-of-social-enterprises//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/international-research-project-seforis-has-surveyed-over-1000-directors-of-social-enterprises/fre, 15 jan 2016 12:49:03 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) is one of the 10 research institutes participating in the SEFORÏS project which aims to better understand the role that social enterprises play in Europe and beyond in the development and evolution of inclusive and innovative societies./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/changes-in-oil-price-and-economic-impacts//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/changes-in-oil-price-and-economic-impacts/mån, 14 dec 2015 12:17:21 Oil has for decades been perceived as a necessary and highly addictive energy commodity, fueling the world economy. It is a crucial input good for most of the net-oil consumer countries, and it is an important source of revenue for the net-oil supplier countries. This means that any changes in the oil price will affect the entire world economy. Chloé Le Coq and Zorica Trkulja from Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics have written a policy brief that explains to what extent the oil-pric.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/public-procurement-same-rules-different-behavior//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/public-procurement-same-rules-different-behavior/ons, 25 nov 2015 14:57:00 Elena Paltseva, researcher at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Giancarlo Spagnolo, professor of Economics at University of Rome II and senior researcher at SITE, in their research on public procurement have found out that different types of contracting authorities exhibit rather different behavior. This suggests that the type of public buyer, and associated differences in incentives and outcomes, should be taken into consideration in designing procurement regulation.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-energy-day-presentations//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-energy-day-presentations/mån, 16 nov 2015 13:44:07 On November 5 Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) hosted 9th Energy Day - Economic Impacts of Oil Price Fluctuations. Conference presentations on the volatility of oil price forecasts, oil price fluctuations, new climate economy and other topics have been published for everyone interested in the energy field. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-leniency-asymmetric-punishment-and-corruption-evidence-from-china//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-leniency-asymmetric-punishment-and-corruption-evidence-from-china/mån, 19 okt 2015 12:27:44 by Maria Perrotta Berlin and Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Bei Qin), SITE Working paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-will-host-a-half-day-conference-on-oil-prices-and-economic-impacts-of-oil-price-volatility//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-will-host-a-half-day-conference-on-oil-prices-and-economic-impacts-of-oil-price-volatility/mån, 12 okt 2015 17:08:34 The 9th Energy Day conference “Economic Impacts of Oil Price Fluctuations” will take place at Torsten Lecture Room, 91ԭ�� on November 5, 2015./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-trust-leniency-and-deterrence//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-trust-leniency-and-deterrence/tor, 01 okt 2015 11:19:00 by Chloé Le Coq and Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Maria Bigoni and Sven-Olof Fridolfsson, published in the Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization)/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/why-the-chinese-leadership-seems-dissatisfied-with-current-corruption-legislation//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/why-the-chinese-leadership-seems-dissatisfied-with-current-corruption-legislation/tis, 29 sep 2015 15:58:04 Maria Perrotta Berlin, assistant professor at Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and Giancarlo Spagnolo, professor of Economics at University of Rome II and senior researcher at SITE, try to understand the evolution of the anti-corruption legislation in China over the last decades and to evaluate the effects of the policy changes occurring in 1997 when asymmetric punishment (bribe giver impunity) was introduced. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/does-military-coups-affect-economic-development//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/does-military-coups-affect-economic-development/tor, 17 sep 2015 14:05:25 Erik Meyersson, assistant professor at SITE, has carried out research to show for the first time that military coups overthrowing autocratic leaders result in a very different kind of event than those overthrowing democratically elected leaders./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/save-the-date-november-5-2015--site-9th-energy-day//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/save-the-date-november-5-2015--site-9th-energy-day/fre, 11 sep 2015 14:14:49 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) has the pleasure of inviting you to our 9th Energy Day “Economic Impacts of Oil Price Fluctuations”./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/research-paper-by-ina-ganguli-and-co-authors-draws-attention-from-the-wall-street-journal-and-the-new-york-times//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/research-paper-by-ina-ganguli-and-co-authors-draws-attention-from-the-wall-street-journal-and-the-new-york-times/ons, 09 sep 2015 07:15:28 The study of order bias in the NBER email newsletter affecting research paper popularity and citation rates attracts media attention and fosters policy change in how the NBER publishes research papers in their weekly announcements./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/taking-the-impact-of-social-entrepreneurs-to-scale//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/taking-the-impact-of-social-entrepreneurs-to-scale/fre, 21 aug 2015 08:41:00 How to increase the real impacts that social enterprises make? How to accelerate the scaling of impactful social enterprise experiences? How to help social enterprises in growing their impact? Marieke Huysentruyt, Assistant Professor at Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics and Faculty Fellow at London School of Economics, highlights 3 powerful, practical strategies that can help kickstart the 'impact growth' of social enterprises./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-corruption-conference-will-host-distinguished-scholars//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-corruption-conference-will-host-distinguished-scholars/mån, 17 aug 2015 08:56:13 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Association of Swedish Development Economists (ASWEDE) has the pleasure to invite you to the SITE Academic conference "Fighting Corruption in Developing and Transition Countries"./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russia-plans-new-gas-supply-routes-to-europe-sidestepping-ukraine//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russia-plans-new-gas-supply-routes-to-europe-sidestepping-ukraine/mån, 03 aug 2015 11:41:30 Chloé Le Coq, an assistant professor at the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics, comments about Russia’s plans to build a new offshore gas pipeline across the Black Sea and Turkey on financial daily news service Dagens industri./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/presentation-order-can-be-a-powerful-determinant-of-choice-in-a-list-based-environment//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/presentation-order-can-be-a-powerful-determinant-of-choice-in-a-list-based-environment/tis, 14 jul 2015 15:04:50 New research paper by Ina Ganguli, affiliated researcher at SITE and assistant professor of Economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst, published by National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) sheds light on how order in the list of economics papers in a weekly email newsletter can affect the viewing and citation rate of scientific research papers./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-its-good-to-be-first//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-its-good-to-be-first/ons, 08 jul 2015 12:45:03 by Ina Ganguli (with Daniel R. Feenberg, Patrick Gaule and Jonathan Gruber), NBER Working paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/distinguished-scholars-and-practitioners-discuss-finance-for-sustainable-development1//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/distinguished-scholars-and-practitioners-discuss-finance-for-sustainable-development1/tis, 30 jun 2015 09:30:00 SITE has published a policy brief that covers a discussion on how to reduce extreme poverty by incentivizing private aid and private investment in developing countries and secure development finance to fragile states./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-participates-in-creation-of-the-largest-international-academic-in-depth-database-of-social-enterprises1//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-participates-in-creation-of-the-largest-international-academic-in-depth-database-of-social-enterprises1/mån, 15 jun 2015 10:29:00 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) together with research institutes from Belgium, China, Germany, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and UK has started to survey 1000 social enterprises across Europe, Russia and China. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/save-the-date-for-site-academic-conference-31-august---1-september-2015//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/save-the-date-for-site-academic-conference-31-august---1-september-2015/tor, 28 maj 2015 08:33:38 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Association of Swedish Development Economists (ASWEDE) has the pleasure to invite you the SITE Academic conference "Fighting Corruption in Developing and Transition Countries"./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/research-of-formerly-secret-archives-sheds-new-light-on-the-soviet-wartime-economy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/research-of-formerly-secret-archives-sheds-new-light-on-the-soviet-wartime-economy/mån, 25 maj 2015 13:18:00 Lennart Samuelson, affiliated researcher of SITE and associate professor of economic history at the 91ԭ��, is one of the few historians in the world that have used materials from formerly secret archives of Soviet Union to find out the reality of how Soviet authorities actually formed their long-term industrialization plans in the late 1920s and 1930s, in order to cope with the probable conditions in case of a total war./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/finance-for-sustainable-development--conference-highlights-and-speakers-presentations//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/finance-for-sustainable-development--conference-highlights-and-speakers-presentations/tor, 14 maj 2015 11:19:44 On May 11 the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs organized Development Day 2015 at the 91ԭ��. As in previous years, the conference gathered a mix of international scholars and practitioners from the public, private and civil society sectors. We hope that all of more than 100 participants enjoyed the conference and we will meet again next year at Development Day 2016./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/finance-for-sustainable-development//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/finance-for-sustainable-development/ons, 06 maj 2015 08:37:00 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs has the pleasure to invite you the Development Day 2015 conference./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-site-policy-brief-on-russias-weakening-economy-by-torbjorn-becker//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-site-policy-brief-on-russias-weakening-economy-by-torbjorn-becker/tor, 30 apr 2015 14:51:04 The Russian economy is facing serious challenges in 2015 even after the currency and stock market have strengthened on the back of (expectations of even) higher oil prices. Policy makers that ignore these challenges may be in for a rude awakening when more statistics on the real economy are now coming in. /sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2015/site-investigates-public-procurement-thresholds//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2015/site-investigates-public-procurement-thresholds/tor, 23 apr 2015 15:05:00 Researchers have found out that there is an indication of strategic bunching of Swedish tenders under the EU threshold and thresholds rules in public procurement affect the behaviour of procuring entities both in Sweden and internationally./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-on-the-effects-of-group-identity-in-strategic-environments//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-on-the-effects-of-group-identity-in-strategic-environments/ons, 25 mar 2015 11:25:00 by Chloé Le Coq (with James Tremewan and Alexander K. Wagner), published in the European Economic Review/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/who-cheats-on-a-cartel-agreement//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/who-cheats-on-a-cartel-agreement/tis, 24 mar 2015 20:21:00 What are the characteristics of the reporting cartel members? Catarina Marvão, Post-Doctoral Fellow at SITE addresses this question by developing and testing a model where cartel members are heterogeneous in terms of the value of the cartel fine they expect to receive./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/save-the-date-for-development-day-conference//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/save-the-date-for-development-day-conference/ons, 18 mar 2015 09:50:00 The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) and the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs has the pleasure to invite you the Development Day 2015 conference./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/research-investigates-how-political-elites-can-prepare-civilians-for-genocide//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/research-investigates-how-political-elites-can-prepare-civilians-for-genocide/tis, 10 mar 2015 18:06:44 New SITE working paper empirically investigates how political elites can prepare the civilian population for participation in violent conflict./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-preparing-for-genocide//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-preparing-for-genocide/ons, 04 mar 2015 12:24:30 by Evelina Bonnier (with Jonas Poulsen, Thorsten Rogall and Miri Stryjan), SITE Working paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/research-explores-whether-poor-communities-can-be-organized//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/research-explores-whether-poor-communities-can-be-organized/mån, 02 mar 2015 11:41:35 New working paper reports findings from a unique combination of a village-randomized controlled trial and a lab-in-the-field experiment./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-research-examines-eu-directive-on-antitrust-damages-actions//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-research-examines-eu-directive-on-antitrust-damages-actions/ons, 25 feb 2015 12:07:00 SITE research on leniency, damages and deterrence of cartels finds that compromise between private and public antitrust enforcement adopted by the latest EU Directive on damages actions was never actually needed and proposes a new solution./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-leniency-and-damages//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-leniency-and-damages/ons, 25 feb 2015 09:29:08 by Catarina Marvao and Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Paolo Buccirossiy), SITE Working paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-research-on-the-aid-effectiveness-literature//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-research-on-the-aid-effectiveness-literature/tis, 17 feb 2015 14:35:08 After several decades of studies, the academic community still does not have an answer to whether foreign aid affects growth. SITE assistant professor Maria Perrotta Berlin tries to answer why aid effectiveness literature is so big and still keeps growing./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-participates-in-an-international-research-project-on-social-entrepreneurship1//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-participates-in-an-international-research-project-on-social-entrepreneurship1/tis, 10 feb 2015 16:59:24 Application of business tools to achieve social objectives and challenges has been in the spotlight when discussing social entrepreneurship. Seforis is a multidisciplinary project that combines insights from social businesses, policy makers and scholars with cutting-edge academic research to build robust and novel evidence on social entrepreneurship./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-the-impact-of-a-food-for-education-program//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-the-impact-of-a-food-for-education-program/mån, 02 feb 2015 12:03:00 by Maria Perrotta Berlin (with Maria Cheung), published in Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-for-the-love-of-the-republic//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2015-for-the-love-of-the-republic/ons, 28 jan 2015 18:47:00 by Erik Meyersson (with Selim Gulesci), Working paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/article-by-torbjorn-becker//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/article-by-torbjorn-becker/mån, 05 jan 2015 10:29:00 Is Russian economy into a sudden stop or is it just a slippery oil slope to stagnation? New article on Russia’s economy by Torbjörn Becker./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-energy-day-highlights//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-energy-day-highlights/ons, 10 dec 2014 10:55:26 On the 2nd of December 2014 SITE organized the 8th SITE Energy Day devoted to market adaptations and policies necessary to address the green transition. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/aswede-conference//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/aswede-conference/tis, 02 dec 2014 15:11:00 On the 28th - 29th of November, 2014, SITE hosted the first ASWEDE conference on development economics.  /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-the-eu-leniency-programme-and-recidivism//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-the-eu-leniency-programme-and-recidivism/mån, 08 sep 2014 22:33:00 by Catarina Marvao, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/presentations-from-economics-of-inequality//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/presentations-from-economics-of-inequality/ons, 03 sep 2014 20:14:00 On September 1-2, SITE arranged an academic conference on 'Economics of Inequality'. The presentations from the conference are now available here./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/live-streams-of-economics-of-inequality//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/live-streams-of-economics-of-inequality/mån, 01 sep 2014 20:38:00 Live streams of 'Economics of Inequality' /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/economics-of-inequality//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/economics-of-inequality/mån, 18 aug 2014 20:43:00 On September 1-2, 2014, SITE will hold an academic conference about the 'Economics of Inequality'./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/summary-of-development-day-2014//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/summary-of-development-day-2014/mån, 30 jun 2014 20:44:00 Anders Olofsgård and Evelina Bonnier has written a FREE Policy Brief summarizing the Development Day 2014 on the topic 'Gender and Development: the Role of Female Leadership'/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/presentations-from-the-future-of-nuclear-power-in-europe-now-available//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/presentations-from-the-future-of-nuclear-power-in-europe-now-available/fre, 27 jun 2014 20:46:00 On June 10, 2014 SITE and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland arranged a half-day conference on 'The Future of Nuclear Power. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/live-streams-of-development-day-2014//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/live-streams-of-development-day-2014/mån, 16 jun 2014 20:47:00 Live streams of Development Day 2014 'Gender and Development: The Role of Female Leadership' will be available here. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/erik-meyersson-wins-uwin-best-paper-award//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/erik-meyersson-wins-uwin-best-paper-award/tor, 12 jun 2014 20:49:00 Erik Meyersson and Selim Gulesci has won the UWIN Best Paper Award for their paper "For the Love of the Republic. Education, Secularism, and Empowerment"./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/erik-meyersson-appeared-in-foreign-affairs//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/erik-meyersson-appeared-in-foreign-affairs/mån, 02 jun 2014 20:49:00 Erik Meyersson (with Dani Rodrik) recently featured in Foreign Affairs with an article "Erdogan's Coup - The True State of Turkish Democracy". /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/live-stream-of-the-conference-in-kyiv-on-june-4-5//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/live-stream-of-the-conference-in-kyiv-on-june-4-5/ons, 28 maj 2014 20:50:00 Live streams from the conference on 'DCFTAs and Beyond - How can the EU contribute to development and welfare in the Eastern Partnership Countries' will be available. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-long-run-trends-in-the-distribution-of-income-and-wealth//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-long-run-trends-in-the-distribution-of-income-and-wealth/fre, 25 apr 2014 22:25:00 by Jesper Roine (with Daniel Waldenström), SITE Working Paper/sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2013/long-run-trends-in-the-distribution-of-income-and-wealth//sv/om-oss/news/site-publications/2013/long-run-trends-in-the-distribution-of-income-and-wealth/fre, 25 apr 2014 21:41:00 Jesper Roine (with Daniel Waldenström), SITE Working Paper./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lennart-samuelson-rewarded-with-the-2014-rettig-prize//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lennart-samuelson-rewarded-with-the-2014-rettig-prize/tor, 03 apr 2014 20:51:00 The Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities rewards Lennart Samuelson, SITE with the 2014 Rettig Prize for his innovative and internationally acknowledged research in Russian and Swedish history. The prize sum: 400 000 sek. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-stockholm-forum-on-security-and-development//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-stockholm-forum-on-security-and-development/tor, 27 mar 2014 20:58:00 SITE is part of organizing a side event to SIPRIs conference "2014 Stockholm Forum on Security and Development" on March 27./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/first-brazilian-conference-series-sao-paulo-and-rio//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/first-brazilian-conference-series-sao-paulo-and-rio/mån, 17 mar 2014 20:58:00 'First Brazilian Conference Series on Public Procurement and Concession Design'/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-research-report//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-research-report/fre, 14 mar 2014 20:59:00 CESifo DICE Research Report, Vol 11 No.4 Winter 2013 'The Role of Imperfect Financial Markets for Social Redistribution'. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/corruption-in-afghanistan//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/corruption-in-afghanistan/ons, 12 mar 2014 21:02:00 SITE hosted a guest lecture by Dr. Saeed Parto from the Afghanistan Public Policy Research Organization on corruption in Afghanistan /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/putins-challenges-at-home//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/putins-challenges-at-home/ons, 12 mar 2014 21:02:00 While all the attention now is on Putin's performance on the international stage, read why SITE’s director think the economic situation in Russia should also worry its leader. See the article at the UI blog (in Swedish). /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/free-tradewhats-at-stake//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/free-tradewhats-at-stake/ons, 12 mar 2014 21:00:00 A new SITE policy paper presents what is really at stake for the citizens of Eastern Partnership countries when it comes to choosing free trade partners./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/free-tradewhats-at-stake1//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/free-tradewhats-at-stake1/mån, 03 mar 2014 18:21:00 A new SITE policy paper presents what is really at stake for the citizens of Eastern Partnership countries when it comes to choosing free trade partners./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-impact-of-a-food-for-education-program-on-schooling-in-cambodia//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-impact-of-a-food-for-education-program-on-schooling-in-cambodia/ons, 12 feb 2014 09:02:00 Maria Perrotta Berlin (with Maria Cheung), Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-7th-energy-day//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-7th-energy-day/fre, 06 dec 2013 21:04:00 On November 21, 2013, SITE arranged a half-day conference on the theme: “The challenge of Green Energy". Speakers' presentations are now available./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-islamic-rule-and-the-empowerment-of-the-poor-and-pious//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-islamic-rule-and-the-empowerment-of-the-poor-and-pious/tis, 22 okt 2013 21:58:00 by Erik Meyersson, published in the Econometrica/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/islamic-rule-and-the-empowerment-of-the-poor-and-pious//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/islamic-rule-and-the-empowerment-of-the-poor-and-pious/tis, 22 okt 2013 21:53:00 Erik Meyersson, forthcoming in Econometrica./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/social-centipedes-the-impact-of-group-identity-on-preferences-and-reasoning//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/social-centipedes-the-impact-of-group-identity-on-preferences-and-reasoning/mån, 21 okt 2013 21:52:00 Chloé Le Coq (with J. Tremewan and A. Wagner), SITE Working Paper./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-social-centipedes-the-impact-of-group-identity-on-preferences-and-reasoning//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-social-centipedes-the-impact-of-group-identity-on-preferences-and-reasoning/mån, 21 okt 2013 21:19:00 by Chloé Le Coq (with J. Tremewan and A. Wagner), SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/aid-effectiveness-in-times-of-political-change-lessons-from-the-post-communist-transition//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/aid-effectiveness-in-times-of-political-change-lessons-from-the-post-communist-transition/lör, 19 okt 2013 21:51:00 Anders Olofsgård and Maria Perrotta Berlin (with Emmanuel Frot), forthcoming in World Development./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-aid-effectiveness-in-times-of-political-change//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2014-aid-effectiveness-in-times-of-political-change/lör, 19 okt 2013 21:09:00 by Anders Olofsgård and Maria Perrotta Berlin (with Emmanuel Frot), published in World Development/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/giancarlo-spagnolo-keynote-in-moscow//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/giancarlo-spagnolo-keynote-in-moscow/fre, 04 okt 2013 21:12:00 Giancarlo Spagnolo will be Keynote Speaker in a Workshop on "Sustainable Public Procurement: Research Trends and New Challenges" at the High School of Economics in Moscow./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/development-day-2013//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/development-day-2013/fre, 20 sep 2013 21:13:00 On August 23 SITE, together with the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, hosted Development Day 2013, on the Post 2015 Development Agenda. Material from the event is now available./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/protection-for-sale-the-case-of-oligopolistic-competition-and-interdependent-sectors//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/protection-for-sale-the-case-of-oligopolistic-competition-and-interdependent-sectors/tor, 12 sep 2013 21:48:00 Elena Paltseva, forthcoming in Canadian Journal of Economics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-protection-for-sale-the-case-of-oligopolistic-competition-and-interdependent-sectors//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-protection-for-sale-the-case-of-oligopolistic-competition-and-interdependent-sectors/tor, 12 sep 2013 16:53:00 by Elena Paltseva, forthcoming in Canadian Journal of Economics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/eu-russia-gas-relationship-at-a-crossroads//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/eu-russia-gas-relationship-at-a-crossroads/ons, 11 sep 2013 21:49:00 Chloé Le Coq and Elena Paltseva, forthcoming as a chapter in "Russian Energy and Security up to 2030", edited by Susanne Oxenstierna and Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, Roothledge/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-eu-russia-gas-relationship-at-a-crossroads//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-eu-russia-gas-relationship-at-a-crossroads/ons, 11 sep 2013 20:31:00 by Chloé Le Coq and Elena Paltseva, forthcoming as a chapter in "Russian Energy and Security up to 2030", edited by Susanne Oxenstierna and Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen, Roothledge/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/competition-policy-and-productivity-growth-an-empirical-assessment//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/competition-policy-and-productivity-growth-an-empirical-assessment/tis, 10 sep 2013 21:50:00 Giancarlo Spagnolo (with P. Buccirossi, T. Duso, C. Vitale and L. Ciari), forthcoming in the Review of Economics and Statistics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-competition-policy-and-productivity-growth//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-competition-policy-and-productivity-growth/tis, 10 sep 2013 20:37:00 by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with P. Buccirossi, T. Duso, C. Vitale and L. Ciari), published in Review of Economics and Statistics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-distortionary-effects-of-fines-based-on-revenue//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-distortionary-effects-of-fines-based-on-revenue/mån, 09 sep 2013 21:50:00 Giancarlo Spagnolo (with V. Bageri and Y. Katsoulakos), forthcoming in The Economic Journal /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-the-distortionary-effects-of-fines-based-on-revenue//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-the-distortionary-effects-of-fines-based-on-revenue/mån, 09 sep 2013 20:55:00 by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with V. Bageri and Y. Katsoulakos), published in The Economic Journal /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/closing-the-gender-gap-in-education-what-is-the-state-of-gaps-in-labor-force-participation-for-women-wives-and-mothers//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/closing-the-gender-gap-in-education-what-is-the-state-of-gaps-in-labor-force-participation-for-women-wives-and-mothers/sön, 01 sep 2013 21:47:00 Ina Ganguli (with Ricardo Hausmann and Martina Viarengo), Forthcoming in International Labour Review/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-closing-the-gender-gap-in-education//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-closing-the-gender-gap-in-education/sön, 01 sep 2013 16:47:00 by Ina Ganguli (with Ricardo Hausmann and Martina Viarengo), published in International Labour Review/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-conference-institutional-challenges-in-emerging-economies//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-conference-institutional-challenges-in-emerging-economies/mån, 19 aug 2013 21:18:00 SITE organizes an academic conference to be held on September 2-3, 2013 with theme: "Institutional Challenges in Emerging Economies". /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-petro-rents-political-institutions-and-hidden-wealth//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2017-petro-rents-political-institutions-and-hidden-wealth/mån, 19 aug 2013 00:00:00 by Elena Paltseva (with Jørgen Juel Andersen, Niels Johannesen, and David Dreyer Lassen), published in the Journal of the European Economic Association/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-hidden-redistribution-in-higher-education//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-hidden-redistribution-in-higher-education/tis, 13 aug 2013 13:31:00 By Maria Perrotta Berlin, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/scientific-brain-drain-and-human-capital-formation-after-the-end-of-the-soviet-union//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/scientific-brain-drain-and-human-capital-formation-after-the-end-of-the-soviet-union/tor, 01 aug 2013 21:44:00 Ina Ganguli, Centre of Migration Research Working Paper, Nr 62(120)/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-scientific-brain-drain-and-human-capital-formation-after-the-end-of-the-soviet-union//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-scientific-brain-drain-and-human-capital-formation-after-the-end-of-the-soviet-union/tor, 01 aug 2013 16:37:00 by Ina Ganguli, Centre of Migration Research Working Paper, Nr 62 (120)/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/promises-and-conventions--an-approach-to-pre-play-agreements//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/promises-and-conventions--an-approach-to-pre-play-agreements/mån, 01 jul 2013 21:43:00 Topi Miettinen, Games and Economic Behavior. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-promises-and-conventions//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2013-promises-and-conventions/mån, 01 jul 2013 16:30:00 by Topi Miettinen, published on Games and Economic Behavior/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/belarus-economic-situation-and-energy-policy//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/belarus-economic-situation-and-energy-policy/mån, 03 jun 2013 21:19:00 On May 22, 2013 SITE held a seminar on the Belarus economy and its energy relationships with Russia, with Margarita Balmaceda, Harvard University, Pavel Daneyko, Dmitry Kruk, and Maryia Akulava, BEROC, and Stefan Eriksson, Swedish Foreign Ministry./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jenny-simon-wins-the-klaus-liebscher-award//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jenny-simon-wins-the-klaus-liebscher-award/tor, 16 maj 2013 21:28:00 Jenny Simon has won the Klaus Liebscher Award for her paper "Centralized Fiscal Spending by Supranational Unions" (joint with Justin Valasek)./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/kazakhstan-business-forum//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/kazakhstan-business-forum/mån, 13 maj 2013 21:21:00 On May 13, 2013, SITE arranged the Kazakhstan Business Forum together with the Swedish-Kazakh Chamber of Commerce in Sweden, Forum Eurasien, and the National Agency for Technological Development, Republic of Kazakhstan./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jenny-simon-wins-the-cesifo-distinguished-affiliate-award//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jenny-simon-wins-the-cesifo-distinguished-affiliate-award/tor, 25 apr 2013 21:28:00 Jenny Simon has won the CESifo Distinguished Affiliate Award for her paper "Imperfect Fiancial Markets as a Commitment Device for the Government". /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/launch-of-the-asian-development-outlook-2013//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/launch-of-the-asian-development-outlook-2013/fre, 19 apr 2013 21:30:00 ‘Asia’s Energy Challenge’/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/leniency-in-the-fight-against-criminal-organizations-in-sweden//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/leniency-in-the-fight-against-criminal-organizations-in-sweden/tis, 19 mar 2013 21:32:00 Giancarlo Spagnolo and Maria Perrotta wrote an article on the daily Svenska Dagbladet. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-role-of-speculation-in-oil-markets-what-have-we-learnt-so-far//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-role-of-speculation-in-oil-markets-what-have-we-learnt-so-far/mån, 18 feb 2013 21:32:00 The powerpoint presentation is now available./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/erik-berglof-wins-russian-award-leontief-medal-given-for-economic-reform-work//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/erik-berglof-wins-russian-award-leontief-medal-given-for-economic-reform-work/lör, 16 feb 2013 21:34:00 Chief Economist Erik Berglof has been awarded the prestigious International Leontief Medal “for contributions to economic reforms” The medal, named in honour of the late Nobel prize-winning Russian-American economist Wassily Leontief, was granted in recognition of Erik’s “outstanding achievements in economics and as a practitioner in the field of market reforms.”   Established in 2005, the medal is given annually “to outstanding Russian and international scholars and specialists who contribut.../sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russia-2025//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russia-2025/fre, 15 feb 2013 21:35:00 The powerpoint presentation from the seminar on 'Russia 2025' is now available. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/article-by-lennart-samuelson-in-baltic-worlds.//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/article-by-lennart-samuelson-in-baltic-worlds./mån, 04 feb 2013 21:37:00 Lennart Samuelson has written a review of Norman Naimark's "Stalin's Genocides", Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-reputation-competition-and-entry-in-procurement//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-reputation-competition-and-entry-in-procurement/sön, 23 dec 2012 09:48:00 by Giancarlo Spagnolo, forthcoming in the International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2012, Papers and Proceedings, 30(3), 291-296 /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-the-private-provision-of-excludable-public-goods//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-the-private-provision-of-excludable-public-goods/lör, 22 dec 2012 10:08:00 by Elena Paltseva (with Tore Ellingsen), published in the Journal of Public Economics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-collocation-and-scientific-collaboration//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-collocation-and-scientific-collaboration/tor, 20 dec 2012 12:11:00 by Ina Ganguli (with Kevin Boudreau, Tom Brady, Patrick Gaule, Tony Hollenberg, Eva Guinan and Karim Lakhani), Harvard Business School Working Paper 13-023/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-the-resource-curse-and-its-potential-reversal//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-the-resource-curse-and-its-potential-reversal/ons, 19 dec 2012 12:15:00 by Jesper Roine (with A. Boschini, and Jan Pettersson), published in the World Development/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-reputation-and-entry//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-reputation-and-entry/fre, 14 dec 2012 12:20:00 by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with J. Butler, E. Carbone, and P. Conzo), SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-efficient-fiscal-spending-by-supranational-unions//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-efficient-fiscal-spending-by-supranational-unions/mån, 10 dec 2012 12:32:00 by Jenny Simon (with J. Valasek), SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-privatization-and-quality//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-privatization-and-quality/tor, 15 nov 2012 12:36:00 by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with M.A. Bergman and S. Lundberg), SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-the-eu-russia-gas-relationship//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-the-eu-russia-gas-relationship/mån, 05 nov 2012 13:06:00 by Chloé Le Coq and Elena Paltseva, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/development-effectiveness-after-the-arab-spring-challenges-ahead//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/development-effectiveness-after-the-arab-spring-challenges-ahead/fre, 26 okt 2012 14:48:00 Anders Olofsgård, Maria Perrotta and Emmanuel Frot wrote a column for VoxEU./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-deadly-mix-for-aid-effectiveness//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-deadly-mix-for-aid-effectiveness/fre, 12 okt 2012 14:51:00 Anders Olofsgård wrote a column for VoxEU./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/poorer-without-aid//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/poorer-without-aid/mån, 08 okt 2012 14:54:00 Maria Perrotta and Emmanuel Frot wrote a column for VoxEU./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-club-in-the-club//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-club-in-the-club/tor, 30 aug 2012 13:11:00 by Elena Paltseva (with Erik Berglof, Mike Burkart and Guido Friebel), published in the Journal of Comparative Economics /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-dynamics-of-retail-bank-branching-in-antwerp-belgium-1991-2006//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-dynamics-of-retail-bank-branching-in-antwerp-belgium-1991-2006/tis, 28 aug 2012 13:14:00 by Marieke Huysentruyt (with E. Lefevere and C. Menon), published in the Journal of Banking & Finance/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-aid-effectiveness-in-times-of-political-change//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-aid-effectiveness-in-times-of-political-change/tor, 12 jul 2012 13:16:00 by Anders Olofsgård, Maria Perrotta and Emmanuel Frot, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-tools-to-fight-corruption-and-the-need-for-complementary-reform//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-tools-to-fight-corruption-and-the-need-for-complementary-reform/ons, 20 jun 2012 14:57:00 Giancarlo Spagnolo wrote a policy brief for FREE network. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/putin-and-the-modernization-of-russia--a-chimera//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/putin-and-the-modernization-of-russia--a-chimera/mån, 11 jun 2012 15:01:00 Simon Commander, Irina Denisova, and Natalia Volchkova, CEFIR/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-the-politics-of-aid-effectiveness//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-the-politics-of-aid-effectiveness/fre, 01 jun 2012 13:25:00 by Anders Olofsgård, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lennart-samuelson-interviewed-on-his-book-tankograd//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lennart-samuelson-interviewed-on-his-book-tankograd/tis, 15 maj 2012 15:14:00 Lennart Samuelson has recently given interviews on his monograph "Tankograd: The Formation of a Soviet Company Town" (Palgrave Macmillan 2011)./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-assessing-gas-transit-risks//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-assessing-gas-transit-risks/tor, 01 mar 2012 13:36:00 by Chloé Le Coq and Elena Paltseva, published in the Energy Policy/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-crisis-prevention-and-management//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2012-crisis-prevention-and-management/ons, 01 feb 2012 13:40:00 by Torbjörn Becker, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lennart-samuelson-has-published-an-article-in-forskning--framsteg//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lennart-samuelson-has-published-an-article-in-forskning--framsteg/tor, 22 dec 2011 15:18:00 Samuelson has published an article on "the Causes of the Fall of the Soviet Union" (in Swedish "Därför föll Sovjetunionen")./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011-fines-leniency-and-rewards-in-antitrust//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011-fines-leniency-and-rewards-in-antitrust/tor, 10 nov 2011 15:49:00 by Chloé Le Coq and Giancarlo Spagnolo (with M. Bigoni and S. Fridolfsson), published in the Rand Journal of Economics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011-aid-effectiveness//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011-aid-effectiveness/tis, 01 nov 2011 15:56:00 by Maria Perrotta and Emmanuel Frot, SITE Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-policy-brief-series-on-eastern-europe-and-emerging-economies//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-policy-brief-series-on-eastern-europe-and-emerging-economies/mån, 05 sep 2011 16:47:00 On September 5, SITE launches the FREE Policy Brief Series, a joint initiative by SITE and six sister institutes. The aim is to provide short and informative analyses on current economic policy challenges in Eastern Europe and emerging economies. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011--equilibrium-selection-in-the-repeated-prisoners-dilemma//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011--equilibrium-selection-in-the-repeated-prisoners-dilemma/mån, 01 aug 2011 16:01:00 by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with M. Blonski and P. Ockenfels), published in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011-networks-of-relations-and-word-of-mouth-communication//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011-networks-of-relations-and-word-of-mouth-communication/fre, 01 jul 2011 16:03:00 by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with Steffen Lippert), published in the Games and Economic Behavior/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lennart-samuelson-appeared-in-goteborgs-posten//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/lennart-samuelson-appeared-in-goteborgs-posten/tor, 30 jun 2011 16:53:00 Samuelson has published two articles on contemporary Russian historians and their debates on how to come to terms with Russia's dramatic 20th century history./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-welcomes-new-researchers//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/site-welcomes-new-researchers/tis, 28 jun 2011 16:57:00 We are happy to welcome four new researchers to SITE/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011-the-costs-of-political-influence//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2011-the-costs-of-political-influence/sön, 01 maj 2011 16:08:00 by Anders Olofsgård (and R. Desai), published in the Quarterly Journal of Political Science/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/is-the-arab-authoritarian-bargain-collapsing//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/is-the-arab-authoritarian-bargain-collapsing/ons, 09 feb 2011 17:33:00 Anders Olofsgård has written an op-ed on the current situation in North Africa and the Middle East, published by the Brookings Institution./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-light-on-stalins-role-in-the-murder-of-kirov//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/new-light-on-stalins-role-in-the-murder-of-kirov/tis, 25 jan 2011 17:39:00 Lennart Samuelson has published a review essay in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet on two new monographs concerning the mystique that has surrounded the murder of Leningrad’s Communist Party Boss Sergei Kirov on 1 December 1934./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-impact-of-the-global-financial-crisis-on-financial-flows-to-the-water-sector/mån, 03 jan 2011 17:41:00 Emmanual Frot participated to a report by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). The report highlights the impact of the global financial crisis on financial flows to the water sector in Sub-Saharan Africa./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/whither-growth-in-central-and-eastern-europe//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/whither-growth-in-central-and-eastern-europe/fre, 03 dec 2010 17:44:00 Torbjörn Becker has contributed to a new Blueprint from Bruegel where it is argued that although the development model in central and eastern Europe should not be scrapped, it needs reform, both at the national and EU level. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-cost-of-democratic-elections-in-finanical-markets//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/the-cost-of-democratic-elections-in-finanical-markets/lör, 27 nov 2010 17:46:00 Emmanuel Frot appears on VoxEU.org with a column presenting new evidence on the effects of elections on portfolio flows./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jesper-roine-in-baltic-rim-economies//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/jesper-roine-in-baltic-rim-economies/fre, 29 okt 2010 17:51:00 Jesper Roine appears in the Baltic Rim Economies with an article about the energy relationship between Russia and Belarus./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-society-rises-from-the-ashes//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/a-society-rises-from-the-ashes/mån, 04 okt 2010 17:54:00 Lennart Samuelson appears in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet with an essay about Catherine Merridale's book "Ivan's war" and the everyday life of Red Army soldiers  during and after the second world war./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-on-the-role-of-capital-gains-in-top-incomes//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-on-the-role-of-capital-gains-in-top-incomes/fre, 01 okt 2010 15:28:00 by Jesper Roine (witd D. Waldenström), Uppsala Center for Labor Studies Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-paying-attention-to-payoffs//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-paying-attention-to-payoffs/tor, 30 sep 2010 16:04:00 by Topi Miettinen, published in the Econ Theory/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-bank-location-and-financial-liberalization-reforms//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-bank-location-and-financial-liberalization-reforms/ons, 01 sep 2010 16:15:00 by Marieke Huysentruyt (with E. Lefevere and C. Menon), published in the SERC discussion paper series/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-intergenerational-top-income-mobility-in-sweden//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-intergenerational-top-income-mobility-in-sweden/ons, 01 sep 2010 15:59:00 by Jesper Roine (with A. Björklund and D. Waldenström), the Institute for the Study of Labor Discussion Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-commitment-in-alternating-offers-bargaining//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-commitment-in-alternating-offers-bargaining/ons, 01 sep 2010 12:01:00 by Topi Miettinen (with A. Perea), Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-trust-salience-and-deterrence//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-trust-salience-and-deterrence/mån, 16 aug 2010 16:38:00 by Chloé Le Coq and Giancarlo Spagnolo (with M. Bigoni and S. Fridolfsson), IFN Working Paper No. 859 /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-productivity-in-contests//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-productivity-in-contests/tis, 13 jul 2010 16:47:00 by Marieke Huysentruyt and Topi Miettinen (with O. Andersson, and U. Stephan), published in the Jena Economic Research Papers/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-access-to-credit-information//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-access-to-credit-information/tor, 01 jul 2010 15:09:00 by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with N. Jentzsch and C. Giannetti), published in Weekly Report, DIW Berlin/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/babij-jar-and-the-eastern-outposts-of-the-holocaust//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/babij-jar-and-the-eastern-outposts-of-the-holocaust/tis, 22 jun 2010 17:58:00 Lennart Samuelson appears in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet with an essay about the extent of the Holocaust in occupied territories of the Soviet Union 1941-1944./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-the-costs-of-political-influence//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-the-costs-of-political-influence/tis, 01 jun 2010 16:59:00 by Anders Olofsgård (with R. Desai), published in the Quarterly Journal of Political Science/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-union-leaders-as-experts//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-union-leaders-as-experts/tis, 01 jun 2010 15:15:00 by Anders Olofsgård, published in the Scandinavian Journal of Economics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-religion-politics-and-development//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-religion-politics-and-development/mån, 31 maj 2010 16:27:00 by Erik Meyersson, Doctoral Thesis in Economics at the Stockholm University, Sweden/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-purely-procedural-preferences//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-purely-procedural-preferences/ons, 26 maj 2010 16:10:00 by Topi Miettinen (with N. Chlass and W. Guth), published in the Jena economic research papers/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-how-do-people-value-extended-warranties//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-how-do-people-value-extended-warranties/fre, 14 maj 2010 12:05:00 by Marieke Huysentruyt (with D. Read), published in the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-asymmetry-and-collusion-in-sequential-procurement//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-asymmetry-and-collusion-in-sequential-procurement/lör, 01 maj 2010 15:24:00 by Giancarlo Spagnolo (with G. L. Albano), published in the B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-child-benefit-support-and-method-of-payment//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-child-benefit-support-and-method-of-payment/lör, 01 maj 2010 12:10:00 by Marieke Huysentruyt (with E. Lefevere), published in the American Economic Journal/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-common-trends-and-shocks-to-top-incomes//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-common-trends-and-shocks-to-top-incomes/ons, 03 mar 2010 12:56:00 by Jesper Roine (with D. Waldenström), published in the Review of Economics and Statistics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-top-incomes-in-sweden-over-the-twentieth-century//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2010-top-incomes-in-sweden-over-the-twentieth-century/mån, 01 feb 2010 12:52:00 by Jesper Roine (with D. Waldenström), published in the Atkinson and Piketty's (eds.) "Top Incomes over the Twentieth Century: Volume II, A Global Perspective"/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/east-capital-and-tetra-laval-have-joined-as-new-corporate-sponsors-of-site//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/east-capital-and-tetra-laval-have-joined-as-new-corporate-sponsors-of-site/fre, 15 jan 2010 18:05:00 SITE welcomes new corporate partners and continued strong support from founders./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-the-dynamics-of-the-gender-gap//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-the-dynamics-of-the-gender-gap/sön, 01 nov 2009 18:52:00 by Ina Ganguli (with Ricardo Hausmann and Martina Viarengo), published by Ricardo Hausmann, Laura D. Tyson, Saadia Zahidi (eds), The Global Gender Gap Report 2009, The World Economic Forum (2009) /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russia--ukraine-gas-conflict-implications-for-the-eu//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/russia--ukraine-gas-conflict-implications-for-the-eu/tor, 15 okt 2009 18:13:00 The recent disruption in the supply of Russian gas transiting via Ukraine raises a number of questions regarding the security of energy supply in the EU. /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-herding-in-aid-allocation//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-herding-in-aid-allocation/tor, 01 okt 2009 18:58:00 by Emmanuel Frot (with J. Santiso), published in the Klykos/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-fines-leniency-rewards-and-organized-crime//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-fines-leniency-rewards-and-organized-crime/lör, 01 aug 2009 19:13:00 by Chloé Le Coq and Giancarlo Spagnolo (with M. Bigoni and S. Fridolfsson), published in the Centre of Economic Policy Research Discussion Paper Series/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-measuring-the-security-of-external-energy-supply//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-measuring-the-security-of-external-energy-supply/tor, 09 jul 2009 19:17:00 by Chloé Le Coq and Elena Paltseva, published in the Journal of European Union Energy Policy/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/The-Length-of-Contracts-and-Collusion//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/The-Length-of-Contracts-and-Collusion/mån, 18 maj 2009 19:27:00 by Chloé Le Coq (with R. Green), published in the International Journal of Industrial Organization/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/aid-and-the-financial-crisis//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/aid-and-the-financial-crisis/ons, 13 maj 2009 18:57:00 In a column published on VoxEU.org, Emmanuel Frot discusses the potential consequences of the crisis on aid budgets./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-the-long-run-determinants-of-inequality//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-the-long-run-determinants-of-inequality/tis, 21 apr 2009 19:34:00 by Jesper Roine (J. Vlachos and D. Waldenström), published in the Journal of Public Economics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-political-influence-in-transition-economies//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-political-influence-in-transition-economies/ons, 01 apr 2009 19:39:00 by Anders Olofsgård (with R. Desai), Working Paper/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-wealth-concentration-over-the-path-of-development//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-wealth-concentration-over-the-path-of-development/sön, 01 mar 2009 19:46:00 by Jesper Roine (with D. Waldenström), published in the Scandinavian Journal of Economics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-the-logic-of-authoritarian-bargains//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-the-logic-of-authoritarian-bargains/sön, 01 mar 2009 19:42:00 by Anders Olofsgård (with R. Desai and T. Yousef), published in the Journal of Economics & Politics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/imf-and-latviawhy-going-for-third-best//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/imf-and-latviawhy-going-for-third-best/mån, 02 feb 2009 18:18:00 Torbjörn Becker appears in the Swedish newspaper Dagens Industri with an op-ed arguing that Latvia should devalue and adopt the Euro./sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-institutions-and-nonconvergence-traps//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-institutions-and-nonconvergence-traps/sön, 01 feb 2009 19:59:00 by Erik Meyersson (with P. Aghion and P. Howitt), published as chapter in the book of Aghion and Howitt's "The Economics of Growth", MIT Press/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-understanding-declining-mobility//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2009-understanding-declining-mobility/sön, 01 feb 2009 19:50:00 by Marieke Huysentruyt (with C.B. Barrett and J.G. McPeak), published in the Economica/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-the-constitutional-channels-of-the-resource-curse//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-the-constitutional-channels-of-the-resource-curse/tis, 01 apr 2008 10:18:00 by Jesper Roine (with A. Boschini and J. Pettersson), proceedings from "Meeting Global Challenges in Research Cooperation", Uppsala/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-the-evolution-of-top-incomes-in-an-egalitarian-society//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-the-evolution-of-top-incomes-in-an-egalitarian-society/fre, 01 feb 2008 10:25:00 by Jesper Roine (with D. Waldenström), published in the Journal of Public Economics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/long-run-changes-in-the-concentration-of-wealth-an-overview-of-recent-findings//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/long-run-changes-in-the-concentration-of-wealth-an-overview-of-recent-findings/fre, 01 feb 2008 09:07:00 by Jesper Roine (with H. Ohlsson and D. Waldenström), published in the Davies' (ed.) "Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective"/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-poverty-exclusion-and-dissent//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-poverty-exclusion-and-dissent/tis, 08 jan 2008 10:05:00 by Anders Olofsgård (with R. Desai and T. Yousef), Working Paper /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-corruption-and-political-and-economic-reforms//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-corruption-and-political-and-economic-reforms/sön, 06 jan 2008 10:01:00 by Anders Olofsgård (with Z. Zahran), published in the Economics & Politics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-delegation-versus-communication//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/2008-delegation-versus-communication/lör, 05 jan 2008 09:54:00 by Anders Olofsgård (with R. Luma), published in the Journal of Public Economics/sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/resource-curse-or-not-a-question-of-appropriability//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/resource-curse-or-not-a-question-of-appropriability/ons, 03 jan 2007 15:48:00 by Jesper Roine (with A. Boschini and J. Pettersson), published in Scandinavian Journal of Economics /sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/foreign-aid-an-instrument-for-fighting-communism//sv/forskning/institut/ostekonomiska-institutet/News/foreign-aid-an-instrument-for-fighting-communism/tis, 02 jan 2007 15:26:00 by Anders Olofsgård (with A. Boschini), published in Journal of Development Studies