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Official account for the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg. News and research updates in both Swedish and English. Visit us at www.gu.se/en/school-business-economics-law/economics
🔎Today’s General Economics Seminar focuses on Pigouvian income taxation.

With Professor Lassi Ahlvik (University of Helsinki) and PhD student Mikael Mäakimattila (Aalto University).

👉More about our open seminars: shorturl.at/5cEiy
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The research project ATLASS receives VR infrastructure funding through SwedPop! 🎉

Using machine learning, ATLASS will digitize Swedish school archives to enable new research on education and inequality.

👉Read more: shorturl.at/EvrTj
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
...Lucia Corno and David Yanagizawa-Drott, as well as prominent Sweden-based scholars Gunes Gokmen, Pontus Strimling, Lina Eriksson and Maria Stern. Perspectives from economics, political science, and international relations were incorporated, fostering an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.
September 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
On September 9th, @hfors.bsky.social , Ann-Sofie Isaksson, and @econannika.bsky.social organized a one-day symposium on "Social Norms and Development" at the @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social . The symposium, funded by Ragnar Söderbergs Stiftelse, featured leading economists @nathannunn.bsky.social ...
September 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Two great department seminars today with prominent guests
@nathannunn.bsky.social - presenting research on zero-sum thinking and effort-suppressing beliefs - and @tim-cason.bsky.social on innovation and free-riding.
September 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Our warmest congratulations to Jens Ewald @jensewald.bsky.social who successfully defended his timely PhD thesis "Opposition to Carbon Pricing: Beliefs, Revenues and Protesters" today! Thanks also to Prof Timo Goeschl from Heidelberg U for discussing the thesis.
June 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Lasse Pedersen (Copenhagen Business School) gave a keynote lecture at the CFF conference on Asset Pricing and Machine Learning. The conference is organized by @gothenburg-econ.bsky.social and funded by Andra AP-fonden and Handelsbanken.
June 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Jianqing Fan (Princeton University) presenting the keynote on “When Can Weak Latent Factors Be Statistically Inferred?” at the department workshop in econometrics and statistics. Workshop program: adzemski.github.io/assets/pdf/p...
June 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
On May 13, we are pleased to welcome Professor Joseph Altonji from Yale University, who will present "Marriage Dynamics, Earnings Dynamics, and Lifetime Family Income."
May 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Kunskapslunch online 10 april: Klimat, vetenskap och politik – Hur politisk tillhörighet påverkar synen på klimatforskning.
Elina Lampi presenterar resultatet av en enkätstudie om hur individers syn på klimatforskning påverkas av politiska faktorer. Anmäl dig här: www.gu.se/evenemang/kl...
April 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
On April 8, we welcome Antoine Dechezleprêtre from LSE/OECD to our General Economics Seminar! We are pleased to have him with us and look forward to an insightful seminar and stimulating discussions. #EconSky
April 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Congratulations to our former master student, David Yanagizawa-Drott, now Professor of Economics at University of Zurich, who has received the Yrjö Jahnsson Award by the @eeanews.bsky.social jointly with Julia Cagé, Professor of Economics at Sciences Po Paris. eeassoc.org/awards/yrjo-...
April 4, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Olof Johansson-Stenman, vice ordförande i Klimatpolitiska rådet och professor i nationalekonomi, kommenterar i "Efter fem" årets rapport som visar att regeringens nuvarande politik inte är tillräcklig för att nå klimatmålen (ca 17:50 i klippet). www.tv4play.se/video/9d141a...
March 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
In the fall, the University of Gothenburg will launch a new bachelor's program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. "A classic combination of subjects", says Olof Johansson-Stenman. www.gu.se/en/study-got...
#econsky #economics #Philosophy #Politics
March 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Today, we had the honor of welcoming Petter Lundborg from Lund University to our General Economics Seminar! www.gu.se/en/school-bu...
March 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
We are thrilled to welcome Kyra Hanemaaijer as a postdoc to our department! www.gu.se/en/news/meet...

@kyrahanemaaijer.bsky.social
@profhjalmarsson.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Erik Hjalmarsson, Professor of Finance, has been appointed as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. "It is a great honor to serve on the editorial board of one of the finest journals in finance."
Read more here: www.gu.se/en/news/erik...
#econsky #academicsky
February 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We’re thrilled – and truly entertained – to have #Nobel laureate @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social at the University of #Gothenburg here today! The faculty attended a seminar, followed by an open presentation on Simon's latest research, with a Q&A and engaging #AI discussions. #econsky #economics
December 14, 2024 at 3:18 PM
Professor Ola Olsson medverkade igår i Nobelstudion i SVT för att prata om och förklara årets mottagare av ekonomipriset och deras forskning. 🌟 Missade du det? Se programmet här: www.svtplay.se/video/ewqAPW... @nobelprize.bsky.social @oolsson.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Professor Ola Olsson diskuterar årets ekonomipris i Handelshögskolans podd tillsammans med Klas Rönnbäck, professor i ekonomisk historia. Hur påverkar samhällsinstitutioner globalt välstånd? Lyssna på samtalet här: www.gu.se/handelshogsk...
@oolsson.bsky.social #econsky
December 4, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Tomorrow, Nov 26, we welcome Alexander Wright Cappelen from NHH - Norwegian School of Economics to our General Economics Seminar! Alexander will present: "A Competitive World" (joint work with T. Buser, U. Gneezy & B. Tungodden).
#econsky #economics #research
November 25, 2024 at 1:07 PM
We're very excited to introduce three candidates on the #econjobmarket this year! Meet Vorada Limjaroenrat, Jimmy Karlsson, and Jens Ewald, and read their job market papers here: gu.se/en/school-bu...
#econsky #econjmp #econ #jmp
@jensewald.bsky.social @jimmykarlsson.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 11:26 AM
📢 Final deadline: Nov 22! Join the Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg! We invite applications for an Assistant Professor position in Applied #Microeconomics, with a focus on #Labor or #Development. Start: Sept 2025.
econjobmarket.org/positions/10...
#econsky #Econ #JobMarket
November 19, 2024 at 1:07 PM
📢 Final deadline: Nov 22! The Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, invites applications for an Assistant Professor position in #Environmental-, #Behavioral-, or Public #Economics. Start: Sept 2025. Apply here: econjobmarket.org/positions/10981
#econ #AcademicJobs #econsky
November 19, 2024 at 12:56 PM