On Tuesday, May 21, the Center for Sports and Business organized the fourth edition of its partner day at the Stockholm School of Economics. The theme was "Sport as a financial asset class - what does the landscape look like and what opportunities and threats arise for Swedish sports?" The partner day featured Tomas Hjelström (Doctor of Economics and member of the CSB), Fanny Almersson (PhD student at the CSB) as well as CEMS students presenting their projects on the Swedish Golf Federation and the Marathongruppen.

Department of Economics is proud to present its latest PhD graduate: Tove Forsbacka. She has successfully defended her thesis on the 14th of May, and we congratulate her on this momentous achievement. Congratulations, Tove!

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.

Intresset var stort i veckan när SCB kom med nya inflationssiffror. Vad berodde de motstridiga beskeden på och hur påverkar det människors förväntningar på en ljusare ekonomisk utveckling? Hör Richard Wahlund, professor på Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, i SR Godmorgon världen.

In collaboration with Sweden Foodtech, we present a guide from the Jacob and Marcus Wallenberg Center for Innovative and Sustainable Business Development on the transformation of the food sector. You can download the guide here to learn how food innovation can address global challenges like climate change and improve overall health.

Four researchers at the Department of Economics were awarded grants from the Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation and Tore Browaldh Foundation.

In this latest Misum Academic Insight, Misum researchers Gustav Martinsson, László Sajtos, Per Strömberg, and Christian Thomann explore the effectiveness of local carbon pricing in reducing CO2 emissions from companies, within the context of Sweden.

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.

The CCEP Retail Club was invited back to the headquarters for the final session of the academic year.

Students in H&M Retail's Club got the chance to familiarize themselves with the H&M Lifestyle brands in a workshop on competitive analysis.