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Katharina Pilhofer visits Respect Research Group

24 September 2015
During the first week of October 2015, Katharina Pilhofer will attend the annual colloquium of Hamburg-based Respect Research Group

Headless mannequins and models affect how we react to marketing

21 September 2015
The way people are portrayed in advertising influences consumers' reactions, according to Hanna Berg’s doctoral thesis at the Stockholm School of Economics. 

Do military coups affect economic development?

17 September 2015
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.

Capital controls may lead to higher sustainable levels of public debt

17 September 2015
Economies with the most underdeveloped financial markets are the ones that can sustain high public debt levels. The underlying reason is that the use of capital controls in these countries reduces the incentives of sovereign default. Lower default incentives increase the levels of public debt that can be considered sustainable.

SSE research on Japan recognized by Japan's Minister for Foreign Affairs

15 September 2015
Marie Söderberg at the European Institute of Japanese Studies (EIJS) at the Stockholm School of Economics, has been awarded the Foreign Minister's Commendations for 2015.

Financial Times Master in Management ranking results

14 September 2015
Today Financial Times published their ranking of Masters in Management (MiM). SSE’s position in the MiM ranking dropped this year, from place 33 to place 44. CEMS, where SSE is a member school, is ranked 4th.

Large differences when female and male students from SSE choose industry

14 September 2015
The most recent employer survey of Stockholm School of Economics’ students indicates several distinct differences between female and male students including when it comes to choosing industry after graduation.

About the flow of refugees in the world

13 September 2015
Recently, flows of refugees in Europe and elsewhere have dominated the public discourse. A few days ago it was as if a collective alarm clock rang. People’s imaginations of the horrors of war became clearer and a wave of empathy swept over countries all over the world.

Save the date for SITE 9th Energy Day - November 5, 2015

11 September 2015
The Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE) has the pleasure of inviting you to our 9th Energy Day “Economic Impacts of Oil Price Fluctuations”.

MBA scholar to strengthen Norwegian-Swedish cooperation

10 September 2015
Erik Durhan, Head of Corporate Governance at Nordea, has been awarded the SSE MBA NSHK scholarship in 2016. The scholarship is given to the next generation of leaders to strengthen Norwegian and Swedish industry.