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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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. 

After 16 years, Swedish national team hockey player Jonas Andersson decides to finish his professional career. He will now study an Executive MBA at the Stockholm School of Economics. 

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.

Marie Söderberg, Director and Professor at the European Institute of Japanese Studies, will give a lecture on Japan's National Interests and Security Seen Through the Development Cooperation Charter at International House of Japan.