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Vacancy open: Research Assistant at SITE
Last updated
2020-05-11
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?
Flawed risk assessment and policy decisions
Last updated
2020-05-10
Humans are bad at assessing risk even in the best of times. During a pandemic – when the disease is unfamiliar, people are isolated and stressed, and the death toll is rising – our risk perception...
Counterproductive Incentives in the Business Compensation Scheme
Last updated
2020-05-11
The Norwegian government has designed a business compensation scheme to help firms avoid bankruptcies and keep operating during the corona crisis.
The shock effects of the pandemic and the authoritarian threat
Last updated
2020-04-15
Six months after the corona virus first appeared, the world economy is entering a deep economic crisis that could result in political power shifts at global level. The absence of leadership in the US...
HOI research | Why are mobile phones so important for Syrian refugees in Lebanon?
Last updated
2020-04-15
Syrian refugees living in Lebanon today are facing limited freedom of movement, limited access to services, and constrained labor rights. For these people, mobile phones serve as essential tools for...
Digital Workshop with Svensk Handel
Last updated
2020-04-24
Svensk Handel Retail Club had an online workshop together with Houdini Sportswear focusing on how the company tackle issues linked to COVID-19.
Online search queries as a proxy for contagion
Last updated
2020-04-27
In the current coronavirus outbreak, governments face hard decisions on how to best combat the spread of the virus. This note proposes a way to capture the spread of contagion, so as to quickly...
Swedes support further measures against COVID-19
Last updated
2020-04-28
Three out of four Swedes want to see more measures in place to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Two out of five are positive to a temporary curfew in cities. This according to a new study at the...
Optimal testing
Last updated
2020-04-29
A new working paper by Jakob Jonnerby (Oxford) and co-authors analyzes how to optimally prioritize testing resources under scarcity.
Mycket stor ökning av sökande till våra kandidatprogram
Last updated
2020-04-17
Studenter, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm