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I am a Professor of Economics and Vice Dean at School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg.
My research interests are development economics, economic history, the political economy of conflict, and economic growth.
Email: ola.olsson@economics.gu.se
Phone: +46 766 181341
News:
Yahoo News and Forskning.se cover our paper on Roman roads (Nov, 2022)
Presentation of "Deep Determinants of Economic Freedom" (chapter in forthcoming Handbook of Economic Freedom) at Southern Economic Association in Fort Lauderdale (Nov, 2022)
"Floods, Droughts, and Environmental Circumscription in Early State Development: The Case of Ancient Egypt" (with Laura Mayoral) R&R at Journal of Economic Growth (Oct, 2022)
Research visit to Institute of Advanced Study (IAST) at Toulouse School of Economics, June 14-July 8, 2022
A revised version of "Cadasters and Economic Growth: A Long-Run Cross-Country Panel " (with Michelle D'Arcy and Marina Nistotskaya) (June, 2022)
Tore Browaldh Seminar 2022 with Timothy Snyder
Recent publications:
"Roman Roads to Prosperity: Persistence and Non-Persistence of Public Infrastructure" (with Carl-Johan Dalgaard, Nicolai Kaarsen, and Pablo Selaya) is accepted for publication in Journal of Comparative Economics (May, 2022)
"The Origins of Cultural Divergence: Evidence from Vietnam" (2022) (with Hoang-Anh Ho and Peter Martinsson) Journal of Economic Growth 27, 45–89.
"Transition to Agriculture and First State Presence: A Global Analysis" (2021)(with Oana Borcan and Louis Putterman) Explorations in Economic History 82(October), article 101404 (Oct, 2021)