Andreas Bergh
Economist, Social Scientist, Author, and Teacher
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I am an associate professor in Economics at Lund University and a fellow at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in Stockholm. My research concerns the welfare state, institutions, development, globalization, trust, technological change, and social norms.
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Substacks
Berghs betraktelser - My Swedish substack
The Capitalist Welfare State - My English substack
Podcasts & video
Grundläggande mikroekonomi med Andreas Bergh (youtube-spellista)
Archive
Berghs betraktelser 2005-2014 (WordPress)
Other
Recent Research
Economic Globalization and Income Shares, with Christian Bjornskov and Justin Callais, Journal of Comparative Economics (2026).
Rural Retrenchment and Marginalization in Sweden? Evidence from Employment Registers and Survey Data, with David Sandberg and Emanuel Wittberg, Population, Space and Place 32(3), 2026.
The Growth Consequences of Socialism, with Christian Bjornskov and Ludek Kouba, Journal of Comparative Economics 53(2), 2025.
Retrenchment without Liberalisation: Making Sense of Sweden's Shift Away from Consensual and Evidence-Based Politics, with Gissur O. Erlingsson, Scandinavian Political Studies 48(2), 2025.
Full publication list: ifn.se/forskare/ifn-forskare/andreas-bergh
Selected Books
Selected Books
Modern Mikroekonomi (Studentlitteratur, new version coming in sept 2026)
Open Markets (2024) (Now available on Amazon)
Sweden and the Revival of the Capitalist Welfare State (Edward Elgar, 2016) on Sweden's path from crisis to a model for other countries.
Sick of Inequality? An Introduction to the Relationship between Inequality and Health
(w. Therese Nilsson and Daniel Waldenstrom (Edward Elgar, 2016).
A Clean House? Studies of Corruption in Sweden, with Gissur O. Erlingsson, Richard Ohrvall and Mats Sjolin (Nordic Academic Press, 2016).
Government Size and Implications for Economic Growth, with Magnus Henrekson (AEI Press, 2010).
Contact
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