Associate Professor
INDEK, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Visiting Researcher
Swedish House of Finance (Stockholm School of Economics)
Affiliated Researcher
Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (MISUM)
Digital Futures (KTH)
Member
Christian.thomann (at) indek.kth.se
Publications
The Effect of Carbon Pricing on Firm Emissions: Evidence from the Swedish CO2 Tax
with Gustav Martinsson, Laszlo Sajtos and Per Strömberg
Review of Financial Studies (2024), 37 (6), 1848–1886
Academic Insight by MISUM (Stockholm School of Economics)
Non-academic summary (Stockholm University)
Non-academic summary (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology). Even here: Koldioxidskatt är ett effektivt sätt att minska utsläpp - | forskning.se
Interactive visualization of key results and Designing a Carbon Tax Policy that Works (Stockholm School of Economics and Datastory)
Op-ed in SvD that builds on central findings: Debattörer: Statligt stöd avgörande för industriomställning | SvD Debatt
Financial Times lists article as "Academic research with impact, highly recommended" Link to FT article
Can Environmental Policy Encourage Technical Change? Emissions Taxes and R&D Investment in Polluting Firms
with James R. Brown and Gustav Martinsson
Review of Financial Studies (2022), 35(10), 4518-4560
Financial Times lists article as "Academic research with real-world impact: highly commended" Link to FT article
Non-academic summary (Swedish House of Finance)
Discussion of key results (KTH, Royal Institute of Technology)
Academic Insight by MISUM (Stockholm School of Economics)
Government Lending in a Crisis
with James R. Brown and Gustav Martinsson
Journal of Corporate Finance (2021) 71
Non-academic summary (Swedish House of Finance)
Swedish Audit Office (Riksrevisionen) uses methodology to assess effectiveness of tax deferrals during COVID and arrives at similar results.
Article by Swedish House of Finance on the report.
Are bad times good news for the Securities and Exchange Commission?
with Tim Lohse
European Journal of Law and Economics (2015) 40 (1), 33-47
Pay inequity effects on back-office employees’ job performances: the case of a large insurance firm
with Y Zhang and O Fabel,
Central European Journal of Operations Research 23 (2), 421-439
Public Enforcement of Securities Market Rules: Resource-based evidence from the Securities Exchange Commission
with Tim Lohse and Razvan Pascalau
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2014) 106, 197-212
Redistributional consequences of early childhood intervention
with Tim Lohse and Peter Lutz
The European Journal of Health Economics (2013) 14 (3), 373-381
The impact of catastrophes on insurer stock volatility
Journal of Risk and Insurance (2013) 80 (1), 65-94
Corporate management of highly dynamic risks: Evidence from the demand for terrorism insurance in Germany
with Razvan Pascalau and J-Matthias Graf von der Schulenburg
The Geneva Risk and Insurance Review (2012) 37 (1), 57-82
Working Papers
Financing Constraints and Risk Management: Evidence From Micro-Level Insurance Data,
IFN Working Paper No. 1452, with Emil Bustos, Oliver Engist and Gustav Martinsson
Climate Policy and Firm Efficiency: Lessons From the Trucking Industry,
with Gustav Martinsson and Per Stromberg
Current Research Grants
Currently, Christian Thomann's research projects are supported by grants from Vetenskapsrådet (Swedish Research Council), Marianne och Marcus Wallenbergs Foundation, Digital Futures, Trafikverket and Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius stiftelse.
In collaboration with the City of Stockholm's captive insurance company St Erik we are investigating how to reduce insured losses in residential properties. (Link to project and information about project by KTH)