Research

Working Papers

“Transparency and the Allocation of Talent in Public Organizations”

“Pacifying the Public: Local Politicians and Social Unrest in South Africa”

Work in Progress

“Political Implications of Trade Liberalization: Evidence from India” (with Roza Khoban and Ryu Matsuura)

“Public Servants in Private Firms”

Publications

“The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Presence of Political Distortions” (with Roza Khoban)

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 17(3): 1–41, 2025

• VoxDev summary

Other Publications (Policy, Book Chapters, etc.)

“Long-Run Impacts of the Conflict in Ukraine on Grain Imports and Prices in Africa” (with Lacina Balma, Tobias Heidland, Hendrik Mahlkow, Adamon N. Mukasa, and Andinet Woldemichael)

• Also published as Kiel Policy Brief, Ukraine Special No. 1, 2022

“Alleviating global poverty: a note on the experimental approach” (with Peter Fredriksson, Eva Mörk, Torsten Persson, and Jakob Svensson)

In Poverty in Contemporary Economic Thought (Eds. Mats Lundahl, Daniel Rauhut, and Neelambar Hatti). London: Routledge, 2021

“Educational performance in Swedish schools is plummeting – what are the facts?” (with Magnus Henrekson)

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), 2017

• Popular summary Dagens Nyheter – September 23, 2016 [In Swedish]

• Featured in: Expressen, Forsknings & Framsteg, Göteborgs-Posten, Hallandsposten, Helsingborgs Dagblad, Jämtlands Tidning, Kristianstadsbladet, Nya Wermlands-Tidningen, Svenska Dagbladet, Sydsvenskan

“Korruptionens utveckling under finanskrisen” [In Swedish]

Ekonomisk Debatt 44(7), 2016