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Joakim Persson

Associate Professor

My research focuses on economic growth, sustainable development, the labour market and financial economics.

Senior Lecturer in Economics

I am a macroeconomist whose research focuses on economic growth, sustainable development, the labour market and financial economics. At the moment, I am working on empirical behavioural finance alongside researchers from Uppsala University and the US. I also have ongoing projects on sustainable development in collaboration with others.

Academic qualifications

  • Department of International Economics, Stockholm University, defended doctoral thesis in 1998, awarded PhD in Economics in 2002.
  • Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. Master’s degree in Public Affairs, specialising in “Economics and Public Policy”, 1990.
  • Uppsala University. Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Political Science and Statistics, 1987.

Publications

2023

Joakim Persson, Clas Eriksson, Rickard Mobäck (2023) Does income inequality worsen pollution? The GEMS air pollution data revisited Journal of Cleaner Production, Vol. 422, Article 138478 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2013

Clas Eriksson, Joakim Persson (2013) Democracy, income and pollution Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, Vol. 15, p. 291-308 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2012

Joseph DeJuan, Joakim Persson, Marc Tomljanovich (2012) Regional Income Convergence in Sweden,1911-2003: A Time Series Analysis The journal of economic asymmetries, Vol. 9, p. 67-87 (Article in journal)

2003

Gustavsson Patrik, Joakim Persson (2003) Geography, Cost-of-Living, and Determinants to Economic Growth: A Study of the Swedish Regions, 1911-1993
Clas Eriksson, Joakim Persson (2003) Economic Growth, Inequality, Democratization, and the Environment Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 25, p. 1-16 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

Research

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Applied financial economics

The Financial Economics research group studies financial market dynamics and their links to the economy. We focus on energy finance, sustainable investments, systemic risk, and macro-financial stability nationally and internationally.

Coworkers

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Chowdhury Abdullah-Al- Baki
PhD student
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Ali Ahmed
Professor, Head of Division
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David Andersson
Principal Research Engineer
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Peter Andersson
Associate Professor
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Per Arenö
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Roger Bandick
Associate Professor, Docent
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Kinga Barrafrem
Associate Professor, Docent
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Mohammad Rakib Uddin Bhuiyan
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Maria Börjesson
Adjunct Professor
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Jeanne Cilliers
Professor
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Mimmi Gustafsson
Lecturer
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Axel Hedström
Assistant Professor
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Göran Hägg
Associate Professor
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Pernilla Ivehammar
Associate Professor
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Alireza Khoshghadam
Postdoc
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Lina Koppel
Assistant Professor
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Robert Lindahl
PhD student
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Amanda Lindkvist
PhD student
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Elisabeth Lång
Adjunct Associate Professor
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Patrik Michaelsen
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Emil Persson
Associate Professor, Docent
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Ajsuna Ragipi Rushid
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Jonathan Siverskog
Associate Professor
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Bo Sjö
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David Stenvall
Postdoc
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Liam Strand
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Camilla Strömbäck
Associate Professor
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Gustav Tinghög
Professor
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Gazi Salah Uddin
Professor

Organisation

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Economics (NEK)

The Division of Economics belongs to the Department of Management and Engineering and carries out education and research in the field of Economics. Economics covers a wide range of different financial aspects.
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Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)

The Department of Management and Engineering (IEI) strengthens and develops tomorrow’s industry, business world and society by ground-breaking research, education and innovation.

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