Curriculum vitae

Fredrik Andersson

Born April 18, 1968<= o:p>

Married; three children, born 2003 (twins) and 2005.

Degrees

Professor of Economi= cs, Lund University, 2003.

Associate Professor = of Economics, Lund University, 1999.

Ph.D. in Economics, = Lund University, 1995.

Current primary position

Professor of Economi= cs, Department of Economics, = Lund University.

Coordinator of Docto= ral Studies and Deputy Head of Department.

Current secondary positions

Research Affiliate at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm.

Publications

See List of publicat= ions below.

Editorial positions

Current

· &n= bsp; Associate edi= tor, European Economic Review.<= /o:p>

Previous

· &n= bsp; Associate edi= tor, “Ekonomisk Debatt” (2003-04)

Project management

Major projects where= I have been responsible as head of project.

· = From many to one? A research programme about the transformation of t= he Swedish Social Insurance Administration and its Consequences (”Fr&ari= ng;n många till en? Ett forskningsprogram om Försäkringskassans förändr= ing och dess konsekvenser.”) Supported by Swedish Social In= surance Administration, 080101-101231.

· = Sickness insurance and soc= ial norms – Interaction between formal and informal rules from a welfare-state perspective (”Sjukpenningförsäkringen och soc= iala normer – Interaktionen mellan formella och informella regler ur ett välfärdsstatsperspektiv”). Supported by the Swedish So= cial Insurance Administration (”Försäkringskassan”), 060101-070630.

· Contract-based new institutional economics. Supported by the Torsten and Ragnar Söderberg foundation, 060101-071231. (With Carl Hampus Lyttkens och Sonja Opp= er.)

· &n= bsp; Incentives in organizations and markets: A development of multitask principal-agent theory with applications to privatization, competition and outsourcing. Supported = by the Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation, 2004-07.

· &n= bsp; Integration a= nd the location of production: The importance of tax competition, interest gro= ups, and clusters. Supported by The Swedish Research Council, 2004-06.

· &n= bsp; Inequality, pensions and demography (“Ojämlikhet, pensioner och demografi”). Supported by the National Social Insurance Board (“Riksförsäkringsverket”), 2003-05.

· &n= bsp; Labor markets= and societies under the influence of technological change. Supported by the Ban= k of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, 1997-2004.

Awards

· &n= bsp; The CESIfo pr= ize in Public Economics for best paper by young authors 2003. (“Stratifi= cation, Social Networks in the Labour Market, and Intergenerational Mobility,” 2003 (with Dan Anderberg)).

· &n= bsp; My Ph.D. thes= is, Essays in the Economics of Asymmetric = Information, was a awarded “Arnbergska priset” (the Arnberg award) 1996 by t= he Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences= . It was also named “best thesis at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University 1995.”

Parental leave

060801-061231

040401-040831

Positions of trust

·= ; = Board Member, Center for European Law and Economics (CELEC).

·= ; = Member of the Scientific Council for Humanities and Social Sciences at the Swedish Resear= ch Council, 2007-2009.

·= ; = Member of the evaluation committee for economic sciences and statistics, the Swedish Rese= arch Council, 2006.

· &n= bsp; External refe= ree for Astri Muren’s application for “docent”-ship att Stockholm University.

· &n= bsp; Member of a p= anel for evaluating applications for funding by young researchers. The Swedish Research Council, 2005.

· &n= bsp; Referee for t= he recruitment of two lecturers (“universitetslektorer”) at the Luleå Technical Universit= y, 2003.

· &n= bsp; Referee for t= he recruitment of two lecturers (“universitetslektorer”) at the Division of Business and Economics at Karlstad University= , Fall 2002/Spring 2003.

· &n= bsp; Project evaluation for: The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation (2004,2005); Wiener Wissenschafts- Forschungs- und Technologiefonds (2004).

· &n= bsp; External exam= iner (“Censor”) in Economics in Denmark February 1, 2002 to p= resent.

· = Referee for:<= /span> American Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, European Economic Review, Economics of Governance, RAND Journal = of Economics, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Journal of Env= ironmental Economics and Management, International Economic Review, Health Economics, FinanzArchiv; Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Journal of Labor Economics, European Journal of Finance, Regional Science and Urban Economic= s, Economic Journal, Economica, Journal of International Economics.

Visits abroad, conferences and international connections<= /span>

· &n= bsp; Visiting researcher at the WZB, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, Augus= t 2001 and November 2003.

· &n= bsp; I spent the academic year 1991/92 at the University of Californi= a, Berkeley (as a Ph.D. student), and the academic year 1995/96 at Harvard University as a visiting scholar.<= o:p>

· &n= bsp; Participation= in Econometric Society European Meeting, Uppsala 1993; Econometric Society Wor= ld Congress, Tokyo 1995, ASSET’s (Southern European Association in Econo= mic Theory) conference, Alicante 1996; Econometric Society European Meeting, Toulouse 1997; Public Choice Society Annual Meeting 1998, 1999, 2000 and 20= 01; Econometric Society European Meeting, Toulouse 1997; Seventh European Works= hop on Econometrics and Health Economics, Helsinki 1998, Econometric Society Wo= rld Congress, Seattle 2000; IZA workshop on European Integration and Labor Mark= et Performance, Bonn 2000; Econometric Society European Meeting, Lausanne 2001; Workshop on Public economics and economic geography, Namur 2002. I all cases presenting own work.

Organization of conferences

· &n= bsp; Member of the organizing committee (with H. J. Holm) of the Arne Ryde-Symposium on Experimental Economics, November 2000.

· &n= bsp; Member of the organizing committee (with H. Carlsson and H. J. Holm) of the Arne Ryde-Symposium on Focal Points, August 1997.

Miscellaneous

· &n= bsp; Associated wi= th “Mediaforum”, Center for Business and Policy Studies (SNS) Stockholm 2004-present.

· &n= bsp; Research associate at the Center for Business and Policy Studies (SNS) Stockholm 200= 1-03.

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List of publications

Monographs<= /span>

1. Essays in the Economics of Asymmetric Informatio= n, 1995. <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Lund Economic Stud= ies 59. Doctoral dissertation, Lu= nd University.

Articles

2. “Stratification, Social Networks in the Labo= ur Market, and Intergenerational Mobility,” 2007 with Dan Anderbe= rg). Economic Journal 117: 782-812.

3. “A fundamental asymmetry of asymmetric shocks,” 2004 (with Rikard Forsli= d). European Economic Review 48: 337-51.

4. “Qu= ality, self-regulation, and competition: The case of insurance,” 2003 (with Göran Skogh). Insurance Mathem= atics and Economics 32:267-80.

5. “Tax competition and economic geography,” 2003 (with Rikard Forslid). Journal of Public Economic Theory 5:279-303. =

6. “Hu= man capital investment and globalization in extortionary states,” 2003 (with Kai A. Konrad). Journal of Public Economics 87:153= 9-55.

7. “Gl= obalization and risky human capital investment,” 2003 (with Kai A. Konrad). International Tax and Public Finance 10:211-28.

8. “In= vestment in human capital, wage uncertainty, and public policy,” 2003 (with Dan Anderberg). Journal of Public Economics 87:152= 1-37.

9. “Li= mited-rivalry consumer goods and income distribution – An exploration,” 2002.= Journal of Income Distribution 10:= 59-76.

10. “Po= oling reputations,” 2002. International Journal of Indust= rial Organization 2= 0: 715-30.

11. “Ca= reer concerns, contracts, and effort distortions,” 2002. Journal of Labor Economics 20: = 42-58.

12. “Te= chnological change, labour contracts, and income distribution,” 2002. Finnish Economic Papers 15: 24-35.=

13. “Ad= verse selection and bilateral asymmetric information,” 2001. Journal of Economics 74: 173-95.

14. “Ti= me, self-selection and user charges for public goods,” 1999 (with Dan Anderberg and Alessandro Balestrino). Finanzarchiv 57:137-54.

15. “So= cial insurance with risk-reducing investments,” 2000 (with Dan Anderberg).= Economica 67: 37-56. Presented at ”International Institute o= f Public Finance 54^th Congress”,= Cordoba, 1998. Awa= rded.

16. “Pr= eferences for equity in health behind a veil of ignorance,” 1999 (with Carl Hampus Lyttkens). Health Economics 8: 369-78.

17. “Un= certainty aversion in a simple insurance model,” 1998. Finnish Economic Papers 12:16-27.

18.&= nbsp; “Transparency preference and economic behavior,” 1998 (with Håkan J. Holm). Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 37:349-56.

19.&= nbsp; “Small pollution markets – Tradable permits versus revelation mechanisms,= 221; 1997. Journal of Environmental Econ= omics and Management 32:38-50.

20.&= nbsp; “Income taxation and job-market signaling,” 1996. Journal of Public Economics 59: 277-98.

21.&= nbsp; “On the screening power of incentive schemes,” 1995. Economic Design 1:251-74.

Book contributions and miscellaneous publications

22. “Bildung, Besteurung und internationale Mobilität,” 20= 05 (with Kai A. Konrad). In = Steuer und Sozialstaat im europäischen Systemwettbewerb, Ulrich Be= cker and Wolfgang Schön, eds., Mohr Siebeck.

23. “Taxation and Education Investment in the Tertiary Sector,” 2003 (with Kai A. Konrad). In Alternatives for welfare policy: Coping with internationalisation and demographic change, Torben Andersen and= Per Molander, eds., Cambridge University Press.

24. Comment o= n S. B. Nielsen, P. Schou and J. K. Søbygaard, “Elements of income tax evasion and avoidance in Denmark,” 2002. Swedish Economic Policy Revie= w 9:165-9.

25. Experimental Economics: Financial Markets, Aucti= ons, and Decision Making. Interviews and Contributions from the 20^th = Arne Ryde Symposium, 2002. F. Andersson and H.J. Holm, eds. Kluwer Academic Publishers= .

26. “Health, G= enuine Uncertainty, and Information,” 2002 (with Carl Hampus Lyttkens). Individual Decisions for Health, Björn Lindgren, ed. Routledge.

27. “Uncertainty aversion—a reply to Oliver,” 2000 (with Carl Hampus Lyttkens). Health Economics 9: 257-9.

Reports in English=

28. “Bu= siness-to-business electronic commerce,” 2003. In Markets in the Information Age. Swedish Competition Authority, Stockholm.

Writings in Swedish

29. ”Man får vad man betalar för – Om betydelsen av incitament inom företag och på arbetsmarknaden,” 2007 Tvärsnitt 2:44-47.=

30. Offentli upphandling, ramav= tal och auktionsteori. Konkurrensverkets uppdragsforskningsserie 2006:4. Konkurrensverket, Stockholm

31. Konkurrens på kommuna= la villkor – Om konkurrensutsättning och gränsen mellan marknad och byråkrati, 2002. Svenska Kommunförbundets, Stockholm.

32. “Auktioner på Internet”, 2002 (with Karl Arnberg). In= Om Internet och marknader i förändring. Konkurrensverket, Stockholm.

33. Privatiseringens gräns= er – perspektiv på välfärdspolitiken, 2001 (with L. Söderström, P. G. Edebalk and A. Kruse). Välf= ärdspolitiska rådets rapport 2000, SNS Förlag, Stockholm.

34. “Om jordbruk, prisdiskriminering och dynamisk inkonsistens – ett exempel,” 19= 93. Ekonomisk Debatt 5:473-7.

Manuscripts <= /p>

35. “A trickle-down theory of incentives with applications to privatization and outsourcing,” 2006. Submitted.

36. “Ex= plorations in dynamic tax competition,” 2005 (with Rikard Forslid).

37. “Horizontal and Vertical Differentia= tion in School Competition with Vouchers,” 2006 (with Dan Anderberg), circulated, u= nder revision for submission.

38. “Br= east cancer survival, work and earnings in Sweden,” 2006 (with Kristian Bolin and Björn Lindgren), circulated, under revision for submission.

39. “Ef= ficient recommended margins” 2006 (with Mattias Ganslandt), first draft.=

Teaching materials in Swedish (mentioned also un= der Teaching activities)

40. “Anteckningar i offentlig ekonomi – marknadsmisslyckanden.” Kompendium, Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Lunds universitet.

41. “Kuhn-Tucker-satsen” (1997). Del av kompendium som används vid Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Lunds universitet.

42. Stenciler, mikroekonomisk analys B (Om konsumentöverskott och välfärd; Några begrepp kring riskaversion; ”Moral Hazard”; Arrows omöjlighetssats—några kommentarer). Del av kompendium som används vid Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Lunds universitet.<= /o:p>

Teaching activities

1. Classroom teachin= g.

My classroom teachin= g is accounted for in the table:

Category	Courses	Classroom hours
Teaching as main instructor	Microeconomics with applications, introductory level; Microeconomics, intermediate level; Industrial organization, intermediate and graduate levels; Public economi= cs, graduate level; Mathematics, graduate level	1100
Other classroom teaching after graduation	Microeconomics, intermediate level and graduate level	50
Teaching assistance prior to graduation	Microeconomics, introductory level and intermediate level; Mathematical statistics (Lund Institute of Technology)	230

Remarks: =

· &n= bsp; Teaching as m= ain instructor is divided according to: introductory level: 30%; intermediate level: 40%; graduate level; 30%.

· &n= bsp; “Microe= conomics with applications” was an 8-credits course at the introductory level containing microeconomics and basic public economics.

· &n= bsp; The graduate course in Industrial organization has been a seminar course two out of the = four semesters I have co-taught it.

· &n= bsp; In addition, I have about 20 classroom-hours’ equivalent of grading of coursework wh= ere I have not been an instructor.

2. Supervising.=

Ph.D. students

·= ; = Assistant supervis= or of Thomas Ericson (with Lars Söderströ= ;m); thesis defended on June 5, 2002.

·= ; = Supervisor of Fredrik Gallo (with Rikard Forslid as assistant supervisor), thesis defended February 22, 2003.

·= ; = Supervisor of Susa= nna Thede, thesis defended April 23, 2003.

·= ; = Assistant supervis= or of Andreas Bergh (with Lars Söderström), thesis defended <= /span>November 21, 2003.

·= ; = Supervisor of Fred= rik Hansen, thesis defended March 10, 2006.

·= ; = Supervisor of Margareta Ekbladh, defence estimated summer 2007 (licentiate October 2007).=

·= ; = Supervisor of Robin Rander, defence estimated autumn 2007.

·= ; = Supervisor of Eric Rehn, defence estimated spring 2008.

·= ; = Supervisor of Vict= or Tanaka, defence of licentiate June 12, 2007.

Discussions and doctoral grading committees

· &n= bsp; Final seminar= for doctoral dissertation, Magnus Wiberg, Stockholm Universit= y, May 2006.

·= ; = Final seminar for doctoral dissertation, Erik Lenntorp, Linköping Univ= ersity, October 2005.

· &n= bsp; Doctoral dissertation, Tobias Nilsson, Stockholm University, June 20= 04.

· &n= bsp; Licentiate dissertation, Erik Lenntorp, Linköping University, January= 2004.

· &n= bsp; Final seminar= for doctoral dissertation, Tommy Andersson, Lund University, December 2003.

· &n= bsp; Final seminar= for doctoral dissertation, Per Engström, Uppsala University<= /st1:PlaceType>, May 2003.

· &n= bsp; Final seminar= for doctoral dissertation, Fredrik CA Andersson, Lund University, December 2002.

· &n= bsp; Licentiate dissertation, Mikael Priks, Stockholm University, Fall 20= 01.

· &n= bsp; Licentiate dissertation, Jianying Liu-Wijkander, Stockholm School of Economics, Fall 2= 000.

· &n= bsp; Final seminar= for doctoral dissertation, Åsa Hansson, Lund University, Spring 2000.

· &n= bsp; Licentiate dissertation, Thomas Ericson, Göteborg University, Spring = 1999.

· &n= bsp; Final seminar= for doctoral dissertation, Per-Johan Horgby, Göteborg Unive= rsity, Spring 1997.

· &n= bsp; Final seminars for doctoral dissertation (shared), Mattias Ganslandt, Peter Martinsson, Katarina Steen Carlsson och Thomas Elger, all Lund University.

· &n= bsp; Grading committees for doctoral dissertations: Bo Larsson, Stockholm University, 20= 05; Tommy Andersson, Lund University, 2004; Fredrik CA Andersson, Lund University, 20= 03; Mikael Priks, Stockholm University 2002; Thomas Elger, Lund University 2002; &Arin= g;sa Hansson, Lund University 2000; Katarina Steen Carlsson, Lund University 199= 9.

Thesis supervision

· &n= bsp; Master’s theses: more than 10 theses.

· &n= bsp; Bachelor̵= 7;s theses: more than 20 theses.

3. Teaching developm= ent.

· &n= bsp; I participate= d in the makeover of the introductory course in 1998. The makeover amounted to switching to intermediate-size (app. 70 students) groups, integrating lectu= res, teaching assistance and student interaction. I taught the course in Spring = 1998 and Spring 1999, and I participated in the series of evaluation seminars th= at were held in cooperation with the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Lund University (“Universitetspedagogiskt Centrum”) during the Spring of 1998. =

· &n= bsp; I have also developed the courses I have taught at the graduate level in Public economi= cs and Industrial organization from, and the course “Microeconomic analy= sis B” at the intermediate level was subject to a major makeover when I t= ook over it in the Fall of 1997.

4. Teaching material= s.

Reading= materials (in Swedish; mentioned also under List of publications)

· &n= bsp; Notes on public economics (”Anteckningar i offentlig ekonomi – marknadsmisslyckanden”) 1997. Reader (app. 25 pages) used at the Department of Economics at Lund University, and at Halmstad Community = College. (Available at http://www.nek.lu.se/nekfra/undervmat/stencilerbmikro.pdf.)

· &n= bsp; Notes on the Kuhn-Tucker theorem (”Kuhn-Tucker-satsen”) 1997. Reader (5 page= s) in use at the Department of Economics at Lund University.

· &n= bsp; Notes in intermediate microeconomics 1999. (“Om konsumentöverskott och välfärd”; “Några begrepp kring riskaversionR= 21;; Moral Hazard; “Arrows omöjlighetssats—några kommentarer”). Reader used at the Department of Economics at Lund University. (Availa= ble at http://www.nek.lu.se/nekfra/undervmat/anteckningaroffe.pdf.)

5. Miscellaneous.

· &n= bsp; Reviewer of manuscript for textbook in “Intermediate Microeconomics” for McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, February 2002.

Information to non-academic audiences

Participation in policy-oriented projects

· &n= bsp; Member of the Center for Business and Policy Studies (SNS) Welfare Audit (“Välfärdspolitiska råd”) 2000.

· &n= bsp; Work in the Center for Business and Policy Studies (SNS) project Controlling the Scope, Size and Efficiency of the Public Sector (”Den offentliga sektorns dimensionering och styrning”), 1999-2= 001.

Reports (also mentioned under List of publications)

· &n= bsp; “Business-to-business electronic commerce,” 2003. Markets in t= he Information Age. Swedish Competition Authority, <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Stockholm.

· &n= bsp; “= Taxation and Education Investment in the Tertiary Sector”, 2003 (with Kai A. Konrad). = Alternatives for welfare policy, Torben Andersen och Per Molander, eds., Cambridge University Press. It has also been published in Swedish (translat= ion by me) in “Alternativ i välfärdspolitiken” (2002) SNS Förlag, Stockholm.

· Konkurrens på kommunala villkor – Om konkurrensutsättn= ing och gränsen mellan marknad och byråkrati,= 2002. Svenska Kommunförbundet.

· “Auktioner på Internet”, 2002 (with Karl Arnberg). In Om Internet och marknader i förändring. Konkurrensverket, Stockholm.

· Privatiseringens gränser – perspektiv på välfärdspolitiken, 2001 (with L. Söderström, P. G. Edebalk and A. Kruse). Välfärdspolitiska rådets rapport 2000, SNS Förlag, Stockholm.

Lectures

· Lectures on privatization of health care for staff at health-care providers, Lund and Västervik, Fall 2002.

· Lecture on Higher education. Why, and what labor-market competitive advantages does it bring?= (“Varf&ou= ml;r högre utbildning? Vilka konkurrensfördelar ger den på arbetsmarknaden.”) at high schools in five Scanian municipalit= ies in April 2002. Within the Lund University Science Days (“Vetenskapens dagar”) project.

Consulting

· Expert report on dealer collaboration in automobile distribution (for Volvohandlarföreningen), 2005.=

· Expert report access charges (for TeliaSone= ra), 2004.

Newspaper articles (all in Swedish)

· ”Internet en livboj i mediabruset?” Editorial, Ekonomi= sk Debatt 6, 2004.

· ”Nationalekonomi och medialogik” Editorial, Ekonomisk Debatt 5, 2003.

· “Inget perfekt system, men” Kristian= stadsbladets kultursida, August 10, 2002.

· “När marknadens osynliga hand väljer radiokanal”. Liberal Debat= t 2, 2001.

· Review of “Den transparenta ekonomin”. Ekonomisk Debatt 8:557-9, 2000.

· “Internethandel med fallgropar” Aktuella frågor, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, April 25, 2000.

· Review of “Europas nätverksindustrier. Telekommunikationer. Avreglering= en i Europa”. Ekonomisk Debatt 8:557-9, 1999.

· “Reglering är bättre än förbud” (with Tarmo Haavisto). Aktue= lla frågor, Sydsvenska Dagbladet<= /i>, October 15, 1999.

·        “Ge tv-cheferna fallskärmar”, (with Jerker Holm), Svenska Dagbladet, March 26, 1999.

·        “En formel betyder så mycket”, Smedjan debatt, November 1998.

·        “Det räcker inte med enkla moraliska principer”, (with Jerker Holm), = Sydsvenska Dagbladets kultursida, December 30, 96.

·        “De kinkiga 'externalitetsproblemen'”, (with = Peter Jochumzen), Sydsv= enska Dagbladets kultursida, December 15, 96.

·        Review of “Mat till EG-pris?”, 1993 (with Henrik Braconier). Ekonomisk Debatt 3:264-8.

Administrative activities

Teaching administration

·  &n= bsp;     For most cour= ses where I have been the main instructor there have been teaching assistance, = and as main instructor I have been responsible for administration and coordinat= ion.

Management

·  &n= bsp;     Member of the board and the executive committee, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, January 1, 2006-December 31, 2008.

·  &n= bsp;     Deputy Head, Department of Economics, = Lund University, January= 1, 2006-December 31, 2007.

·  &n= bsp;     Coordinator of Doctoral Studies, Department of Economics, Lund University, November 1, 2004-December 31, 2007.

·  &n= bsp;     Member of the Board, Department of Economics, Lund University (July 1,= 2002 to June 30, 2008).

·  &n= bsp;     Deputy Member= of the Board, Department of Economics, Lund University (July 1,= 1999 to June 30, 2002).

·  &n= bsp;     Member of the “group of advisors” (“handledarkollegiet”), Departm= ent of Economics, Lund University (fall 19= 99 and onwards).

·  &n= bsp;     Member of the pre-election committee, representing the Department of Economics, for the re-organized School of Economics and Management, Lund University, fall 2000.