Torsten Persson

Latest Institution: Stockholm University

All Institutions: Institute for International Economic Studies; Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University; Institute for International Economic Studies, University of Stockholm; Stockholm University; NA; National Bureau of Economic Research; CIFAR; Institute for International Economic Studies, Universita Bocconi; University of California at Berkeley; Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Stockholm University; Department of Economics, Princeton University; University of California, Los Angeles; Institute for International Economic Studies, Università Bocconi; Centre for Economic Policy Research; IIES Stockholm University; Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES); Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm, Sweden; Uppsala University; Institute for International Economic Studies, Université Libre de Bruxelles

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Based on the Following Papers:

Inflation, Monetary Velocity, and Welfare

Year: 1982
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Authors: Paul R. Krugman; Torsten Persson; Lars E.O. Svensson

Deficit and Intergenerational Welfare in Open Economies

Year: 1983
Journal: Journal of International Economics
Authors: Torsten Persson

Current Account Dynamics and the Terms of Trade: Harberger-Laursen-Metzler Two Generations Later

Year: 1983
Journal: Journal of Political Economy
Authors: Torsten Persson; Lars E.O. Svensson

Laws as Assets: A Possible Solution to the Time Consistency Problem

Year: 1986
Journal: American Economic Review
Authors: Laurence J. Kotlikoff; Torsten Persson; Lars E. O. Svensson

Exchange Rate Variability and Asset Trade

Year: 1989
Journal: Journal of Monetary Economics
Authors: Torsten Persson; Lars E. O. Svensson

The Politics of 1992: Fiscal Policy and European Integration

Year: 1991
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Is Inequality Harmful for Growth? Theory and Evidence

Year: 1991
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Is Inequality Harmful for Growth? Theory and Evidence

Year: 1991
Journal: American Economic Review
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Federal Fiscal Constitutions Part 1: Risk Sharing and Moral Hazard

Year: 1992
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Debt, Cash Flow, and Inflation Incentives: A Swedish Example

Year: 1996
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Mats Persson; Torsten Persson; Lars E. O. Svensson

Debt, Cash Flow and Inflation Incentives: A Swedish Example

Year: 1996
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Mats Persson; Torsten Persson; Lars E. O. Svensson

Monetary Cohabitation in Europe

Year: 1996
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Separation of Powers and Accountability: Towards a Formal Approach to Comparative Politics

Year: 1996
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Gerard Roland; Guido Tabellini

Political Economics and Macroeconomic Policy

Year: 1997
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Comparative Politics and Public Finance

Year: 1997
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Gerard Roland; Guido Tabellini

The Size and Scope of Government: Comparative Politics with Rational Politicians

Year: 1999
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Political Economics and Public Finance

Year: 1999
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Political Institutions and Policy Outcomes: What Are the Stylized Facts?

Year: 2001
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Electoral Rules and Corruption

Year: 2001
Journal: Journal of the European Economic Association
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini; Francesco Trebbi

How Do Electoral Rules Shape Party Structures, Government Coalitions, and Economic Policies?

Year: 2003
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Gérard Roland; Guido Tabellini

Consequences of Constitutions

Year: 2003
Journal: Journal of the European Economic Association
Authors: Torsten Persson

How Do Electoral Rules Shape Party Structures, Government Coalitions, and Economic Policies?

Year: 2004
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Gérard Roland; Guido Tabellini

Forms of Democracy, Policy and Economic Development

Year: 2005
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson

Time Consistency of Fiscal and Monetary Policy: A Solution

Year: 2005
Journal: Econometrica
Authors: Mats Persson; Torsten Persson; Lars E.O. Svensson

Time Consistency of Fiscal and Monetary Policy: A Solution

Year: 2005
Journal: Econometrica
Authors: Torsten Persson; Mats Persson; Lars E. O. Svensson

Political Competition and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence from the United States

Year: 2005
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Timothy Besley; Torsten Persson; Daniel Sturm

Forms of Democracy, Policy and Economic Development

Year: 2005
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson

Political Competition and Economic Performance: Theory and Evidence from the United States

Year: 2005
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Timothy Besley; Torsten Persson; Daniel Sturm

Democratic Capital: The Nexus of Political and Economic Change

Year: 2006
Journal: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Democratic Capital: The Nexus of Political and Economic Change

Year: 2006
Journal: American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Democracy and Development: The Devil in the Details

Year: 2006
Journal: American Economic Review
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Democracy and Development: The Devil in the Details

Year: 2006
Journal: American Economic Review
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics

Year: 2007
Journal: American Economic Review
Authors: Timothy Besley; Torsten Persson

The Origins of State Capacity: Property Rights, Taxation, and Politics

Year: 2007
Journal: American Economic Review
Authors: Timothy J. Besley; Torsten Persson

The Growth Effect of Democracy: Is it Heterogeneous and How Can it be Estimated?

Year: 2007
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

The Growth Effect of Democracy: Is it Heterogeneous and How Can it Be Estimated?

Year: 2007
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

The Incidence of Civil War: Theory and Evidence

Year: 2008
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Timothy J. Besley; Torsten Persson

Uncertainty, Climate Change, and the Global Economy

Year: 2008
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: David von Below; Torsten Persson

Uncertainty, Climate Change and the Global Economy

Year: 2008
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; David von Below

The Incidence of Civil War: Theory and Evidence

Year: 2008
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Timothy J. Besley; Torsten Persson

State Capacity, Conflict and Development

Year: 2009
Journal: Econometrica
Authors: Timothy J. Besley; Torsten Persson

State Capacity, Conflict and Development

Year: 2009
Journal: Econometrica
Authors: Timothy J. Besley; Torsten Persson

Fragile States and Development Policy

Year: 2011
Journal: Journal of the European Economic Association
Authors: Timothy J. Besley; Torsten Persson

Education and Military Rivalry

Year: 2012
Journal: Journal of the European Economic Association
Authors: Philippe Aghion; Torsten Persson; Dorothee Rouzet

Weather and Infant Mortality in Africa

Year: 2012
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Masayuki Kudamatsu; Torsten Persson; David Strömberg

Taxation and Development

Year: 2013
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Timothy J. Besley; Torsten Persson

Norms Enforcement and Tax Evasion

Year: 2015
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Timothy Besley; Anders Jensen; Torsten Persson

Who Becomes a Politician?

Year: 2017
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Authors: Ernesto Dal Bó; Frederico Finan; Olle Folke; Torsten Persson; Johanna Rickne

Norms Enforcement and Tax Evasion

Year: 2019
Journal: Review of Economics and Statistics
Authors: Timothy Besley; Anders Jensen; Torsten Persson

Individual vs Social Motives in Identity Choice: Theory and Evidence from China

Year: 2019
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Ruixue Jia; Torsten Persson

Culture, Institutions and Policy

Year: 2020
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Torsten Persson; Guido Tabellini

Science as Civil Society: Implications for a Green Transition

Year: 2021
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Tim Besley; Torsten Persson

Pillars of Prosperity: A Ten-Year Update

Year: 2021
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Tim Besley; Torsten Persson; Chris Dann

The Political Economics of Green Transitions

Year: 2022
Journal: Quarterly Journal of Economics
Authors: Tim Besley; Torsten Persson

Organizational Dynamics: Culture, Design, and Performance

Year: 2022
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Tim Besley; Torsten Persson

Sweden's COVID-19 Recession: How Foreign and Domestic Infections Struck Against Firms and Workers

Year: 2022
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Anders Åkerman; Karolina Ekholm; Torsten Persson; Oskar Nordström Skans

Origins of New Political Cleavages: Education, Incomes, and Values

Year: 2023
Journal: No Journal Matched
Authors: Tim Besley; Torsten Persson

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