About IFNOur mission is to conduct high-quality research and to communicate this research to a broader audience. We take this matter seriously, and our researchers are both leading experts in fields relevant to the Swedish industry and sought after as experts in the public and private sector. The strength of the Institute is, no doubt, the competence of its’ staff.This competence is expressed in the fact that IFN’s research is characterized by accuracy and intellectual vigor. IFN is one of the leading economic research environments in Sweden, and our research is both well-published and well-cited.Research Institute of Industrial EconomicsIFN_01707718-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea00The Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) is a private and independent foundation conducting economic research with high integrity and focusing on the Swedish business sector. We strive to produce policy-relevant research. In a changing world, IFN ensures a fact-based perspective on crucial issues in society.Fredrik SjöholmProfessor and Managing DirectorFederation of Swedish IndustryThe Institute was founded in 1939 by the Federation of Swedish Industry (SI) and the Swedish Employers' Confederation (SAF) to encourage research on economic and social issues steeped in significance for industrial development.Swedish Employers' ConfederationIFN Board of DirectorsThe board of directors is appointed by the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and comprises leading industrialists, as well as the director of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and the managing director of the institute.Staffan BohmanChairman of the Board & Board member | B.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration. Chairman Electrolux and the German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce. Board member Atlas Copco and the Åke Wiberg Foundation. Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.Fredrik SjöholmCEO & Board member | Ph.D., Professor. Chair the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), Division IX (Economics), and board member the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics. Member of the Council of Fellows of the East Asian Economic Association, la Société Royale des Lettres de Lund, and the SNS Board of Trustees. Associated member at Nottingham University and Aberdeen University.Pär BomanBoard member | Chairman of the Board Handelsbanken, SCA and Essity. Vice chairman of Industrivärden and board member of Skanska.Stig ClaessonBoard member | M.Sc. Owner Doxa Plast AB. Former board chairman Jonkoping Chamber of Commerce.Claes EkströmBoard member | M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology, Bachelor of Economics and Law studies at University of Gothenburg. Previously Partner at Altor Equity Partners and Senior Director at McKinsey & Co. Chair Werlabs and ARC. Board member Stadsmissionen and Mondial.Petra HedengranBoard member | General Counsel and member of Group Management of Investor AB, Head of Legal, Corporate Governance and Compliance, and investments in EQT. Board member of Electrolux, Alecta, SCFI (Swedish Corporate Governance Institute), and Association for Generally Accepted Principles in the Securities Market. Petra is also chairman of several nomination committees, including Atlas Copco, SEB, Electrolux, Epiroc, Husqvarna, and Saab och Sobi.Jan-Olof JackeBoard member | Bachelor's degree from Gothenburg School of Economics. Director General of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. Chairman the Swedish Exhibition & Congress Centre and deputy chairman Alecta. Board member ICC Sverige. Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA), Division VI, Management.Louise LindhBoard member | MBA Stockholm School of Economics. Chair of Fastighets AB L E Lundberg and J2L Holding AB, board member of Holmen, Hufvudstaden, and L E Lundbergföretagen.Cecilia MalmströmBoard member | Ph.D. in Political Science. Former Member of the European Parliament, former minister for EU affairs, former EU commissioner. Non-resident senior fellow at PIIE (Peterson Institute for International Economics), senior advisor Covington, and business intelligence analyst Lindholmen Science Park.IFN ResearchersThe Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) employs over 25 Ph.D.'s in economics, aided in their daily research by a number of research assistants. Additionally, a number of prominent researchers from universities and colleges are affiliated with IFN through various research projects.Niclas BerggrenAssociate Professor, Program Director | niclas.berggren@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Cultural economics, Discrimination, Institutional economics, Integration, Political behavior, Political economy, Public choice, Social norms, Tolerance and religion, TrustAndreas BerghAssociate Professor | andreas.bergh@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Behavioral economics, Corruption, Economic growth, Education, Globalization, Institutional economics, Political economy, Public economics, Social norms, Trade policy, Welfare stateElina BryngemarkPh.D. | elina.bryngemark@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Behavioral economics, Covid-19, Pandemic, Risk managementLars CalmforsProfessor | lars.calmfors@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Labor economics, Macro economicsMalin GardbergPh.D. | malin.gardberg@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Consumption, Digitalization, Financial development, International investments, Labor economics, Macro economics, Technological changeHans GrönqvistProfessor | hans.gronqvist@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Income and wealth inequality, Labor economics, Patents, Segregation, Structural changeMagnus HenreksonProfessor | magnus.henrekson@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Economic growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, International economics, Labor economics, Public economics, Taxation, Technological changeFredrik HeymanAssociate Professor/Senior Research Fellow | fredrik.heyman@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Digitalization, Globalization, International investments, International trade, Labor economics, Technological changePär HolmbergAssociate Professor, Senior Research Fellow | par.holmberg@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Auctions, Electricity markets, Energy, Game theoryHenrik HornProfessor | henrik.horn@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Biodiversity, Competition policy, Digitalization, Electricity markets, Industrial economics, Industrial organization, International Investment Agreements, International trade, Market regulations, Trade policyMartin LjungeAssociate Professor | martin.ljunge@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Behavioral economics, Health economics, Institutional economics, Integration, Labor economics, Political economy, Public economics, Social norms, Taxation, Welfare stateJacob LundbergPh.D. | jacob.lundberg@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Public economics, Taxation, Welfare stateErik LundinPh.D. | erik.lundin@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Competition policy, Electricity markets, Energy, Environment, Industrial organization, Infrastructure, Market regulations, Political economy, PrivatizationGabriella MassenzPh.D. | gabriella.massenz@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Economic growth, Income and wealth inequality, Public economics, TaxationAdrian MehicPh.D. | adrian.mehic@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Discrimination, Economic policy, Education, Environment, Labor economics, Migration, Political economy, Urban and regional economics, Voting behaviorPia NilssonAssociate Professor | pia.nilsson@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Agricultural economics, Climate, Competition policy, Development economics, Environment, Technological change, Urban and regional economicsTherese NilssonAssociate Professor | therese.nilsson@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Economic history, Education, Globalization, Health economics, Social normsPehr-Johan NorbäckAssociate Professor, Senior Research Fellow | pehr-johan.norback@ifn.se ^^ Research interests: Digitalization, Economic growth, Entrepreneurship, Industrial economics, International investments, International trade, Private equity, venture capital, Technological changeMartin Olssonmartin.olsson@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Employment protection legislation, Labor economics, PrivatizationMatilda OrthPh.D. | matilda.orth@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Competition policy, Consumption, Digitalization, Industrial economics, Market regulations, Retail, Service strategy and design, Technological changeLars PerssonProfessor, Deputy Director | lars.persson@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Artificial intelligence, Competition policy, Digitalization, Economic growth, Entrepreneurship, Industrial economics, Innovation, International investments, Private equity, venture capital, Technological changeErik PrawitzPh.D. | erik.prawitz@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Development economics, Economic history, Innovation, Political economyFredrik SjöholmProfessor and CEO | fredrik.sjoholm@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Development economics, Globalization, International economics, International trade, Labor economicsPer SkedingerAssociate Professor | per.skedinger@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Entrepreneurship, Health economics, Integration, Labor economics, Minimum wagesMikael StenkulaAssociate Professor | mikael.stenkula@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Entrepreneurship, Monetary economics, TaxationMelinda SuvegPh.D. | melinda.suveg@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Industrial economics, Industrial organization, Innovation, International economics, International trade, Macro economics, Monetary economics, R&DRoger SvenssonAssociate Professor and Senior Research Fellow | roger.svensson@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Commercialization of patents, Entrepreneurship, Monetary economics, R&D, Subsidies to businessesThomas TangeråsAssociate Professor, Program Director | thomas.tangeras@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Competition policy, Energy, SustainabilityBjörn TyreforsProfessor | bjorn.tyrefors@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Development economics, Discrimination, Economic history, Education, Institutional economics, Labor economics, Political economyJoacim TågProfessor, Program Director | joacim.tag@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Corporate finance, Corporate governance, Entrepreneurship, Family business, Labor economics, Management, Private equity, venture capital, PrivatizationDaniel WaldenströmProfessor, Program Director | daniel.waldenstrom@ifn.se | IFN Researcher ^^ Research interests: Financial development, Gifts and bequests, Income and wealth inequality, TaxationA fact-based perspective on crucial issues in society_01707984-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea00To conduct high-quality research and communicate it to a broad audience_01707b78-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea00ResearchNon-partisan and independent researchNon-PartisanshipOur research is non-partisan and independent.IndependenceIntegrityProfessional integrity and objectivity characterize all research and analysis conducted at the Institute. No research funding, neither personal nor institutional, is accepted for projects with predetermined results or specific policy stances.ObjectivityEconomicsThe research and researchers at the Institute are unified by the conviction that economics is an incomparably powerful tool for understanding society.UnderstandingResearchConduct independent economic research of the highest international academic standing._01707be6-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea001We focus on the following research programs:EntrepreneurshipExamine the underpinnings of entrepreneurship_01707cb8-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea001.1EntrepreneursThe Economics of Entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is of crucial importance for realizing new ideas in well-functioning enterprises and contributing to economic growth. Despite its significance, entrepreneurship is still a relatively unexplored area within the field of economics. We want to change that by examining the underpinnings of entrepreneurship, including patent issues and policies regarding research and development.CompetitivenessSecure competent human capital at the owner, management, and worker levels_01707d44-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea001.2FirmsOwnersManagersWorkersFirm Competitiveness. Firms' competitiveness in the business sector of the future hinges on securing competent human capital at the owner, management, and worker level. Currently a combination of structural shifts in technology and demand is affecting the resources that firms require to remain globally competitive. The rapid development in artificial intelligence and digitization threatens to automate more and more job tasks. And global cooperation, value chains, and economic integration patterns have shifted in the wake of both the financial crisis and the corona crisis.EnergyReduce fossil fuel consumption in society while ensuring a resource-efficient and reliable energy supply_01707dbc-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea001.3Sustainable Energy Transition. Sustainable energy transition aims at drastically reducing fossil fuel consumption in society while simultaneously ensuring resource-efficient and reliable energy supply. This research program analyzes by way of formal economic analysis and econometric methods how markets function and how market designs and regulatory frameworks can be improved to achieve the sustainable energy transition.Institutions, Markets & EnterpriseStudy how laws, rules, and norms influence human behavior_01707e48-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea001.4Human BeingsInstitutions, Markets and Enterprise. An economy does not function in a vacuum. Still, it consists of people of flesh and blood, moral values, attitudes towards their fellow human beings, and an ability to be affected by-laws, rules, and norms. This research program at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) studies how factors of this kind influence human behavior and, thereby, how the economy functions and how the economy, in turn, influences morality, norms, and social attitudes.Taxes & SocietyStudy how taxes influence the decisions of companies and individuals_01707ede-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea001.5CompaniesIndividualsTaxes play a central role in all modern, industrialized societies. They finance public welfare and infrastructure, and they redistribute between groups in the population. Taxes also influence the decisions of companies and individuals in areas such as investment, savings, labor supply, education and career choices, and thus ultimately affect cyclical fluctuations as well as the long-term growth potential of the economy.Analyses & PolicyContribute high-quality analyses and policy recommendations to public and private decision-makers regarding issues of great relevance for Swedish trade and industry._01708082-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea002Swedish TradeSwedish Industry_01708118-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea00DisseminationDisseminate research results to the academic world and society as a whole._0170819a-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea003Academic WorldSocietyPublicationsPublish articles_01708262-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea003.1Research publications ~ IFN's researchers produce articles published in Swedish and international research journals, in addition to our own publication series. The researchers also write books and regularly conduct research assignments for government agencies, ministries, and organizations such as the Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS) and the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).ConferencesArrange research conferences_017082f8-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea003.2IFN regularly arranges research conferences. As articles within a given research area are presented at these conferences, they are mostly aimed at academics.SeminarsConduct seminars_0170838e-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea003.3IFN offers two forms of seminars: policy seminars directed at the larger public that address current social issues and research seminars where IFN’s own researchers or guests present new research within their fields.WebsiteMaintain a website_01708514-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea003.4You can visit our website at www.ifn.se to read about our contributors, acquaint yourself with our research, and receive information on future and past events. The English site is mostly aimed at researchers, while the Swedish site is directed toward everyone interested in our work.CollaborationsCollaborate with others_01708596-9497-11ef-8558-9ff71883ea003.5Our collaborations ~ Collaborating with others is a matter of course for us as a research institute. Our researchers co-author articles with colleagues from other institutes, and many of them also teach at various universities and colleges. As part of our extensive program of guest researchers, leading Swedish and foreign researchers also visit the institute for some period of time, thereby contributing to our work.1939-12-312024-10-27https://www.ifn.se/en/about-ifn/OwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net