Mathias Herzing, Researcher

 

 

Stockholm University
Department of Economics
SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden

Mathias.Herzing@ne.su.se
+46-8-163043

Short presentation

I obtained my PhD in 2005 at the Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University (Dissertation title: Essays on Uncertainty and Escape in Trade Agreements) and have since 2006 been affiliated with the Department of Economics, Stockholm University.

Research interests

• Environmental inspections and enforcement - together with Adam Jacobsson I lead the research program Efficient environmental inspection and enforcement (Effektiv miljötillsyn) which is funded by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (Naturvårdsverket). Link to project homepage: http://www.effektivmiljotillsyn.se/
• Trade agreements

Current teaching

• Intermediate microeconomics
• Risk and uncertainty (intermediate level course)

Research

“Does Hidden Information Make Trade Liberalization More Fragile?”, Canadian Journal of Economics 44(2), pp. 561-579, 2011.
Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-5982.2011.01644.x/abstract

“Utländska direktinvesteringar: Effekter på det inhemska näringslivet” (”Foreign Direct Investment: Effects On the Domestic Economy”), Ekonomisk debatt 36(2), 57-72 (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck and Lars Persson), 2008.
Available at: http://www.ifn.se/BinaryLoader.axd?OwnerID=cce0cd66-6687-498c-8a3c-e747c194eb36&OwnerType=0&PropertyName=File1&FileName=Reprint713.pdf

”On the Optimal Production Capacity for Influenza Vaccine”, CEPR Discussion Paper 6808 (with Rikard Forslid), 2008.
Available at: http://www.cepr.org/pubs/new-dps/dplist.asp?dpno=6808

”Effektivitetseffekter av utländska direktinvesteringar” (”Efficiency Effects of Foreign Direct Investment”), arbetsrapport R2006:004, Institutet för tillväxtpolitiska studier (with Pehr-Johan Norbäck och Lars Persson), 2006.

”Optimal Time Limits on Safeguards in Trade Agreements”, mimeo, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, 2005.

“Escape and Optimal Compensation in Trade Agreements”, mimeo, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, 2004.

“Can Self-Destructive Trade Agreements Be Optimal?, mimeo, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University”, 2004.