Mikael Priks, Associate Professor

 

  

 

 Mikael Priks, Associate Professor
Stockholm University
Department of Economics
SE-106 91 Stockholm Sweden

mikael.priks@ne.su.se
+46-8-161351

Short presentation

Mikael Priks received his Ph.D. in Economics at Stockholm University in October 2002. During 2000 and 2001 he was a visiting student Harvard University. He then worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Munich until the fall of 2007. He was a visiting scholar at the Institute for International Economics Studies at Stockholm University in 2007/2008. His research interests include Political Economics, Public Finance and Law and Economics.
 

Current teaching

Fall 2009/2010: Public Finance
Spring 2010: Political Economics
 

Selected publications

 "The Effect of Police Intelligence on Group Violence: Evidence from Reassignments in Sweden" (205 Kb) (2009) (with Panu Poutvaara), Journal of Public Economics 93: 403-411.

"Supporter Violence and Police Tactics" (2009), (with Panu Poutvaara), Journal of Public Economic Theory 11: 441-453.

 "Behavior under Social Pressure: Empty Italian Stadiums and Referee Bias" (54 Kb) (2010) (with Per Pettersson-Lidbom), Economics Letters 108: 212-214.

 "Competition among Officials and the Abuse of Power" (148 Kb) (2010), 150: 425–438. Public Choice.

 "Does Frustration Lead to Unruly Behavior? Evidence from the Swedish Hooligan Scene" (7218 Kb) (2010), Kyklos 63: 450-460.

 "Judiciaries in Corrupt Societies" (338 Kb) (2010), Economics of Governance 12: 75-88.

 "Unemployment and Gang Crime: Could Prosperity Backfire?" (167 Kb) (2011), (with Panu Poutvaara), Economics of Governance 12: 259-273.

 "Firm Competition and Incentive Pay – Rent Seeking at Work" (3885 Kb) , (2011), Economics Letters 113: 154-156.
 

Revise and resubmit

 "Do Surveillance Cameras Affect Unruly Behavior? A Close Look at Grandstands" (310 Kb) , Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
 

Working papers

 "The Effects of Surveillance Cameras in High-Crime Areas: Evidence from the Stockholm Subway" (101 Kb) , Dec 2008, CESifo Workingpaper no: 2905.

 Social Pressure on the Soccer Field: Do Organized Home Supporters Generate the Home-Field Advantage? (83 Kb) , November 2011.

"The Effect of Alcohol Availability on Crime and Health", (with Anders Anderson, Per Pettersson-Lidbom and Mårten Palme), August 2011.

"The Effect of Imprisonment on Crime: Evidence using breathalyzer test", (with Per Pettersson-Lidbom and Björn T. Hinnerich), August 2011.

"Public Order, Private Payments?", (with Sten Nyberg and Nicola Gennaioli), November 2011.

 "Unemployment and Hooliganism" (4984 Kb) , Dec 2009.

"The Effects of Polarization on Government Quality", (with Jakob Svensson), January 2011.

 "Optimal Rent Extraction in Pre-Industrial England and France – Default Risk and Monitoring Costs" (242 Kb) , CESifo Working Paper no: 1464, May 2005".

"Optimal Compensation to Law Firms and the Internal Organization of the Firm", March 2010.

"Hooligans and Weather: Save the Fighting for a Sunny Day?" April 2008.

"Ethnicity, Coups and the Fate of Leaders in Africa", March 2008 (with Ilia Rainer, George Mason University)".
 

Additional information

 Curriculum Vitae (22 Kb)