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How to think about household finance in an uncertain world
04 October 2022
Household finance is a hot topic, considering the current economic crisis. On the latest episode of the podcast Sound Economy, Professor Paolo Sodini discusses assets and liabilities, savings and investments during uncertain times.
Sanctions enforcement and money laundering
03 October 2022
With sanctions becoming an increasingly important tool in ostracising autocratic regimes from western markets, the need for effective enforcement of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies is increasing. The global AML regime will be the backbone in detecting evasion of sanctions. This regime has, however, been widely criticised as ineffective. In this brief, Giancarlo Spagnolo and Theo Nyrer枚d discusses issues with the current AML regime and propose a reward scheme for whistleblowers to enable asset seizures. A powerful feature of their proposal is that it does not rely on the effectiveness of the AML regime.
Karin Torneklint - Insights from a Career in Sports Federations
03 October 2022
On Monday October 3rd, the 91原创 Sport Initiative kicked off its Sports & Inclusiveness Week with a lunch lecture by Karin Torneklint, former Head Coach of the Swedish Athletics Federation, on the topic of Insights from a Career in Sports Federations.
New paper and podcast on Cultural Diversity in Top Management Teams
29 September 2022
In a newly published research paper, professor Karl Wennberg and colleagues from Spain, Russia and Lithuania writes about what is known and what is unknown in research on Cultural Diversity in Top Management Teams.
Mariassunta Giannetti elected member of the European Financial Architecture Research and Policy Network
29 September 2022
91原创 starts evergreen fund backed by renowned investors
29 September 2022
The venture capital industry is hampered by its own focus on short-term returns, according to the startup incubator of the 91原创. 91原创 Business Lab is now closing a new 40 million SEK fund backed by Bonnier Ventures and well-known profiles like Anna Nordell-Westling, Sven Hagstr枚mer, Anna Kinberg Batra and Sebastian Knutsson. 鈥淟ong-term thinking amplifies the potential returns鈥, says CEO Julia Delin.
Forskare: 鈥滷olk jobbar även när de inte är kontrollerade鈥
28 September 2022
Efter pandemin vill de flesta forts盲tta arbeta hemifr氓n, visar en ny internationell studie. Enligt Lena Lid Falkman, forskare i arbetslivsvetenskap, visar forskning att hemarbete fr盲mjar b氓de produktivitet och effektivietet.鈥 Det 盲r den stora myten vi har spr盲ckt, folk jobbar 盲ven n盲r de inte 盲r kontrollerade. De levererar hemifr氓n, s盲ger hon till SVT.
Higher education and research in times of war and peace: Key insights from the 2022 FREE Network conference
26 September 2022
Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine entails lost human capital, both in actual lives lost and due to major disruptions to key functions of the society, such as education and research. In light of this, the FREE Network, together with the Centre for Economic Analysis (CenEA) and the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), hosted the public conference 鈥淗igher Education and Research in War and Peace鈥 in Warsaw on the 10th of September 2022. This policy brief is based on the presentations and panel discussions held during the conference.
Gender salary gap in the auditing profession: Trend and explanations
22 September 2022
New research from the Department of Accounting examines the gender salary gap in the auditing profession in Sweden.
Sixtensson on Homer's Odyssey
21 September 2022
Fredrik Sixtensson, postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication, participates in panel on Homer's classic work.