• Macroeconomics
• International finance
• Time series econometrics

• Institutions, fiscal rules and public finances
• Cyclicality of fiscal policy, fiscal frameworks and government efficiency
• Effects of news on CDS spreads
• Housing prices in Denmark and Sweden

Recent working papers can be downloaded from my personal webpage

• International Monetary Economcis (Fall semester)
• International Finance (Spring semester)

Current Position: Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen since August 2004.

Academic Degrees

• Associate Professor, Lund University (10/98).
• Ph.D. in Economics, Lund University (11/92). Supervisor: Lars Jonung.
• Licentiate of Social Science, Lund University (4/90). Supervisor: Lars Jonung.
• B.A., Lund University. Main elds of research: Economics and Social Science (5/87).

Previous Positions

• Member of Swedish Fiscal Policy Council since 2009-2012.
• Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Lund University (10/98-08/04).
• Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Lund University (10/93-9/98).
• Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Lund University (12/92-9/93).
• Teaching Assistant at the Department of Economics, Lund University (9/86-11/92).

Visiting Positions

• Visiting scholar at École Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines, GATECNRS, Université Louis Lumière, Lyon (05/09).
• Visiting scholar (through Erasmus faculty exchange program) at the Department of
  Economics at Guildhall University, London (11/02).
• Visiting researcher at the Monetary Policy Department at the Swedish Central Bank
  (11/01).
• Visiting scholar at the Department of Economics, University of California, Santa
  Cruz (5/99).
• Visiting researcher at the Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU), Copenhagen Business School (11/97).
• Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics, Arizona State University (5/94-12/94).
• Visiting scholar at the Department of Economics, University of California, Los Angeles
  (3/91-6/91).

Awards

• The Myrdalprize for best article in Ekonomisk Debatt (Journal of the Swedish Economic Association) in 2004.

Teaching experience

Various undergraduate, graduate and PhD level courses at the Arizona State University, Copenhagen Business School, Lund University and University of Copenhagen.

Administrative experience

• Supervision of around 120 MSc theses and 6 PhD students at Lund University and University of Copenhagen.
• Examiner and opponent on 10 PhD theses at Oslo University, Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm University, University of Cape Town and University of Copenhagen.
• Evaluation of research grant applications: The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2004, 2007, 2008; Member of panel in economics, The Research Council of Norway 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012.
• Refereeing for a large number of journals including Applied Economics; CESifo Economic Studies; Empirical Economics; International Economic Journal; International Economic Review; International Journal of Central Banking; International Journal of Finance and Economics; International Review of Economics & Finance; Journal of Applied Econometrics; Journal of Banking and Finance; Journal of Economic Surveys; Journal of International Money and Finance; Journal of Macroeconomics;Manchester School; Macroeconomic Dynamics; Oxford University Press; Routledge; Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance; Scandinavian Journal of Economics.