Erik Öberg
@erikoberg.bsky.social
Macroeconomist at Uppsala University. Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/erikobergweb/
For several years, I've been teaching Ph.D. Macroeconomics II in the first-year Ph.D. course sequence here in Uppsala. I've uploaded all lecture notes in the attached link, in case this is to the interest of someone else. github.com/erikoberg/te...
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Fair one-slide summary of literature leading up to 3-equation New-Keynesian model?
Skriver i senaste @ekonomiskdebatt.bsky.social om "Nationalekonomi som ingenjörsvetenskap? Ett förslag till ett nytt utbildningsprogram". Samlar upp en del tankar och diskussioner som förts med kollegor och här på sociala medier. nationalekonomi.se/artikel/nati...
Nationalekonomi som ingenjörsvetenskap? Ett förslag till ett nytt utbildningsprogram – Nationalekonomiska Föreningen
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Does anybody know if there exist an updated version of these graphs from Acemoglu (JEL 2002) somewhere? I'm preparing lectures on search models and wage dispersion, in which I use these graphs to introduce the concept of residual wage dispersion, but they are a bit outdated.
Econ Question: How much of fluctuations in TFP can be accounted for by fluctuations in worker effort? Like in booms, firms use the hours worked available to them more efficiently. Is there any attempt out there to answer this of related questions?
Very happy to share that @agnetaberge.bsky.social will join Uppsala as a post-doc in the fall! Agneta is macroeconomist coming out of IIES with a focus on labor markets and wage setting. In her JMP, she develops a theory of two-tier collective wage bargaining. drive.google.com/file/d/1x-tV...
New Paper! This time with a thread. What determines the output effect of different fiscal stimulus policies? We offer a model, some analytical insights, and some numbers to help answer this. Joint with Tobias Broer, @jeppedruedahl.bsky.social and @harmenberg.bsky.social cepr.org/publications...
DP19823 Stimulus Effects of Common Fiscal Policies
We study the output responses to common fiscal policies in a macroeconomic framework with a frictional labor market, incomplete asset market and nominal rigidities. The frame- work admits data-consistent dynamics of hiring and firing and consumption responses to job loss, making it suitable for comparing the stabilizing effects of several household transfer policies and firm subsidies. Despite its richness, the model’s sequence-space representation is analytically tractable as a directed cycle graph between three blocks. This allows an “information-poor” ranking of fiscal multipliers on the basis of their partial-equilibrium fiscal costs alone, and identifies their key determinants. A baseline calibration predicts large differences in fiscal multipliers across policies. Relative to an increase in government consumption, the efficacy of universal or conditional transfers to households hinges on the degree of partial consumption insurance (through marginal propensities to consume and the response of precautionary savings). The relative efficacy of firm transfers depends on the elasticities of vacancies and separations to job values, the marginal propensity to consume out of dividend income, and the degree of nominal frictions.
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Some good news: Karl Harmenberg (UiO), Maria Olsson (BI) and I were just awarded 8m NOK (~700k EUR) from the Research Council of Norway for studying macroeconomic implications of rigid wage contracts. Stay tuned for postdoc calls!
Apply to the Uppsala econ Ph.D. Program! We run a US-style program with generous pay, opportunities to spend time abroad, and lots of supervision. To convince you, let me highlight some of amazing work by our recent graduates. uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Call for papers! Bank of Finland and CEPR Joint Conference on Frontiers of Monetary Economics in the 21st century: Where and Where to? 13-14 May 2025 in Helsinki Submission deadline: February 15, 2025 @suomenpankki.bsky.social @cepr.org www.suomenpankki.fi/en/research/...
Call for Papers: Bank of Finland and CEPR Joint Conference on Frontiers of Monetary Economics in the 21st century: Where and Where to?
The Bank of Finland builds financial stability. A stable price level, safe payment systems and a reliable financial system promote sustainable economic growth, employment and the well-being of Finns.
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#econsky, guess the econ department. (I did not have any Tuborg during my visit, but had a really great time there anyway!)
Hi #EconSky! I’m a PhD Candidate in Economics at Uppsala University. My #EconJMP investigates how firms’ previous employment experience in a particular occupation affects hiring standards, wages, and post-hiring outcomes. Find out more about my research here: sites.google.com/view/dogangu...
Great paper by recent Uppsala graduate Sebastian Jävervall and Stockholm U graduate Roza Khoban! Do apply to our Ph.D. programs.
AEA Journals@aeajournals.bsky.social · 2y agoForthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "The Impact of Trade Liberalization in the Presence of Political Distortions" by Sebastian Jävervall and Roza Khoban. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
What are the criteria for a fact to be classified as a ’stylized fact’?
New WP out! Cities and the Rise of Working Women, with Mounir Karadja (@mkaradja.bsky.social) and Erik Prawitz.
I put together a starter pack of all the academic macroeconomists I could find on the platform. It's short. Please message me if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/RYnjd8k #econsky etc.
Är försäljningspriset på 1200msek för bilprovningen rimlig? Snabbkalkyl: De senaste 4 åren har det genomsnittliga resultatet varit 60.5 msek. Anta att vinsten växer med tillvättakten i ekonomin.
The University of Copenhagen is hiring in Macro! Come work with us in beautiful Copenhagen, in our growing macro group. If you have any questions at all, I will be very happy to answer them. econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
De senaste 20 åren har antalet doktorander i nationalekonomi minskat ca 20 procent. En förklaring är de gradvis striktare villkoren för doktorandfinansiering: att vi måste betala doktoranderna mer har resulterat i att vi utestänger fler från utbildningen.
Regarding the equity premium and rare disasters (Barro, Gabaix) - does there exist some market (perhaps a betting market) that allow us to infer market beliefs about such disasters (world wars, plague-like pandemics etc.)?
News! Mikael Carlsson, Oskar N Skans, Karl Walentin and I (all UU), together with some great collaborators across the Nordics, were today awarded 36.5m SEK (>3m EUR) to study the role of high-dimensional micro heterogeneity in shaping macroeconomic outcomes. rj.se/anslag/2023/...
I'm looking for a table or graph of the distribution of US >equity< wealth. Specifically, I wanna know what share of US equity is owned by the top 10, 5 and 1 percent. Any pointers?
Uppsala University seeks to fill three positions on the econ job market this year: Tenure-track assistant professorship in macroeconomics, 3-year post-doc in labor economics, 2-year post-doc in health economics. Please contact us if you have any questions! econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
