Recent publications in English
are listed below.
For recent publications in Swedish see Nyheter.
For a complete list of publications in both English and Swedish, see Publications.
(Roughly half of my publications are in English and the other half are in
Swedish.)
Demand
for Money. An Analysis of the Long-Run Behavior of the Velocity of Circulation
(with Michael D. Bordo), Transactions Publishers, New Brunswick and London, 2003.
This is a reprint with a new introduction of The Long-Run Behaviour of Velocity.
The International Evidence, (with Michael D. Bordo), Cambridge University
Press, 1987.
Lessons for EMU from the History of Monetary Unions?,
(with Michael D. Bordo), IEA, Readings 50, London, June 2000, with an introduction
by R. Mundell and comments by S. Brittan, Lord Currie and others.
Bertil Ohlin. A Centennial
Celebration.1899-1999. Co-editor with Ronald Findlay and Mats Lundahl. MIT
Press, 2002.
"Improving fiscal policy in the EU. The case for independant
forecasts" (With Martin Larch), working paper, DG ECFIN, July, 2004. Download
at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/economy_finance/publications/economic_papers/2004/ecp210en.pdf
"To be or not to
be in the euro? The benefits and costs of monetary unification as perceived by
voters in the Swedish euro referendum 2003." Paper prepared for the 2003
CATO monetary conference, January 2004.
"The future of EMU: What does the history
of monetary unions tell us?", (with Michale D. Bordo), chapter 3 in F. Capie
and G. Wood, eds., Monetary Unions. Theory, History, Public Choice, Routledge,
London, 2003.
"National or international inflation
targeting. The Wicksellian dilemma of the Euro-outs", (prepared for the workshop
"Currency Independence in a World of Interdependent Economies", European
University Institute, Florence), Journal of Public Policy, pp. 183-197,
volume 22, part 2, May-August 2002.
"EMU
- the first 10 years. Challenges to the sustainability and price stability of
the Euro-area - what does history tell us?" chapter 16 in M. Buti and A.
Sapir, eds., EMU and Economic Policy in Europe. The Challenge of the Early
Years, Edward Elgar, 2002. (Paper initially presented at the workshop The
functioning of EMU. Challenges of the early years, Brussels, 21-22 March
2001, arranged by DG ECFIN.)
"How
did the great Swedish economists look at their role in public debate? The views
of Knut Wicksell, Gustav Cassel, Eli Heckscher, Bertil Ohlin and Gunnar Myrdal",
(with Benny Carlsson). Prepared for the international workshop: Austrian and Swedish
Economics: Criss-Cross Stories and Current Perspectives, Creuset, University of
Saint-Etienne - Université Jean Monnet, March 22-23, 2002. Forthcoming
in a conference volume 2004.
"The
formation, perceptions and effects of economic policy in the deflations of 1921-23
and 1931-33 in Sweden.'' (with Klas Fregert). Paper presented at the Claremont
Conference on Deflation, April 26-28, 2001, California. Forthcoming in 2004
in a conference volume edited by Pierre Siklos.
"How
severe was the crisis of the 1990's? A Comparison of Sweden's deepest crises."
(with T. Hagberg). Paper presented at the conference on the Great Depression in
Finland and Sweden, in Jyväskylä, Finland, June 13-15, 2001.
"A
Return to the Convertibility Principle? Monetary and Fiscal Regimes in Historical
Perspective. The International Evidence." (with Michael D. Bordo). In Axel
Leijonhufvud, ed., Monetary Theory and Policy Experience, Palgrave (in
association with International Economic Association), 2001.
"Ohlin
on the Great Depression - The popular message in the Daily Press", (with
Benny Carlsson), paper prepared for "Bertil Ohlin: A Centennial Celebration
1899-1999", oktober, 1999. Published in Bertil Ohlin. A Centennial Celebration.1899-1999.
(Ronald Findlay, L. Jonung and Mats Lundahl. MIT Press. 2002.
"The
Scandinavian Monetary Union 1873-1924," Prepared for the conference: From
the Athenian Tetradrachm to the Euro, organised by the European Association
for Banking History e.V. and the National Bank of Greece, Athens, 8-9 October
2001.
"What can history tell us about the future
of the Eurosystem? A note on monetary and fiscal centralisation versus decentralisation
in monetary unions. Forthcoming in: The Euro and the Eurosystem: Prospects
and Risks of a Unified Currency, edited by Otto Steiger with the assistance
of Detlev Ehrig, Hamburg: LIT-Verlag, 2003.
Comment on: Eduard Hochreiter, Klaus Schmidt-Hebbel
and Georg Winckler: Monetary Union: European Lessons, Latin American Prospects".
Working paper 68, July 2002, Bank of Austria, Vienna. (Presented at the conference:
Monetary Union: Theory, EMU Experience, and Prospects for Latin America, April
14-16, 2002, Vienna, Austria.)
Comment on Albert M. Wojnilower, "Business
Cycles in a Financially Deregulated America", pp 170-72 in Axel Leijonhufvud,
ed., Monetary Theory and Policy Experience, Palgrave (in association with
International Economic Association), 2001.
Review
of Eric Helleiner, The Making of National Money. Territorial
Currencies in
Historical Perspective, Cornell University Press, 2003,
forthcoming in Journal
of Economic Literature, 2004.
Review
of Paul Mizen (editor) Monetary History, Exchange Rates and Financial
Markets:
Essays in Honour of Charles Goodhart, Volume Two" Economic History
Services,
Mar 10, 2004, URL:
http://www.eh.net/bookreviews/library/0747.shtml