Mikael Elinder
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Economics; Senior Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 15 65
- E-mail:
- Mikael.Elinder@nek.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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I am associate professor at the Department of Economics, Uppsala University.
My research can be described as applied microeconomics with interdisciplinary elements and has mainly an empirical approach. Some of my interests are: health economics, inheritance and gifts, voting behavior, housing and pensions.
See alo my personal web page or google scholar.
Keywords
- public policy
- public economics
- behavioral economics
- bequests
- pensions
- household finances

Publications
Recent publications
Mind the Tap: How Volumetric Pricing Affects Residential Hot Water Consumption
Part of Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, p. 389-426, 2025
Where Would Ukrainian Refugees Go if They Could Go Anywhere?
Part of The international migration review, p. 587-602, 2023
Vart vill ukrainarna ta vägen? Migrationspreferenser i Ukraina
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 53-57, 2023
Under ytan: Hur många och vilka vill lämna sina länderför att flytta till EU och Sverige?
2023
Intelligens är kopplat till snabb vaccination mot covid-19, men behöver inte vara det!
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 29-39, 2023
All publications
Articles in journal
Mind the Tap: How Volumetric Pricing Affects Residential Hot Water Consumption
Part of Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, p. 389-426, 2025
Where Would Ukrainian Refugees Go if They Could Go Anywhere?
Part of The international migration review, p. 587-602, 2023
Vart vill ukrainarna ta vägen? Migrationspreferenser i Ukraina
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 53-57, 2023
Intelligens är kopplat till snabb vaccination mot covid-19, men behöver inte vara det!
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 29-39, 2023
Cognitive ability, health policy, and the dynamics of COVID-19 vaccination
Part of Journal of Health Economics, 2023
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Who Lacks Pension Knowledge, Why and Does it Matter?: Evidence From Swedish Retirement Savers
Part of Public Finance Review, p. 379-435, 2022
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The last will: Estate divisions as a testament of to whom altruism is directed
Part of PLOS ONE, 2021
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Temanummer till Assar Lindbecks minne
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-3, 2021
Debatten om vårt framtida skattesystem
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-4, 2021
Därför behövs förmögenhetsstatistik
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-4, 2021
Ekonomisk Debatts digitala framtid
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-4, 2021
Hur är det egentligen med den ekonomiska ojämlikheten?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-4, 2020
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 3-4, 2020
Inheritance and wealth inequality: Evidence from population registers
Part of Journal of Public Economics, p. 17-30, 2018
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House price responses to a national property tax reform
Part of Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, p. 18-39, 2017
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Consequences of a price incentive on free riding and electric energy consumption
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 3091-3096, 2017
Promises, policies and pocketbook voting
Part of European Economic Review, p. 177-194, 2015
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Political preferences and public sector outsourcing
Part of European Journal of Political Economy, p. 43-57, 2013
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The impact of inheritances on heirs' labor and capital income
Part of The B.E. Journals in Economic Analysis & Policy, p. 61, 2012
Is tolerance good or bad for growth?
Part of Public Choice, p. 283-308, 2012
Correcting mistakes: cognitive dissonance and political attitudes in Sweden and the United States
Part of Public Choice, p. 235-249, 2012
Gender, social norms, and survival in maritime disasters
Part of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, p. 13220-13224, 2012
Tolerance and growth: modeling the empirical relationship
Part of Public Choice, p. 495-502, 2012
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 26-35, 2012
Mindre arbete, högre inkomster – arvingens lott
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 70-78, 2011
Part of European Journal of Political Economy, p. 279-292, 2010
Själviska ochframåtblickande väljare – Hur många röster köpte maxtaxan i barnomsorgen?
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, 2009
Trust and growth: A shaky relationship
Part of Empirical Economics, p. 251-274, 2008
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, 2002
Books
Studentlitteratur AB, 2015
Chapters in book
Röstar väljarna med plånboken?
Part of Nationalekonomins frågor, Studentlitteratur AB, 2017
Kommunpolitikers beslut och brukarnas val
Part of Välfärdstjänster i privat regi, p. 143-164, SNS förlag, 2013
Kontrakt, kostnader och kvalitet
Part of Välfärdstjänster i privat regi, p. 89-120, SNS förlag, 2013
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
Under ytan: Hur många och vilka vill lämna sina länderför att flytta till EU och Sverige?
2023
How large will the Ukrainian refugee flow be, and which EU countries will they seek refuge in?
2022
Hur många kommer fly från Ukraina och vilka EU-länder kommer de söka sig till?
2022
En beklaglig förlust?: En ESO-rapport om erfarenheter och lärdomar av arvsskatt
2021
2018
Inheritance and wealth inequality: Evidence from population registers
2015
Estates, bequests, and inheritances in Sweden - A look into the Belinda databases
2014
Property taxation, bounded rationality and housing prices
2014
Carnegie visits Nobel: Do inheritances affect labor and capital income?
2011
The Effect of Inheritance Receipt on Labor and Capital Income: Evidence from Swedish Panel Data
2010
Correcting Mistakes: Cognitive Dissonance and Political Attitudes in Sweden and the United States
2009
Selfish and Prospective Theory and Evidence of Pocketbook Voting
2008
Selfish and prospective: Theory and evidence of pocketbook voting