Nils Gottfries
Professor emeritus at Department of Economics; Senior Faculty
- E-mail:
- Nils.Gottfries@nek.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Ekonomikum
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 - Postal address:
- Box 513
751 20 UPPSALA
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My main interest is macroeconomics, especially the micro-foundations of the supply side. Topics include wage contracts and unemployment, customer relations and price setting in goods' markets, exchange rates and prices in the open economy, studies of firm dynamics using micro data.
Contact: nils.gottfries@nek.uu.se, +46 73 0358 101
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Keywords
- macroeconomics
- labor economics
Biography
Ph D Stockholm University 1985. Researcher, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm, 1985-1994. Professor, Uppsala University 1994-. Member of the Swedish Commission on EMU 1995-1996. Editor of Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2006-2009. Member of the Scientific Board of the Swedish Government Debt Office 2013-.

Publications
Selection of publications
2018
The Matching Process: Search Or Mismatch?
2016
Product Market Imperfections and Employment Dynamics
Part of Oxford Economic Papers, p. 447-470, 2013
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Fungerar den svenska lönebildningen?
Part of Att skapa arbeten : löner, anställningsskydd och konkurrens : bilaga 5-7 till Långtidsutredningen 2011, p. 7-120, Fritzes, 2010
Price and Investment Dynamics: Theory and plant-level data
Part of Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, p. 907-934, 2009
Prices, Productivity, and Wage Bargaining in Open Economies
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 169-195, 2008
Ranking of job applicants, on-the-job search, and persistent unemployment
Part of Labour Economics, p. 407-428, 2005
Market shares, financial constraints and pricing behaviour in the export market
Part of Economica, p. 583-607, 2002
Insider bargaining power, starting wages and involuntary unemployment
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 669-688, 2000
Kluwer, 1997
Nordstedts, 1996
Insiders, Outsiders, and Nominal Wage Contracts
Part of Journal of Political Economy, p. 252-270, 1992
Customer Markets, Credit Market Imperfections and Real Price Rigidity
Part of Economica, p. 317-323, 1991
Wage Formation and the Persistence of Unemployment
Part of Economic Journal, p. 877-884, 1987
Price Dynamics of Exporting and Import-Competing Firms
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 417-436, 1986
Multiple Perfect Foresight Equilibriums and Convergence of Learning-Processes
Part of Journal of Money Credit and Banking, p. 111-117, 1985
Recent publications
2018
The Matching Process: Search Or Mismatch?
2016
Product Market Imperfections and Employment Dynamics
Part of Oxford Economic Papers, p. 447-470, 2013
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Preface to the Special Issue on Price and Wage Dynamics
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 643-645, 2010
All publications
Articles in journal
Product Market Imperfections and Employment Dynamics
Part of Oxford Economic Papers, p. 447-470, 2013
Preface to the Special Issue on Price and Wage Dynamics
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 643-645, 2010
Price and Investment Dynamics: Theory and plant-level data
Part of Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, p. 907-934, 2009
Prices, Productivity, and Wage Bargaining in Open Economies
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 169-195, 2008
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 635-637, 2008
Macroeconomic fluctuations and the labor market - Preface
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 643-644, 2007
Stabilitetspaktens sammanbrott ökar risken för skuldkriser
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 61-63, 2005
Ranking of job applicants, on-the-job search, and persistent unemployment
Part of Labour Economics, p. 407-428, 2005
Ränta och växelkurs i och utanför EMU
Part of Ekonomisk Debatt, p. 43-49, 2003
Euron kan inte säkra Sveriges reala konkurrenssituation
Part of Dagens Industri, 2003
Part of Svenska Dagbladet, 2003
Rätt ränta ger ekonomisk stabilitet
Part of Upsala Nya Tidning, 2003
Market shares, financial constraints and pricing behaviour in the export market
Part of Economica, p. 583-607, 2002
Part of Current Sweden, p. 5, 2002
Insider bargaining power, starting wages and involuntary unemployment
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 669-688, 2000
Vinstdelning, vinstandelsstiftelser, löner och sysselsättning
Part of Vinstandelsstiftelser, 2000
Comment on R.W. Cooper, Business cycles: Theory, evidence and policy implications
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 243-245, 1998
Nominal wage contracts and the persistent effects of monetary policy
Part of European Economic Review, p. 207-223, 1998
Kriitinen arvio EMU-jäsenyyden taloudellisista perusteista
Part of PTT Katsaus, p. 6, 1997
Profit-Sharing, Employment Efficiency and Wage Stability
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 281-294, 1995
Discrimination and Open Unemployment in A Segmented Labor-Market
Part of European Economic Review, p. 1-15, 1995
Discrimination and Open Unemployment in a Segmented Labour Market
Part of European Economic Review, p. 1-15, 1995
Seniority Rules and the Persistence of Unemployment
Part of Oxford Economic Papers, p. 228-244, 1994
Insiders, Outsiders, and Nominal Wage Contracts
Part of Journal of Political Economy, p. 252-270, 1992
Customer Markets, Credit Market Imperfections and Real Price Rigidity
Part of Economica, p. 317-323, 1991
The Scientific Illusion in Empirical Macroeconomics - Comment
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 149-154, 1991
Part of European Economic Review, p. 1545-1565, 1989
Empirical Examinations of the Information Sets of Economic Agents
Part of Quarterly Journal of Economics, p. 251-259, 1988
Are Mit Students Rational: Report on A Survey
Part of Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, p. 113-120, 1987
Wage Formation and the Persistence of Unemployment
Part of Economic Journal, p. 877-884, 1987
Price Dynamics of Exporting and Import-Competing Firms
Part of Scandinavian Journal of Economics, p. 417-436, 1986
Multiple Perfect Foresight Equilibriums and Convergence of Learning-Processes
Part of Journal of Money Credit and Banking, p. 111-117, 1985
Books
Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
Kluwer, 1997
Nordstedts, 1996
Chapters in book
Fungerar den svenska lönebildningen?
Part of Att skapa arbeten : löner, anställningsskydd och konkurrens : bilaga 5-7 till Långtidsutredningen 2011, p. 7-120, Fritzes, 2010
Varför finns det arbetslöshet?
Part of Ekonomisk Politik -- En vänbok till Assar Lindbeck, p. 75-114, SNS, 1995
The Persistence of Unemployment in a Dynamic Insider-Outsider Model
Part of Advances in the Theory and Measurement of Unemployment, Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 1990
Conference papers
The Scientific Illusion in Empirical Macroeconomics - Comment
Part of New Approaches to Empirical Macroeconomics, p. 21-26, 1991
Reports
2018
The Matching Process: Search Or Mismatch?
2016
Prices, Productivity, and Wage Bargaining in Open Economies
2008
Testing Theories of Job Creation: Does Supply Create Its Own Demand?
2006
Real and nominal wage adjustment in open economies
2005
Price and Investment Dynamics: An Empirical Analysis of Plant Level Data
2004
2003
Other
Comment on R.W. Cooper, Business cycles: Theory, evidence and policy implications
1998
Growing Government Debt - International Experiences: An Introduction
1996
Comment on "Fiscal Balance During Inflation, Disinflation and Immigration: Policy Lessons."
1996
Comment on "The Swedish Boom to Bust Cycle: Tax Reform, Consumption and Asset Structure"
1995