Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies
UCFS supports research in all areas of public economics and provides a forum for Swedish and international researchers to interact and conduct research.
Read more about UCFS and its activities
Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies was founded at the Department of Economics at Uppsala University in the fall of 2008. UCFS supports research in all areas of public economics and provides a forum for Swedish and international researchers to interact and conduct research.
The Centre is organized around a small set of "core" and affiliated members. In addition, the Center welcomes visitors to spend shorter or longer periods in Uppsala.
The Center is funded by grants from the Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation and the Tore Browaldh Foundation.
Research at UCFS
Researchers at the Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies conduct both theoretical and empirical research on a wide range of topics in the field of public economics. Examples of current research areas are:
- Tax and benefit systems
- Tax evasion
- Pension reforms
- Gifts
- Equality
- Optimal taxation
- Political economics
Members of the Center communicate their research with working papers, peer-reviewed articles and policy reviews.
Organization
UCFS members
Faculty Fellows
Linuz Aggeborn
Henrik Andersson
Ola Andersson
Niklas Bengtsson
Sören Blomquist
Daniel Bougt
Magdalena Dominguez
Oscar Erixson
Mounir Karadja
Chuan-Zhong Li
Che-Yuan Liang
Linna Martén
Rodrigo Martinez
Torben Mideksa
Mattias Nordin
Henry Ohlsson
Yoko Okuyama
Adrian Poignant
Luca Repetto
David Seim
Daniel Spiro
Helena Svaleryd
Jan Södersten
Mattias Öhman
Henk Schouten
Yaroslav Yakymovych
PhD Students
Fei Ao
Maximiliano Sosa Andres
Fabian Brunåker
Kristin Gunnarsson
Alice Hallman
Kristina Karlsson
Daniel Klug Nogueira
Tsz Chun Kwok
Jakub Lisowski
Erik Lundberg
Akib Khan
Gabriella Kindström
Majken Stenberg
Zunyuan Zheng
Affiliated Members
Adrian Adermon
Ole Agersnap
Francesco Alosa
Annette Alstadsaeter
Nikolay Angelov
Charlotte Bartels
Heléne Berg
Ina Blind
Cristina Bratu
Davide Cipullo
Felicia Doll
Johannes Hagen
Olle Hammar
Stefan Hochguertel
Xiao Hu
Gustav Häggbom
Henrik Jordahl
Sebastian Jävervall
Jonas Klarin
Kaisa Kotakorpi
Tobias Laun
Raoul van Maarseveen
Gabriella Massenz
Luca Micheletto
Ylva Moberg
Elin Molin
Whitney Newey
Katarina Nordblom
Lovisa Persson
Jukka Pirttilä
Edoardo Di Porto
Panu Poutvaara
André Reslow
Johanna Rickne
Hovick Shahnazarian
Arnaldur Stefansson
Ulrika Vikman
Daniel Waldenström
Ali Sina Önder
Julia Wahtra
Visitors
UCFS is responsible for a visiting program that supports both short- and long-term visits to the Department of Economics for researchers in the field of public economics. Contact Mikael Elinder for more information.
Here you can find information about this year’s and previous visitors
Activities
UCFS regularly organizes conferences, workshops, PhD courses and member meetings.
Contact
Director: Mikael Elinder
Administrative matters: Ulrika Öjdeby
Contact: Mikael Elinder
Administrative matters: Ulrika Öjdeby