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Jakob Svensson

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Terminal Degree:1996 Nationalekonomiska institutionen; Stockholms Universitet (from RePEc Genealogy)

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Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES)
Stockholms Universitet

Stockholm, Sweden
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Working papers

  1. Björkman Nyqvist, Martina & von Carnap, Tillmann & Guariso, Andrea & Svensson, Jakob, 2023. "Weather Shocks, Child Mortality, and Adaptation: Experimental Evidence from Uganda," CEPR Discussion Papers 18373, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  2. Laura Di Giorgio & David K. Evans & Magnus Lindelow & Son Nam Nguyen & Jakob Svensson & Waly Wane & Anna Welander Tärneberg, 2020. "An Analysis of Clinical Knowledge, Absenteeism, and Availability of Resources for Maternal and Child Health: A Cross-Sectional Quality of Care Study in 10 African Countries," Working Papers 552, Center for Global Development.
  3. Bold,Tessa & Filmer,Deon P. & Molina,Ezequiel & Svensson,Jakob, 2019. "The Lost Human Capital : Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement in Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 8849, The World Bank.
  4. Bold, Tessa & Molina, Ezequiel & Filmer, Deon & Svensson, Jakob, 2018. "The Lost Human Capital: Teacher Knowledge and Student Learning in Africa," CEPR Discussion Papers 12956, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  5. Bold,Tessa & Filmer,Deon P. & Martin,Gayle & Molina,Ezequiel & Rockmore,Christophe & Stacy,Brian William & Svensson,Jakob & Wane,Waly, 2017. "What do teachers know and do ? does it matter ? evidence from primary schools in Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7956, The World Bank.
  6. Martina Björkman Nyqvist & Andrea Guariso & Jakob Svensson & David Yanagizawa-Drott, 2016. "Effect of a micro entrepreneur-based community health delivery program on under-five mortality in Uganda: a cluster-randomized controlled trial," Working Papers of LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance 587948, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance.
  7. Björkman Nyqvist, Martina & Svensson, Jakob & Guariso, Andrea & Yanagizawa-Drott, David, 2016. "Effect of a micro entrepreneur-based community health delivery program on under-five mortality in Uganda: a cluster-randomized," CEPR Discussion Papers 11515, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  8. Björkman Nyqvist, Martina & de Walque, Damien & Corno, Lucia & Svensson, Jakob, 2016. "Incentivizing Safer Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Lottery Experiment on HIV Prevention," CEPR Discussion Papers 11542, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  9. Nyqvist,Martina Björkman & Corno,Lucia & De Walque,Damien B. C. M. & Svensson,Jakob, 2015. "Using lotteries to incentivize safer sexual behavior : evidence from a randomized controlled trial on HIV prevention," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7215, The World Bank.
  10. Svensson, Jakob & Yanagizawa-Drott, David & Bold, Tessa & Kaizzi, Kayuki, 2015. "Low Quality, Low Returns, Low Adoption: Evidence from the Market for Fertilizer and Hybrid Seed in Uganda," CEPR Discussion Papers 10743, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  11. Nyqvist, Martina Bjorkman & de Walque, Damien & Svensson, Jakob, 2014. "Information is power : experimental evidence on the long-run impact of community based monitoring," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7015, The World Bank.
  12. Svensson, Jakob & Björkman Nyqvist, Martina & Yanagizawa-Drott, David, 2012. "Can Good Products Drive Out Bad? Evidence from Local Markets for (Fake?) Antimalarial Medicine in Uganda," CEPR Discussion Papers 9114, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  13. Bold, Tessa & Gauthier, Bernard & Svensson, Jakob & Wane, Waly, 2010. "Delivering service indicators in education and health in Africa : a proposal," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5327, The World Bank.
  14. Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 2007. "Working for God? Evidence form a Change in Financing of not-for-profit Health Care Providers in Uganda," Seminar Papers 754, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies.
  15. Svensson, Jakob & Björkman Nyqvist, Martina, 2007. "Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment of a Community-Based Monitoring Project in Uganda," CEPR Discussion Papers 6344, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  16. Svensson, Jakob & Reinikka, Ritva, 2007. "The Returns from Reducing Corruption: Evidence from Education in Uganda," CEPR Discussion Papers 6363, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  17. Björkman, Martina & Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 2006. "Local Accountability," Seminar Papers 749, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies.
  18. Svensson, Jakob & Harstad, BÃ¥rd, 2006. "Bribes, Lobbying and Development," CEPR Discussion Papers 5759, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  19. Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 2004. "The power of information : evidence from a newspaper campaign to reduce capture," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3239, The World Bank.
  20. Svensson, Jakob & Reinikka, Ritva, 2004. "Working for God?," CEPR Discussion Papers 4214, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  21. Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 2003. "Survey techniques to measure and explain corruption," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3071, The World Bank.
  22. Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 2003. "Working for God? evualuating service delivery of religious not-for-profit health care providers in Uganda," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3058, The World Bank.
  23. Svensson, Jakob & Shi, Min, 2002. "Conditional Political Budget Cycles," CEPR Discussion Papers 3352, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  24. Svensson, Jakob & Reinikka, Ritva, 2002. "Explaining Leakage of Public Funds," CEPR Discussion Papers 3227, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  25. Svensson, Jakob, 2002. "Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much?," CEPR Discussion Papers 3167, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
  26. Svensson, Jakob, 2002. "Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much? Evidence from a cross-section of firms," Seminar Papers 713, Stockholm University, Institute for International Economic Studies.
  27. Fisman, Raymond & Svensson, Jakob, 2000. "Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? - firm-level evidence," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2485, The World Bank.
  28. Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 1999. "Confronting competition - investment response and constraints in Uganda," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2242, The World Bank.
  29. Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 1999. "How inadequate provision of public infrastructure and services affects private investment," Policy Research Working Paper Series 2262, The World Bank.
  30. Dollar, David & Svensson, Jakob, 1998. "What explains the success or failure of structural adjustment programs?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1938, The World Bank.
  31. Svensson, Jakob, 1998. "Foreign aid and rent-seeking," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1880, The World Bank.
  32. Svensson, J, 1996. "Collusion Among Interest Groups : Foreign Aid and Rent-Dissipation," Papers 610, Stockholm - International Economic Studies.
  33. Svensson, J., 1995. "When Is Foreign Aid Policy Credible? Aid Dependence and Conditionality," Papers 600, Stockholm - International Economic Studies.

Articles

  1. Martina Björkman Nyqvist & Jakob Svensson & David Yanagizawa-Drott, 2022. "Can Good Products Drive Out Bad? A Randomized Intervention in the Antimalarial Medicine Market in Uganda," Journal of the European Economic Association, European Economic Association, vol. 20(3), pages 957-1000.
  2. Tessa Bold & Selene Ghisolfi & Frances Nsonzi & Jakob Svensson, 2022. "Market Access and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from Four Field Experiments," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 112(8), pages 2518-2552, August.
  3. Martina Björkman Nyqvist & Lucia Corno & Damien de Walque & Jakob Svensson, 2022. "HIV, risk, and time preferences: Evidence from a general population sample in Lesotho," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(5), pages 904-911, May.
  4. Solís Arce, Julio S. & Warren, Shana S. & Meriggi, Niccolò F. & Scacco, Alexandra & McMurry, Nina & Voors, Maarten & Syunyaev, Georgiy & Malik, Amyn Abdul & Aboutajdine, Samya & Adeojo, Opeyemi & Anig, 2021. "COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 27, pages 1-1.
  5. Martina Björkman Nyqvist & Andrea Guariso & Jakob Svensson & David Yanagizawa-Drott, 2019. "Reducing Child Mortality in the Last Mile: Experimental Evidence on Community Health Promoters in Uganda," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 11(3), pages 155-192, July.
  6. Martina Björkman Nyqvist & Lucia Corno & Damien de Walque & Jakob Svensson, 2018. "Incentivizing Safer Sexual Behavior: Evidence from a Lottery Experiment on HIV Prevention," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 10(3), pages 287-314, July.
  7. Martina Björkman Nyqvist & Damien de Walque & Jakob Svensson, 2017. "Experimental Evidence on the Long-Run Impact of Community-Based Monitoring," American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Association, vol. 9(1), pages 33-69, January.
  8. Tessa Bold & Kayuki C. Kaizzi & Jakob Svensson & David Yanagizawa-Drott, 2017. "Lemon Technologies and Adoption: Measurement, Theory and Evidence from Agricultural Markets in Uganda," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 132(3), pages 1055-1100.
  9. Tessa Bold & Deon Filmer & Gayle Martin & Ezequiel Molina & Brian Stacy & Christophe Rockmore & Jakob Svensson & Waly Wane, 2017. "Enrollment without Learning: Teacher Effort, Knowledge, and Skill in Primary Schools in Africa," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 31(4), pages 185-204, Fall.
  10. Tessa Bold & Jakob Svensson, 2013. "Policies and Institutions for Effective Service Delivery: The Need of a Microeconomic and Micropolitical Approach," Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies, vol. 22(suppl_2), pages -38, August.
  11. Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 2011. "The power of information in public services: Evidence from education in Uganda," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(7-8), pages 956-966, August.
  12. Harstad, Bård & Svensson, Jakob, 2011. "Bribes, Lobbying, and Development," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 105(1), pages 46-63, February.
  13. Martina Björkman & Jakob Svensson, 2010. "When Is Community-Based Monitoring Effective? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Primary Health in Uganda," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 8(2-3), pages 571-581, 04-05.
  14. Ritva Reinikka & Jakob Svensson, 2010. "Working for God? Evidence from a Change in Financing of Nonprofit Health Care Providers in Uganda," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 8(6), pages 1159-1178, December.
  15. Martina Björkman & Jakob Svensson, 2009. "Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on Community-Based Monitoring in Uganda," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 124(2), pages 735-769.
  16. Jakob Svensson & David Yanagizawa, 2009. "Getting Prices Right: The Impact of the Market Information Service in Uganda," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 7(2-3), pages 435-445, 04-05.
  17. Fisman, Raymond & Svensson, Jakob, 2007. "Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? Firm level evidence," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(1), pages 63-75, May.
  18. Jakob Svensson, 2006. "Capacité d'absorption et contraintes de décaissement," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 14(2), pages 43-68.
  19. Shi, Min & Svensson, Jakob, 2006. "Political budget cycles: Do they differ across countries and why?," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 90(8-9), pages 1367-1389, September.
  20. Jakob Svensson, 2006. "Osiem pytań na temat korupcji," Gospodarka Narodowa. The Polish Journal of Economics, Warsaw School of Economics, issue 9, pages 77-106.
  21. Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 2006. "Using Micro-Surveys to Measure and Explain Corruption," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 359-370, February.
  22. Jakob Svensson, 2005. "Eight Questions about Corruption," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 19(3), pages 19-42, Summer.
  23. Ritva Reinikka & Jakob Svensson, 2005. "Fighting Corruption to Improve Schooling: Evidence from a Newspaper Campaign in Uganda," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 3(2-3), pages 259-267, 04/05.
  24. Ritva Reinikka & Jakob Svensson, 2004. "Local Capture: Evidence from a Central Government Transfer Program in Uganda," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 119(2), pages 679-705.
  25. Svensson, Jakob, 2003. "Why conditional aid does not work and what can be done about it?," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(2), pages 381-402, April.
  26. Fredriksson, Per G. & Svensson, Jakob, 2003. "Political instability, corruption and policy formation: the case of environmental policy," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(7-8), pages 1383-1405, August.
  27. Jakob Svensson, 2003. "Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much? Evidence from a Cross Section of Firms," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 118(1), pages 207-230.
  28. Min Shi & Jakob Svensson, 2003. "Political Budget Cycles: A Review of Recent Developments," Nordic Journal of Political Economy, Nordic Journal of Political Economy, vol. 29, pages 67-76.
  29. Reinikka, Ritva & Svensson, Jakob, 2002. "Coping with poor public capital," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(1), pages 51-69, October.
  30. Svensson, Jakob, 2000. "When is foreign aid policy credible? Aid dependence and conditionality," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 61(1), pages 61-84, February.
  31. Svensson, Jakob, 2000. "Is the bad news principle for real?," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 66(3), pages 327-331, March.
  32. Dollar, David & Svensson, Jakob, 2000. "What Explains the Success or Failure of Structural Adjustment Programmes?," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 110(466), pages 894-917, October.
  33. Svensson, Jakob, 2000. "Foreign aid and rent-seeking," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 51(2), pages 437-461, August.
  34. J. Svensson, 1999. "Aid, Growth and Democracy," Economics and Politics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 11(3), pages 275-297, November.
  35. Svensson, Jakob, 1998. "Investment, property rights and political instability: Theory and evidence," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 42(7), pages 1317-1341, July.

Chapters

  1. Ritva Reinikka & Jakob Svensson, 2006. "How Corruption Affects Service Delivery and What Can Be Done About It," Chapters, in: Susan Rose-Ackerman (ed.), International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, chapter 15, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Jakob Svensson, 2000. "Foreign aid and rent-seeking," Springer Books, in: Roger D. Congleton & Kai A. Konrad & Arye L. Hillman (ed.), 40 Years of Research on Rent Seeking 2, pages 165-189, Springer.

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  1. NEP-DEV: Development (12) 2003-07-04 2004-08-16 2006-10-28 2006-12-01 2007-06-23 2007-06-30 2007-07-07 2007-11-24 2010-06-11 2014-09-08 2015-09-05 2016-10-02. Author is listed
  2. NEP-AFR: Africa (8) 2007-06-23 2007-06-30 2007-07-07 2007-11-24 2010-06-11 2012-09-09 2018-06-25 2022-11-21. Author is listed
  3. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (5) 2007-06-23 2007-06-30 2014-09-08 2015-03-27 2016-10-09. Author is listed
  4. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (5) 2007-11-24 2015-03-27 2016-10-02 2016-10-09 2022-11-21. Author is listed
  5. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (2) 2015-08-19 2015-09-05
  6. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2007-07-07 2010-06-11
  7. NEP-MIC: Microeconomics (2) 2002-06-25 2003-03-14
  8. NEP-POL: Positive Political Economics (2) 2003-02-18 2006-10-28
  9. NEP-PPM: Project, Program and Portfolio Management (2) 2007-06-23 2007-06-30
  10. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (2) 2018-06-25 2020-03-09
  11. NEP-ACC: Accounting and Auditing (1) 2004-08-16
  12. NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 2003-02-18
  13. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (1) 2016-10-02
  14. NEP-ECM: Econometrics (1) 2003-07-07
  15. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2015-08-19
  16. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (1) 2007-06-30
  17. NEP-HRM: Human Capital and Human Resource Management (1) 2007-07-07
  18. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (1) 2003-03-14
  19. NEP-REG: Regulation (1) 2006-10-28
  20. NEP-SOC: Social Norms and Social Capital (1) 2007-11-24

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