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Jakob Svensson

Jakob Svensson

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Economics and Finance
Sweden
2024

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
52
Citations
29159
World Ranking
1213
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Jakob Svensson is affiliated with Stockholm University in Sweden and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, with a focus on several interdisciplinary subfields. Their main areas of study include sociology and political science, communication, pediatrics, perinatology and child health, health, and finance.

Svensson's work encompasses a range of topics, including:

  • Social Media and Politics
  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Misinformation and Its Impacts
  • Media Studies and Communication
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access

Their recent publication record includes notable papers such as:

  • "COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries," 2021, Nature Medicine
  • "COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Hesitancy in Low and Middle Income Countries, and Implications for Messaging," 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "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," 2020, BMJ Global Health
  • "Market Access and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from Four Field Experiments," 2022, American Economic Review
  • "Perceptions of age in contemporary tech," 2021, Nordicom review/NORDICOM review

Jakob Svensson frequently collaborates with several co-authors, among whom are Martina Björkman Nyqvist, Andrea Guariso, Cecilia Strand, Laura Di Giorgio, and David K. Evans. The number of joint publications ranges from four to eight with these collaborators, indicating an ongoing interdisciplinary approach to research.

The publication venues where Svensson's work appears prominently include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Information Communication & Society
  • Nature Medicine
  • BMJ Global Health
  • American Economic Review

In addition to journal articles, Svensson has authored books published by institutional presses, including a title on maternal and child health quality of care across African countries published by the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? - firm-level evidence

    Raymond Fisman;Jakob Svensson

  • Eight Questions about Corruption

    Jakob Svensson

  • Who must pay bribes and how much? Evidence from a cross-section of firms

    Jakob Svensson

  • Are corruption and taxation really harmful to growth? - firm-level evidence

    Raymond Fisman;Jakob Svensson;Jakob Svensson

  • Local Capture: Evidence from a Central Government Transfer Program in Uganda

    Ritva Reinikka;Jakob Svensson

  • Foreign aid and rent-seeking

    Jakob Svensson

  • Who Must Pay Bribes and How Much? Evidence from a Cross Section of Firms

    Jakob Svensson

  • Power to the people : evidence from a randomized field experiment on community-based monitoring in Uganda

    Martina Bjorkman;Jakob Svensson

  • COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries.

    Julio S. Solís Arce;Shana S. Warren;Niccolò F. Meriggi;Alexandra Scacco

  • Political budget cycles: Do they differ across countries and why?

    Min Shi;Jakob Svensson;Jakob Svensson

  • Fighting Corruption to Improve Schooling: Evidence from a Newspaper Campaign in Uganda

    Ritva Reinikka;Jakob Svensson

  • Investment, property rights and political instability: Theory and evidence

    Jakob Svensson

  • When is foreign aid policy credible : aid dependence and conditionality

    Jakob Svensson

  • Aid, Growth and Democracy

    J. Svensson

  • Political instability, corruption and policy formation: the case of environmental policy

    Per G. Fredriksson;Jakob Svensson

  • What Explains the Success or Failure of Structural Adjustment Programs?

    Unknown

  • The power of information : evidence from a newspaper campaign to reduce capture

    Ritva Reinikka;Jakob Svensson;Jakob Svensson

  • Why conditional aid does not work and what can be done about it

    Jakob Svensson

  • The power of information: evidence from a newspaper campaign to reduce capture

    Ritva Reinikka;Jakob Svensson;Jakob Svensson

  • Coping with poor public capital

    Ritva Reinikka;Jakob Svensson

  • Using Micro-Surveys to Measure and Explain Corruption

    Ritva Reinikka;Jakob Svensson

  • The Power of Information in Public Services: Evidence from Education in Uganda

    Ritva Reinikka;Jakob Svensson;Jakob Svensson

  • Conditional Political Budget Cycles

    Min Shi;Jakob Svensson

  • GETTING PRICES RIGHT: THE IMPACT OF THE MARKET INFORMATION SERVICE IN UGANDA

    Jakob Svensson;David Yanagizawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Deon Filmer
Deon Filmer World Bank
Raymond Fisman
Raymond Fisman Boston University
David Dollar
David Dollar Brookings Institution
Dean Karlan
Dean Karlan Northwestern University
Per G. Fredriksson
Per G. Fredriksson University of Louisville
David Evans
David Evans University of Bristol

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