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Political Science

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39
Citations
10500
World Ranking
528
National Ranking
294

Economics and Finance

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40
Citations
10676
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2243
National Ranking
1284

Overview

Per G. Fredriksson is affiliated with the University of Louisville in the United States. Their research focuses on social sciences and economics, with specific contributions to studies in economics, econometrics, and finance.

Their recent publications highlight a range of topics related to culture, economy, development studies, and policy analysis. Notable recent papers include:

  • Individualism and the adoption of clean energy technology, 2020, Resource and Energy Economics
  • Does an early start help or hurt? Statehood, institutions and modern climate change policies, 2020, Energy Economics
  • Religiosity and climate change policies, 2021, Energy Economics
  • Culture, intellectual property rights, and technology adoption, 2021, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
  • Irrigation and gender roles, 2023, Journal of Development Economics

Their work spans a diversity of interconnected topics including culture, economy, and development studies, as well as cultural differences and values. Other focus areas encompass religion, society, development, experimental behavioral economics, COVID-19 pandemic impacts, environmental education, sustainability, and social and intergroup psychology.

Research venues where they have frequently published are:

  • Energy Economics
  • Resource and Energy Economics
  • The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance
  • Journal of Development Economics
  • Environmental and Resource Economics

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Satyendra Kumar Gupta
  • James B. Ang
  • Swati Sharma
  • Aatishya Mohanty
  • Jim R. Wollscheid

The subfields of study relevant to their research involve economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, demography, social psychology, and safety research. These areas reflect the interdisciplinary nature of their work, connecting economic analysis with social and behavioral dimensions.

Best Publications

  • Ethnic Enclaves and the Economic Success of Immigrants—Evidence from a Natural Experiment

    Per-Anders Edin;Peter Fredriksson;Olof Åslund

  • Trade liberalization, corruption, and environmental policy formation: theory and evidence

    Richard Damania;Per Fredriksson;John List

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

    Per G. Fredriksson;Jakob Svensson

  • Strategic Interaction and the Determination of Environmental Policy across U.S. States

    Per G. Fredriksson;Daniel L. Millimet

  • Endogenous Pollution Havens: Does FDI Influence Environmental Regulations?*

    Matthew A. Cole;Robert J. R. Elliott;Per G. Fredriksson

  • Trade liberalization, corruption, and environmental policy formation: theory and evidence

    Richard Damania;Per G. Fredriksson;John A. List

  • Effects of Environmental Regulations on Manufacturing Plant Births: Evidence from a Propensity-Score-Matching Estimator

    John A. List;Daniel L. Millimet;Per G. Fredriksson;W. Warren McHone

  • The Political Economy of Pollution Taxes in a Small Open Economy

    Per G. Fredriksson

  • The persistence of corruption and regulatory compliance failures: Theory and evidence

    Richard Damania;Per G. Fredriksson;Muthukumara Mani

  • Bureaucratic corruption, environmental policy and inbound US FDI: theory and evidence

    Per G. Fredriksson;John A. List;Daniel L. Millimet

  • Corruption and energy efficiency in OECD countries: theory and evidence

    Per G. Fredriksson;Herman R.J. Vollebergh;Elbert Dijkgraaf

  • Environmentalism, democracy, and pollution control

    Per G. Fredriksson;Eric Neumayer;Richard Damania;Scott Gates

  • Institutionalized pollution havens

    Matthew A. Cole;Per G. Fredriksson

  • Ratification of the 1992 Climate Change Convention: What Determines Legislative Delay?

    Per G. Fredriksson;Noel Gaston

  • Trade, Global Policy, and the Environment

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  • Environmental Regulations, Transfers, and Trade: Theory and Evidence

    Paavo Eliste;Paavo Eliste;Per G. Fredriksson

  • Democratic institutions versus autocratic regimes: The case of environmental policy

    Per G. Fredriksson;Jim R. Wollscheid

  • Kyoto Protocol cooperation: Does government corruption facilitate environmental lobbying?

    Per G. Fredriksson;Eric Neumayer;Gergely Ujhelyi

  • The Political Economy of Trade Liberalization and Environmental Policy

    Per G. Fredriksson

  • Is there a ‘California effect’ in US environmental policymaking?

    Per G. Fredriksson;Daniel L. Millimet

  • Democracy and climate change policies: Is history important?

    Per G. Fredriksson;Eric Neumayer

  • On the formation of industry lobby groups

    Richard Damania;Per G. Fredriksson

  • Chasing the smokestack: strategic policymaking with multiple instruments

    Per G Fredriksson;John A List;Daniel L Millimet

  • Environmental decentralization and political centralization

    Per G. Fredriksson;Jim R. Wollscheid

  • Electoral Rules and Environmental Policy

    Per G Fredriksson;Daniel L Millimet

  • Environmental Governance in Federal Systems: The Effects of Capital Competition and Lobby Groups

    Per G. Fredriksson;Noel G. Gaston

  • Vertical externalities in cigarette taxation: Do tax revenues go up in smoke?

    Per G. Fredriksson;Khawaja A. Mamun

  • Environmental policy choice: Pollution abatement subsidies

    Per G. Fredriksson

  • The Political Economy of Trade Liberalization and Environmental Policy

    Per G. Fredriksson;Zoe Ratcliffe

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. List
John A. List University of Chicago
Daniel L. Millimet
Daniel L. Millimet Southern Methodist University
James B. Ang
James B. Ang Nanyang Technological University
Eric Neumayer
Eric Neumayer London School of Economics and Political Science
Jakob Svensson
Jakob Svensson Stockholm University
Matthew A. Cole
Matthew A. Cole University of Birmingham
Thomas Sterner
Thomas Sterner University of Gothenburg
Robert J. Elliott
Robert J. Elliott University of Calgary
Scott Gates
Scott Gates Peace Research Institute

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