Mats Persson, born 1949

Present position

Professor of Economics (since 1989), Member of the Prize Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (since 2007), Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) (since 1993) and Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA) (since 2007).

Education

MBA, Stockholm School of Economics, 1971.
Visiting graduate student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, academic year 1975-76.
Ph.D. in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, 1979

Previous positions

Lecturer in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics, 1979-1984.
Postdoctoral fellow, University of Chicago, academic year 1980-81.
Research Fellow, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, 1984-1989.
Managing editor of The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1989-1991.
Managing editor of the Ekonomisk Debatt, 1997-1998.
Member of the Board of the Swedish National Debt Office (Riksgäldskontoret), 1990-1996.
Member of the Board of the Swedish Pension Fund (AP-Fonden, Första Fondstyrelsen) 1997-2001
Vice Chairman of the Swedish Council of Economic Advisors (Ekonomiska Rådet) 1998-2001.
Deputy Director, Institute for International Economic Studies, Stockholm University, 2004-2008.
Various Government committees on economic issues.

January 19, 2012