I am an Assistant Professor of Economics at Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE), a research and policy center at the Stockholm School of Economics. I hold a PhD in Environmental Economics from the London School of Economics (LSE) where I am currently an associate researcher at the Department of Geography and Environment. I am also an affiliated researcher at the Mistra Center for Sustainable Markets (Misum). I conduct research in environmental and public economics, studying the effects of climate change mitigation policies in practice. My research interests are in the fields of environmental economics, public economics, and political economy.
PhD Environmental Economics, 2019
London School of Economics
MSc Economics, 2014
University College London
MSc Environmental Economics and Climate Change, 2013
London School of Economics
BSc Economics, 2012
Lund University
Andersson, Julius. J. 2019. Carbon Taxes and CO2 Emissions: Sweden as a Case Study. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 11(4): 1-30. (link)
Winner of the 2022 AEJ:Economic Policy Best Paper Award. (link)
The article was featured in AEA’s Research Highlight series on November 15, 2019: “An efficient way to reduce emissions”. (link)
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Andersson, Julius J. The Distributional Effects of a Carbon Tax on Gasoline: The Role of Income Inequality (link)
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Andersson, Julius J. The "Meatigation" of Climate Change: Environmental and Distributional Effects of a Greenhouse Gas Tax on Animal Food Products
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Stockholm School of Economics, 2021-
London School of Economics, 2015-2017
Awards: LSE Class Teacher Award, 2016