Curriculum Vitae
Niklas Elert
27 August, 2015
Ph.D. in Economics
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +46-703-902751
Website: http://www.ifn.se/forskare/ifn-forskare/niklas-elert
Work: IFN, Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Stockholm, Sweden
EDUCATION
Ph.D. program in Economics, Örebro University, Sweden, 2011–2014. Doctorate thesis, “Economic
Dynamism – Essays on firm entry and firm growth”, successfully defended 9/19/14. Discussant:
Prof. Eric Stam, Utrecht University School of Economics, Holland.
Master's program in Economics and Econometrics, Örebro University, Sweden, 2010–2011.
Bachelor's program with a major in Economics, Lund University, Sweden, 2005–2008.
Bachelor's program with a major in Political Science, Lund University. 2005–2009.
SELECTED ACADEMIC WRITINGS
Peer review articles
Daunfeldt, S., Elert, N. and Johansson, D. (2014). Are High-Growth Firms Overrepresented in
High-tech Industries? Industrial and Corporate Change, forthcoming.
Elert, N., Andersson, F. and Wennberg, K. (2015). The impact of entrepreneurship education in high
school on long-term entrepreneurial performance. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization,
111, 209–223.
Elert, N. (2014). What determines entry? Evidence from Sweden. The Annals of Regional Science,
53 (1), 55–92.
Daunfeldt, S., Elert, N. and Johansson, D. (2014). The Economic Contribution of High-Growth
Firms: Do Policy Implications Depend on the Choice of Growth Indicator? Journal of Industry,
Competition and Trade, 14 (3), 337–365.
Daunfeldt, S. and Elert, N. (2013). When is Gibrat’s Law a Law? Small Business Economics, 41 (1),
133–147.
Daunfeldt, S., Elert, N. and Rudholm, N. (2013). Start-ups and Firm In-migration: Evidence from
the Swedish Wholesale Trade Industry. The Annals of Regional Science, 51 (2), 479-494.
Working Papers
Elert, N. and Henrekson, M. (2014). Evasive Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change.
IFN Working Paper No. 1044.
Elert, N. and Halvarsson, D. (2012). ”Economic Freedom and Institutional Convergence”. Ratio
Working Paper No. 200.
Books and Reports
Elert, N. (2014). Människoapans Utmaning - Miljö, tillväxt och vår planets framtid. Timbro,
Stockholm.
Elert, N. and Wennberg, K. (2013). Effekter av utbildning i entreprenörskap - en långtidsstudie av
UF alumners arbetsmarknadspotential och företagande. The Ratio Institute, Stockholm.
GRANTS
Individual postdoctoral grant for work position at IFN, Research Institute of Industrial
Economics, 2014–2016, from Jan Wallander and Tom Hedelius Foundation and the Tore
Browaldh Foundation.
Grant to visit the Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fall 2013, from The
Ragnar Söderberg Foundation in collaboration with The Ratio Institute.
SELECTED CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
- Innovation Forum VI – Crisis, Innovation and Transition, Paris, France, 2014.
- Southern Economic Association 83rd Annual Meetings, Tampa, USA, 2013.
- Matchpoints Seminar, Aarhus, Denmark, 2013.
- 2nd World Congress of the Public Choice Society meetings, Miami, USA, 2012.
- Southern Economic Association 80th annual meetings, Atlanta, USA, 2010.
- 13th McGill International Entrepreneurship Conference, Montreal, Canada, 2010.
- ERSA Congress, Jönköping, Sweden, 2010.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Recipient of the 2014 prize in memory of Johnny Munkhammar from The Johnny Munkhammar
Memorial Fund.
Editorializer, 2011-2013, Expressen.
Research Assistant, The Ratio Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. June 2009 – July 2011.
Internship, 2008, FocusEconomics, Barcelona.