Joacim Tåg @jtag.se · 02/06/2025My paper with Martin Olsson is now available as open-access early view at the Journal of Finance. We find that privatization lifted productivity while trimming headcount. The productivity gains exceeded worker losses by two-to-six times. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 051
Joacim Tåg @jtag.se · 07/01/2025Excited to share that our paper is now typeset and available online at JFE—super fast turnaround! Check it out here (open access): authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 010
Joacim Tåg @jtag.se · 09/12/2024Thrilled to end the year on a high note! 🚀 Our paper on job mismatch, firm productivity, and managerial quality—co-authored with Luca Coraggio, Marco Pagano, and Annalisa Scognamiglio—is now accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics! Read it here: jtag.se/pub/articles... 030
Joacim Tåg @jtag.se · 01/02/2024Thrilled to be visiting the Swedish House of Finance on Thursdays this Spring. You'll find me in one of the visitor's offices, blessed with a fantastic view of the inner courtyard. Feel free to drop by for a chat about labor and finance or anything else! 000
Joacim Tåg @jtag.se · 04/12/2023Reading Henrik Meinander's insightful book on Finnish history, I discovered a fascinating fact: Anders Chydenius wrote about the 'invisible hand' concept a decade before Adam Smith. As an Ostrobothnian economist, this piece of history fills me with immense pride. 🤓 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anders_... 120
Joacim Tåg @jtag.se · 26/09/2023🚨 Updated WP alert 🚨 New findings on the impact of state-owned enterprise privatization in Sweden. Productivity up, but at a cost to workers. Social safety nets cushion half of the blow. No spillovers on family, health, or finances. PDF: jtag.se/pub/workingp... 053