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Welcome to the first SITE Seminar of the fall! We kick off the semester on August 19, 2025, with a presentation by Martin Dufwenberg (Purdue University), who will share insights from the study “Credible Threats,” co-authored with Flora Li and Alec Smith. Drawing on a belief-dependent anger model and experimental evidence, the research shows how communicated threats influence expectations and behavior—leading to greater deterrence and increased costly punishment in strategic settings.

Join us for the next SITE Seminar! On October 20, 2025, we are joined by Jens Ewald (University of Gothenburg), who will present his research “Shocking Electricity Prices and Carbon Tax Aversion.” Using a geographic regression discontinuity design and survey data from Swedish households, the study shows that exposure to sharply increased electricity prices significantly fuels opposition to carbon taxation—driven in large part by belief distortions about affordability and fairness.

Join us for the next SITE Seminar! On November 4, 2025, Mounir Karadja (Uppsala University) will present the study “Transnational Trauma: Mental Health Effects of War on Expatriates,” co-authored with Akib Khan, Linna Martén, and Jimena Romero Pinto. Using Swedish administrative data, the research reveals how the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered a sharp increase in anxiety, insomnia, and later depression among Ukrainian migrants—highlighting the profound mental health toll of conflict even at a distance.

The third HROMADA Conference is coming to Stockholm — and this year, it's hosted at the Stockholm School of Economics, co-organized by the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE). Mark your calendars and stay tuned — exciting details are on the way. You won’t want to miss this!

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