Therese Nilsson

Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics at Lund University

Therese Nilsson is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Lund University in Lund, Sweden, and at the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) in Stockholm, Sweden. She obtained her Ph.D. and the title of Associate Professor from Lund University. Her research is oriented towards institutions, income inequality, globalization, tolerance, and health, and she has published in journals such as the Journal of the European Economic Association, Social Science & Medicine, Economic Policy, the Journal of Comparative Economics, World Development, and the Journal of Health Economics.

Recent Research by Therese Nilsson

— Sep 10, 2020
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Economic Freedom of the World: 2020 Annual Report

Economic Freedom of the World: 2020 Annual Report is the world’s premier measurement of economic freedom, ranking countries based on five areas—size of government, legal structure and property rights, access to sound money, freedom to trade internationally, regulation of credit, labour and business. In this year’s report, which compares 162 countries and territories, Hong Kong is again number one and Canada (9th) trails the United States (6th).