Curriculum vitae for Katarina Nordblom (October, 2015) Full name: Eva Katarina Nordblom Date of Birth: July 14, 1968 Marital status: Married, 2 children born in 1995 and in 1997 Education M. A. In Economics, Uppsala University, 1994 Ph. L. in Economics, Uppsala University, 1995 Ph. D. In Economics, Uppsala University, 2000 Title of the thesis: Essays on fiscal policy, growth, and the importance of family altruism. Advisor: Professor Jonas Agell. Associate professor (docent), University of Gothenburg, 2009 Current academic positions Senior lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg 2009- Previous academic positions Ph. D. Student in Economics, Uppsala University 1993-2000 Post Doc Scholar, University of Gothenburg 2000-2002 Malmsten Assistant Professor in economics, University of Gothenburg 2003-2006 Research fellow, University of Gothenburg 2007-2008 Other academic affiliations Research fellow, Uppsala Center for Fiscal Studies, Uppsala University 2008-2014
Parental leave Parental leave: August 1995 - June 1996 and June 1997 August 1998. 50% parental leave: November 1996 - May 1997. 20% parental leave: August 1998 - December 2002. Scholarships and received research grants Riksbankens jubileumsfond, 2013-2015 Swedish Research Council, 2012-2014 Swedish Research Council, 2010-2012 Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius foundation, 2009-2011 (main applicant) Nordiska skattevetenskapliga forskningsrådet, 2008 (main applicant) Royal Academy of Science, 2005 (main applicant) Richard C. Malmstens Foundation, Assistant Professor 2003-2006 Swedish Research Council, 2003-2005 (main applicant) Foundation for Economic Research in Western Sweden, 2002 (main applicant) Knut och Alice Wallenbergs scholarship to newly graduated female researchers, 2002-2003 Swedish Research Council, 2002-2003 (main applicant) Jan Wallanders och Tom Hedelius foundation, 2000-2003 (main applicant) Royal Academy of Science, 2000 (main applicant) Wilhelm och Martina Lundgrens vetenskapsfond, 2000 (main applicant) Nordiska skattevetenskapliga forskningsrådet, 1999-2000 (main applicant) Jan Wallanders and Tom Hedelius foundation, 1994-1995 Teaching Undergraduate Year Hours Uppsala University Mathematical analysis, B (Swe) 94 96 72 University of Gothenburg Elementary microeconomics (Swe) 01 03 75 Intermediate microeconomics (Swe) 08 250 (head of the course 08 11) Elementary macroeconomics (Swe) 01 11 492 (head of the course) Intermediate macroeconomics (Swe) 05 09 57
Intermediate Public Finance (Eng) 03 06 60 (head of the course) Advanced Public Finance (Eng) 03 04, 08-14 153 (head of the course until -11) Economic Evaluation (advanced) (Eng) 02 15 Economic Policy (advanced) (Eng) 05-08 45 Survey lecture for law students (Swe) 05-08 12 Undergraduate thesis advisor: 02 13 10 p theses, 5 20 p theses Graduate Microeconomic theory (Eng) 01, 08 8 Welfare Economic Theory (Eng) 04, 06 14 Public Economics (Eng) 07 15 Behavioral Economics (Eng) 11,13 6 Advisor for Simon Wagura, PhD in March 2013 Assistant advisor for Fredrik Andersson, licentiate 2006, PhD in January 2011 Assistant advisor for Conny Wollbrant, licentiate 2009, PhD in June 2010 Advisor for Niklas Jakobsson, licentiate 2007, PhD in June 2010 Assistant advisor for Andreea Mitrut, PhD in June 2008 Advisor for Elina Lampi, PhD in June 2008 Assistant advisor for Anna Brink, PhD in 2003 Pedagogical education Pedagogical course for teachers in academia, 1994 Pedagogical course in advising PhD students, 2008 Leadership education University management development program 2013-2014 Leadership in academia 2004-2005 Refereeing B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics Bulletin of Economic Research
Contemporary Economic Policy Demography European Journal of Political Economy European Journal of Social Security International Economic Review Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control Journal of Economic Inequality Journal of Economic Psychology Journal of European Economic Association Journal of Macroeconomics Journal of Public Economics Journal of Public Economic Theory Journal of Socio-Economics Public Choice Public Finance Review Review of Economics of the Household Scandinavian Journal of Economics Southern Economic Journal Opponent and grading committee Grading committee doctoral dissertation, Svenja Gärtner, University of Gothenburg, spring 2014 Opponent final seminar before dissertation, Uppsala University, Oscar Erixson, fall 2013 Grading committee doctoral dissertation, Mattias Nordin, Uppsala University, fall 2012 Grading committee doctoral dissertation, Michele Valsecchi, University of Gothenburg, fall 2012 Grading committee doctoral dissertation, Eyerusalem Siba, Univ. of Gothenburg, fall 2011 Grading committee doctoral dissertation, Pham Khanh Nam, University of Gothenburg, spring 2011 Grading committee doctoral dissertation, Jakob Winstrand, Uppsala University, fall 2010 Grading committee doctoral dissertation, Camilla Andersson, Umeå University, spring 2010
Grading committee doctoral dissertation, Mikael Witterblad, Umeå University, spring 2008 Opponent doctoral dissertation, Magdalena Norberg-Schönfeldt, Umeå University, spring 2007 Opponent final seminar before dissertation, Marcela Ibanez, University of Gothenburg, spring 2007. Opponent final seminar before dissertation, Camilo von Greiff, Stockholm University, spring 2007 Opponent final seminar before dissertation, Anna Meyer, Lund University, fall 2006 Opponent final seminar before dissertation, Uppsala University, Ruth-Aïda Nahum, fall 2005 Opponent licentiate, Hanna Armelius, Uppsala University, spring 2002 Opponent final seminar before dissertation, Henrik Hammar, University of Gothenburg, 2001 Professional Evaluations for Academic Positions Review of candidates for Assistant Professor in Economics, Uppsala University, 2015 Review of candidates for Senior Lecturer in Economics, Karlstad University, 2015 Conferences 2 nd Swedish national conference in economics, Uppsala 16-17 September 2011, Paper: Loss Evasion and Tax Aversion 66th congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Uppsala 23-26 August 2010, Papers: Endogenous norms and life-cycle effects on black-market services; In the Shadows of Europe. 65th congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Cape Town 13-16 August 2009, Paper: Tax evasion with inspection budgets. 23rd annual conference of the European Society for Population Economics, Seville 11-13 June 2009, Paper: Sibling and birth-order effects on time preferences and real-life decisions. The economic child - interdisciplinary conference, Milan, January 2009, Paper: Children s decisions under risk and ambiguity behaviour and beliefs. Second Nordic Workshop in Behavioural and Experimental Economics, Gothenburg, November 2007, Paper: Money and Success Sibling and Family Effects on Positional Concern.
14 th International Research Seminar on Issues in Social Security, Sigtuna, Sweden, June 2007: Paper: Explaining Gift Behavior: Altruism or Social Norms? Theory and Evidence from Romania. Nordic Workshop on Tax Policy and Public Economics, Bergen, November 2006: Paper: The importance of habit formation for environmental taxes. 62nd congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Cyprus 28-31 August 2006 Paper: The importance of habit formation for environmental taxes and Redistribution or Work? A welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform. 19th annual conference of the European Society for Population Economics, Paris 16-18 June 2005, Paper: Tax Avoidance and Intra-family Transfers. Nordic Workshop on Tax Policy and Public Economics, Helsinki, 26-27 November 2004, Paper: Tax Avoidance and Intra-family Transfers. 18th annual conference of the European Society for Population Economics, Bergen 10-12 June 2004, Paper: Daycare quality and fee structure: Effects on labor supply and leisure composition. 59th congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Prague 24-29 August 2003 Paper: Tax Avoidance and Intra-Family Transfers XVII annual conference of the European Society for Population Economics, New York 13-15 June 2003, Paper: Cohabitation and Marriage in a Risky World XVI annual conference of the European Society for Population Economics, Bilbao 13-15 June 2002, Paper: Bequests, Gifts, and Education Swedish Evidence on Parent s Transfer Behavior. 57th congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Linz 27-30 August 2001, Paper: Bequest and Gift Motives - Swedish Evidence. 6th Spring Meeting of Young Economists, Copenhagen, 31 March-1 April 2001, Paper: Is Increased Public Schooling Really a Policy for Equality? 56th congress of the International Institute of Public Finance, Seville 28-31 August 2000, Paper: Is Increased Public Schooling Really a Policy for Equality? 12th annual conference of the European Society for Population Economics, Amsterdam 4-6 June 1998, Paper: Precautionary Savings and Altruism Nordic Workshop in Productivity, Growth and Development, Göteborg 28-29 November 1996, Paper: How Harmful is the Swedish Tax System to Economic Growth?
Invited academic presentations Economic Council, Stockholm, 2006 Perceived Tax Evasion and the Importance of Trust Nordic Meeting of Tax Economists, Uppsala, 2006, invited keynote speaker Swedish Seminar on Tax Research, Stockholm, 2006, invited discussant Invited popular presentations Lunch lecture on tax evasion, School of Business, Economics and Law, Gothenburg, 2015. Seminar on tax systems with politicians in parliament, Kvalitetsmässan Gothenburg, 2013, invited speaker Seminar on tax systems with politicians in parliament, Almedalen, Visby, 2013, invited speaker Presentation of Konjunkturrådsrapporten by SNS, Stockholm, 2013. Conference on taxation held by SNS, Stockholm, 2010, invited speaker Seminar on taxation with researchers and politicians in parliament, Almedalen, Visby, 2009, invited speaker Conference on taxation and social security held by the Swedish Globalization council, Stockholm, 2009, invited discussant Seminar on Attitudes towards taxes with the Swedish Parliament s tax committee, Stockholm, 2007, invited speaker Published and forthcoming peer-reviewed articles Tax compliance and loss aversion (2015) American Economic Journal: Economic Policy (forthcoming). Joint work with Per Engström, Henry Ohlsson and Annika Persson. Endogenous Norm Formation Over the Life Cycle The Case of Tax Morale (2012) Economic Analysis and Policy 42(2), 153 170. Joint work with Jovan Žamac. Nature and nurture- The relation between number of siblings and earnings (2012) Applied Economics Letters 19(8), 759-762. Joint work with Elina Lampi The complex attitudes to alcohol taxation, (2011) Applied Economics, 43(22-24), 3355-3364.
Bequests, gifts, and education Links between intergenerational transfers, (2011) Empirical Economics, 40(2), 343-358. Joint work with Henry Ohlsson Social preferences during childhood and the role of gender and age An experiment in Austria and Sweden, (2011), Economics Letters, 110(3), 248-251. Joint work with Peter Martinsson, Daniela Rützler, and Matthias Sutter Social norms and gift behavior: Theory and evidence from Romania, (2010), European Economic Review, 54(8), 998-1015. Joint work with Andreea Mitrut Attitudes towards CO 2 taxation Is there an Al Gore effect? (2010) Applied Economics Letters, 17: 845 848, Joint work with Åsa Löfgren Money and Success Sibling and Birth-Order Effects on Positional Concerns, (2010) Journal of Economic Psychology, 31(1): 131-141. Joint work with Elina Lampi Perceived tax evasion and the importance of trust (2009) Journal of Socio-Economics 38: 238-245. Joint work with Henrik Hammar and Sverker Jagers Puzzling tax attitudes and labels (2009) Applied Economics Letters, 16: 1809-1812. Joint work with Åsa Löfgren Attitudes towards tax levels? A multi-tax comparison, (2008) Fiscal Studies 29(4): 523-543. Joint work with Henrik Hammar and Sverker Jagers. Maximum Fee versus Child Benefit: A Welfare Analysis of Swedish Child-Care Fee Reform (2007) International Tax and Public Finance 14:457-480. Joint work with Anna Brink and Roger Wahlberg. Tax Avoidance and Intra-Family Transfers (2006) Journal of Public Economics 90:1669-1680. Joint work with Henry Ohlsson.
Cohabitation and Marriage in a Risky World (2004) Review of Economics of the Household, 2: 325-340. Is Increased Public Schooling Really a Policy for Equality?- The Role of Within-the- Family Education (2003) Journal of Public Economics 87:1943-1965. Book chapters Risk-Taking Middle-Borns: A Study on Risk Preferences and Birth Order (2012) in Dupont and Renau (eds.) Siblings Social Adjustments, Interaction and Family Dynamics, Nova Science Publishers, New York. Joint work with Elina Lampi. Published works in Swedish De svenska skatterna (The Swedish taxes) (2014) in Hultkrantz & Söderström (ed) Marknad & Politik, Studentlitteratur. Dags för enkla skatter! (Time for simple taxes!) (2013) SNS Konjunkturrådsrapport, Joint work with Lennart Flood and Daniel Waldenström. Svenska skatters legitimitet i en tid av globalisering (The legitimacy of Swedish taxes in a time of globalization) (2008) Report to the Globalisation Council s taxation group. Interdisciplinär antologi lever inte upp till titeln, (2008). Bokanmälan Ekonomisk Debatt 2008 (5): 63-65. Skatter och skattefusk (Taxes and tax evasion) in Holmberg & Weibull (ed) Lyckan kommer, lyckan går, SOM-rapport 36, Göteborgs universitet, 2005. Joint work with Henrik Hammar and Sverker Jagers.
Working Papers Loss Evasion and Tax Aversion Working Paper no. 518, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2011. Joint work with Per Engström, Henry Ohlsson, and Annika Persson. Endogenous Norm Formation Over the Life Cycle The Case of Tax Evasion Working Paper no. 511, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2011. Joint work with Jovan Žamac. Social preferences during childhood and the role of gender and age - An experiment in Austria and Sweden Working Paper no. 474, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2010. Joint work with Peter Martinsson, Daniela Rützler, and Matthias Sutter. Are Men Really More Overconfident than Women? - A Natural Field Experiment on Exam Behavior Working Paper no. 461, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2010. Joint work with Olof Johansson-Stenman. Social preferences in childhood and adolescence: A large-scale experiment, IZA discussion paper 5016, 2010. Joint work with Matthias Sutter, Francesco Fehri, Martin Kocher, Peter Martinsson, and Daniela Rützler. Risk-taking middle-borns: A study on birth-order and risk preferences Working Paper no. 438, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2010. Joint work with Elina Lampi. Sibling and birth-order effects on time preferences and real-life decisions Working Paper no. 388, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2009. Joint work with Elina Lampi. Family-size effects on earnings Definitions matter Working Paper no. 364, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2009. Joint work with Elina Lampi. Intergovernmental grants and fiscal competition, Working Paper no. 338, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2009. Joint work with Niklas Jakobsson. Money and Success Sibling and Birth-Order Effects on Positional Concerns, Working Paper no. 299, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2008. Joint work with Elina Lampi. Explaining Gift Behavior: Altruism or Social Norms? Theory and Evidence from Romania, Working Paper no. 262, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2007. Joint work with Andreea Mitrut.
Maximum fee vs. Child Benefit: A Welfare Analysis of Swedish Child-Care Fee Reform, IZA Working Paper no. 250, 2007. Joint work with Anna Brink and Roger Wahlberg. Puzzling tax attitudes and labels, Working Paper no. 234, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2006. Joint work with Åsa Löfgren What explains the attitudes towards tax levels? A multi-tax comparison, Working Paper no. 225, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2006. Joint work with Henrik Hammar and Sverker Jagers. The complex attitudes to alcohol taxation Working Paper no. 207, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2006. The importance of habit formation for environmental taxation, Working Paper no. 204, Dept of Economics, University of Gothenburg, 2006. Joint work with Åsa Löfgren Tax evasion and the importance of trust, joint work with Henrik Hammar and Sverker Jagers, Working Paper 179, University of Gothenburg Tax Avoidance and Intra-Family Transfers, joint work with Henry Ohlsson, Working Paper 164, University of Gothenburg Child-care quality and fee structure: Effects on labor supply and leisure composition, joint work with Anna Brink, Working Paper 157, University of Gothenburg Bequests, Gifts, and Education. Swedish Evidence on Parents Transfer Behavior, joint work with Henry Ohlsson, Working Paper 69, University of Gothenburg Within-the-Family Education and its Impact on Equality, Working Paper 2001:6, Uppsala University Precautionary Savings and Altruism, Working Paper 1997:19, Uppsala University How Harmful is the Swedish Tax System to Economic Growth?, Working Paper 1996:16, Uppsala University Interactions with media P4 (Radio), April 2015, Interview about tax morale and tax evasion SR Godmorgon världen (Radio), November 2013, Interview about flat taxes. SVT Forum (TV), November 2013, Broadcasting of the seminar on tax systems: http://www.svtplay.se/klipp/1631444/kvalitetsmassan-underbara-skatt
Web interview about taxation and behavior, June 2013: http://fjardeuppgiften.se/2013/06/27/rut-och-rot-har-forandrat-var-skattemoral/ SVT 2 Rapport (TV), July 2013, Interview about tax morale. SVT Forum (TV), July 2013, Debate about income inequality. P1 morgon (Radio), April 2013, Interview about tax morale. DN debatt (Newspaper, debate article), Jan 2013 Avskaffa ränteavdragen och sänk inkomstskatten, joint with Lennart Flood and Daniel Waldenström. SVT 2 and SVT24 (TV), Jan. 2013, Broadcasting of the presentation of Konjunkturrådsrapporten at SNS. SVT 2 and SVT24 (TV), Sept. 2010, Broadcasting of the Seminar on taxes at SNS. Göteborgsposten (Newspaper), Dec. 2008, Article and interview about the legitimacy of taxes. SR Ekot (Radio), Nov. 2008, Interview about the legitimacy of taxes. Eftersnack, TV2 (TV), April 2008, Interview about tax evasion. SVT 24 (TV), Oct. 2007, Broadcasting of the Seminar on Attitudes towards taxes with the Swedish Parliament s tax committee. P1 morgon (Radio), July 2007, Interview about tax systems. GP debatt (Newspaper, debate article), Dec 2006 Med rätt etikett kan bensinskatten höjas (With the right label, the petrol tax can be raised), joint with Åsa Löfgren. P1 morgon (Radio), Oct. 2006, Interview about tax evasion. Kunskapskanalen (TV, Channel of knowledge ), spring 2003, One hour debate on economic aspects of marriage. Vetenskapsradion (Scientific Radio), Sept. 2000, interview about my doctoral thesis. Miscellaneous Member of SNS Scientific Board 2015 Member of SNS Board of Trustees 2014 Member of Swedish Tax Academy 2011 Evaluating applications to the PhD program in economics 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2008 (together with Ola Olsson)
Responsible for arranging the seminar series Labour and Public Economics Workshop 2002-2007 (together with representatives from Centre for European Labour Market Studies) Member of the Department Board July 2003-June 2015 Head of Department July 2011- June 2015