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OCTOBER 2020 JONAS KLARIN PhD Candidate in Economics Uppsala University Contact Information Telephone: +46 73 - 326 2836 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.jonasklarin.com REFERENCES ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Eva Mörk, Professor in Economics, Department of Economics, Uppsala University, + 46 18 - 471 1096, [email protected] (Supervisor) Luca Repetto, Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Uppsala University, +46 18 - 471 1637, [email protected] (Assistant supervisor) Henrik Jordahl, Professor in Economics, Örebro University School of Business and Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), +46 - 193 0161, [email protected] RESEARCH INTERESTS ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Public Economics, Political Economics, Applied Econometrics. JOB MARKET PAPER ………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Longer Terms, Stronger Incentives? Evidence from U.S. Governors” Abstract. This paper studies how the term length for politicians affect public finances. I test whether the gradual increase from two- to four-year terms for American governors affect state finances using a rich state-year panel stretching back almost a century. The results show that adopting four-year terms decreases yearly expenditures and revenues by 6 %. The effect of the reform is present immediately after voters approve the ballot measure, when the last two-year term governor is still in office, which suggests that the mechanism is stronger re-election incentives for the incumbent. The effect is larger among electorally ’at risk’ governors. Democratic governors respond to longer terms by increasing public employment instead of decreasing expenditures. EDUCATION ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Ph.D. in Economics, Uppsala University, 2015-2021 (Expected February 12th), Parental leave spring 2020. Phil.Lic. in Economics, Uppsala University, 2018. M.Sc. in Business and Economics, (Economics) Uppsala University, 2014. B.Sc. in Politics and Economics, (Political Science) Lund University, 2012. B.Sc. in Business and Economics, (Economics) Lund University, 2011. 1 (3) PUBLICATIONS ………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Bring out the Steamrollers, it’s Election-Year Again!”, FinanzArchiv (FA), 2020, 76(1), pp. 29-56 Abstract. In this paper I test for the presence of election-cycles within the budget composition in Swedish municipalities. I find that local governments increase expenditures that are visible to voters in election years. Other expenditures do not decrease and as a consequence total spending increase. Budget balance is achieved by an increase in intergovernmental grants. I also find suggestive evidence that municipalities with the same political affiliation as the ruling central government receive more grants and spend more on visible expenditures. WORKING PAPERS ………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Term Length and Public Finances: The Case of U.S. Governors”, Department of Economics Working Paper 2019: 5, Uppsala University. WORK IN PROGRESS ………………………………………………………………………………………………… “Does Size Matter? - Evidence from Municipal Break-Ups” (with G. Erlingsson and E. Mörk). Abstract. Municipal amalgamations have been implemented across the globe as an answer to increased financial stress. This paper proposes a novel approach to the general issue of size, efficiency and economies of scale by focusing on municipal splits rather than mergers - a phenomenon commonly occurring in eastern Europe, but also in Sweden and Spain. Analyzing seven voluntary break-ups of Swedish municipalities, which resulted in 14 new municipal units - using the matrix completion method with nuclear norm minimization - we estimate causal effects of municipal size on municipal total and administrative costs. Our results do not support the general view that smaller municipalities implies higher per capita costs. Instead, we find evidence of large heterogeneity, where costs increase in some municipalities and decrease in others. ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Uppsala Centre for Fiscal Studies (UCFS), Uppsala University. SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2020: IIPF, Online Congress. 2019: Brown Bag Seminar, Economics Department, Uppsala University; Political Economy Worshop at Uppsala University, PhD Workshop, Economics Department, Uppsala University; UCFS PhD Workshop in Public Economics 2019. 2018: EEA-ESEM, Cologne, 2018; IIPF, Tampere; PhD Workshop, Economics Department, Uppsala University; UCFS Day 2018, Brown Bag Seminar, Economics Department, Uppsala University. 2017: IIPF, Tokyo; UCFS Day 2017. TEACHING EXPERIENCE ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2 (3) Teaching Assistant, Labour Economics: Level 3, Uppsala University, 2016; 2017. Course Assistant, Economics: Level 1, Uppsala University, 2013 OTHER EXPERIENCE ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Blue-Book Trainee, European Commission, DG Economic and Financial Affairs, Brussels, 2015. Research Assistant for E. Mörk and M. Nordin, Uppsala University, 2014. Research Assistant for J. Pettersson, Expert Group for Aid Studies/Foreign Ministry, 2014. Researcher, Asset Management Dept. Länsförsäkringar Insurance Company, 2013. Intern, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Embassy of Sweden in Riga, 2012. SCHOLARSHIPS ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Stalins* Scholarship, Uppsala University, 2017. *Swedish academic, not communist dictator. Ingemar Carlsson Memorial Fund, Best Thesis Award – Master Thesis, 2014. Martins Scholarship, Uppsala University, 2012. Kurt Belfrages Memorial Fund, Rotary Sweden, 2012 PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND MEMBERSHIPS ………………………………………………………………………………………………… International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF), Nationalekonomiska Föreningen. LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY ………………………………………………………………………………………………… Swedish: Native, English: Excellent, German: Beginner. COMPUTER SKILLS ………………………………………………………………………………………………… LaTeX, MatLab, Microsoft Office, R, STATA. 3 (3) .