Anders Johansson

Education

• MA Lund University (1994 — 2000)
• Sun Yat-Sen University (1996 — 1997)
• Sun Yat-Sen University (1995 — 1995)

Companies

• Co-Director - Center for Asian Studies Stockholm School of Economics (2020)
• Co-Founder Crowdspell (2019)
• Visiting Professor (non-resident) Peking University (2018)
• Director - Stockholm China Economic Research Institute Stockholm School of Economics (2011)
• Associate Professor of Economics University of Gothenburg (2010)
• Managing Director Johansson Group (2007 — 2020)
• Visiting Fellow Centre for Strategic and International Studies (2015 — 2016)
• Visiting Professor (non-resident) Peking University (2014 — 2015)
• Visiting Fellow Harvard University (2010 — 2011)

Research Interests

Political Economy, Institutions and Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance, Macroeconomics and Finance, Social Media, China, Southeast Asia

Selected Publications

"Foreign Direct Investment and Inequality: Evidence from China’s Policy Change," with D. Liu, forthcoming in The World Economy

"How Beliefs Influence Behavior: Confucianism and Innovation in China," with X. Feng & Z. Jin, forthcoming in Economics of Transition

"Top Executives on Social Media and Information in the Capital Market: Evidence from China," with X. Feng, Journal of Corporate Finance 2019

"Underpaid and Corrupt Executives in China's State Sector," with X. Feng, Journal of Business Ethics 2018

"Living through the Great Chinese Famine: Early-life Experiences and Managerial Decisions," with X. Feng, Journal of Corporate Finance 2018

"CEO Incentives in Chinese State-Controlled Firms," with X. Feng, Economic Development and Cultural Change 2017

"Government Intervention in the Capital Allocation Process: Firm Employment as an IPO Selection Rule in China," with D. Luo, J. Rickne & W. Zheng, China Economic Review 2017

"National and Regional Financial Openness in China," with X. Hua & X. Wang, Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies 2017

"The State Advances, the Private Sector Retreats? Firm Effects of China’s Great Stimulus Program," with X. Feng, Cambridge Journal of Economics 2016

"Ownership, Analyst Coverage, and Stock Synchronicity in China," with X. Feng & N. Hu International Review of Financial Analysis, 2016

"Political Change and the Business Elite in Indonesia," in Mendoza et al. (eds.), Building Inclusive Democracies in ASEAN, Anvil Publishing 2015

"On the Challenge to Competitive Authoritarianism and Political Patronage in Malaysia," Asian-Pacific Economic Literature 2015

"Mixing Business with Politics: Political Participation by Entrepreneurs in China," with X. Feng & T. Zhang, Journal of Banking and Finance 2015

"Can Mutual Funds Pick Stocks in China? Evidence from the IPO Market," with X. Feng, Journal of Banking and Finance 2015