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The long shadow of lobbying: ideational power of lobbying as illustrated by welfare profits in Sweden
Interest Groups & Advocacy volume 10, pp.47–67 AbstractThe weak correlation between lobbying and policy outcomes is puzzling. The main argument developed here is that the puzzle is partly caused by
Modelling Social Mechanisms for Knowledge Generation & Exploration
Nanda Wijermans, Stockholm Resilience Centre Human behaviour is a complex phenomenon with a lot of open questions. Computational modelling can support the scientific quest for more understanding of hum
Pension Systems and Pension Reform in an Aging Society
After having illustrated both theoretical and empirical sides of the debate on the ability of a pension system to fulfill its aim with an aging population, the paper makes two main claims: the debate
Excluding Citizens: Belongership and the Constitutional Demos in British Overseas Territories
Ethnopolitics Abstract Previous literature explains the fact that sub-national elections tend to be more inclusive than national elections by reference to the level of the election. This paper argues th
Using Register Data to Estimate Causal Effects of Interventions: An Ex Post Synthetic Control-Group Approach
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 45, pp.50-55. Abstract Aims:It is common in the context of evaluations that participants have not been selected on the basis of transparent participation criteria,
Stable and unstable choices
Economics and Philosophy, DOI:10.1017/S0266267119000026 Abstract This paper introduces a condition for rational choice that states that accepting decision methods and normative theories that sometimes en
Spectrum arguments, parity and persistency
in: Theoria (2020) Volume 86:4 AbstractThis article shows that introducing the positive comparative relation parity only helps one block so‐called “Spectrum Arguments” in order to avoid their unsavoury
Nondeterminacy, cycles and rational choice
in: Analysis (2020) Volume 80:3. AbstractA notorious problem that has recently received increased attention in axiology, normative theory and population ethics is the apparent ubiquity of what can be g. This paper illustrates how nondeterminacy can spawn cyclical rankings. So, accepting that practical reasons can admit of nondeterminacy challenges the widely held idea that ‘better than’ is transitive. As a result, standard approaches to rational choice under nondeterminacy fail to be action-guiding, since in some situations all options are dominated, that is, impermissible according to standard rational choice criteria.
Non-transitive better than relations and rational choice
in: Philosophia 48 (2020) AbstractThis paper argues that decision problems and money-pump arguments should not be a deciding factor against accepting non-transitive better than relations. If the reason

Completed: The power over expert reports – contents, origins and consequences
This project examines how the reports and investigations ordered to address the organizational problems in health care are actually used.