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The normality assumption in coordination games with flexible information acquisition
Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 203, 2022. Abstract Many economic models assume that random variables follow normal (Gaussian) distributions. Yet, real-world variables may be non-normally distributed.
The coronavirus, mortality and life expectancy
A demographer calculates how the average life expectancy can be affected In Sweden, we now experience the first pandemic that occurs in a society with modern information technology, and it is also the
Excess mortality and COVID-19 in Sweden in 2020: A demographic account
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2022, vol. 20, pp. 1–32. Abstract In this study, we provide an account of mortality levels in Sweden in 2020, focusing on both excess mortality and mortality due t
Parity and Mortality: An Examination of Different Explanatory Mechanisms Using Data on Biological and Adoptive Parents
European Journal of Population, Volume 35, Issue 1, pp 63–85. doi.org/10.1007/s10680-018-9469-1 Abstract A growing literature has demonstrated a relationship between parity and mortality, but the explana
The effect of number of siblings on adult mortality: Evidence from Swedish registers for cohorts born between 1938 and 1972
Population Studies, Volume 71, Issue 1, doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2016.1260755 Abstract Demographic research has paid much attention to the impact of childhood conditions on adult mortality. We focus on o
Residential context and COVID-19 mortality among adults aged 70 years and older in Stockholm: a population-based, observational study using individual-level data
The Lancet Healthy Longevity' Abstract Housing characteristics and neighbourhood context are considered risk factors for COVID-19 mortality among older adults. The aim of this study was to investigate h
Why Morality and Other Forms of Normativity are Sometimes Dramatically Directly Collectively Self-Defeating
Arbetsrapport 2024:3Del av Studies in the Ethics of Coordination and Climate Change Abstract In a prisoner’s dilemma, if everyone follows the strategy of self-interest, then everyone is certain to be wo
Panel discussion - The Future of Humans. Moral Bioenhancement
The greatest problems of the 21st century - climate change, terrorism, poverty and global inequality, among others – are not the result of external threat, but predominantly the result of human cho
Q&A - The Future of Humans. Moral Bioenhancement
The greatest problems of the 21st century - climate change, terrorism, poverty and global inequality, among others – are not the result of external threat, but predominantly the result of human cho
Åsa Wikforss - The Future of Humans. Moral Bioenhancement
www.iffs.se Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Stockholm University. She is currently working with the research project Knowing One’s Own Thoughts. The greatest problems of the 21st centur
