Peter Jan Gunnar BOHM

Background

BOHM, Peter Jan Gunnar was born in 1935 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Docent Stockholm School Economics, University Stockholm, 1964, 1970, 1971.

Career

Professor of Economics, University, Stockholm, since 1970. Editor, Swedish Journal of Economics, 1968-1972. Association Editor, Journal of Public Economics, since 1983.

Achievements

• Judge, Market Court, Sweden, since 1971.

Works

• book

  • Resource allocation and the credit market. A problem of second best

Views

Contributions to externality theory and to the analysis of environmental policy. Public goods: theory, methods for revealing preferences and experimental applications. Comprehensive analysis of deposit-refund systems: theory and applications.

Concise introductory textbook on welfare theory. Contributions to second-best theory. Analysis of price stabilisation schemes.

Allocative efficiency of different ways of organising the credit market. Cost-benefit analysis of industrial projects and policy proposals in Sweden. Economic theory of transportation policy.