Education
Ellingsen graduated from Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen in 1985, and received a Ph.D. from London School of Economics in 1991 (Thesis title: The Use of Buyer Power in Monopoly and Oligopoly Markets).
Ellingsen graduated from Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen in 1985, and received a Ph.D. from London School of Economics in 1991 (Thesis title: The Use of Buyer Power in Monopoly and Oligopoly Markets).
Since 1991 he is active at the Stockholm School of Economics, from 1996 as docent (associate professor) and from 2000 as professor of economics. Ellingsen was the first recipient of the Assar Lindbeck Medal.
Major courses taught
Contract Theory (graduate), Industrial Organization (graduate), Economics of Organization (advanced undergraduate), Game Theory (undergraduate), Microeconomics (graduate and undergraduate).
Ellingsen was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 2004. Since 2007 he is a member of the Prize Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, where he was an adjunct member 2005-2007.
He holds the Söderberg Family Chair in Economics (Stockholm School of Economics) since 2009.
“The Aversion to Lying,” (co-authors Magnus Johannesson and Tobias Lundquist), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 70, 81-92, 2009.
"Trust and Truth,” (co-authors Magnus Johannesson, Jannie Lilja, and Henrik Zetterqvist). Economic Journal 119, 252-276, 2009
“A Randomized Trial of the Effect of Estrogen and Testosterone on Economic Behavior,” (co-authors M. Johannesson, N. Zethraeus, L. Kocoska-Maras, A. Lindén-Hirschberg, B. von Schoultz), PNAS 106, 6535-6538, 2009
"Time is Not Money,” (co-author Magnus Johannesson). Journal of Econonomic Behavior and Organization 72, 96-102, 2009
“Positive Interactions Promote Public Cooperation,” (co-authors Anna Dreber, David Rand, Drew Fudenberg and Martin Nowak), Science 325, 1272-1275, 2009
“Testing Guilt Aversion,” (co-authors Magnus Johannesson, Gaute Torsvik and Sigve Tjøtta). Games and Economic Behavior 68, 95-107, 2010
“When Does Communication Improve Coordination?” (co-author Robert Östling). American Economic Review 100, 1695-1724, 2010
“Anchoring and Cognitive Ability” (co-authors Oscar Bergman, Magnus Johannesson and Cicek Svensson). Economics Letters, Economics Letters 107, 66-68, 2010
Strategic Risk and Coordination Failure in Blame Games, (co-author Robert Östling). Economics Letters 110, 90-92, 2011
Conspicuous Generosity, (co-author Magnus Johannesson). Journal of Public Economics, forthcoming
What You Sell is What You Lend? Explaining Trade Credit Contracts (co-authors Mike Burkart and Mariassunta Giannetti). Review of Financial Studies 24(4), 1261-1298, 2011
“Financial Contracting under Imperfect Enforcement,” (co-author Eirik Gaard Kristiansen). Quarterly Journal of Economics 126, 323-371, 2011