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Tomas Sjöström (born March 19, 1962) is a Distinguished Professor of Economics at Rutgers University – New Brunswick. His current research interests include theories of conflict and behavioral economics.

Life

He graduated from Stockholm University with a bachelor's degree in business economics in 1985. He then continued to study economics at the University of Rochester, earning his Ph.D. in 1991.

Sjöström worked at Harvard University from 1991 to 1998. From 1998 to 2004, he served as Professor of Economics at the Pennsylvania State University before taking on the role of Professor of Economics at Rutgers University. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and served on the selection committee for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences from 2007 to 2018.

Selected publications

• “Decentralization and Collusion” with S. Baliga, Journal of Economic Theory (1998) 83:196-232.
• Ghatak, Maitreesh; Morelli, Massimo; Sjöström, Tomas (2001). "Occupational Choice and Dynamic Incentives". The Review of Economic Studies. 68 (4): 781–810. doi:10.1111/1467-937X.00190. ISSN 0034-6527. JSTOR 2695909.
• Baliga, Sandeep; Sjöström, Tomas (2004). "Arms Races and Negotiations". The Review of Economic Studies. 71 (2): 351–369. doi:10.1111/0034-6527.00287. ISSN 0034-6527. JSTOR 3700629.
• Rai, Ashok S.; Sjöström, Tomas (2004). "Is Grameen Lending Efficient? Repayment Incentives and Insurance in Village Economies". The Review of Economic Studies. 71 (1): 217–234. doi:10.1111/0034-6527.00282. ISSN 0034-6527. JSTOR 3700717.
• Kuo, Wen-Jui; Sjöström, Tomas; Chen, Yu-Ping; Wang, Yen-Hsiang; Huang, Chen-Ying (2009-04-24). "Intuition and Deliberation: Two Systems for Strategizing in the Brain". Science. 324 (5926): 519–522. doi:10.1126/science.1165598. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 19390048.
• Chung, Hui-Kuan; Sjöström, Tomas; Lee, Hsin-Ju; Lu, Yi-Ta; Tsuo, Fu-Yun; Chen, Tzai-Shuen; Chang, Chi-Fu; Juan, Chi-Hung; Kuo, Wen-Jui; Huang, Chen-Ying (2017-11-29). "Why Do Irrelevant Alternatives Matter? An fMRI-TMS Study of Context-Dependent Preferences". Journal of Neuroscience. 37 (48): 11647–11661. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2307-16.2017. ISSN 0270-6474. PMC 6705742. PMID 29109242.

References

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6. Blanke, Jennifer (Oct 10, 2016). "Everything you need to know about this year's Nobel Prize in Economics". World Economic Forum.
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• Living people
• Economists
• Rutgers University faculty
• 1962 births