Hans Lööf

Hans Lööf

Professor of Economics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

MAE

Biograhpy

Current Professor of Economics, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Emeritus Professor of Economics at KTH 2025
Guest professor at UEH for the period 2025-2030

Research interests
Economics of innovation, economic growth, green economics, international economics, regional economics, entrepreneurship, econometrics, sustainable finance.
Ranking based on IDEAS worldwide database dedicated to Economics
Europe top 5%
European union top 5%
Academic background
Appointed the position as Professor of Economics at KTH year 2009. Two year earlier he became Lector at the Department of Transport and Economics, KTH . Associate Professor in Economics, at the Jönköping International Business School since 2004. PhD in Economics, KTH (2002), Master in Economics, University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law (1993). BA in Economics, University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law (1987).
Scientific publications, journals
Economics of Innovation and New Technology, International Journal of Production Economics, The Journal of Technology Transfer, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Review of World Economics, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, The Annals of Regional Science, Corporate Ownership & Control, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Research Policy, Problems & Perspectives in Management, Research evaluation, Applied Economics, Finance Research Letters, Japan and The World Economy, International Business Review, International Journal of Management Research, Industry and Innovation, International Journal of the Economics of Business, The World Economy, Business Strategy and the Environment and ILR Review.
Publications

  1. Baum, C., Lööf, H., Stephan, A., & Viklund-Ros, I. (2025). Directed technical change and renewable energies: Policy incentives to promote solar innovations.
  2. Dahlström, P., Lööf, H., Sjöholm, F., & Stephan, A. (2025). The EU’s comparative advantage in the “clean-energy arms race”. The Annals of Regional Science, 74(1), 1–18.
  3. Lööf, H., Sjöholm, F., & Stephan, A. (2025). Så kan EU bygga en stark grön industri.
  4. Lööf, H. (2024). Hur konkurrenskraftiga är flyktingar på svensk arbetsmarknad? Ekonomisk Debatt, 52.
  5. Baum, C. F., Lööf, H., Stephan, A., & Zimmermann, K. F. (2024). Estimating the wage premia of refugee immigrants: Lessons from Sweden. ILR Review, 77(4), 562–597.
  6. Lööf, H., & Stephan, A. (2024). Flyktingars högre löner visar integrationens kraft. Dagens Nyheter.
  7. Keraga, M. N., Lööf, H., & Stephan, A. (2024). Innovation and employment in sub-Saharan Africa: New evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey.
  8. Lööf, H., Sahamkhadam, M., & Stephan, A. (2023). Incorporating ESG into optimal stock portfolios for the global timber & forestry industry. Journal of Forest Economics, 38(2), 133–157.
  9. Baum, C. F., Lööf, H., Stephan, A., & Viklund-Ros, I. (2022). The impact of offshoring on technical change: Evidence from Swedish manufacturing firms. Review of International Economics, 30(3), 796–818.
  10. Lööf, H., & Stephan, A. (2022). The impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war on Europe’s forest-based bioeconomy. Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung, 63–82.
  11. Lööf, H., Sahamkhadam, M., & Stephan, A. (2022). Is corporate social responsibility investing a free lunch? The relationship between ESG, tail risk, and upside potential of stocks before and during the COVID-19 crisis. Finance Research Letters, 46, 102499.
  12. Finnveden, G., Heshmati, A., Lööf, H., & Stephan, A. (2022). Gruva i Kallak ingen hjälp för klimatet. Svenska Dagbladet.
  13. Baum, C. F., Lööf, H., Stephan, A., & Viklund-Ros, I. (2022). Innovation by start-up firms: The role of the board of directors for knowledge spillovers. Research Policy, 51(1), 104375.
  14. Lööf, H., Sahamkhadam, M., & Stephan, A. (2021). Is corporate social responsibility investing a free lunch?
  15. Lööf, H., & Viklund-Ros, I. (2020). Board of directors and export spillovers: What is the impact on extensive margins of trade? The World Economy, 43(5), 1188–1215.
  16. Jensen, F., Lööf, H., & Stephan, A. (2020). New ventures in cleantech: Opportunities, capabilities and innovation outcomes. Business Strategy and the Environment, 29(3), 902–917.
  17. Baum, C. F., Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. (2019). Innovation strategies, external knowledge and productivity growth. Industry and Innovation, 26(3), 348–367.
  18. Lööf, H., Baum, C., & Perez, L. (2018). Directed technical change in clean energy: Evidence from the solar industry.
  19. Lööf, H., Mairesse, J., & Mohnen, P. (2017). CDM 20 years after. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 26(1–2), 1–5.
  20. Baum, C. F., Lööf, H., Nabavi, P., & Stephan, A. (2017). A new approach to estimation of the R&D–innovation–productivity relationship. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 26(1–2), 121–133.
  21. Lööf, H. (2017). Refugees in Sweden: Economic integration and wage convergence.
  22. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. (2016). Innovation and credit constraints: Evidence from Swedish exporting firms. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 25(3), 269–282.
  23. Tuhkuri, J., Lööf, H., Mohammadi, A., & Rouvinen, P. (2016). Offshoring R&D.
  24. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. (2015). Knowledge spillovers, productivity and patent. Annals of Regional Science, 55(1), 249–263.
  25. Backman, M., & Lööf, H. (2015). The geography of innovation and entrepreneurship. The Annals of Regional Science, 55(1), 1–6.
  26. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. (2015). The joint impact of innovation and knowledge spillovers on productivity and growth for exporting firms. The World Economy, 38(4), 730–750.
  27. Mohammadi, A., Basir, N. O., & Lööf, H. (2015). CEO duality and firm performance revisited.
  28. Johansson, B., & Lööf, H. (2015). Productivity, networks and knowledge flows. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 24(1–2), 1–4.
  29. Lööf, H., Larijani, P. N., Cook, G., & Johansson, B. (2015). Learning-by-exporting and innovation strategies. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 24(1–2), 52–64.
  30. Johansson, B., Lööf, H., & Savin, M. (2015). European R&D efficiency. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 24(1–2), 140–158.
  31. Heshmati, A., Hultkrantz, L., Lööf, H., Stephan, A., & Westin, L. (2015). Ojnareskogen värd långt mer än kalkjobben. Svenska Dagbladet.
  32. Eliasson, G., Finnveden, G., Heshmati, A., Hultkrantz, L., Lööf, H., & Stephan, A. (2015). Ojnare kan bli ett svenskt exempel i FN. Dagens Opinion.
  33. Johansson, B., & Lööf, H. (2014). Innovation strategies combining internal and external knowledge.
  34. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. (2014). Orsaker till och effekter av växande löneskillnader.
  35. Lööf, H., Nabavi, P., & Johansson, B. (2014). How can firms benefit from access to knowledge-intensive producer services?
  36. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. (2014). Survival, productivity and growth of new ventures across locations. Small Business Economics, 43(2), 477–491.
  37. Westlund, H., Lööf, H., Olsson, A. R., & Nabavi, P. (2014). The entrepreneurial/innovative place potential of Swedish cities and towns.
  38. Oh, D., Heshmati, A., & Lööf, H. (2014). Total factor productivity of Korean manufacturing industries. Japan and the World Economy, 30, 25–36.
  39. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. (2014). How to persistently finance innovation.
  40. Lööf, H., Nabavi, P., Cook, G., & Johansson, B. (2014). Knowledge sources of persistent exporters.
  41. Lööf, H., & Johansson, B. (2014). R&D strategy, metropolitan externalities and productivity: Evidence from Sweden. Industry and Innovation, 21(2), 141–154.
  42. Lööf, H. (2013). Globalization trends and regional development. Journal of Regional Science, 53(4), 732–734.
  43. Cook, G. A. S., Pandit, N. R., Lööf, H., & Johansson, B. (2013). Clustering, MNEs, and innovation. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 20(2), 203–227.
  44. Lööf, H., & Johansson, B. (2013). R&D strategy, metropolitan externalities and productivity.
  45. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. (2013). Increasing returns to smart cities. Regional Science Policy & Practice, 5(2), 255–263.
  46. Lööf, H., Nabavi, P., Cook, G., & Johansson, B. (2013). Persistent exporter performance.
  47. Martinsson, G., & Lööf, H. (2013). Financial factors and patents.
  48. Andersson, M., et al. (2013). Det innovativa Sverige.
  49. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. (2013). Learning and productivity of Swedish exporting firms.
  50. Cook, G. A. S., Pandit, N. R., Lööf, H., & Johansson, B. (2012). Geographic clustering and outward foreign direct investment. International Business Review, 21(6), 1112–1121.
  51. Cook, G. A. S., Lööf, H., Pandit, N. R., & Johansson, B. (2012). The influence of clustering on MNE location and innovation in Great Britain.
  52. Lööf, H. (2012). Innovation and growth: From R&D strategies of innovating firms to economy-wide technological change.
  53. Johansson, B., Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. (2012). How can firms benefit from access to knowledge-intensive producer services?
  54. Andersson, M., & Lööf, H. (2012). Small business innovation: Firm-level evidence from Sweden. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 37(5), 732–754.
  55. Andersson, M. (2012). Innovation and growth: From R&D strategies of innovating firms to economy-wide technological change. Oxford University Press.
  56. Lööf, H., Andersson, M., Johansson, B., & Karlsson, C. (2012). R&D strategy and firm performance: What is the long-run impact of persistent R&D?
  57. Andersson, M., Johansson, S., & Lööf, H. (2012). Firm performance and international trade: Evidence from a small open economy.
  58. Oh, D., Heshmati, A., & Lööf, H. (2012). Technical change and total factor productivity growth for Swedish manufacturing and service industries. Applied Economics, 44(18), 2373–2391.
  59. Andersson, M., Baltzopoulos, A., & Lööf, H. (2012). R&D strategies and entrepreneurial spawning. Research Policy, 41(1), 54–68.
  60. Lööf, H., Nabavi, P., & King, S. K. (2012). Start-ups, local milieu and global markets.
  61. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. (2012). Exporters, spin-outs and firm performance.
  62. Johansson, B., & Lööf, H. (2011). FDI inflows to Sweden: Consequences for innovation and renewal.
  63. Andersson, M., & Lööf, H. (2011). Agglomeration and productivity: Evidence from firm-level data. The Annals of Regional Science, 46(3), 601–620.
  64. Johansson, B., et al. (2011). Producenttjänster, ekonomisk omvandling och produktivitet.
  65. Lööf, H., & Johansson, B. (2011). Innovation, metropolitan and productivity.
  66. Lööf, H., & Andersson, M. (2010). Imports, productivity and origin markets: The role of knowledge‐intensive economies. The World Economy, 33(3), 458–481.
  67. Martinsson, G., & Lööf, H. (2010). Innovationer, riskkapital och tillväxt.
  68. Lööf, H., & Martinsson, G. (2010). Innovationer, riskkapital och tillväxt.
  69. Johansson, B., & Lööf, H. (2010). Innovation strategy and firm performance: What is the long-run impact of persistent R&D?
  70. Lööf, H. (2010). Are services different exporters? Applied Economics Quarterly, 56(1), 99–117.
  71. Andersson, M., & Lööf, H. (2009). Learning-by-exporting revisited: The role of intensity and persistence. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 111(4), 893–916.
  72. Martinsson, G., & Lööf, H. (2009). Impact of economic crises on innovation activity.
  73. Oh, D., Lööf, H., & Heshmati, A. (2009). The Icelandic economy: A victim of the financial crisis or simply inefficient.
  74. Iversen, E. J., et al. (2009). Small Nordic enterprises—Developing IPR in global competition.
  75. Andersson, M., & Lööf, H. (2009). Key characteristics of the small innovative firm.
  76. Lööf, H. (2009). Multinational enterprises and innovation: Firm-level evidence on spillover via R&D collaboration. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 19(1), 41–71.
  77. Oh, D., & Lööf, H. (2009). Creating innovations, productivity and growth: The efficiency of Icelandic firms.
  78. Johansson, B., & Lööf, H. (2009). The global-local interplay of MNE and non-MNE firms.
  79. Lööf, H., & Andersson, M. (2009). Agglomeration and productivity—Evidence from firm-level data.
  80. Lööf, H., & Martinsson, G. (2009). Impact of economic crises on innovation activity: Firm-level evidence from patent data.
  81. Martinsson, G., & Lööf, H. (2009). Internal finance and patents: Evidence from firm-level data.
  82. Lööf, H. (2009). Technological diffusion and innovation: The importance of domestic and foreign sources. Palgrave Macmillan.
  83. Andersson, M., Lööf, H., & Johansson, S. (2008). Productivity and international trade: Firm-level evidence from a small open economy. Review of World Economics, 144(4), 774–801.
  84. Johansson, B., & Lööf, H. (2008). Innovation activities explained by firm attributes and location. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 17(6), 533–552.
  85. Dachs, B., Ebersberger, B., & Lööf, H. (2008). The innovative performance of foreign-owned enterprises in small open economies. The Journal of Technology Transfer, 33(4), 393–406.
  86. Broström, A., & Lööf, H. (2008). How does university collaboration contribute to successful R&D management?
  87. Andersson, M., & Lööf, H. (2008). A portrait of the innovative firm as a small patenting entrepreneur.
  88. Lööf, H., & Broström, A. (2008). Does knowledge diffusion between university and industry increase innovativeness? The Journal of Technology Transfer, 33(1), 73–90.
  89. Johansson, B., Andersson, M., Karlsson, C., & Lööf, H. (2008). Multinationals in the knowledge economy: A case study of AstraZeneca in Sweden.
  90. Bloch, C. W., et al. (2008). Innovation and growth in the Nordic economies—IGNORed final report.
  91. Lööf, H. (2008). Technology diffusion and innovation.
  92. Broström, A., & Lööf, H. (2008). Vad säger forskningen om sambanden mellan offentligt finansierad forskning och ekonomisk tillväxt?
  93. Lööf, H., & Andersson, M. (2008). Learning-by-exporting revisited.
  94. Lööf, H. (2008). Multinational firms and innovation.
  95. Lööf, H., & Andersson, M. (2008). A portrait of the innovative firm as a small patenting entrepreneur.
  96. Broström, A., & Lööf, H. (2008). University collaboration and R&D management.
  97. Lööf, H. (2008). Technological diffusion and innovation.
  98. Andersson, M., Johansson, B., Karlsson, C., & Lööf, H. (2008). Multinationals in the knowledge economy.
  99. Lööf, H. (2008). Innovationssystem, globalisering och ekonomisk tillväxt.
  100. Johansson, B., Lööf, H., & Ebersberger, B. (2008). The innovation and productivity effect of foreign take-over of national assets.
  101. Lööf, H. (2008). The dynamics of firm growth: A re-examination.
  102. Johansson, B., & Lööf, H. (2008). The impact of firm’s R&D strategy on profit and productivity.
  103. Lööf, H., & Heshmati, A. (2008). Investment and performance of firms: Correlation or causality? Corporate Ownership & Control, 6(2), 268–282.
  104. Andersson, M., Johansson, S., & Lööf, H. (2007). Firm performance and international trade.
  105. Lööf, H. (2007). Multinational firms and innovation: The role of R&D collaboration, markets and ownership.
  106. Lööf, H., & Heshmati, A. (2007). On private R&D investment: New evidence from a firm level innovation study.
  107. Johansson, B., Ebersberger, B., & Lööf, H. (2007). The impact of foreign takeovers on innovation and productivity performance.
  108. Lööf, H., Dachs, B., & Ebersberger, B. (2007). The innovative performance of foreign-owned enterprises in small open economies.
  109. Lööf, H. (2007). Trade, firm performance and international trade: Evidence from a small open economy.
  110. Lööf, H. (2007). Technology spillovers and innovation: The importance of domestic and foreign sources.
  111. Broström, A., & Lööf, H. (2006). What do we know about firms’ research collaboration with universities? New quantitative and qualitative evidence.
  112. Lööf, H., & Heshmati, A. (2006). On the relationship between innovation and performance: A sensitivity analysis. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 15(4–5), 317–344.
  113. Ebersberger, B., Johansson, B., & Lööf, H. (2006). Does ownership matter? The impact of foreign takeovers on innovation and productivity performance.
  114. Huda, M. N., & Lööf, H. (2006). Financial market for agriculture in selected area of northern Bangladesh.
  115. Johansson, B., Lööf, H., & Rader-Olsson, A. (2006). Localization, corporate structure, R&D, innovation and productivity.
  116. Johansson, B., & Ebersberger, B. (2006). Does ownership matter? The impact of foreign takeovers on innovation and productivity performance.
  117. Broström, A., & Lööf, H. (2006). Firms’ research collaboration with universities.
  118. Johansson, B., & Lööf, H. (2006). Global location of R&D.
  119. Heshmati, A., & Lööf, H. (2006). R&D investment and performance: Is there correlation or causality?
  120. Johansson, B., & Lööf, H. (2006). Global location patterns of R&D investments.
  121. Lööf, H., Johansson, B., & Ebersberger, B. (2006). Foreign takeovers and innovation performance.
  122. Lööf, H. (2005). A comparative perspective on innovation and productivity in manufacturing and services.
  123. Johansson, B., Lööf, H., & Olsson, A. R. (2005). Firm location, corporate structure.
  124. Ebersberger, B., & Lööf, H. (2005). Innovation behaviour and productivity performance in the Nordic region.
  125. Broström, A., & Lööf, H. (2005). Incentives for industry-university cooperation on innovation.
  126. Bager-Sjögren, L., & Lööf, H. (2005). The impact on growth from public seed financing.
  127. Ebersberger, B., & Lööf, H. (2005). Corporate innovation activities: Does ownership matter?
  128. Lööf, H. (2005). Innovation, outsourcing and productivity in knowledge-intensive firms.
  129. Lööf, H., & Ebersberger, B. (2005). Innovation behaviour and productivity performance.
  130. Johansson, B., Lööf, H., & Rader-Olsson, A. (2005). Firm location, R&D investment, innovation and productivity.
  131. Ebersberger, B., Lööf, H., & Oksanen, J. (2005). Does foreign ownership matter for innovation activities?
  132. Lööf, H. (2005). Foreign ownership and innovation.
  133. Heshmati, A., & Lööf, H. (2005). Sources of finance, R&D investment and productivity.
  134. Johansson, B., Lööf, H., & Rader-Olsson, A. (2005). Corporate structure and innovation.
  135. Ebersberger, B., & Lööf, H. (2005). Multinational enterprises, spillovers, innovation and productivity. International Journal of Management Research, 4(11), 7–37.
  136. Lööf, H. (2004). Dynamic optimal capital structure and technical change. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 15(4), 449–468.
  137. Janz, N., Lööf, H., & Peters, B. (2004). Company-level innovation and productivity.
  138. Johansson, B., Lööf, H., Baltzopoulos, A., & Andersson, M. (2004). Intellectual capital report for the Kista cluster.
  139. Lööf, H., & Ebersberger, B. (2004). Multinational enterprises, spillovers, innovation and productivity.
  140. Lööf, H., & Heshmati, A. (2004). Sources of finance, R&D investment and productivity.
  141. Lööf, H., Peters, B., & Janz, N. (2004). Innovation and productivity in German and Swedish manufacturing firms. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2, 184–204.
  142. Lööf, H., & Heshmati, A. (2004). The impact of public funding on private R&D investment.
  143. Lööf, H., & Heshmati, A. (2003). The link between firm-level innovation and aggregate productivity growth. Research Evaluation, 12(2), 131–147.
  144. Janz, N., Lööf, H., & Peters, B. (2003). Firm-level innovation and productivity.
  145. Lööf, H., Pettersson, M., & Öberg, M. (2003). Sjuksköterskans roll i bemötandet av människor i kris.
  146. Lööf, H., Janz, N., & Peters, B. (2003). Firm-level innovation and productivity.
  147. Lööf, H., & Heshmati, A. (2002). Knowledge capital and performance heterogeneity. International Journal of Production Economics, 76(1), 61–85.
  148. Lööf, H., & Heshmati, A. (2002). The link between firm-level innovation and aggregate productivity growth.
  149. Lööf, H. (2002). The knowledge production function: Evidence from new micro data.
  150. Lööf, H., & Heshmati, A. (2001). On the relationship between innovation and performance.
  151. Lööf, H., Heshmati, A., Asplund, R., & Nåås, S. O. (2001). Innovation and performance in manufacturing industries.
  152. Lööf, H. (2000). Outsourcing, innovation and firm performance in service and manufacturing industries.
  153. Knutson, F., Lööf, H., & Högman, C. F. (1999). Increased anticoagulant osmolality improves separation of leukocytes. Transfusion Science, 21(3), 185–191.
  154. Lans, H., Lööf, H., & Hilstad, S. (1997). Uppfinn framtiden.
  155. Lans, H., Lööf, H., & Hilstad, S. (1997). Uppfinn framtiden: Förutsättningar för innovationer och entreprenörskap.
  156. Lööf, H. (2005). Corporate innovation activities.
  157. Lindström, O., Heshmati, A., & Lööf, H. (2005). The impact of public funds on private R&D investment.
  158. Andersson, M., Johansson, B., Karlsson, C. (2012). Innovation and growth.
  159. Lööf, H., Heshmati, A., & Asplund, R. (2002). Innovation and performance in Nordic countries.
  160. Lööf, H., Martinsson, G., & Mohammadi, A. Finance and innovative investment in environmental technology.
  161. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. How to finance innovation persistently?
  162. Oh, D., Heshmati, A., & Lööf, H. Total factor productivity comparison models.
  163. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. Patent, markets and productivity.
  164. Bager-Sjögren, L., & Lööf, H. Public support to innovative firms.
  165. Lööf, H., & Nabavi, P. Two faces of persistent exporters.
  166. Uddin, M. N., & Lööf, H. Masters of economics of innovation and growth.
  167. Ebersberger, B., Johansson, B., & Lööf, H. Foreign takeovers and productivity performance.
  168. Janz, N., & Lööf, H. Firm-level innovation and productivity across countries.

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