Stefan Fölster is adjunct professor at the Royal Institute of Technology and chief economist at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise (Svenskt Näringsliv).
Stefan has a background in research economics. He has previously been president for the Swedish Research Institute of Trade, a think tank and consultancy specializing on retail- and wholesale trade.
Stefan Fölster has published articles in numerous academic journals and newspapers, as well as a number of books. His focus is entrepreneurship, as well as organization and efficiency in industry and in the public sector.
Selected Recent Publications:
Fölster, S. & J. Nyström (2010) Climate Policy to Defeat the Green Paradox. AMBIO: Volume 39, Issue 3 (2010), Page 223-228.
Fölster, S. with several coauthors (2010) Reforming the Welfare State – Recovery and beyond University of Chicago Press.
Fölster, Stefan (2006) Do entrepreneurs create jobs? in Carree, Martin and Thurik, Roy, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Cheltenham, U.K