Richard Friberg

Richard Friberg is a Swedish economist specialized in industrial organization, international trade, and risk management. He is the Jacob Wallenberg professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics.[1]

Richard Friberg
Alma materStockholm School of Economics
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1997)​
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsEconomics
InstitutionsStockholm School of Economics
ThesisPrices, profits and exchange rate uncertainty (1997)
Doctoral advisorRobert Feenstra
Websiterichardfriberg.se

Education

Friberg completed a MSc. in Business and Economics (1992) and Ph.D. (1997) at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE). His dissertation was titled Prices, profits and exchange rate uncertainty. Friberg's doctoral advisor was Robert Feenstra. He was a Fulbright scholar from August 1994 to Jun 1995 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was a postdoctoral researcher at the SSE from 1998 to 2000.[1]

Career

Friberg is an economist specialized in industrial organization, international trade, and risk management. He became an assistant professor at SSE in 2000. Friberg became an associate professor (docent) in 2001 and a full professor in 2008. He was selected as the Jacob Wallenberg professor of economics in 2009.[1]

From 2009 to 2013, Friberg was editor of The Scandinavian Journal of Economics.[1]

Personal life

Since 1997, Friberg has been married to Magdalena Andersson, the current prime minister of Sweden; they have two children.[2][3] He and his wife are avid outdoors people; they often go hiking, kayaking and mountaineering.[4]

Selected works
  • Friberg, Richard (1999). Exchange Rates and the Firm: Strategies to Manage Exposure and the Impact of EMU. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-0-333-74551-9.
  • Friberg, Richard (2015). Managing Risk and Uncertainty: A Strategic Approach. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-52819-1.

References
  1. "Staff Profile: Friberg, Richard". Stockholm School of Economics. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  2. "Magdalena Andersson about the grief after father Göran Andersson" (in Swedish). Hemmets Journal. 15 July 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. "Magdalena Andersson går av som statsminister i Sverige". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 2021-11-24. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  4. "Magdalena Andersson: Hidden privacy with her husband and children". california18.com. 18 September 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
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