Scholarly Comments on Academic Economics

Ingemar Ståhl

The bio below comes from a published article and may now be dated.

Ingemar Ståhl

Ingemar Ståhl (1938–2014) was professor of economics at Lund University from 1971 to 2005. He was strongly engaged in public debate on a vast number of issues like industrial policies, rent control, defense, taxation, health care, and social policy, promoting a market-oriented approach. He introduced public choice, financial economics, and law and economics into the academic curriculum at Lund University. He proposed and designed the Swedish system of student financial support, introduced in 1965. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, serving on the Prize Committee.