About NIER
About National Institute of Economic Research
The National Institute of Economic Research (NIER) performs analyses and forecasts of the Swedish and international economy and conducts related research. The Institute is a government agency accountable to the Ministry of Finance. Like other Swedish government agencies, NIER has an independent status and is responsible for the analyses and forecasts that it publishes.
NIER accepts various kinds of commissioned assignments in the areas of macroeconomics and environmental economics. The principal clients are the Swedish Government Offices, government agencies, and organizations representing various interests. An assignment may take the form of a study or a model simulation to describe the effects of a change in economic policy or economic shocks of various kinds.
NIER is financed largely by public funds. The remaining source of financing is commissioned assignments, primarily in the fields of macroeconomics and environmental economics. Some 60 persons, most of them economists, are presently employed by NIER.
Commissioned Assignments
NIER accepts various kinds of commissioned assignments in the areas of macroeconomics and environmental economics. The principal clients are the Swedish Government Offices, government agencies, and organizations representing various interests. An assignment may take the form of a study or a model simulation to describe the effects of a change in economic policy or economic shocks of various kinds.
Examples of completed assignments include macroeconomic calculations and environmental supplements to the report of the Long Term Planning Commission, analyses of the effects of shorter working hours, and studies on the impact of demographic changes on government expenditure.
