Input Market, Automation, and Inflation : Essays in Macroeconomics

This thesis consists of three self-contained essays.


Supplier Search and Market Concentration studies how easier access to intermediate input suppliers affects productivity and market concentration.


What Is Automation? studies how the adoption of different types of automation affects firm performance and labor demand.


Inflation Persistence and a New Phillips Curve shows how state-dependent pricing models can generate inflation persistence through the endogenous timing of price adjustment decisions.

This is a doctoral thesis in Economics at Stockholm University, Sweden, 2026.