Thomas Markussen

Thomas Markussen

Professor

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Research Fields

Collective action, economic development, political economy, experimental economics, land rights, good governance, democracy

 

Research groups

Development Economics Research Group (DERG), University of Copenhagen

Center for Experimental Economics (CEE), University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen Network for Experimental Economics (CNEE)

 

Academic contributions 

A part of my work focuses on endogenous institutions in social dilemmas. I use laboratory experiments to study whether and when groups are willing to implement institutions that help them solve collective action problems. I have focused on institutions such as competition, peer-to-peer punishment and centralized sanctions. Another part of my work focuses on political economy and institutions in developing countries. I have for example investigated, in the context of Vietnam, whether households with political connection have more secure property rights and better access to finance than other households. Another example is a paper studying how voting alignment with the U.S. in the UN General Assembly affects allocation of World Bank concessional lending.

 Personal webpage: https://www.econ.ku.dk/markussen/default.htm

Google Scholar profile; http://scholar.google.dk/citations?user=jKRQA4YAAAAJ&hl=da&oi=ao

Selected publications

  1. Published

    Self-Organization for Collective Action: An Experimental Study of Voting on Sanction Regimes

    Markussen, Thomas, Putterman, L. & Tyran, Jean-Robert Karl, 2014, In: Review of Economic Studies. 81, 1, p. 301-324 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  2. Published

    Competition, cooperation, and collective choice

    Markussen, Thomas, Reuben Paris, E. G. & Tyran, Jean-Robert Karl, 2014, In: Economic Journal. 124, 574, p. F163-F195 33 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Political Connections and Land-Related Investment in Rural Vietnam

    Markussen, Thomas & Tarp, Finn, 2014, In: Journal of Development Economics. 110, p. 291-302

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Judicial error and cooperation

    Markussen, Thomas, Tyran, Jean-Robert Karl & Putterman, L., Oct 2016, In: European Economic Review. 89, p. 372–388

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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