Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU)
The Economic Policy Research Unit (EPRU) is organized around a group of researchers with a strong interest in applied economics and economic policy issues.
The areas of expertise of EPRU members span Public Sector Economics and Tax Policy, Redistribution and Social Policy, Applied Labor Economics and Labor Market Policy, Political Economy and Government Institutions, International Economics and Trade Policy, Macroeconomic Growth and Stabilization Policy, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy.
The major goal of EPRU is to gather and strengthen the expertise in economic policy analysis within the Department of Economics at University of Copenhagen and to enhance interaction and co-operation with practical policymakers and researchers outside the university.
EPRU is part of the Economic Policy Research Network (EPRN)
The key objectives of the Economic Policy Research Unit are:
- Gathering and strengthening the expertise in economic policy analysis within the Department of Economics at University of Copenhagen.
- Enhancing interaction and co-operation with policymakers and researchers outside the university.
- Increasing the policy-relevance in the economics study program at the University of Copenhagen.
- Dissemination of research results on economic policy to practical policy makers and the population in general.
Researchers/members
Internal
| Name | Title | |
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| Anders Munk-Nielsen | Associate Professor |
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| Andreas Bjerre-Nielsen | Associate Professor |
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| Asger Lau Andersen | Associate Professor |
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| Bertel Schjerning | Professor |
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| Björn Thor Arnarson | Assistant Professor |
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| Christina Gravert | Associate Professor |
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| Claus Thustrup Kreiner | Professor |
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| Frikk Nesje | Associate Professor |
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| Hans Jørgen Whitta-Jacobsen | Professor |
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| Ida Lykke Kristiansen | Postdoc |
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| Jakob Egholt Søgaard | Assistant Professor - Tenure Track |
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| Jakob Roland Munch | Professor |
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| Jeppe Druedahl | Associate Professor |
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| Mette Foged | Associate Professor |
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| Mette Rasmussen | Assistant Professor |
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| Mette Ejrnæs | Professor |
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| Michael Bergman | Associate Professor |
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| Miriam Wüst | Associate Professor - Promotion Programme |
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| Morten Bennedsen | Professor |
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| Morten Graugaard Olsen | Associate Professor |
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| Niels Johannesen | Professor |
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| Nikolaj Arpe Harmon | Associate Professor |
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| Peter Birch Sørensen | Professor |
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| Robert Mahlstedt | Associate Professor |
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| Stefan Voigt | Assistant Professor - Tenure Track |
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| Søren Leth-Petersen | Professor |
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| Søren Hove Ravn | Associate Professor |
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| Thomas Høgholm Jørgensen | Associate Professor |
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| Torben Heien Nielsen | Professor |
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Contact
Director
Claus Thustrup Kreiner
Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
University of Copenhagen
Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 35
DK-1553 Copenhagen K
Phone:+45 35 32 30 20
Fax: +45 35 32 30 00
E-mail: ctk@econ.ku.dk
Administrator
Tine Ceccardi
Head Clerk
Department of Economics
University of Copenhagen
Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 35
DK-1553 Copenhagen K
Phone: + 45 35 32 30 02
Fax: +45 35 32 30 00
E-mail: tine.ceccardi@econ.ku.dk