Thomas Markussen

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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 journal › Journal article › peer-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 journal › Journal article › peer-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 journal › Journal article › peer-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 journal › Journal article › peer-review