Thomas Markussen
Professor
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
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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 › Research › peer-review
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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 › Research › peer-review
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Political Connections and Land-Related Investment in Rural Vietnam
Markussen, Thomas & Tarp, Finn, 2014, In: Journal of Development Economics. 110, p. 291-302Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Judicial error and cooperation
Markussen, Thomas, Tyran, Jean-Robert Karl & Putterman, L., Oct 2016, In: European Economic Review. 89, p. 372–388Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Institutions in Development: Five Essays on Politics, Property Rights and Prosperity
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US Politics and World Bank IDA-Lending
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The Forgotten Property Rights: Restrictions on Land Use in Vietnam
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