Senior researcher at The Frisch Centre , Professor at the Psychology Department at University of Oslo, and affiliated with EGAP and CESifo. My main research interests are behavioral economics, development issues, and inequality.
Selected publications (see publications and work in progress for more)
The Quarterly Journal of Economics (Forthcoming). With Gordon Dahl and Dan-Olof Rooth. NBER WP, IZA WP. Pre-print version
“How Settlement Locations and Local Networks Influence Immigrant Political Integration“
American Journal of Political Science (Forthcoming). With Bernt Bratsberg, Jeremy Ferwerda, and Henning Finseraas. 2019
“Mining and local corruption in Sub-Saharan Africa”
American Journal of Political Science 61(2), 320-334. Online Appendix. With Eivind Hammersmark Olsen, Carl Henrik Knutsen, and Tore Wig. 2017. Replication data
“Trust, Ethnic Diversity, and Personal Contact: Experimental Field Evidence”.
Journal of Public Economics. Vol. 173, 72-84. With Henning Finseraas, Torbjørn Hanson, Åshild A. Johnsen, and Gaute Torsvik. 2019
The Journal of Human Resources. With Ingvild Almås, Espen Moen, and Knut Røed. 2020
“Chinese aid and local corruption“.
Journal of Public Economics. Vol(159), 146-159. With Ann-Sofie Isaksson. 2018
European Economic Review, Vol(90), 363-374. With Henning Finseraas, Åshild A. Johnsen, and Gaute Torsvik. 2016.
“Birth Order and Voter Turnout”.
British Journal of Political Science (Forthcoming). With Bratsberg, Dawes, Lindgren, Oskarsson, Raaum, and Öhrvall.
