David Dreyer Lassen, Professor (mso), Ph.D., cand.polit. Department of Economics University of Copenhagen Studiestræde 6 DK-1455 Copenhagen K Denmark Click here for e-mail

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Research Interests
Political economics, public economics

Publications
James E. Alt and David Dreyer Lassen. 2008. "Political and Judicial Checks on Corruption: Evidence from American State Governments." Economics & Politics, forthcoming. Final (gated) version.

David Dreyer Lassen. "Ethnic Divisions, Trust, and the Size of the Informal Sector." Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, forthcoming 2007. Final version (at JEBO website, requires subscription)

James E. Alt, David Dreyer Lassen and Shanna Rose. 2006. "The Causes of Fiscal Transparency: Evidence from the American States." IMF Staff Papers 53(September), 30-57. Latest version here.

James E. Alt and David Dreyer Lassen. 2006. "Transparency, Political Polarization, and Political Budget Cycles in OECD Countries."* American Journal of Political Science 50(3), 530-550. (Previously titled: The Political Budget Cycle is Where You Can't See It).

James E. Alt and David Dreyer Lassen. 2006. "Fiscal Transparency, Political Parties, and Debt in OECD Countries." European Economic Review 50(6), 1403-1439. Published version (requires subscription).

David Dreyer Lassen. 2005. "The Effect of Information on Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Natural Experiment."* American Journal of Political Science 49(1).

James E. Alt and David Dreyer Lassen. 2003. "The Political Economy of Institutions and Corruption in American States." Journal of Theoretical Politics 15(3). EPRU Working paper version available through SSRN. Published version (requires subscription).

David Dreyer Lassen and Peter Birch Sørensen. 2002. Financing the Nordic Welfare States: The Challenge of Globalisation to Taxation in the Nordic Countries. Prepared for the Nordic Council of Ministers. [Part of the larger report Det framtida nordiska välfärdssamhället - utmaninger och möjligheter, Nord 2003:12, available here]

James E. Alt, David Dreyer Lassen and David Skilling. 2002. "Fiscal Transparency, Gubernatorial Popularity, and the Scale of Government: Evidence from the States." State Politics & Policy Quarterly vol. 2. Working Paper version [PDF, 135 Kb].

Niels Kleis Frederiksen, David Dreyer Lassen and Søren Bo Nielsen. 1999. "Would the Flat Tax Fall Flat in Denmark?" in T.M. Andersen, S.E.H. Jensen and O. Risager (eds.), Macroeconomic Perspectives on Danish Economic Policy, London: Macmillan Press, 1999. 

David Dreyer Lassen and Søren Bo Nielsen. 1996. "Er skattebyrden i Danmark højere end i andre europæiske lande?" Nationaløkonomisk Tidsskrift, 1996 ("Is the tax burden in Denmark higher than in other European countries?", Danish Economic Journal, 1996)

Papers
Informal Institutions and Intergenerational Contracts: Evidence from Schooling and Remittances in Rural Tanzania [with Helene Bie Lilleør]. CAM Working Paper 2008-03. July 2008.

Inequality and Corruption: Evidence from American States [with Jim Alt]. EPRU Working Paper 2008-02. August 2008.

Political Influence [with Bennedsen and Feldmann]. Draft version, May 2007.

Current Projects and Work-in-progress
Corruption, Inequality, Democracy [with Jim Alt and Maria Petrova]
Tax Systems and Multinational Enterprises: An Empirical Investigation [with Delia Ionascu, Lakis Raimondos-Møller and Søren Bo Nielsen], in progress.
Causal Effects of Not Participating in the Common European Currency [with Mathilde Almlund], in progress
Size and Political Participation: Evidence from a Natural Experiment of Jurisdictional Consolidation [with Søren Serritzlew], in progress. Presented at MPSA 2008.
Vold mod Offentligt ansatte, projekt finansieret af Rockwool Fonden, 2005-2008, med Peter Kruize og Dave Sorenson.

Current Teaching (Fall 2008) / Nuværende undervisning:
Political Economics, Master's level, Economics (with Elana Paltseva).
Possibly some Micro 3.

Past teaching:
Offentlig udgiftspolitik (SIS) - ISIS side her. Gl. hjemmeside for kurset her.
Introduction to BA thesis: Microeconomics. Slides (in PPT)
Political Economics (joint with Christian Schultz)
Øvelse, efterår 2002: Konfliktøkonomi, korruption og terrorisme (Seminar in Conflict Economics)
Øvelser, forår 2003: Videregående offentlig økonomi
Øvelse i Videregående offentlig økonomi (Seminar in Advanced Public Economics)
Micro 3, Spring 2004 (SIS and Course Homepage), Advanced Undergraduate Microeconomics.
Micro 3, Fall 2005. Equilibrium and Imperfections. Course homepage in ISIS is here
Essay course in Political Economics.
Essay course in Economics of the Media
Essay course in Economic Analysis of Politics

Omkring Specialevejledning

Debat og andet (in Danish)
"Forbandelse." Debatindlæg i Weekendavisen nr. 24, d. 13.6.08.
"Stud.gæld." Mening i Jyllands-Posten d. 11.8.06.
"Økonomernes Indiana Jones" Anmeldelse af Levitt & Dubner's Freakonomics, Weekendavisen Ideer d. 9.9.05. (m. Henrik J. Kleven).
"Skrækhistorier" Artikel i Weekendavisen Ideer d. 9.9.05. (m. Henrik J. Kleven).
"Velfærd på amerikansk?" Artikel i Weekendavisen Ideer d. 18.02.05. (m. Claus Thustrup Kreiner og Henrik J. Kleven) og vores efterfølgende svar "Misforstået solidaritet?"
"Økonomiske læseheste?" Institutstafet i Politen, Maj 2004.
"Antiantipaternalisme" (pdf, 17kb). Debatindlæg bragt i Weekendavisen Bøger d. 23.04.04 (lidt vel redigeret) under titlen "På med selen."
"Bliver man rig af at læse Weekendavisen?" Debatindlæg som burde være bragt i Weekendavisen, februar 2004.
"Er gæld godt?" (pdf, 73kb). Debatindlæg bragt i Weekendavisen d. 20.12.02 under titlen "Offentlig gæld uholdbar."
"Pressefrihed eller Pressionsfrihed?" 22.05.02. Vil regeringens nye medieoplæg give politisk kontrol med DR? (pdf, 35kb). (December 2002: Det har det gjort!)
"Medicin til verdens fattige" (pdf, 8kb). Debatindlæg bragt i Politiken d. 18.03.01 under den svært misvisende titel Frigiv Patenterne.

Good and Bad Government
The Allegory of Good and Bad Government (1338-40), by Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Siena.

Updated August 2008.
* This is an electronic version of an article published in the American Journal of Political Science. Complete citation information for the final version of the paper, as published in the print edition of the American Journal of Political Science, is available on the Blackwell Synergy online delivery service, accessible via the journal’s website at www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/ajps or http://www.blackwell-synergy.com.