I am a professor of economics at the Norwegian Business School (BI), also affiliated with ESOP at the University of Oslo. The academic year 2018/2019, I am visiting the Department of Political Science at Stanford University.

My research lies in the intersection between political economy and applied microeconomics. I currently study questions such as: Does political power self-perpetuate? What are the conequences of electoral reform? Do parties in power direct spending to the hometowns of its representatives?

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