Kaj Thomsson (K.M.)

Courses Taught as Primary Instructor:

• Socio-Economic Development in Emerging Markets (MSc course), Maastricht University
• Institutions, Politics and Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies (BSc course), Maastricht University
• Culture, Society and Politics in Latin America (BSc course), Maastricht University
• Management and Organization of Latin American Enterprises (BSc course), Maastricht University
• Business in the Global Political Environment (BSc course), The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
• Development Economics (BSc course), University College Maastricht
• Globalisation Debate (BSc course), Maastricht University
• Strategic Firm Behaviour and Competition Policy (MSc course), Maastricht University
• Political Economy (Phd course), Maastricht Graduate School of Governance / UNU-MERIT
• Political Economy (MSc course), Maastricht University
• Information, Justice and the Political Process (BA course), Maastricht University
• Intermediate Microeconomics (BA course), Maastricht University
• International Competitiveness and Antitrust Policy (MSc course), Maastricht University
• Internet Economics (MSc course), Maastricht University

Courses Taught as Teaching Assistant:

• Game Theory (BA course), Yale University
• Mathematical Game Theory (BA course), Yale University
• Introducton to Microeconomics (BA course), Stockholm University

Supervision of PhD theses:

• Biniam Bedasso: The Arc of Institutional Change in the Long Shadow of Elites (Defended at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, 2013)
• Luciana Cingolani; Bureaucracies for Development: Oxymorons or Reality? (Defended at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, 2014)
• Tobias Broich; PhD student at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (thesis ongoing)
• Rose Camille Vincent; PhD student at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (thesis ongoing)
• Dina Kamal; PhD student at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (thesis ongoing)
• Bart Kleine Deters; PhD student at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (thesis ongoing)

Supervision of master’s theses:

• Talin Holtermann: An empirical evaluation of the European Leniency Program (2010)
• Catalin Teodorescu: Compatibility Choice in an Open Source Environment (2010)
• Georgi Deyanov: Why do Societies Fail to Adopt Efficient Policies (2012)
• Tobias Broich: State Capacity and Economic Performance (2012)
• Nina Stephan: Political Budget Cycles in Europe (2013)
• Laura Ioana Bidea: Colonialism, Trust and Institutional Development in Africa (2013)
• Daan de Koning: Partisanship and Political Business Cycles (2014)
• Nathalie Wiersma: The pass-through of petrol prices into output prices (2014)
• Guy Puylaert: Why good revolutions lead to bad economies (2014)
• Linda de Jongh: Modernization Hypothesis Revisited (2015)
• Imke Verbeek: Aid for Free Press (2015)
• Elias Sobotka: A Political Economy Analysis of Harmful Voter Manipulation (2015)
• Anne Lina Tholen: Electoral Cycles in Fiscal Policy, Maastricht University (2017)
• Morten Normann:Midterm Loss in a Unitary State (2018)
• Sara Munaretto: E-Government in Developing Countries (2018)
• Silvia Biancorosso: The European Debt Crisis and the Rise of Populist Parties (2019)
• Daniel Waters: China’s Growing Influence in Sub-Saharan Academia (2019)
• Alina Buscher: Does Investment in Public Goods Reduce Internal Conflict? (2019)