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 (2013)
- Luciana Cingolani; Bureaucracies for Development: Oxymoron or Reality? (2014)
- Tobias Broich; New Actors in the Global Economy: Chinese Development Finance in Africa (2017)
- Rose Camille Vincent; Essays in Public Economics: Multi-Layer Tax Structure (2020)
- Bart Kleine Deters; A Quantitative Approach to the Right to Education (2021)
- Dina Kamal; (External) PhD student at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (ongoing)
- Stefanie Cipriano Roost; PhD student at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (ongoing)
- Gulzhan Kyzy; PhD student at Maastricht Graduate School of Governance (ongoing)
Supervision of master’s theses:
- Talin Holtermann: An empirical evaluation of the European Leniency Program
- Catalin Teodorescu: Compatibility Choice in an Open Source Environment
- Georgi Deyanov: Why do Societies Fail to Adopt Efficient Policies
- Tobias Broich: State Capacity and Economic Performance
- Nina Stephan: Political Budget Cycles in Europe
- Laura Ioana Bidea: Colonialism, Trust and Institutional Development in Africa
- Daan de Koning: Partisanship and Political Business Cycles
- Nathalie Wiersma: The pass-through of petrol prices into output prices
- Guy Puylaert: Why good revolutions lead to bad economies
- Linda de Jongh: Modernization Hypothesis Revisited
- Imke Verbeek: Aid for Free Press
- Elias Sobotka: A Political Economy Analysis of Harmful Voter Manipulation
- Anne Lina Tholen: Electoral Cycles in Fiscal Policy, Maastricht University
- Morten Normann: Midterm Loss in a Unitary State
- Sara Munaretto: E-Government in Developing Countries
- Silvia Biancorosso: The European Debt Crisis and the Rise of Populist Parties
- Daniel Waters: China’s Growing Influence in Sub-Saharan Academia
- Alina Buscher: Does Investment in Public Goods Reduce Internal Conflict?
- Francesco Poletto Cortese: Corruption and Multidimensional Poverty
- Felix Rösner: An Empirical Study on Institutional Quality and Environmental Policy
- Hang Vu: The Development of Chinese-Operated Special Economic Zones in Africa
- George Sturzenbecher: Socio-economic technology effects of socialist industrialization on innovation
- Stefanie Roost: The determinants of populist voting in the 2018 Brazilian election
- Francesco Poletto Cortese: Corruption and Multidimensional Poverty
- Louis de Muyser: Foreign Aid Effectiveness in the Education Sector
- Julius Hoffman: Foreign Aid and State Capacity in Developing Countries
- Alexandra Bassermann: A game-theoretic analysis of the US’ troop withdrawal from Afghanistan