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)