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)

Kaj Thomsson (K.M.)
Director of Bachelor Programmes
School of Business and Economics
Macro, International & Labour Economics
School of Business and Economics