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Christian Bjørnskov

Professor

Christian Bjørnskov received his PhD in economics from Aarhus School of Business in 2005 and is now professor of economics at the Department of Economics and Business at Aarhus University. His research interests include public choice, institutional economics and development economics.

Affiliated Researcher

Contact

Christian Bjørnskov

+45 87 16 48 19

+45 20 12 03 84

chbj@econ.au.dk

Research interests: Institutional economics, Political behavior

Some of the questions I try to answer in my research:

How does trust affect institutional and economic performance?
Why do formal institutions differ so much across the world?
Which policies are ideological and when does ideology matter?
How does foreign aid and domestic policies affect developing countries?

Current writings

10 December 2024

Constitutional Political Economy

Does the Electoral Process Cause Less Terrorism?

Journal Article

by Lasse Skjoldager Eskildsen, Christian Bjørnskov

31 October 2024

Southern Economic Journal

Does Capitalism Disfavor Women? Evidence from Life Satisfaction

Journal Article

by Niclas Berggren, Christian Bjørnskov

09 October 2024

Journal of Institutional Economics

Economic Freedom and Academic Freedom across Nations

Journal Article

by Niclas Berggren, Christian Bjørnskov

Published at IFN

Journal Articles

10 December 2024 Skjoldager Eskildsen, Lasse and Christian Bjørnskov (forthcoming). “Does the Electoral Process Cause Less Terrorism?”. Constitutional Political Economy.

31 October 2024 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2024). “Does Capitalism Disfavor Women? Evidence from Life Satisfaction”. Southern Economic Journal 91(2), 436–464. doi.org/10.1002/soej.12691

09 October 2024 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2024). “Economic Freedom and Academic Freedom across Nations”. Journal of Institutional Economics 20, e26. doi.org/10.1017/S1744137424000158

09 August 2024 Cruzatti, John, Christian Bjørnskov, Andrea Sáenz de Viteri and Christian Cruzatti (2024). “Geography, Development, and Power: Parliament Leaders and Local Clientelism”. World Development 182, 106706. doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106706

09 August 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (forthcoming). “The Political Economy of Academic Freedom”. Economists’ Voice. doi.org/10.1515/ev-2024-0042

03 July 2024 Skjoldager Eskildsen, Lasse and Christian Bjørnskov (forthcoming). “Do Blasphemy Restrictions Restrict Terrorism?”. Terrorism and Political Violence. doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2024.2378446

02 July 2024 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2024). “Institutions as Predictors of Government Discrimination”. Kyklos 77(3), 642–663. doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12383

06 May 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian and Stefan Voigt (forthcoming). “Much Ado about Nothing? Counterterrorist Legislation has Few Effects”. Eastern Economic Journal. doi.org/10.1057/s41302-024-00279-0

02 April 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Economic Freedom and the Greenhouse Gas Kuznets Curve”. European Journal of Political Economy 82, 102530.

24 August 2023 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2023). “Does Globalization Suppress Social Trust?”. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 214, 443–458. doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.08.018

10 March 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian and Philipp J.H. Schröder (2023). “Press Freedom, Market Information, and International Trade”. European Journal of Political Economy 76, 102236. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2022.102236

27 February 2023 Štrobl, Martin, Andrea Sáenz de Viteri, Martin Rode and Christian Bjørnskov (2023). “Populism and Inequality: Does Reality Match the Populist Rhetoric?”. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 107, 1–17. doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2023.01.010

10 January 2023 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2023). “Does Legal Freedom Satisfy?”. European Journal of Law and Economics 55(1), 1–28. doi.org/10.1007/s10657-022-09753-6

30 December 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian, Stefan Voigt and Mahdi Khesali (2022). “Unconstitutional States of Emergency”. Journal of Legal Studies 51(2), 455–481. doi.org/10.1086/718681

16 November 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian, Andreas Freytag and Jerg Gutmann (2022). “Coups and the Dynamics of Media Freedom”. Economic Modelling 116, 106025. doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2022.106025

07 November 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian, Bodo Knoll and Martin Rode (2022). “A Time to Plot, a Time to Reap: Coups, Regime Changes and Inequality”. Defence and Peace Economics 33(8), 912–937. doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2021.1974793

12 August 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian, Nicolai J. Foss and Tianjiao Xu (2022). “The Role of Institutions in the Early Entrepreneurial Process”. Industrial and Corporate Change 31(4), 905–933. doi.org/10.1093/icc/dtac013

09 August 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian and Stefan Voigt (2022). “This Time is Different? - On the Use of Emergency Measures During the Corona Pandemic”. European Journal of Law and Economics 54(1), 63–81. doi.org/10.1007/s10657-021-09706-5

09 July 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Social Trust and Patterns of Growth”. Southern Economic Journal 89(1), 216–237. doi.org/10.1002/soej.12590

08 July 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian and Martin Rode (2022). “Late Colonial Antecedents of Modern Democracy”. Journal of Institutional Economics 18(4), 569–586. doi.org/10.1017/S1744137421000734

08 June 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian, Miguel Ángel Borrella-Mas and Martin Rode (2022). “The Economics of Change and Stability in Social Trust: Evidence from (and for) Catalan Secession”. Economics & Politics 34(2), 275–297. doi.org/10.1111/ecpo.12198

06 May 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian and Stefan Voigt (2022). “Terrorism and Emergency Constitutions in the Muslim World”. Journal of Peace Research 59(3), 305–318. doi.org/10.1177/00223433211012445

06 April 2022 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2022). “Academic Freedom, Institutions, and Productivity”. Southern Economic Journal 88(4), 1313–1342. doi.org/10.1002/soej.12561

19 January 2022 Eskildsen, Lasse and Christian Bjørnskov (2022). “Does Freedom of Expression Cause Less Terrorism?”. Political Studies 70(1), 131–152. doi.org/10.1177/0032321720950223

17 January 2022 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2022). “Political Institutions and Academic Freedom: Evidence from Across the World”. Public Choice 190(1-2), 205–228. doi.org/10.1007/s11127-021-00931-9

16 January 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian and Stefan Voigt (2022). “Emergencies: On the Misuse of Governmental Powers”. Public Choice 190(1–2), 1–32. doi.org/10.1007/s11127-021-00918-6

27 September 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Did Lockdown Work? An Economist’s Cross-Country Comparison”. CESIfo Economic Studies 67(3), 318–331. doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifab003

10 September 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian and Katharina Pfaff (2021). “Differences Matter: The Effect of Coup Types on Physical Integrity Rights”. European Journal of Political Economy 69, 102027. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2021.102027

13 August 2021 Bergh, Andreas and Christian Bjørnskov (2021). “Trust Us to Repay: Social Trust, Long-Term Interest Rates, and Sovereign Credit Ratings”. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking 53(5), 1151–1174. doi.org/10.1111/jmcb.12812

07 July 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian and Stefan Voigt (2021). “Is Constitutionalized Media Freedom only Window Dressing? Evidence from Terrorist Attacks”. Public Choice 187(3-4), 321–348. doi.org/10.1007/s11127-020-00783-9

09 June 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Civic Honesty and Cultures of Trust”. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics 92, 101693. doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2021.101693

04 June 2021 Bennett, Daniel L., Christian Bjørnskov and Stephan F. Gohmann (2021). “Coups, Regime Transitions, and Institutional Consequences”. Journal of Comparative Economics 49(2), 627–643. doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2020.05.008

04 May 2021 Bergh, Andreas and Christian Bjørnskov (2021). “Does Economic Freedom Boost Growth for Everyone?”. Kyklos 74(2), 170–186. doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12262

01 December 2020 Viteri Vázquez, Andrea Sáenz de and Christian Bjørnskov (2020). “Constitutional Power Concentration and Corruption: Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean”. Constitutional Political Economy 31(4), 509–536. doi.org/10.1007/s10602-020-09317-3

01 October 2020 Bjørnskov, Christian (2020). “Why Do Military Dictatorships Become Presidential Democracies? Mapping the Democratic Interests of Autocratic Regimes”. Public Choice 185, 21–43. doi.org/10.1007/s11127-019-00736-x

01 October 2020 Bergh, Andreas and Christian Bjørnskov (2020). “Does Big Government Hurt Growth Less in High–Trust Countries?”. Contemporary Economic Policy 38(4), 643–658. doi.org/10.1111/coep.12467

01 August 2020 Berggren, Niclas, Andreas Bergh, Christian Bjørnskov and Shiori Tanaka (2020). “Migrants and Life Satisfaction: The Role of the Country of Origin and the Country of Residence”. Kyklos 73(3), 436–463. doi.org/10.1111/kykl.12225

01 April 2020 Bjørnskov, Christian and Stefan Voigt (2020). “When Does Terror Induce a State of Emergency? And What Are the Effects?”. Journal of Conflict Resolution 64(4), 579–613. doi.org/10.1177/0022002719865994

01 April 2020 Bjørnskov, Christian and Martin Rode (2020). “Regime Types and Regime Change: A New Dataset on Democracy, Coups, and Political Institutions”. Review of International Organizations 15(2), 531–551. doi.org/10.1007/s11558-019-09345-1

01 February 2020 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2020). “Corruption, Judicial Accountability and Inequality: Unfair Procedures May Benefit the Worst–Off”. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 170, 341–354. doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.12.010

15 January 2020 Bjørnskov, Christian and Nicolai J. Foss (2020). “Well–Being and Entrepreneurship: Using Establishment Size to Identify Treatment Effects and Transmission Mechanisms”. PLoS ONE 15(1), e0226008. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226008

01 November 2019 Bjørnskov, Christian and Martin Rode (2019). “Crisis, Ideology, and Interventionist Policy Ratchets”. Political Studies 67(4), 815–833. doi.org/10.1177/0032321718807858

01 August 2019 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2019). “Do Voters Dislike Liberalizing Reforms? New Evidence Using Data on Satisfaction with Democracy”. Journal of Institutional Economics 15(4), 631–648. doi.org/10.1017/S1744137419000031

01 April 2019 Bjørnskov, Christian and Jacob Mchangama (2019). “Do Social Rights Affect Social Outcomes?”. American Journal of Political Science 63(2), 452–466. doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12421

09 January 2019 Foss, Nicolai J., Peter G. Klein and Christian Bjørnskov (2019). “The Context of Entrepreneurial Judgment: Organizations, Markets, and Institutions”. Journal of Management Studies 56(6), 1167–1213. doi.org/10.1111/joms.12428

01 January 2019 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2019). “Regulation and Government Debt”. Public Choice 178, 153–178. doi.org/10.1007/s11127-018-0621-6

01 September 2018 Bjørnskov, Christian and Stefan Voigt (2018). “Why Do Governments Call a State of Emergency? On the Determinants of Using Emergency Constitutions”. European Journal of Political Economy 54, 110–123. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2018.01.002

01 August 2018 Bjørnskov, Christian (2018). “The Hayek–Friedman Hypothesis on the Press: Is There an Association between Economic Freedom and Press Freedom?”. Journal of Institutional Economics 14(4), 617–638. doi.org/10.1017/S1744137417000364

01 June 2018 Berggren, Niclas, Christian Bjørnskov and Therese Nilsson (2018). “Do Equal Rights for a Minority Affect General Life Satisfaction?”. Journal of Happiness Studies 19(5), 1465–1483. doi.org/10.1007/s10902-017-9886-6

12 May 2018 Bjørnskov, Christian and Stefan Voigt (2018). “The Architecture of Emergency Constitutions”. International Journal of Constitutional Law 16(1), 101–127. doi.org/10.1093/icon/moy012

06 November 2017 Lihn, Jacob and Christian Bjørnskov (2017). “Economic Freedom and Veto Players Jointly Affect Entrepreneurship”. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 6(3), 340–358. doi.org/10.1108/JEPP-D-17-00007

01 July 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Growth, Inequality and Economic Freedom: Evidence from the U.S. States”. Contemporary Economic Policy 35(3), 518–531. doi.org/10.1111/coep.12199

01 July 2017 Berggren, Niclas, Christian Bjørnskov and Therese Nilsson (2017). “What Aspects of Society Matter for the Quality of Life of a Minority? Global Evidence from the New Gay Happiness Index”. Social Indicators Research 132(3), 1163–1192. doi.org/10.1007/s11205-016-1340-3

01 July 2017 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2017). “The Market–Promoting and Market–Preserving Role of Social Trust in Reforms of Policies and Institutions”. Southern Economic Journal 84(1), 3–25. doi.org/10.1002/soej.12209

01 December 2016 Bjørnskov, Christian (2016). “Economic Freedom and Economic Crises”. European Journal of Political Economy 45, 11–23. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2016.08.003

01 June 2016 Bjørnskov, Christian and Andreas Freytag (2016). “An offer You Can’t Refuse: Murdering Journalists as an Enforcement Mechanism of Corrupt Deals”. Public Choice 167, 221–243. doi.org/10.1007/s11127-016-0338-3

30 December 2015 Bjørnskov, Christian (2015). “Does Economic Freedom Really Kill? On the Association between ‘Neoliberal Policies’ and Homicide Rates”. European Journal of Political Economy 37(March), 207–219. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.12.004

01 September 2015 Bjørnskov, Christian (2015). “Constitutional Property Rights Protection and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Post–Communist Transition”. Constitutional Political Economy 26(3), 247–280. doi.org/10.1007/s10602-015-9189-z

11 August 2015 Bjørnskov, Christian and Tsai Ming-Chang (2015). “How Do Institutions Affect Happiness and Misery? A Tale of Two Tails”. Comparative Sociology 14(3), 353–385. doi.org/10.1163/15691330-12341346

01 March 2015 Berggren, Niclas, Christian Bjørnskov and David Lipka (2015). “Legitimacy and the Cost of Government”. Public Choice 162, 307–328. doi.org/10.1007/s11127-014-0224-9

02 January 2015 Berggren, Niclas, Andreas Bergh and Christian Bjørnskov (2015). “What Matters for Growth in Europe? Institutions versus Policies, Quality versus Instability”. Journal of Economic Policy Reform 18(1), 69–88. doi.org/10.1080/17487870.2014.953159

01 September 2014 Bergh, Andreas and Christian Bjørnskov (2014). “Trust, Welfare States and Income Equality: Sorting out the Causality”. European Journal of Political Economy 35, 183–199. doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2014.06.002

01 June 2013 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2013). “Does Religiosity Promote Property Rights and the Rule of Law?”. Journal of Institutional Economics 9(2), 161–185. doi.org/10.1017/S1744137413000039

01 June 2012 Berggren, Niclas, Andreas Bergh and Christian Bjørnskov (2012). “The Growth Effects of Institutional Instability”. Journal of Institutional Economics 8(2), 187–224. doi.org/10.1017/S1744137411000488

01 December 2011 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2011). “Is the Importance of Religion in Daily Life Related to Social Trust? Cross–Country and Cross–State Comparisons”. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 80(3), 459–480. doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2011.05.002

01 February 2011 Bergh, Andreas and Christian Bjørnskov (2011). “Historical Trust Levels Predict the Current Size of the Welfare State”. Kyklos 64(1), 1–19. doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6435.2010.00492.x

Book Chapters

18 April 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Economic Freedom and Human Rights: A Survey”. In Niclas Berggren (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Economic Freedom (315–329). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

19 March 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (forthcoming). “Economic Growth and the Size of Government: Do the Drivers Differ in Democracies vs. Authoritarian States?”. In Juan Castaneda (Ed.), Government and Economic Growth in the 21st Century: A Classical Liberal Response. London: Routledge.

19 December 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Energy Policy for the Future? Government or Markets?”. In Syed Kamall (Ed.), Powering Britain: The UK’s Future Energy Mix (8–12). London: Politeia.

06 December 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian and Stefan Voigt (2022). “Notstandsverfassungen: Wortfülle kuturel tradiert”. In Gernot Pehnelt (Ed.), Fragen unserer Zeit : Festschrift für Andreas Freytag zum 60. Geburtstag (33–44). Berlin: Logos Verlag.

01 January 2020 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2020). “Institutions and Life Satisfaction”. In Klaus F. Zimmermann (Ed.), Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (1–48). Cham, CH: Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_192-1

01 January 2016 Bjørnskov, Christian (2016). “William Easterly's Challenge to the Development Community”. In William Easterly (Ed.), The Economics of International Development: Foreign Aid versus Freedom for the World's Poor (55–72). London: Institute of Economic Affairs.

Working Papers

27 August 2024 Bergh, Andreas , Christian Bjørnskov and Luděk Kouba (2024). “The Growth Consequences of Socialism”. IFN Working Paper No. 1499. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

15 April 2024 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2024). “Economic Freedom and Academic Freedom across Nations”. IFN Working Paper No. 1486. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

21 September 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian and Jacob Mchangama (2023). “Freedom of Expression and Social Conflict”. IFN Working Paper No. 1473. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

28 August 2023 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2023). “Does Capitalism Disfavor Women? Evidence from Life Satisfaction”. IFN Working Paper No. 1471. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

23 February 2023 Bergh, Andreas , Christian Bjørnskov and Richard Öhrvall (2023). “Nonresponse Bias in Trust Surveys”. IFN Working Paper No. 1455. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

19 December 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Coups and Economic Crises”. IFN Working Paper No. 1449. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

31 August 2022 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2022). “Does Legal Freedom Satisfy?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1436. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

21 September 2021 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2021). “Academic Freedom, Institutions and Productivity”. IFN Working Paper No. 1405. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

19 May 2021 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2021). “Political Institutions and Academic Freedom: Evidence from Across the World”. IFN Working Paper No. 1388. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

20 April 2020 Bjørnskov, Christian (2020). “Economic Freedom and the CO₂ Kuznets Curve”. IFN Working Paper No. 1331. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

16 December 2019 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2019). “Corruption, Judicial Accountability and Inequality: Unfair Procedures May Benefit the Worst-Off”. IFN Working Paper No. 1311. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

04 November 2019 Bjørnskov, Christian, Miguel Ángel Borrella-Mas and Martin Rode (2019). “The Economics of Change and Stability in Social Trust: Evidence from (and for) Catalan Secession”. IFN Working Paper No. 1301. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

27 May 2019 Bennett, Daniel L., Christian Bjørnskov and Stephan F. Gohmann (2019). “Coups, Regime Transitions, and Institutional Change”. IFN Working Paper No. 1281. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 May 2019 Bergh, Andreas and Christian Bjørnskov (2019). “Does Economic Freedom Boost Growth for Everyone?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1276. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

10 October 2018 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2018). “Regulation and Government Debt”. IFN Working Paper No. 1239. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

20 August 2018 Bjørnskov, Christian, Andreas Freytag and Jerg Gutmann (2018). “Coups, Regime Transition, and the Dynamics of Press Freedom”. IFN Working Paper No. 1225. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

04 April 2018 Berggren, Niclas, Andreas Bergh, Christian Bjørnskov and Shiori Tanaka (2018). “How Persistent Is Life Satisfaction? Evidence from European Immigration”. IFN Working Paper No. 1206. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

01 February 2018 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2018). “Do Voters Dislike Liberalizing Reforms? New Evidence Using Data on Satisfaction with Democracy”. IFN Working Paper No. 1197. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

14 December 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Why Do Military Dictatorships Become Presidential Democracies? Mapping the Democratic Interests of Autocratic Regimes”. IFN Working Paper No. 1194. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

08 March 2017 Berggren, Niclas, Christian Bjørnskov and Therese Nilsson (2017). “Do Equal Rights for a Minority Affect General Life Satisfaction?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1156. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

02 February 2017 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2017). “The Market-Promoting and Market-Preserving Role of Social Trust in Reforms of Policies and Institutions”. IFN Working Paper No. 1152. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

07 October 2016 Bjørnskov, Christian and Martin Rode (2016). “And Yet It Grows: Crisis, Ideology, and Interventionist Policy Ratchets”. IFN Working Paper No. 1135. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

21 March 2016 Bergh, Andreas and Christian Bjørnskov (2016). “Burying the Bumblebee Once and for All: Does Big Government Hurt Growth Less in High-Trust Countries? ”. IFN Working Paper No. 1119. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

22 December 2015 Berggren, Niclas, Christian Bjørnskov and Therese Nilsson (2015). “What Aspects of Society Affect the Quality of Life of a Minority? Global Evidence from the New Gay Happiness Index”. IFN Working Paper No. 1101. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

12 October 2015 Mangaard Jørgensen, Christina and Christian Bjørnskov (2015). “Did Africa’s First Choices Matter? Growth Legacies of Leaders at Independence”. IFN Working Paper No. 1090. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

23 January 2015 Bjørnskov, Christian (2015). “Economic Freedom and Economic Crisis”. IFN Working Paper No. 1056. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

30 October 2014 Berggren, Niclas, Christian Bjørnskov and David Lipka (2014). “Legitimacy and the Cost of Government”. IFN Working Paper No. 1045. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

03 September 2014 Bergh, Andreas and Christian Bjørnskov (2014). “Trust Us to Repay: Social Trust, Long-Term Interest Rates and Sovereign Credit Ratings”. IFN Working Paper No. 1039. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

12 December 2013 Bergh, Andreas and Christian Bjørnskov (2013). “Trust, Welfare States and Income Equality: What Causes What? ”. IFN Working Paper No. 994. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

06 March 2012 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2012). “Does Religiosity Promote Property Rights and the Rule of Law?”. IFN Working Paper No. 905. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

Articles in Swedish

18 March 2022 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2022). “Den svenska tillväxtkulturen”. Ekonomisk Debatt 50(2), 47–57.

Op-Eds

15 September 2023 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2023). “Frie markeder med plads til alle”. Weekendavisen, September 15.

21 March 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Lande som Danmark og Belgien lider specielt under uforudsigelige politikere”. Berlingske Tidende, March 21.

29 April 2022 Berggren, Niclas and Christian Bjørnskov (2022). “BNP problematiskt som välfärdsmått under pandemin”. Dagens Industri, April 29.

20 December 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Er børn ligegyldige i dansk politik?”. Jyllands-Posten, December 20.

25 November 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Derfor dur marxisme ikke i virkeligheden”. Berlingske, November 25.

11 November 2020 Bjørnskov, Christian och Caspian Rehbinder (2020). ”Frihet bästa skyddet mot ekonomisk kris”. Dagens Industri, 11 November.

19 July 2018 Bjørnskov, Christian (2018). “Udlicitering af hjemmepleje giver velfærd”. Børsen, July 19.

12 October 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Vinder af nobelpris har en blind vinkel”. Børsen, October 12.

Other Publications

12 December 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Staten er håbløs til at drive virksomhed”. Børsen, December 12.

28 November 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Særinteressepolitik på steroider”. Børsen, November 28.

14 November 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Tyskland er i selvforskyldt krise”. Børsen, November 14.

31 October 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Et lys i det europæiske mørke”. Børsen, October 31.

17 October 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Politisk stabilitet er forbundet med væsentlige økonomiske problemer”. Børsen, October 17.

03 October 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Garantiordninger skaber usikkerhed”. Børsen, October 3.

19 September 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Politisk usikkerhed rammer også borgernes økonomi”. Børsen, September 19.

05 September 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Finanslovsforslag viser, at politikernes første interesse er genvalg”. Børsen, September 5.

22 August 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Økonomer kalder Kamala Harris politiske forslag for vanvittig idioti”. Børsen, August 22.

12 August 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Skal vi arbejde mere eller smartere for velfærdsstaten?”. Børsen, August 12.

25 July 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Nye virksomheder skaber vækst, men Vesten beskytter de gamle”. Børsen, July 25.

27 June 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Tyskland er ikke EU's syge mand; det er Frankrig”. Børsen, June 27.

13 June 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Afrikas tredjestørste økonomi står ved en skillevej”. Børsen, June 13.

30 May 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Har dansk økonomi det godt?”. Børsen, May 30.

16 May 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Handelsbarrierer gør os stadig fattigere”. Børsen, May 16.

02 May 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Industripolitik skaber politisk afhængighed”. Børsen, May 2.

18 April 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Pligtlæsning om økonomisk frihed til politikere”. Børsen, April 18.

04 April 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Ejendomsvurderinger er økonomisk analfabetiske”. Børsen, April 4.

21 March 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Er det et økonomisk problem, at danskerne får få børn?”. Børsen, March 21.

07 March 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Vokser Ruslands økonomi i virkeligheden?”. Børsen, March 7.

22 February 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Offentlige overenskomster udstiller Danmarks store problem”. Børsen, February 22.

08 February 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Regeringens metode afgør den økonomiske gevinst af frigørelsesprojektet”. Børsen, February 8.

25 January 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Regeringens selvmodsigende iværksætterpolitik”. Børsen, January 25.

11 January 2024 Bjørnskov, Christian (2024). “Kære Christiansborg, få nu læst Solow”. Børsen, January 11.

14 December 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Politik med gode hensigter kan have utilsigtede konsekvenser”. Børsen, December 14.

30 November 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Finansloven er log-rolling i metermål”. Børsen, November 30.

16 November 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Konkurrenceevne er ikke bare konkurrenceevne”. Børsen, November 16.

02 November 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Populisme underminerer økonomisk frihed”. Børsen, November 2.

04 October 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Statsministeren afslører, at hun ikke forstår økonomisk vækst”. Børsen, October 4.

04 October 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Bruddet med den danske model kan blive dyrt”. Børsen, October 4.

21 September 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Uforudsigelige vurderinger koster dyrt”. Børsen, September 21.

07 September 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Mere iværksætteri i velfærdsstaten er umuligt”. Børsen, September 7.

24 August 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Bremser man ytringsfriheden, bremser man også udviklingen”. Børsen, August 24.

10 August 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Arbejdstid og ikke erhvervsfrekvens er Danmarks problem”. Børsen, August 10.

26 July 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Tre grunde til, at det bør undgås at føre missionsfokuseret politik”. Børsen, July 26.

13 July 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Skal rådgivere insistere på det bedste?”. Børsen, July 13.

15 June 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Stater er elendige investorer - her er fem grunde til hvorfor”. Børsen, June 15.

02 June 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Robert Lucas forklarede paradokset i, at politik, som én gang har virket, pludselig ikke virker anden gang”. Børsen, June 2.

25 May 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Hvorfor bygger det offentlige for meget og vedligeholder for lidt?”. Børsen, May 25.

04 May 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Klageinstanser er god økonomi, det gør regeringen klogt i at huske”. Børsen, May 4.

20 April 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Grænsekontrol er stadig en tåbelig idé”. Børsen, April 20.

13 April 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Mangel på innovation vil bremse Kinas imponerende vækst”. Børsen, April 13.

23 March 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Populisternes politik er meget ens - og enormt dyr”. Børsen, March 23.

09 March 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Regeringens uddannelsesreform er både dyr og dårlig”. Børsen, March 9.

23 February 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Misforståelsen om stort er godt”. Børsen, February 23.

09 February 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Uafhængig rådgivning er ikke luksus”. Børsen, February 9.

26 January 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Aktiv EU-industripolitik er en uhyggeligt dårlig idé”. Børsen, January 26.

12 January 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Hvad sker der egentlig når kommuner driver virksomhed?”. Børsen, January 12.

11 January 2023 Bjørnskov, Christian (2023). “Replik: 3F-cheføkonoms kildekritik skyder forbi målet”. Børsen, January 11.

29 December 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Internationale eksempler viser, at en toptopskat er alt andet end gavnlig”. Børsen, December 29.

15 December 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Fraværet af en regering er langtfra dårligt for økonomien”. Børsen, December 15.

01 December 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Hvor er de mange reformer som politikerne taler om?”. Børsen, December 1.

17 November 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Politikernes pengepolitiske fristelser”. Børsen, November 17.

03 November 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Her er de økonomiske bekymringer for den næste regering”. Børsen, November 3.

20 October 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Midt i valgkampen bør man huske, at alle problemer ikke skyldes manglen på ressourcer”. Børsen, October 20.

06 October 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Uigennemtænkt udspil om universiteter”. Børsen, October 6.

22 September 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Lars Løkkes lidt for smarte topskat”. Børsen, September 22.

08 September 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Velfærdsstatens omkostningssyge”. Børsen, September 8.

25 August 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Er rationalet for public service der stadig?”. Børsen, August 25.

30 June 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Tour de France er en dyr fornøjelse”. Børsen, June 30.

16 June 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Folketinget fortsætter med at smide penge i et zombieselskab”. Børsen, June 16.

02 June 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Statens vokseværk fortsætter, og det er dårligt nyt dansk økonomi”. Børsen, June 2.

19 May 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Den postfaktuelle finanspolitik”. Børsen, May 19.

05 May 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Ifølge ny forskning overdriver Kina og andre diktaturer deres høje vækst”. Børsen, May 5.

21 April 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Den europæiske frygt for at bekæmpe inflationen”. Børsen, April 21.

07 April 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Økonomisk er Rusland en nødlidende bjørn”. Børsen, April 7.

24 March 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Modkøbsaftaler er udtryk for økonomisk analfabetisme”. Børsen, March 24.

10 March 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Sanktionerne i Rusland rammer de fattige”. Børsen, March 10.

03 February 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Den kapitalistiske velfærdsstat”. Børsen, February 3.

20 January 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Tre bud på prisen for nedlukningerne”. Børsen, January 20.

06 January 2022 Bjørnskov, Christian (2022). “Er den rekordhøje beskæftigelse en god eller dårlig nyhed?”. Børsen, January 6.

23 December 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “At måle nationalindkomsten giver ikke mening uden frie valg”. Børsen, December 23.

09 December 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “EU's regionalstøtte gør de rige rigere og de fattige fattigere”. Børsen, December 9.

25 November 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Gamle diktatorer viser os, hvorfor gamle topchefer og politikere kan ende med at træffe tåbelige beslutninger”. Børsen, November 25.

11 November 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Tiden er kommet til at decentralisere – topstyring skader kommuners konkurrence”. Børsen, November 11.

28 October 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Derfor sluger offentlige selskaber penge og halter med nytænkning”. Børsen, October 28.

14 October 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “ Vores samfund bliver fattigere og mindre produktivt, når USA og EU skal til at føre industripolitik”. Børsen, October 14.

30 September 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Nok har Danmark god mobilitet – men det går langsomt med at blive rigere”. Børsen, September 30.

16 September 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Reformer er upopulære på papiret - men populære i praksis”. Børsen, September 16.

26 August 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Hænger Nye Borgerliges plan sammen?”. Børsen, August 26.

12 August 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Populister agerer som om økonomisk politik er gratis”. Børsen, August 12.

29 July 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Skatteomlægninger er ikke kun omlægninger”. Børsen, July 29.

15 July 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Det er ren nonsens, når regeringen sammenligner nationalstaters økonomi med store multinationale virksomheders”. Børsen, July 15.

17 June 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Højere skatter giver mindre innovation”. Børsen, June 17.

03 June 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Minimumsselskabsskat er populær og skadelig”. Børsen, June 3.

20 May 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Jo mere politisk kontrol der er med genåbningen, desto større bliver omkostningerne”. Børsen, May 20.

06 May 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Lad os hylde de glemte mønsterbrydere – der er mere brug håndværkere end kandidater i medievidenskab”. Børsen, May 6.

22 April 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Den permanente “midlertidige” politik gør os fattigere og sætter vores udvikling i stå”. Børsen, April 22.

08 April 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Et civilsamfund ude af spil koster innovation og udvikling”. Børsen, April 8.

24 March 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “EU's nye handelsstrategi er katastrofal - særinteresser og protektionisme vil koste EU-borgerne”. Børsen, March 24.

11 March 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “De europæiske lande sakker bagud, og Danmark er en af problemlandene”. Børsen, March 11.

25 February 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Nedlukningen kommer til at koste årgang 2021 muligheder og samfundet milliarder”. Børsen, February 25.

11 February 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Der er to fundamentale problemer med Wammens plan om att invester os ud af krisen”. Børsen, February 11.

28 January 2021 Bjørnskov, Christian (2021). “Tidens mistillid til marknedsøkonomien er fejlagtig og farlig”. Børsen, January 28.

24 September 2020 Bjørnskov, Christian (2020). “Danskernes økonomiske frihed er voldsomt undertrykt”. Børsen, September 24.

17 January 2018 Bjørnskov, Christian (2018). “Mangel på konkurrence er kernen i problemet”. Børsen, January 17.

04 January 2018 Bjørnskov, Christian (2018). “Derfor går det ofte galt med økonomisk politik”. Børsen, January 4.

20 December 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Offentlige gaver, nej tak”. Børsen, December 20.

08 December 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Tobaksregulering ender i et styrt”. Børsen, December 8.

22 November 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Reaktion på skatteunddragelse afslører naiv tro”. Børsen, November 22.

09 November 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Socialismen er endnu dårligare end vi troede”. Børsen, November 9.

26 October 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “I Danmark kostar højere skat samfundet penge”. Børsen, October 26.

27 September 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Der er ingen europæisk offentlig mening”. Børsen, September 27.

14 September 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Individualisme er godt for hele samfundet”. Børsen, September 14.

31 August 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Politikere køber stemmer med forloren velfærd”. Børsen, August 31.

16 August 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Skepsis over for frihandel er dybt ulogisk”. Børsen, August 16.

02 August 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Mistillid til politikere er sundt for demokratiet”. Børsen, August 2.

19 July 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Disse regler bør aldrig ignoreres i handelsaftaler”. Børsen, July 19.

05 July 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Ny lufthavnsplan er infrastrukturel nonsens”. Børsen, July 5.

21 June 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Voldsomt energiforbrug er kinesisk akilleshæl”. Børsen, June 21.

08 June 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Tro aldrig at seriøse økonomer er profeter”. Børsen, June 8.

11 May 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Flere kommer i job hvis politikerne gør mindre”. Børsen, May 11.

20 April 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Lær at forstå hvorfor vi skal deles om arbejdet”. Børsen, April 20.

30 March 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Vis respekt for de handlende - så bliver vi rige”. Børsen, March 30.

15 March 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Drop myten om den jobskabende infrastruktur”. Børsen, March 15.

02 March 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Obama og Bush gjorde Trump mere magtfuld”. Børsen, March 2.

16 February 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Her er fremtidens nye store markeder”. Børsen, February 16.

02 February 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Særbehandling er hverdag i velfærdsstaten”. Børsen, February 2.

26 January 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “Handelsbalancen er problemet”. Børsen, January 26.

05 January 2017 Bjørnskov, Christian (2017). “De lavtlønnede er globaliseringens vindere”. Børsen, January 5.

Policy Papers (discontinued)

12 June 2013 Berggren, Niclas, Andreas Bergh and Christian Bjørnskov (2013). “Institutions, Policies and Growth in Europe: Quality versus Stability ”. IFN Policy Paper No. 63. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).

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