• Plausible futures for the Norwegian offshore energy sector: Business as usual, harvest or rebuild? 

      Stoknes, Per Espen; Aslaksen, Iulie; Goluke, Ulrich; Randers, Jørgen; Garnåsjordet, Per Arild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)
      The global energy transition from fossil to low-carbon energy challenges the future of the Norwegian petroleum sector, a major factor in the country's economy, now facing financial climate risk and long-term declining ...
    • Political (Over)Representation of Public Sector Employees and the Double-Motive Hypothesis: Evidence from Norwegian Register Data (2007-2019) 

      Geys, Benny; Murdoch, Zuzana; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Countries have widely diverging regulations regarding the eligibility of public sector employees for political office, and the stringency of such regulations remains fiercely debated. Building on a demand and supply model ...
    • Political competition, party polarization, and government performance 

      Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)
      Lack of party competition may impair government efficiency. If the voters are ideologically predisposed to cast their vote in favor of one political party, they may reelect an underperforming incumbent. Party polarization ...
    • Political Donations and the Allocation of Public Procurement Contracts 

      Titl, Vitezslav; Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      We study whether and when firms’ donations to political parties induce favouritism in public procurement allocations. Our analysis builds on a unique, comprehensive dataset covering all public procurement contracts and all ...
    • Political Donations, Public Procurement and Government Efficiency 

      De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny; Titl, Vitezslav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Public procurement markets are worth 10–15% of global GDP. Recent empirical evidence suggests that firms’ political donations can induce important distortions in the allocation of public procurement contracts. In this ...
    • Political dynasties and the incumbency advantage in party-centered environments 

      Fiva, Jon H.; Smith, Daniel M. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      A handful of recent studies have investigated the causal effect of incumbency on dynasty formation in candidate-centered electoral contexts. We use candidate-level data and a regression discontinuity design to estimate the ...
    • Political Dynasties in Democracies: Causes, Consequences and Remaining Puzzles 

      Geys, Benny; Smith, Daniel Markham (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Kinship often continues to play an important role in determining the ruling class even under modern democratic elections in a wide range of countries. In recent years, academic interest in the causes and consequences of ...
    • Political Dynasties, Electoral Institutions and Politicians’ Human Capital 

      Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This article focuses on political dynasties’ potential consequences, and particularly investigates whether and when they lead to the selection of dynastic politicians with relatively lower education levels. I exploit the ...
    • Political leaders' identity leadership and civic citizenship behavior: The mediating role of trust in fellow citizens and the moderating role of economic inequality 

      Monzani, Lucas; Bibic, Kira; Haslam, Alexander; Haslam, S. Alexander; Kerschreiter, Rudolf; Wilson-Lemoine, Jérémy E.; Steffens, Niklas K.; Akfirat, Serap Arslan; Ballada, Christine Joy A.; Bazarov, Tahir; Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R.; Avanzi, Lorenzo; Bunjak, Aldijana; Černe, Matej; Edelmann, Charlotte M.; Epitropaki, Olga; Fransen, Katrien; García-Ael, Cristina; Giessner, Steffen; Gleibs, Ilka H.; Godlewska-Werner, Dorota; Kark, Ronit; Gonzales, Ana Laguia; Lam, Hodar; Lupina-Wegener, Anna; Markovits, Yannis; Maskor, Mazlan; Alonso, Fernando Jorge Molero; Leon, Juan Antonio Moriano; Neves, Pedro; Pauknerová, Daniela; Retowski, Sylwiusz; Roland-Lévy, Christine; Samekin, Adil; Sekiguchi, Tomoki; Story, Joana; Stouten, Jeroen; Sultanova, Lilia; Tatachari, Srinivasan; van Bunderen, Lisanne; Van Dijk, Dina; Wong, Sut I; Van Dick, Rolf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      Identity leadership involves leaders creating and promoting a sense of shared group membership (a sense of 'we' and 'us') among followers. The present research report tests this claim by drawing on data from 26 countries ...
    • Political Rents and Voter Information in Search Equilibrium 

      Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Heggedal, Tom-Reiel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Political parties commited to grab rents may run for election, and even win, if citizens are uninformed. But, how is the political equilibrium affected if citizens can mitigate this information problem through costly ...
    • Political Rents and Voter Information in Search Equilibrium 

      Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Heggedal, Tom-Reiel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Political parties committed to grab rents may run for election, and even win, if citizens are uninformed. But, how is the political equilibrium affected if citizens can mitigate this information problem through costly ...
    • Political skill, participation in decision-making and organizational commitment 

      Thompson, Geir; Buch, Robert; Kuvaas, Bård (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Purpose Research has demonstrated that political skill is associated with leadership effectiveness. However, the field still lacks understanding of how political skill makes leaders more effective. The purpose of this paper ...
    • Politicians’ Extra-Parliamentary Activities and Lobbying 

      Geys, Benny; Mause, Karsten (Chapter, 2023)
      The extra-parliamentary activities of politicians have long been a highly controversial and heavily debated issue in the public and political spheres of many countries. This chapter provides an overview of the state of ...
    • Politiker-Nebentätigkeiten als Einflusskanal für Lobbying 

      Geys, Benny; Mause, Karsten (Chapter, 2022)
      Die Nebentätigkeiten von Politikerinnen und Politikern sind in Deutschland, Großbritannien und anderen Ländern seit Jahren Gegenstand kontroverser Diskussionen in Politik und Öffentlichkeit. Dieser Beitrag gibt einen ...
    • Popular support for environmental protection: A life-cycle perspective 

      Geys, Benny; Heggedal, Tom-Reiel; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Support for environmental protection is generally perceived as driven by cohort or generational effects. We argue and empirically illustrate that such attitudes also fluctuate over the life cycle. Using rotating panels of ...
    • Portfolio Tax Trading with Carryover Losses 

      Ehling, Paul; Gallmeyer, Michael; Srivastava, Sanjay; Tompaidis, Stathis; Yang, Chunyu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      We study portfolio choice with multiple stocks and capital gain taxation assuming that capital losses can only offset current or future realized capital gains. We show, through backtesting using empirical distributions, ...
    • Positive Rational Acceptance of Body Image Threats Mediates the Association between Nature Exposure and Body Appreciation 

      Swami, Viren; Robinson, Charlotte; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Mounting evidence suggests that exposure to natural environments is associated with more positive body image, but mechanistic pathways are not fully understood. In this study, we tested one such indirect pathway involving ...
    • Post-conflict marketing: The role of former conflict stakeholder on post-conflict product/service valuation across countries 

      Rodriguez, Brayan; Reinoso-Carvalho, Felipe; Motoki, Kosuke; Velasco, Carlos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)
      This research examined the role of post-conflict marketing in supporting businesses within conflict-affected regions, aligning with the objectives of UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 to foster peaceful societies amid ...
    • Practices of isolation: The shaping of project autonomy in innovation projects 

      Willems, Thijs; van Marrewijk, Alfons; Kuitert, Lizet; Volker, Leentje; Hermans, Marleen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      A project's autonomy, the degree to which a project can evolve without constant interference from the parent organization, is a key feature of innovation projects. The literature treats autonomy as a passive phenomenon and ...
    • Practitioner involvement and support in children’s learning during free play in two Norwegian kindergartens 

      Karlsen, Lisa; Lekhal, Ratib (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This research focuses on how practitioners in two Norwegian kindergartens interact with children during free play. The purpose of the study is to draw attention to the way the practitioners supported children’s learning ...