PhD defence: Niels Fuglsang

What happens to the economy if the politicians cut taxes or raise social benefits? The Danish Finance Ministry’s economic forecasting models play an increasingly important role for policy making when they are used to analyze the effects of different policies. The thesis investigates how the models have developed, how they both enable and constrain policy makers, and how the models are overtly objective and covertly political.

Primary Supervisor:
Professor with special responsibilities Caroline de la Porte
Department of International Economics and Business
Copenhagen Business School

Secondary Supervisor:
Professor emeritus Ove Kaj Pedersen
Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy
Copenhagen Business School

Assessment Committee:
Associate Professor Jasper Hotho (Chair)
Department of International Economics and Business
Copenhagen Business School

Professor Cathie Jo Martin
Department of Political Science
Boston University

Professor Johannes Lindvall
Department of Political Science
Lund University

Thesis:
The thesis will be available from research.cbs.dk