Sina Smid successfully defended her PhD thesis

Congratulations to Sina Smid who on August 28th 2023 successfully defended her PhD thesis 'Inequality and Redistribution: Essays on Local Elections, Gender and Corruption in Developing Countries'.

Abstract: Persistent economic and political inequalities in developing countries have intensified public debates about the causes and the implementation of redistributive policies. While inequality and redistribution are outcomes of political processes and institutions, this thesis addresses understudied aspects of political partisanship, gender, and corruption in Bolivia, Brazil, and Tanzania. Consisting of four distinct chapters, the thesis employs novel (quasi-)experimental methods to provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors contributing to persistent economic and political inequalities in developing countries.

The thesis will be available from research.cbs.dk

Thank you for the work and support of supervisors and assessment committee members:

Primary Supervisor:
Professor with special responsibilities Mogens Kamp Justesen
Department of International Economics, Government and Business
Copenhagen Business School

Secondary Supervisor:
Associate Professor Pablo Selaya
Department of Economics
University of Copenhagen

Assessment Committee:
Associate Professor Florian M. Hollenbach (Chair)
Department of International Economics, Government and Business
Copenhagen Business School

Associate Professor Julie Hassing Nielsen
Department of Political Science
Lund University

Professor Eva Wegner
Institute for Political Science
Philipps-University Marburg