mkjegb
Department of International Economics, Government and Business

I am Professor at the Department of International Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School. With a background in political science, I mainly work on political economy and comparative politics. I am interested in issues of business and politics, money in politics, corruption and clientelism, and the political economy of development, with a particular focus on Africa.
• Comparative Politics and Political Economy
• Business and Politics
• Political economy of Development
• Money in Politics
• Businesspeople in political office
• Corruption and clientelism
• Political Economy of Development
• Business and Politics in Emerging Markets
Research
Communication
In the media
Frederiksberg : Centre for Business and Development Studies 2025, 2 p. (Centre for Business and Development Studies. Policy Brief, No. January 2025/4)
In: Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions. ed. /Adrian Vatter; Rahel Freiburghaus. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing 2024, p. 451-466
In: Business and Politics, 18.3.2024
Gothenburg : QOG, University of Gothenburg 2023, 21 p. (Q O G Working Paper Series, No. 2023:10)
In: Democratization, Vol. 30, No. 3, 4.2023, p. 479-500
In: Electoral Studies, No. 82, 4.2023
In: Latin American Politics and Society, Vol. 65, No. 3, 8.2023, p. 1-19
In: Journal of Politics, Vol. 85, No. 2, 4.2023, p. 593-608
In: British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 52, No. 3, 2022, 10 p., p. 1472-1481
Paper presented at American Political Science Association, APSA Annual Meeting 2022, 2022
In: Public Choice, Vol. 193, No. 3-4, 12.2022, p. 315-344
Paper presented at American Political Science Association, APSA Annual Meeting 2021, 2021
In: European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 60, No. 2, 5.2021, p. 317-338
In: Journal of Politics, Vol. 83, No. 2, 4.2021, p. 788-793
In: Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 64, No. 9, 10.2020, p. 1693-1723
Paper presented at American Political Science Association, APSA Annual Meeting 2019, 2019
Paper presented at American Political Science Association, APSA Annual Meeting 2018, 2018
Paper presented at SASE 30th Annual Conference 2018, 2018
Paper presented at American Political Science Association, APSA Annual Meeting 2018, 2018
In: Journal of Southern African Studies, Vol. 44, No. 6, 12.2018, p. 1133-1151
Paper presented at The 8th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, 2018
Paper presented at American Political Science Association, APSA Annual Meeting 2017, 2017
Paper presented at The 7th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, 2017
Paper presented at American Political Science Association, APSA Annual Meeting 2017, 2017
Paper presented at The 10th ECPR General Conference, 2016
In: The World Bank Economic Review, Vol. 30, No. 1, 2016, p. 55-77
In: European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 55, No. 3, 2016, p. 609-625
Paper presented at The 6th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, 2016
Washington, DC : The World Bank 2015, 39 p. (World Bank. Policy Research Working Papers (Online), No. 7209)
Paper presented at The 5th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, 2015
In: Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Vol. 171, No. 2, 2015, p. 238-262
In: Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 68, No. 1, 2015, p. 89-103
In: Comparative Politics, Vol. 46, No. 2, 1.2014, p. 147-167
In: World Development, Vol. 58, 6.2014, p. 106-115
In: European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 53, No. 4, 11.2014, p. 709–726
Paper presented at American Political Science Association, APSA Annual Meeting 2014, 2014
In: Electoral Studies, Vol. 33, 3.2014, p. 220-232
In: Politica - Tidsskrift for politisk videnskab, Vol. 46, No. 1, 2014, p. 60-78
Frederiksberg : Copenhagen Business School [wp] 2013, 32 p.
Paper presented at 20th International Conference of Europeanists. 2013, 2013
In: Public Choice, Vol. 157, No. 3-4, 2013, p. 449-474
Paper presented at Annual Confererence, Danish Society for European Research. ECSA 2013, 2013
Frederiksberg : Department of Business and Politics. Copenhagen Business School 2013, 20 p. (Working Paper / Department of Business and Politics, No. 85)
Paper presented at American Political Science Association, APSA Annual Meeting 2013, 2013
In: European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2012, p. 373-389
: Afrobarometer 2011, p. 23 (Afrobarometer Working Paper, No. 133)
In: APSA 2011 Annual Meeting Paper : SSRN: Social Science Research Network 2011
2010
In: Tidsskriftet Politik, Vol. 13, No. 4, 2010, p. 56-64
In: World Political Science, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2010, p. 1-22
In: Proceedings : International Society for New Institutional Economics (ISNIE) 2009
In: Politica - Tidsskrift for Politisk Videnskab, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2009, p. 5-23
: Syddansk Universitet. Det Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet 2008, 351 p.
In: European Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2008, p. 642-660
In: European Union Politics, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2007, p. 537-553
In: Politica, Vol. 38, No. 3, 2006, p. 317-337
In: Public Choice, Vol. 128, No. 1-2, 1.1.2006, p. 128
2005
In: Politologisk Årbog 2016-2017. ed. /Carsten Jensen; Caroline H. Grøn. København : Hans Reitzels Forlag 2017, p. 69-72
27.10.2016
2016
In: Information, 15.8.2016, p. 18
16.6.2013
In: Politologisk årbog 2012-2013. ed. /Carsten Jensen. København : Hans Reitzels Forlag 2013, p. 35-37
Løkkes ministerium advaret om mulig svindel med visum, men problemet fortsætter
Carlsbergfondet støtter forskere fra CBS
Mere om Nobelprisen i økonomi 2021
Forsker om ulighedsstrid: Der er ingen endegyldig sandhed
PEITI Bedste danske økonomer, 2017
- Crooked Politics: Vote Markets and Redistribution in New Democracies
- Money in Politics Conference
- The Ungovernable City: Interest Groups and Local Political Institutions in the United States and Europe
- Tycoon Candidates: Why Wealthy Business Candidates Get Elected for Office and How it Matters
- Mind the Gap: Understanding the Preference of Economic Elites and the Mass Public
- Ukraines Politiske Økonomi: Oligarkers og Virksomheders Politiske Indflydelse før og under Krigen
2018 - 2024: Danish Institute for International Studies - Member of Board