Pelle Ahlerup

SENIOR LECTURER

Department of

Economics

Telephone

+46 31-786 13 70

+46 766-18 13 70

Mail

pelle.ahlerup@economics.gu.se

Fax

+46 31-786 13 26

Visiting address

Vasagatan 1

41124 Göteborg

Room number

E-515

Postal address

Box 640

40530 Göteborg

About Pelle Ahlerup

My research interests lie in the broad fields of institutional and development economics. Within these fields, I have a special interest in taxation, ethnic diversity and the political economy of natural disasters and extreme weather events.

I am a member of the board of ASWEDE (Association of Swedish Development Economists).

Homepage (with updated CV)

Research areas

Development Economics
Institutional Economics
Natural Disasters
Ethnic Diversity
Democracy

Teaching areas

Macro

Selected publications

Ethno-Regional Favouritism in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ahlerup, Pelle, Isaksson, Ann-Sofie
Kyklos, 68:2, s. 143-152, 2015

The Roots of Ethnic Diversity
Ahlerup, Pelle, Olsson, Ola
Journal of Economic Growth, 17:2, s. 71-102, 2012

Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in Africa
Ahlerup, Pelle, Baskaran, Thushyanthan, Bigsten, Arne
Journal of Development Studies, 51:6, s. 689-706, 2015

Social Capital vs Institutions in the Growth Process
Yanagizawa, David, Ahlerup, Pelle, Olsson, Ola
European Journal of Political Economy, 25:1, s. 1-14, 2009

Nationalism and Government Effectiveness
Ahlerup, Pelle, Hansson, Gustav
Journal of Comparative Economics, 39:3, s. 431-451, 2011

Publications

Gold Mining and Education: A Long-run Resource Curse in
Africa?

Pelle Ahlerup, T. Baskaran, Arne Bigsten
Journal of Development Studies - 2020-01-01
Foreign aid and structural transformation: Micro-level evidence from
Uganda

Pelle Ahlerup
- 2019-01-01
Regional development and national identity in sub-Saharan
Africa

Pelle Ahlerup, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Arne Bigsten
Journal of Comparative Economics - 2017-01-01
Gold mining and education: a long-run resource curse in
Africa?

Pelle Ahlerup, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Arne Bigsten
- 2016-01-01
Government Impartiality and Sustained Growth in Sub-Saharan
Africa

Pelle Ahlerup, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Arne Bigsten
World Development - 2016-01-01
Do the land-poor gain from agricultural investments? Empirical evidence from Zambia using panel
data

Pelle Ahlerup, Sven Tengstam
- 2015-01-01
Tax Innovations and Public Revenues in
Africa

Pelle Ahlerup, Thushyanthan Baskaran, Arne Bigsten
Journal of Development Studies - 2015-01-01
Ethno-Regional Favouritism in Sub-Saharan
Africa

Pelle Ahlerup, Ann-Sofie Isaksson
Kyklos - 2015-01-01
Ethno-regional favouritism in Sub-Saharan
Africa

Pelle Ahlerup, Ann-Sofie Isaksson
- 2014-01-01
Democratisation in the aftermath of natural
disasters

Pelle Ahlerup
Globalization and Development. Rethinking interventions and governance - 2013-01-01
Are Natural Disasters Good for Economic
Growth?

Pelle Ahlerup
- 2013-01-01
Natural Disasters and Government
Turnover

Pelle Ahlerup
- 2013-01-01
The Roots of Ethnic
Diversity

Pelle Ahlerup, Ola Olsson
Journal of Economic Growth - 2012-01-01
Nationalism and Government
Effectiveness

Pelle Ahlerup, Gustav Hansson
Journal of Comparative Economics - 2011-01-01
Nya
Zeeland

Pelle Ahlerup
Reform: förändring och tröghet i välfärdsstaterna - 2009-01-01
Social Capital vs Institutions in the Growth
Process

Pelle Ahlerup, Ola Olsson, David Yanagizawa
European Journal of Political Economy - 2009-01-01
Essays on Conflict, Institutions, and Ethnic
Diversity

Pelle Ahlerup
- 2009-01-01
Earthquakes and Civil
War

Pelle Ahlerup
- 2009-01-01
The Causal Effects of Ethnic Diversity: An Instrumental Variables
Approach

Pelle Ahlerup
- 2009-01-01
Nationalism and Government
Effectiveness

Pelle Ahlerup, Gustav Hansson
- 2008-01-01
The Roots of Ethnic
Diversity

Pelle Ahlerup, Ola Olsson
- 2007-01-01
Social Capital vs Institutions in the Growth
Process

Pelle Ahlerup, Ola Olsson, David Yanagizawa
- 2007-01-01