Pelle Ahlerup
SENIOR LECTURER
Department ofAbout 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
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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