Department of Economics

Karl Rolf Pedersen

E-mail:	Karl.Pedersen@nhh.no
Telephone:	+47 55 959 256
Fax:	+47 55 959 543
Title:	Associate professor, dr. oecon.
Nationality:	Norwegian
Teaching languages:	Norwegian, English
Teaching areas:
Undergraduate:	Macroeconomics
Master:	Macroeconomics, Cost-benefit analysis, Development economics
Doctoral courses:	Development economics


Research:	Development economics, Foreign aid, Political economy

Research in progress:	"Foreign aid and international public goods: incentives and strategic behaviour", NHH Discussion Paper 17/2002 The pricing of infrastructure services in case of distortionary taxation - a stylized example", Manuscript 2002

Selected publications:	"The Samaritan's dilemma and the effectiveness of development aid", International Tax and Public Finance, 8, 2001, 693-703 "The political economy of distribution in developing countries", Public Choice 91, 1997, 351-373. "Aid, investment and incentives", Scandinavian Journal of Economics 98 (3), 423-438, 1996 "Rent-seeking, political influence and inequality: a simple analytical example", Public Choice 82, 1995, 281-305.

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Last updated: 2004-04-01. Contact: Dagny Kristiansen