Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard

Professor

Department of Political Science
Øster Farimagsgade 5, Postboks 2099

Office: CSS, bygn. 4, 2. sal, 4.2.44
Phone: +45 353-23798
Phone (Reception desk): +45 353-23366
Mobile: +45 20135606
E-mail: pkk@ifs.ku.dk

Primary research areas

• Political economy
• Electoral systems
• Constitutions
• Danish politics
• American politics

Selected papers for download

Current research

• The effects of political institutions on public spending & economic growth; 
• Institutional determinants of market economies
• Dimensions in the Danish political spectrum

Selected publications for download

Teaching

• General & Comparative Political Science (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
• Master's Theses seminar (2007, 2008)
• Graduate courses on political institutions & economic growth (2007); voting theory & electoral systems (2006, 2011)

Selected publications

• Bjørnskov, C & Kurrild-Klitgaard, P 2013, ' Economic growth and institutional reform in modern monarchies and republics: A historical cross-country perspective 1820-2000 ' Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics .

• Kurrild-Klitgaard, P 2013, ' Election inversions, coalitions and proportional representation: Examples of voting paradoxes in Danish government formations ' Scandinavian Political Studies , vol 36, no. 2, pp. 121-136.

• Kurrild-Klitgaard, P 2012, ' Frihed mellem fornuft og skepsis ' Kritik , no. 206, pp. 31-39.

• Kurrild-Klitgaard, P 2012 ' Too close to call: Growth and the cost of ruling in US presidential elections, with an application to the 2012 election ' Copenhagen.

• Kurrild-Klitgaard, P 2012, ' Modeling constitutional choice: reflections on The Calculus of Consent 50 years on ' Public Choice , vol 152, pp. 407-413.

• Kurrild-Klitgaard, P 2013, ' It's the weather, stupid! Individual participation in collective May Day demonstrations ' Public Choice , vol 155, no. 3-4, pp. 251-271.

• Kurrild-Klitgaard, P 2011, ' Kontraktpolitik, kulturkamp og ideologi 2001-2011 ' Økonomi & Politik , vol 84, no. 3, pp. 47-62.

• Kurrild-Klitgaard, P 2010, ' Exit, collective action and polycentric political systems ' Public Choice , vol 143, no. 3-4, pp. 339-352.

Areas of interest

Political science, Political economy, Comparative politics, Constitutional political economy, Public choice, Rational choice, Social choice, Political theory, Danish politics, American politics, Constitutions, Elections, Voting theory, Electoral systems, Terrorism, State building, National elections, Autocracies, Economic growth, Democracy, Constitutionalism, USA