- E-postrune.hagen@uib.no
- Telefon+47 55 58 92 19+47 464 54 315
- BesøksadresseFosswinckels gate 14BergenRom316
- PostadressePostboks 78025020 Bergen
As a professor at the Department of Economics, I head the research group "Political Economy."
Outside, I'm one of the editors of Samfunnsøkonomen, the journal of the Norwegian Economic Association. I'm also a lecturer in the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Economics of Globalisation and European Integration, administered by the University of Bari, and I help organise the annual conference on the Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility, and Development, an event that is hosted by Bari.
Broadly speaking, my research interests cover the following fields
- Development economics
- International economics
- Political economy
Of course, I'm happy to combine these topics. The bulk of my actual research has been on foreign aid and other financial flows to developing countries. I'd label myself an applied theorist. This implies that I'm interested in analysing how the world actually works given what we currently know, which hopefully contributes to a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the empirical observations that constituted the starting point. However, I've also done empirical work on e.g. aid dispersion and have projects in the pipeline where both theoretical and empirical methods will be applied.
I mostly teach political economy (ECON225) at the bachelor level and development economics (ECON315) at the master level.
Feel free to follow me on Twitter, @rjhagen.
I like to contribute to the public debate in both traditional and social media. Feel free to follow me on Twitter, @rjhagen.
Recent op-eds:
- Om syke mødre, sårbare brødre og bamhjertige samaritanere. Bistandsaktuelt, November 29, 2021.
- Organisasjonenes (årlige) klagesang. Bistandsaktuelt, November 17, 2021.
- Svarte penger som skitner til Norge? (Original tittel: Svarte penger?), Stavanger Aftenblad/E24, September 22, 2020 (with Ivar Kolstad and Arne Wiig)
- Faller magidepartementet? Dagens Næringsliv, May 17, 2019.
- 1-prosentmålet er et virkemiddel som er blitt et mål, Bistandsaktuelt, February 8, 2019.
- 1-prosentmålet er en del av problemet, Bistandsaktuelt, January 29, 2019.
Recent contributions to newspaper/journal articles
- Gir barnehelse i Malawi prisstigning i Norge? Gunnar Zachrisen, Bistandsaktuelt, October 5, 2022.
- Strid om evalueringsarbeidets plass i Norad, Jan Speed, Bistandsaktuelt, March 26, 2021.
- Sterk kritikk av bistandsstrategi, Bjørgulv K. Bjåen & Kristin Askjer Lien, Vårt Land, June 17, 2020.
- Hva står det mellom linjene i regjeringsplattformen?, Espen Røst & Tor Aksel Bolle, Bistandsaktuelt, January 18, 2019
- Nei, Norge har ikke gitt millionstøtte til fire Serena-hoteller, Silje S. Skiphamn, faktisk.no, January 4, 2019.
Recent roundtables
- Hvordan kombinere høye mål og begrensede ressurser i gjennomføringen av utviklingspolitikken? Webinar arranged by Norad, June 18, 2020.
Recent podcasts
- Utviklingspoddensialet, episode 25: Flom og fond (May 2, 2019), https://open.spotify.com/episode/5CifZfLckBb7eRqthcgIyZ?si=7E576IPTTw-su5TkoxtWwg&fbclid=IwAR3NFxShQtA1JMsH7pp94mvtB9HL-o2oFrf10OaktcYoHx53g5W7EQ_49M0
Autumn 2022: ECON315 Utviklingsøkonomi II
Vitenskapelig artikkel
- (2022). Mellom politikk og statistikk: Globale fellesgoder i utviklingspolitikken. Internasjonal Politikk. 323-349.
- (2021). Development policy: Revolution is an illusion? Internasjonal Politikk. 367-376.
- (2018). Losing concentration? Lessons from a Swedish aid policy reform. Development Policy Review. O984-O1003.
- (2018). Budsjettvinneren bistand. Samfunnsøkonomen. 27-33.
- (2017). Help not needed? Optimal host country regulation of expatriate NGO workers. Review of International Economics. 302-321.
- (2017). Beretningen om et varslet mord: Om skjebnen til regjeringens politikk for geografisk konsentrasjon av bistanden. Samfunnsøkonomen. 6-11.
- (2017). Aid Dispersion: Measurement in Principle and Practice. World Development. 232 -250.
- (2016). Vil regjeringen klare å konsentrere seg i bistandspolitikken? Lærdommer fra Sverige. Samfunnsøkonomen. 41-53.
- (2015). Dancing to the donors' tune? Policy choice in aid-dependent countries. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 126-163.
- (2014). Do non-enforceable contracts matter? Evidence from an international lab experiment. The Review of Income and Wealth. 100-113.
- (2012). Certified or branded? The Review of International Organizations. 202-230.
- (2009). Basic analytics of multilateral lending and surveillance. Journal of International Economics. 126-136.
- (2007). National responsibility and the just distribution of debt relief. Ethics and International Affairs. 69-83.
- (2007). National Responsibility and the just Distribution of Debt Relief. Ethics and International Affairs. 69-83.
- (2006). Buying influence: Aid fungibility in a strategic perspective. Review of Development Economics. 267-284.
- (2003). Assessing the economic gains of free market access for the least developed countries in the QUAD. Nordic Journal of Political Economy. 3-24.
- (2002). The Electoral Politics of Public Sector Institutional Reform. European Journal of Political Economy. 449-473.
- (2002). Marginalisation in the Context of Globalisation. Why is Africa so poor? Nordic Journal of Political Economy. 147-179.
Rapport
- (2021). Mellom politikk og statistikk: Globale fellesgoder i utviklingspolitikken. 5/2021. 5/2021. .
- (2017). Losing Concentration? Lessons from a Swedish Aid Policy Reform. 13-2017. 13-2017. .
- (2017). Help not needed? Optimal Quotas for Expatriate NGO Workers. 14-2017. 14-2017. .
- (2017). Beretningen om et varslet mord: Om skjebnen til regjeringens politikk for geografisk konsentrasjon av bistanden. 1-2017. 1-2017. .
- (2017). Aid Dispersion: Measurement in Principle and Practice. 3-2017. 3-2017. .
- (2014). Rents and the Political Economy of Development Aid. .
- (2012). Do non-enforceable contracts matter? Evidence from an international lab experiment. 2/2012. 2/2012. .
- (2012). Do Non-Enforceable Contracts Matter? Evidence from an International Lab Experiment. .
- (2010). Certified or Branded? A Game-Theoretic Analysis of the IMF’s Policy Support Instrument. 10. 10. .
- (2008). Dancing the H-Street Waltz? Policy Choice in Aid Dependent Countries. .
- (2007). Irreversible Investments, Dynamic Inconsistency, and Policy Convergence. 2/07. 2/07. .
- (2004). Foreign aid and domestic politics : implications for aid selectivity. 12. 12. .
- (2004). Buying influence : aid fungibility in a strategic perspective. 10. 10. .
- (2003). Samaritan agents? On the delegation of aid policy. 22. 22. .
- (1997). Political Instability, Political Polarisation, and Public Sector Institutional Reform. 12. 12. .
Faglig foredrag
- (2015). Konsentrert betasuppe? Bistandsfokus og bistandsspredning.
- (2015). Concentration difficulties? An analysis of Swedish aid proliferation.
- (2015). Aid Dispersion, Donor Coordination, and Selectivity.
- (2014). Northern NGOs and Southern Governments.
Vitenskapelig foredrag
- (2022). Can Aid Be Used for Financing Global Collective Goods?
- (2021). Strategic Interaction in the Market for Charitable Donations: the role of Public Funding.
- (2021). Strategic Interaction in the Market for Charitable Donations: the role of Public Funding.
- (2021). Strategic Interaction in the Market for Charitable Donations: the role of Public Funding.
- (2019). The Carrot or the Stick? Theory and Evidence on the Incentive Effects of Country-Specific Return Programmes .
- (2018). Theory and Evidence on the Boomerang Effect of Assisted Return Schemes.
- (2018). Theory and Evidence on the Boomerang Effect of Assisted Return Schemes.
- (2018). Paid to Go or Paid to Come? A Model of Assisted Return Migration.
- (2018). Paid to Go or Paid to Come? A Model of Assisted Return Migration.
- (2017). Paid to Go or Paid to Come? A Model of Assisted Return Migration.
- (2017). Paid to Go or Paid to Come? A Model of Assisted Return Migration.
- (2017). Paid to Go or Paid to Come? A Model of Assisted Return Migration.
- (2017). Paid to Go or Paid to Come? A Model of Assisted Return Migration.
- (2017). Gatekeeper? The IMF, Aid Flows, and Policymaking in Low-Income Countries.
- (2016). Why Northern NGOs Hire too many Expatriates and what Southern Governments Do about It.
- (2016). Doing good or feeling good in aid evaluation.
- (2016). Aid Dispersion: Measurement in Principle and Practice.
- (2015). Measuring Aid Dispersion.
- (2015). Global Economics and National Politics.
- (2015). Gatekeeper? The IMF, Aid Flows, and Policymaking in Low-Income Countries.
- (2015). Concentration difficulties? An analysis of Swedish aid proliferation.
- (2015). Aid Dispersion: Measurement in Principle and Practice.
- (2015). Aid Dispersion: Measurement in Principle and Practice.
- (2014). Why Northern NGOs Hire too many Expatriates and What Southern Governments Do about It.
- (2014). Why Northern NGOs Hire too many Expatriates and What Southern Governments Do about It.
- (2014). Why Northern NGOs Hire too many Expatriates and What Southern Governments Do about It.
- (2014). Gatekeeper? The IMF, Aid Flows, and Policymaking in Low Income Countries.
- (2013). Gatekeeper? The IMF, Aid Flows, and Policymaking in Low Income Countries.
- (2013). Gatekeeper? The IMF, Aid Flows, and Policymaking in Low Income Countries.
- (2012). Do Non-Enforceable Contracts Matter? Evidence from and International Lab Experiment.
- (2012). Do Non-Enforceable Contracts Matter? Evidence from and International Lab Experiment.
- (2011). Certified or Branded? A Game-Theoretic Analysis of the IMF's Policy Support Instrument.
- (2011). Certified or Branded? A Game-Theoretic Analysis of the IMF's Policy Support Instrument.
- (2011). Certified or Branded? A Game-Theoretic Analysis of the IMF's Policy Support Instrument.
- (2011). Certified or Branded? A Game-Theoretic Analysis of the IMF's Policy Support Instrument.
- (2011). Certified or Branded? A Game-Theoretic Analysis of the IMF's Policy Support Instrument.
- (2010). Poverty in Venezuela – Revolutionary Decline or Politics-as-usual?
- (2010). Dancing the H-Street Waltz? Policy Choice in Aid Dependent Countries.
- (2010). Dancing the H-Street Waltz? Policy Choice in Aid Dependent Countries.
- (2010). Dancing the H-Street Waltz? Policy Choice in Aid Dependent Countries.
- (2010). Certified or Branded? A Game-Theoretic Analysis of the IMF’s Policy Support Instrument.
- (2009). The Invisible Handshake in Contracting for Debt: Results from an International Experiment.
- (2009). Dancing the H-Street Waltz? Policy Choice in Aid-Dependent Countries.
- (2009). Dancing the H-Street Waltz? Policy Choice in Aid-Dependent Countries.
- (2008). Debt repayment: Results from an International Experiment.
- (2008). Dancing the H-Street Waltz? Policy Choice in Aid-Dependent Countries.
- (2008). Dancing the H-Street Waltz? Policy Choice in Aid Dependent Countries.
- (2008). Dancing the H-Street Waltz? Policy Choice in Aid Dependent Countries.
- (2008). Basic Analytics of Multilateral Lending and Surveillance.
- (2007). Dancing the H-Street Waltz: Policy Choice in Aid Dependent Countries.
Leder
- (2022). Vil sanksjonene mot Russland være effektive? . Samfunnsøkonomen. 3-4.
- (2022). Bistand og støtte. Samfunnsøkonomen. 3-4.
- (2021). Krisens muligheter. Samfunnsøkonomen.
- (2021). Grønn bistand til svarte land? Samfunnsøkonomen.
- (2020). KRISE. Samfunnsøkonomen.
- (2020). I grenseland. Samfunnsøkonomen.
- (2019). Norsk bistand: Reformert og revitalisert? . Samfunnsøkonomen.
Leserinnlegg
- (2020). Svarte penger som skitner til Norge? Stavanger Aftenblad.
- (2017). Kunnskap kan koste for mye og bidra for lite. Bistandsaktuelt.
- (2015). Nærsynt om Venezuela. Bergens Tidende.
- (2015). Bistandsopportunisme? Dagens næringsliv.
Short communication
- (2019). 1-prosentmålet er et virkemiddel som er blitt et mål. Bistandsaktuelt.
- (2019). 1-prosentmålet er en del av problemet. Bistandsaktuelt.
- (2018). UD-reform i hvilket spor? Dagens næringsliv.
- (2018). Ministeren er ikke målbar . Dagens næringsliv.
- (2018). Full fart i gal retning? Dagens næringsliv.
- (2018). Bærekraftig reform? . Dagens næringsliv.
Anmeldelse
- (2009). Demokrati og effektivitet, L. Helland og R.J. Sørensen. Samfunnsøkonomen. 85-86.
Vitenskapelig antologi/Konferanseserie
- (1999). Fordeling og vekst i fattige land. Fagbokforlaget.
Mastergradsoppgave
- (2021). Skattesystemer i utviklingsland: Konsekvenser av økt beskatning for bedrifter.
- (2021). Malaria & fattigdom.
- (2021). Group-based agricultural index insurance: Combining informal networks with formal insurance.
- (2021). Fungerer resultatbasert bistand? En teoretisk analyse av vaksinealliansen Gavi sine resultatbaserte programmer.
- (2020). The effect of a supply shock in the production of cocaine on violence: Evidence from Colombia and Venezuela.
- (2020). Resultatbaserte bistandsavtaler i den norske klima- og skogsatsingen: Klimaeffekt og samarbeidsland.
- (2020). Institusjonene og kulturens rolle i økonomisk utvikling. Sør-Afrika som eksempel.
- (2020). For en neve dollars til: Hvilken rolle spiller private pengeoverføringer fra utlandet for husholdninger i Somalia?
- (2020). Drivkreftene bak fordelingen av bistand og andre offisielle kapitalstrømmer fra Kina til Verden: En replikasjonsstudie av Dreher m. fl. (2018).
- (2019). Kontanter vs In-kind som bistand og eventuelle effektforskjeller for mottakerland og lokale markeder. Syriske flyktninger I Tyrkia, Libanon og Jordan.
- (2017). Tertiærnæringsvekst og avindustrialisering i utviklingsland: kan tjenesteyting løfte land ut av fattigdom?
- (2017). Resultatbasert bistand: En teoretisk og praktisk analyse av en insentivbasert bistandsform.
Kronikk
- (2021). Organisasjonenes (årlige) klagesang. Bistandsaktuelt.
- (2021). Om syke mødre, sårbare brødre og barmhjertige samaritanere. Bistandsaktuelt.
- (2019). Faller magidepartementet? . Dagens næringsliv.
- (2018). Vi kan inte göra allt överallt. Biståndsdebatten.se.
- (2018). Professor: "Partnerlandsmeldingen står til stryk". Bistandsaktuelt.
- (2018). Mangler det 190 millioner eller vilje til reform? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
- (2017). «Team Norway» kan få feil fokus. Bergens Tidende.
- (2017). Ikke glem globaliseringens vinnere! Bergens Tidende.
- (2017). Ikke bistand til vår egen fordel. Dagens næringsliv.
- (2017). Fra fristed for særinteresser til verksted for fattigdomsreduksjon? Dagbladet.
- (2017). Den vanskelige velferdsprofitten. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.).
- (2016). Det norske bistandstriangelet. VG : Verdens gang.
- (2015). Mer bistand – flere flyktninger? Dagens næringsliv.
- (2015). Konsentrasjonsvansker. Dagens næringsliv.
- (2014). Best på bistand, Børge Brende? Bergens Tidende.
- (2009). Vi trenger bedre bistandskontroll. Bergens Tidende.
- (2009). Strategisk bistand. VG : Verdens gang.
- (2009). Den vanskelige bistanden. Bergens Tidende.
- (2009). Bistandens død og oppstandelse. Dagbladet.
Doktorgradsavhandling
- (2017). Aid and public debt: Essays on fo eign and domestic capital flows in developing countries .
Intervju
- (2018). Enprosentmålet skygger for viktigere debatter .
- (2008). Resultatstyrt «blå» bistandspolitikk.
Dokumentar
- (2007). Frivillige organisasjoner i bistand.
- (2007). Best i bistand.
Programdeltagelse
- (2019). Utviklingspoddensialet, episode 25: Flom og fond.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
- (2015). Rents and the political economy of development aid. 28 sider.
- (1999). Økonomiske institusjoner i fattige land. 11 sider.
- (1999). Økonomisk politikk. 27 sider.
- (1999). Utviklingshjelp. 18 sider.
- (1999). Sultkatastrofer og nødhjelp. 20 sider.
- (1999). Internasjonale kapitalstrømmer, utenlandsgjeld og valutakriser. 26 sider.
- (1999). Hva er utvikling? 25 sider.
- (1999). Gruppeinteresser og interessegrupper i fattige land. 24 sider.
- (1999). Fordeling og vekst i fattige land: Innledning og oversikt. 21 sider.
- (1999). Befolkningsvekst og fattigdom. 17 sider.
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
- (2007). Langsiktig bistand og økonomisk utvikling. Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift. 1-25.
Fagartikkel
- (2002). Norsk bistand femti år: Resultater og utfordringer. Økonomisk forum. 18-25.
Se fullstendig oversikt over publikasjoner i CRIStin.
Selected international publications:
- Losing Concentration? Lessons from a Swedish Aid Policy Reform, Development Policy Review, 36, O984-O1003 (2018).
- Help not needed? Optimal Quotas for Expatriate NGO Workers (with Ami Glazer and Jørn Rattsø), Review of International Economics 26, 302–321 (2018).
- Aid Dispersion: Measurement in Principle and Practice (with Cathrin Fløgstad), World Development, 97, 232-250 (2017).
- Rents and the Political Economy of Development Aid, chapter 15 in R.D. Congleton and A.L. Hillman (eds), Companion to Political Economy of Rent Seeking, Edward Elgar, 2015.
- “Dancing to the Donors’ Tune? Policy-Choice in Aid-Dependent Countries,” Scandinavian Journal of Economics 117(1), 126-163 (2015).
- "Do Non-Enforceable Contracts matter? Evidence from an International Lab Experiment." Review of Income and Wealth 60(1), 100-113 (2014) (with Alexander Cappelen, Erik Ø. Sørensen, and Bertil Tungodden).
- "Certified or Branded? A Game-Theoretic Analysis of the IMF's Policy Support Instrument." Review of International Organizations 7 (2012): 203-230.
- "Basic Analytics of Multilateral Lending and Surveillance." Journal of International Economics 79 (2009):126-136.
- "Buying Influence. Aid Fungibility in a Strategic Perspective." Review of Development Economics 10(2): 267-284 (2006).
- “Samaritan Agents? On the Strategic Delegation of Aid Policy.” Journal of Development Economics 79(1): 249-263 (2006).
Recent publications in Norwegian:
- Mellom politikk og statistikk: Globale fellesgoder i utviklingspolitikken, Internasjonal Politikk, 80(3), 323-349 (2022) (with Hilde Selbervik).
- Utviklingspolitikken: En revolusjon er en illusjon? Internasjonal Politikk, 79 (4), 367-376 (2021).
- Budsjettvinneren bistand, Samfunnsøkonomen, 132 (5), 27-33 (2018).
- Beretningen om et varslet mord: Om skjebnen til regjeringens politikk for geografisk konsentrasjon av bistanden, Samfunnsøkonomen, 131 (4), 6-11 (2017).
- Vil regjeringen klare å konsentrere seg i bistandspolitikken? Lærdommer fra Sverige. Samfunnsøkonomen, 130 (5), 41-53 (2016).
Recent projects:
Mellom politikk og statistikk: Globale fellesgoder i utviklingspolitikken (CMI-project financed by Norad where I was one of the authors of the final report).
Aid Fragmentation, Donor Coordination, and Selectivity, project for the Expert Group for Evaluation and Analysis of Swedish International Aid (output: Concentration Difficulties? An Analysis of Swedish Aid Proliferation, EBA-report 2015:03)
Work in progress:
- Strategic Interaction in the Market for Charitable Donations: the role of Public Funding (w/Jørn Rattsø)
- Gatekeeper? The IMF, Aid Flows, and Policymaking in Low Income Countries.
Education
- Ph.D. Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH)
Teaching experience
- Courses in political economy, bachelor and master level, NHH and UoB
- Courses in development economics, bachelor and master level, UoB
- Course in institutions and economics, master level, UoB
- Course in international macroeconomics, bachelor level, UoB
- Introductory microeconomics, UoB
Project experience
- Participated in numerous externally financed projects, including some as project leader, mostly on topics within development economics
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