Jo Thori Lind

University of Oslo - Department of Economics

P.O. Box 1095 Blindern

N-0317 Oslo

Norway

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Munich, DE-81679

Germany

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Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan

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Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2573
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Mar 2009
Jo Thori Lind, Karl O. Moene and Fredrik Willumsen
University of Oslo - Department of Economics, University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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conflict, narcotics production, resource curse, Afghanistan

Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan

Univ. of Oslo, Dept. of Economics Memorandum No. 05/2009
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Mar 2009
Jo Thori Lind, Karl O. Moene and Fredrik Willumsen
University of Oslo - Department of Economics, University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Conflict, narcotics production, resource curse, Afghanistan

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Knowledge is Power - A Theory of Information, Income, and Welfare Spending

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Knowledge is Power - A Theory of Information, Income, and Welfare Spending

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3613
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Oct 2011
Jo Thori Lind and Dominic Rohner
University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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redistribution, welfare spending, information, income, voting, political economics

Knowledge is Power: A Theory of Information, Income, and Welfare Spending

University of Zurich Department of Economics Working Paper No. 36
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Nov 2011
Jo Thori Lind and Dominic Rohner
University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Zurich
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Redistribution, Welfare Spending, Information, Income, Voting, Political Economics

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Rainy Day Politics -- An Instrumental Variables Approach to the Effect of Parties on Political Outcomes

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4911
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 20 Aug 2014
Jo Thori Lind
University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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rain, electoral turnout, instrumental variables, economic policy

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Playing with the Good Guys - A Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2647
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 May 2009
Kjell Arne Brekke, Karen Evelyn Hauge, Jo Thori Lind and Karine Nyborg
University of Oslo - Department of Economics, University of Oslo - Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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altruism, conditional, cooperation, self-selection

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Spurious Weather Effects

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Spurious Weather Effects

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5365
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Jun 2015
Jo Thori Lind
University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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rainfall, spurious correlation, spatial correlation, Legendre polynomial

Spurious Weather Effects

Journal of Regional Science, Vol. 59, Issue 2, pp. 322-354, 2019
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Mar 2019
Jo Thori Lind
University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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electoral turnout, rainfall, spatial correlation, spurious relationship

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Fractionalization and the Size of Government

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 1000
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Aug 2003
Jo Thori Lind
University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Fractionalization, Political Economy, Inequality, Redistribution, Race

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Measuring Unfair (in) Equality

NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 32/2007
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 11 Feb 2010
Ingvild Almås, Alexander W. Cappelen, Jo Thori Lind, Erik Sorensen and Bertil Tungodden
Stockholm University - Institute for International Economic Studies (IIES), Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Economics, University of Oslo - Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Economics and Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Economics
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Income inequality, Fairness

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Call the Midwife - Health Personnel and Mortality in Norway 1887-1921

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6831
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Feb 2018
Andreas Kotsadam, Jo Thori Lind and Jørgen Modalsli
University of Oslo - Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, University of Oslo - Department of Economics and Statistics Norway
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health policy, public service provision, history, mortality

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Religion, Welfare Politics, and Church-State Separation

Journal of Ecumenical Studies; 42(1), 42-52, 2007
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 02 Jun 2017
Daniel L. Chen and Jo Thori Lind
Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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religion, welfare, politics, church-state separation

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The Political Economy of Beliefs: Why Fiscal and Social Conservatives/Liberals Come Hand-in-hand

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 09 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2020
Daniel L. Chen and Jo Thori Lind
Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Toulouse School of Economics, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse, University of Toulouse Capitole, Toulouse, France and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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voting, religion, ideology, church-state separation, welfare state

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Miserly Developments

Univ. of Oslo, Dept. of Economics Memorandum No. 04/2009
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Mar 2009
Jo Thori Lind and Karl O. Moene
University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Miser index, poverty, affluence, inequality, development

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Are Nurses More Altruistic than Real Estate Brokers?

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5721
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 31 May 2011
Karin Jacobsen, Kari H. Eika, Leif Helland, Jo Thori Lind and Karine Nyborg
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Bank of Norway, BI Norwegian Business School - Department of Economics, University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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dictator game, exit option, generosity, occupational differences

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Election Turnout Inequality - Insights from Administrative Registers

CESifo Working Paper No. 7465
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 21 Feb 2019
Bernt Bratsberg, Andreas Kotsadam, Jo Thori Lind, Halvor Mehlum and Oddbjorn Raaum
Kansas State University - Department of Economics, University of Oslo - Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, University of Oslo - Department of Economics, University of Oslo - Department of Economics and University of Oslo - Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research
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election turnout, administrative register data, turnout inequality

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Repeated Surveys and the Kalman Filter

Econometrics Journal, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 418-427, December 2005
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 03 Jan 2006
Jo Thori Lind
University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Surveys, Kalman filter, Time series

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Fractionalization and Inter-Group Differences

Kyklos, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 123-139, February 2007
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 26 Jan 2007
Jo Thori Lind
University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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