Department of Economics | Faculty of Social Sciences | University of Copenhagen | DERG



   

Finn Tarp
Professor
Department of Economics
University of Copenhagen
Oester Farimagsgade 5
Building 26 (26.2.41)
DK-1353 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Phone: (+45) 35 32 30 41
Mobile: (+45) 93 50 91 61

Contact by e-mail Finn.Tarp@econ.ku.dk

 

Most recent publications

Dimensions of Inequality: Impacts on Growth, Governance, and Human Development. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025. With I. Ferreira and R. Gisselquist.
Mozambique at a Fork in the Road: An Institutional Diagnostic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Editor with A. Cruz, I. Ferreira and J. Flento.
Politicians Doing Business: Evidence from Mozambique. Published online in Journal of Development Economics. With S. Jones and F. Schilling.
RDS ‘Traditional Versus Improved Varieties of Seed: Is There a Trade-Off Between Productivity and Risk?’ Published online in Review of Development Economics. With M. Bezabih, H. Teklewold, A. Mekonnen and T. Gebrehiwot.


Most downloaded publications (Source: RePEc)

‘Aid and Growth Regressions’. Journal of Development Economics, vol. 64(2), 2001, pp. 547-70. With H. Hansen.
‘On the Empirics of Foreign Aid and Growth’. The Economic Journal, vol. 114(496), 2004, pp. F191-FF216. With C.-J. Dalgaard and H. Hansen.
‘Business Cycles in Developing Countries: Are They Different?’ World Development, vol. 30(12), 2002, pp. 2071-88. With J. Rand.
‘Financial Liberalization, Financial Development, and Economic Growth in LDCs’. Journal of International Development, vol. 15(2), 2003, pp. 189-208. With T. B. Andersen.

Most cited publications (source: Google Scholar)

‘Aid and Growth Regressions’. Journal of Development Economics, vol. 64(2), 2001, pp. 547-70. With H. Hansen.
‘Aid Effectiveness Disputed’. Journal of International Development, vol. 12(3), 2000, pp. 375-98. With H. Hansen.
‘On the Empirics of Foreign Aid and Growth’. The Economic Journal, vol. 114(496), 2004, pp. F191-FF216. With C.-J. Dalgaard and H. Hansen.
Foreign Aid and Development: Lessons Learnt and Directions for the Future. London and New York: Routledge, 2000, 512 pages. Editor, assisted by P. Hjertholm.