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Prof. Dr. Karsten Mause
  

  

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• ABOUT

  Karsten Mause is Assistant Professor of Political Economy at the University of Muenster, Germany. Before joining WWU Muenster, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bremen's research center "Transformations of the State" (SFB 597), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). He holds a Master's degree in Political Science and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Marburg. His research focuses on various subfields of Political Economy as a multidisciplinary research field and has been published in the American Journal of Economics & Sociology, Constitutional Political Economy, European Journal of Law & Economics, Journal of Socio-Economics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and other social science journals and books.

  Curriculum Vitae: CV

  Twitter: @KarstenMause

  Personal Website: www.karsten-mause.com
  

    

• RESEARCH & TEACHING AREAS

  • Political Economy: The Relationship between Politics and the Economy
  • Public Policy Analysis (esp. Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy, Education Policy)
  • The Behavior of Politicians, Interest Groups, and Citizens
  • Governance Research: Tools of Government / Forms of Governance

    

• PUBLICATIONS

  Selected Publications:

  • Mause, K. (2019). Political Economy. In: Alain Marciano & Giovanni B. Ramello (Eds.): Encyclopedia of Law & Economics. New York: Springer, forthcoming. [PDF]
  • Geys, Benny & Mause, K. (2019). Politicians. In: Alain Marciano & Giovanni B. Ramello (Eds.): Encyclopedia of Law & Economics. New York: Springer, forthcoming. [PDF]
  • Mause, K. (2018). Governing the Market for Sovereign Bailouts. In: Giuseppe Eusepi & Richard E. Wagner (Eds.): Debt Default and Democracy. Cheltenham, UK and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 17-35.
  • Mause, K. & Gröteke, Friedrich (2017). The Economic Approach to European State Aid Control: A Politico-Economic Analysis. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 185-201.
  • Geys, Benny & Mause, K. (2016). The Limits of Electoral Control: Evidence from Last-Term Politicians. Legislative Studies Quarterly, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 873-898.
  • Höfer, Dennis & Mause, K. (2015). Public Events as Public Bads. Homo Oeconomicus - Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics, Vol. 32, No. 3/4, pp. 401-426.
  • Crössmann, Katharina & Mause, K. (2015). Rail Subsidisation in the European Union: An Issue Beyond Left and Right? Comparative European Politics, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 471-492.
  • Geys, Benny & Mause, K. (2014). Are Female Legislators Different? Exploring Sex Differences in German MPs' Outside Interests. Parliamentary Affairs, Vol. 67, No. 4, pp. 841-865.
  • Mause, K. (2014). Self-Serving Legislators? An Analysis of the Salary-Setting Institutions of 27 EU Parliaments. Constitutional Political Economy, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 154-176.
  • Geys, Benny & Mause, K. (2013). Moonlighting Politicians: A Survey and Research Agenda. Journal of Legislative Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 76-97.

    

  Full list of Publications:

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  Work in Progress:

  • "What do citizens think about fiscal austerity? A cross‐country analysis". Paper to be presented at ISA 2019 Toronto, EPSA 2019 Belfast.
  • "Delegation and democratic control: Can independent public agencies become too independent?" (with Klaus Heine, Erasmus University Rotterdam). Paper to be presented at PCPE 2019 Prague, ECPR 2019 Wroclaw, ICGRG 2019 Hong Kong.
  • "Governing public-private partnerships: The problem of low-cost decisions". Paper to be presented at ECSPC 2019 Rome.
  • "The revolving-door phenomenon: A survey" (with Andreas Polk, Berlin School of Economics and Law, HWR).
  • "Has Politik als Beruf become more stressful? The (changing) workload of German MPs 1949-2017". Paper to be presented at IASGP 2019 London.
  • "Self-Serving Legislators? An Analysis of the Salary-Setting Institutions of # Parliaments". Paper to be presented at "Politicians' Financial Gains" Workshop 2019 at Cardiff University's School of Law & Politics.

    

• TEACHING

  Summer term 2019

  "Politics as a Vocation" today | Master's course

  Political Economy II | "Integrative Module" of Bachelor's degree program "Politics and Economics"

  Colloquium for Graduating Students

    

  Winter term 2018/2019

  Political Economy of the "Political Business" | Master's course

  Political Economy I | "Integrative Module" of Bachelor's degree program "Politics and Economics"

  Colloquium for Graduating Students