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Dr. Karsten Mause
Office hours: by appointment via E-MAIL
ABOUT
Karsten Mause is Senior Lecturer in 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
- Public Policy Analysis (esp. Economic Policy, Fiscal Policy, Education Policy)
- Legislative Studies
- German Politics
PUBLICATIONS
Selected Publications:
- Mause, Karsten (2021). Political Economy. In: Alain Marciano & Giovanni B. Ramello (Eds.): Encyclopedia of Law & Economics. 2nd edition. New York: Springer, forthcoming. [PDF]
- Geys, Benny & Mause, Karsten (2021). Politicians. In: Alain Marciano & Giovanni B. Ramello (Eds.): Encyclopedia of Law & Economics. 2nd edition. New York: Springer, forthcoming. [PDF]
- Mause, Karsten (2019). Governing Public-Private Partnerships: The Problem of Low-Cost Decisions. Journal of Infrastructure, Policy and Development 3(2): 261-270.
- Mause, Karsten (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, Karsten & Gröteke, Friedrich (2017). The Economic Approach to European State Aid Control: A Politico-Economic Analysis. Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 17(2): 185-201.
- Geys, Benny & Mause, Karsten (2016). The Limits of Electoral Control: Evidence from Last-Term Politicians. Legislative Studies Quarterly 41(4): 873-898.
- Höfer, Dennis & Mause, Karsten (2015). Public Events as Public Bads. Homo Oeconomicus - Journal of Behavioral and Institutional Economics 32(3/4): 401-426.
- Crössmann, Katharina & Mause, Karsten (2015). Rail Subsidisation in the European Union: An Issue Beyond Left and Right? Comparative European Politics 13(4): 471-492.
- Geys, Benny & Mause, Karsten (2014). Are Female Legislators Different? Exploring Sex Differences in German MPs' Outside Interests. Parliamentary Affairs 67(4): 841-865.
- Mause, Karsten (2014). Self-Serving Legislators? An Analysis of the Salary-Setting Institutions of 27 EU Parliaments. Constitutional Political Economy 25(2): 154-176.
- Geys, Benny & Mause, Karsten (2013). Moonlighting Politicians: A Survey and Research Agenda. Journal of Legislative Studies 19(1): 76-97.
Full list of publications:
TEACHING
Winter term 2021/2022
Political Economy I | "Integrative Module" of Bachelor's degree program "Politics and Economics"
Regulating Lobbying: Opportunities and Limits | Master's course
Summer term 2021
Political Economy II | "Integrative Module" of Bachelor's degree program "Politics and Economics"
Research Project Seminar | MA International and European Governance (WWU/Sciences Po Lille)
Research Colloquium for BA/MA students
Winter term 2020/2021
Introduction to Economic Policy | Bachelor's course
The Political Economy of Public Debt | Master's course
Political Economy I | "Integrative Module" of Bachelor's degree program "Politics and Economics"
Research Project Seminar | MA International and European Governance (WWU/Sciences Po Lille)
Summer term 2020
Introduction to Economic Policy | Bachelor's course
The Political Economy of Lobbying | Master's course
Political Economy II | "Integrative Module" of Bachelor's degree program "Politics and Economics"
Decision-Making in Crisis Situations | Bachelor-Circle in BA "Public Governance across Borders" (with Le Anh Nguyen Long, University of Twente)