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

Mozambique at a Fork in the Road: An Institutional Diagnostic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. Editor with A. Cruz, I. Ferreira and J. Flento.
RDS ‘Traditional Versus Improved Varieties of Seed: Is There a Trade-Off Between Productivity and Risk?’ Published online in Review of Development Economics. M. Bezabih, H. Teklewold, A. Mekonnen and T. Gebrehiwot.
‘Stochastic Dominance Testing of Poverty in Mozambique’. Published online in Journal of Social and Economic Development. With V. Salvucci.
‘Encouraging Micro-Enterprises to Prepare for Disasters: A Socio-Psychological and Information-Provision Analysis for the Case of Mozambique’. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, vol. 116, 2025. With H. Berkel.


Most downloaded publications (Source: RePEc)

‘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.
‘Aid and Growth Regressions’. Journal of Development Economics, vol. 64(2), 2001, pp. 547-70. With 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.