CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute) Development Studies and Human Rights
 
 

CMI Staff

Dr Bertil Tungodden

Thematic research group:
Poverty Reduction

Keywords:
Redistribution, public economics, development ethics, micro-economics.

Geographic keywords:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa: Tanzania, Uganda, Namibia.

Associated Senior Researcher

E-mail: bertil.tungodden@cmi.no

CV - Bertil Tungodden

Bertil Tungodden is an economist whose research interests focus on normative economics, poverty, public economics, and corruption. He is a professor in the Department of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, where he teaches courses in Development Economics, Microeconomics, and Distributive Justice. Tungodden has published and acted as referee in national and international journals.

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Books and Anthologies

Toward pro-poor policies: Aid, institutions, and globalization
Tungodden, Bertil, Nicholas Stern and Ivar Kolstad (eds.) (2004)
Wash.D.C./Oxford: World Bank / Oxford Univ. Press 355 p.

Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Rewarding effort
Tungodden, Bertil and Alexander Cappelen (2009)
in Economic Theory vol. 39 no. 3 pp. 425-441

Redistribution and Marginal Productivity Reward
Tungodden, Bertil and Alexander Cappelen (2007)
in Peter J. Lambert (Ed.): Equity. Elsevier-bookseries: Research on Economic Inequality, Vol.15 pp. 1-6

The Pluralism of Fairness Ideals?
Tungodden, Bertil, Alexander Cappelen, Astri D. Hole and Erik Ø. Sørensen (2007)
in American Economic Review vol. 97 no. 3 pp. 818-827

Who are the Least Advantaged
Tungodden, Bertil and Peter Vallentyne (2006)
in Nils Holtug and Kaspert Lippert-Rasmussen, eds.: Egalitarianism: New Essays on the Nature and Value of Equality. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press pp. 174-196

Relocating the Responsibility Cut: Should more Responsibility Imply Less Redistribution
Tungodden, Bertil and Alexander Cappelen (2006)
in Politics, Philosophy and Economics vol. 5 no. 3 pp. 353-362

A Liberal Egalitarian Paradox
Tungodden, Bertil and Alexander Cappelen (2006)
in Economics and Philosophy vol. 22 no. 3 pp. 393-408

A Balanced View of Development as Freedom
Tungodden, Bertil (2005)
in Ivar Kolstad and Hugo Stokke, eds.: Writing Rights: Human Rights Research at the Chr.Michelsen Institute 1984-2004. Bergen: Fagbokforlaget pp. 79-97

Reward and responsibility: How should we be affected when others change their effort?
Tungodden, Bertil with Alexander Cappelen (2003)
in Philosophy, politics and economics vol. 2 no. 2 pp. 191-211

The value of equality
Tungodden, Bertil (2003)
in Economics and philosophy vol. 19 no. 1 pp. 1-44

'Fiscal corruption: a vice or virtue': a reply
Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge and Bertil Tungodden (2003)
in World Development vol. 31 no. 8 pp. 1473-1475

Fiscal corruption: A vice or virtue?
Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge and Bertil Tungodden (2003)
in World Development vol. 31 no. 8 pp. 1459-1467

Responsibility and reward
Tungodden, Bertil with Alexander Cappelen (2002)
in Finanzarchiv vol. 59 pp. 120-140

Justifying sustainability
Tungodden, Bertil with G.B. Asheim and W. Bucholz (2001)
in Journal of environmental economics and management vol. 2 pp. 252-268

A balanced view of development as freedom
Tungodden, Bertil (2001)
in Forum for development studies vol. 28 no. 2 pp. 241-261

Egalitarianism: Is leximin the only option?
Tungodden, Bertil (2000)
in Economics and philosophy vol. 16 pp. 229-245

Social choice theory
Tungodden, Bertil (1999)
in Sosialøkonomen vol. 3 pp. 18-26

Rawlsian reasoning and the distribution problem
Tungodden, Bertil (1999)
in Social choice and welfare vol. 16 pp. 599-614

Reports

The Pluralism of Fairness Ideals: An Experimental Approach
Cappelen, Alexander W., Astri D. Hole, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden (2005)
Bergen: Department of Economics. Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration (Discussion Paper 12/05) 27 p.

A Rights-based approach to (Norwegian) development assistance. A discussion paper commissioned by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bleie, Tone, Siri Gloppen, Alf Morten Jerve, Hugo Stokke and Bertil tungodden (2002)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute 24 p.

CMI Working Papers

Teaching business in Tanzania: Evaluating participation and performance
Bjorvatn, Kjetil and Bertil Tungodden (2009)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2009: 9) 9 p.

Rich Meets Poor - an International Fairness Experiment
Cappelen, Alexander W., Karl Ove Moene, Erik Ø. Sørensen, Bertil Tungodden (2008)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2008: 10) 29 p.

How Middle-men can Undermine Anti-corruption Reforms
Bjorvatn, Kjetil, Gaute Torsvik and Bertil Tungodden (2005)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2005: 1) 28 p.

A balanced view of development as freedom
Tungodden, Bertil (2001)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2001:14) 22 p.

Fiscal corruption: A vice or a virtue?
Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge and Bertil Tungodden (2001)
Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI Working Paper WP 2001:13) 12 p.

Other External Publications

Korrupsjon og skatteunndragelse i Tanzania: En studie av Tanzania Revenue Authority
Fjeldstad, Odd-Helge and Bertil Tungodden (2001)
in Den Ny Verden vol. 34 no. 3 pp. 55-78

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The Strange Alchemy of Life and Law

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