Finn Tarp

Research output

Research output per year 1981 2012 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

• 147 Working paper
• 140 Journal article
• 62 Book chapter
• 40 Report
• 88 More
  • 19 Anthology
  • 17 Encyclopedia chapter
  • 14 Net publication - Internet publication
  • 12 Book
  • 10 Literature review
  • 4 Paper
  • 4 Contribution to newspaper - Feature article
  • 3 Contribution to newspaper - Newspaper article
  • 2 Memorandum
  • 1 Contribution to newspaper - Comment/debate
  • 1 Editorial
  • 1 Other contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2015

  Distributional Impacts of the 2008 Global Food Price Spike in Vietnam

  McKay, A. & Tarp, F., 2015, The Fight Against Hunger and Malnutrition: The Role of Food, Agriculture, and Targeted Policies. Sahn, D. E. (ed.). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, p. 373-92 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Does foreign aid harm political institutions?

  Jones, E. S. & Tarp, F., 2015, Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 39 p. (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 94).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • Foreign Aid 100%
  • Political Institutions 77%
  • Dynamic Panel 48%
  • Frequency Domain 29%
  • Cross Section 26%

• Firm-Level Technology and Competitiveness in Vietnam: Evidence from 2010-14 Surveys

  Newman, C., Rand, J., Tarp, F. & Trifkovic, N., 2015, DERG, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. 62 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

• Four key areas to improve aid effectiveness

  Addison, T. & Tarp, F., 2015, Helsinki : UNU-WIDER.

  Research output: Other contribution › Net publication - Internet publication › Research › peer-review

• Ghana: Poverty reduction over thirty years

  McKay, A., Pirttilä, J. & Tarp, F., 2015, Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 18 p. (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 52).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • Poverty Reduction 100%
  • Ghana 98%
  • Poverty 49%
  • African Countries 31%

• Growth, Structural Transformation and Rural Change in Viet Nam: A Rising Dragon on the Move

  Tarp, F., 2015, DERG, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. 409 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

• Growth and poverty reduction in Tanzania

  Arndt, C., Demery, L., McKay, A. & Tarp, F., 2015, Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 21 p. (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 51).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • Tanzania 100%
  • Poverty Reduction 85%
  • Poverty 42%
  • Survey Data 36%
  • Private Consumption 33%

• Lessons for Japanese foreign aid from research on aid’s impact

  Addison, T. & Tarp, F., 2015, Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 13 p. (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 58).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • human security 100%
  • Japan 91%
  • infrastructure 58%
  • industrial policy 53%
  • infrastructure development 51%

• Mozambique: Off-track or temporarily sidelined?

  Arndt, C., Jones, E. S. & Tarp, F., 2015, Helsinki, Finland: UNU-WIDER, 25 p. (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 44).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • Mozambique 100%
  • Poverty Reduction 55%
  • Social Progress 35%
  • Résumé 30%
  • Fuel Price 30%

• Poverty mapping based on first order dominance with an example from Mozambique

  Arndt, C., Hussain, A., Salvucci, V., Tarp, F. & Østerdal, L. P. R., 2015, Odense, Denmark: University of Southern Denmark, 37 p. (Discussion Papers on Business and Economics; No. 15).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • Poverty Mapping 100%
  • Mozambique 67%
  • Small Area Estimation 21%
  • Monitoring and Evaluation 17%
  • Census Data 15%

• Priorities for Boosting Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence for Mozambique

  Jones, E. S. & Tarp, F., 1 Oct 2015, In: African Development Review. 27, S1, p. 56-70 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Mozambique 100%
  • Sub-Saharan Africa 96%
  • Informal Sector 87%
  • Boosting 82%
  • informal sector 81%
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Property Rights and Productivity: The Case of Joint Land Titling in Vietnam

  Newman, C., Tarp, F. & Van Den Broeck, K., 2015, In: Land Economics. 91, 1, p. 91-105 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • property rights 100%
  • Property Rights 86%
  • Agricultural Productivity 58%
  • productivity 51%
  • Productivity 43%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Rejoinder to Herzer, Nowak-Lehmann, Dreher, Klasen, and Martinez-Zarzoso (2014)

  Lof, M., Mekasha, T. J. & Tarp, F., 1 Jun 2015, In: World Development. 70, p. 397-399 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Data Handling 100%
  • Panel VAR 97%
  • causality 71%
  • Model Specification 70%
  • Empirical Model 69%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Response to Professor Stephen Jenkins’ comments on the World Income Inequality Database (WIID)

  Badgaiyan, N., Pirttilä, J. & Tarp, F., 1 Dec 2015, In: The Journal of Economic Inequality. 13, 4, p. 679-682 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Income Inequality 100%
  • Data Base 98%
  • university teacher 78%
  • income 73%
  • World Bank 27%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Special Issue: Aid, Social Policy and Development

  Addison, T. (ed.), Niño-Zarazúa, M. (ed.) & Tarp, F. (ed.), Nov 2015, 8 ed. Wiley. (Journal of International Development).

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

• Special Issue on “Aid and Employment”: Aid and Employment

  Jones, E. S. (ed.), Page, J. (ed.), Shimeles, A. (ed.) & Tarp, F. (ed.), 2015, Wiley. 70 p. (African Development Review; No. S1, Vol. 27).

  Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Research › peer-review

• Structural transformation, biased technological change, and employment in Vietnam

  Abbott, P., Tarp, F. & Wu, C., 2015, Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 22 p. (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 68).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • Biased Technological Change 100%
  • Structural Transformation 74%
  • Technical Change 64%
  • Employment Growth 32%
  • GDP per Capita 32%

• Technology transfers, foreign investment and productivity spillovers

  Newman, C., Rand, J., Talbot, T. P. & Tarp, F., 1 May 2015, In: European Economic Review. 76, p. 168-187 20 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Technology Transfer 100%
  • Productivity Spillovers 99%
  • Foreign Direct Investment 67%
  • Foreign Investment 67%
  • Domestic Firms 45%
  109 Citations (Scopus)

• The Economic Costs of Climate Change: A Multi-Sector Impact Assessment for Vietnam

  Arndt, C., Tarp, F. & Thurlow, J., 2015, In: Sustainability. 7, 4, p. 4131-4145 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Climate change 100%
  • impact assessment 93%
  • Vietnam 90%
  • climate change 77%
  • damages 77%
  13 Citations (Scopus)

• Understanding Mozambique’s growth experience through an employment lens

  Jones, E. S. & Tarp, F., 2015, Helsinki, Finland: UNU-WIDER, 26 p. (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 109).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • Labour Market 100%
  • Survey Data 55%
  • Demographic Trends 55%
  • Labor 55%
  • Mozambique 53%

• Vi ved, at bistanden virker

  Translated title of the contribution: We Know that Aid WorksJones, E. S. & Tarp, F., 20 Oct 2015, In: Børsen.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to newspaper - Comment/debate

• Weather shocks and cropland decisions in rural Mozambique

  DERG , Jones, E. S. & Tarp, F., 1 May 2015, In: Food Policy. 53, p. 9-21

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Mozambique 100%
  • Weather 86%
  • cropland 84%
  • Crops 71%
  • farmer 61%
  17 Citations (Scopus)
• 2014

  Aid and Growth in Africa

  Addison, T. & Tarp, F., 2014, The Donors’ Dilemma: Emergence, Convergence and the Future of Foreign Aid. Global Policy

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Aid Effectiveness

  Arndt, C., Jones, E. S. & Tarp, F., 1 Dec 2014, Problems, Promises, and Paradoxes of Aid: Africa’s Experience. Ndulu, M. & van de Walle, N. (eds.). Cambridge Scholars Press, p. 16-37

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Characteristics of the Vietnamese Business Environment: Evidence from a Survey in 2013

  Rand, J., Tarp, F. & Trifkovic, N., 2014, Hanoi: Central Institute for Economic Management, CIEM. 242 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

  4027 Downloads (Pure)

• Corruption and the Efficiency of Capital Investment in Developing Countries

  O’Toole, C. M. & Tarp, F., Jul 2014, In: Journal of International Development. 26, 5, p. 567-597

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Bribery 100%
  • corruption 95%
  • capital investment 87%
  • Efficient Allocation 78%
  • Corruption 63%
  38 Citations (Scopus)

• Distributional impacts of the 2008 global food price spike in Vietnam

  McKay, A. & Tarp, F., Jan 2014, Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 17 p. (WIDER Working Paper; No. 030, Vol. 2014).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • Distributional Impacts 100%
  • Food Prices 85%
  • Price Changes 70%
  • Household Survey 53%
  • Farmers 41%

• Exporting and Productivity: The Role of Ownership and Innovation in the Case of Vietnam

  Newman, C., Rand, J., Tarp, F. & Nguyen, T. T. A., 2014, Helsinki, Finland: UNU-WIDER, 21 p. (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 70).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

• Firm-Level Competitiveness and Technology in Vietnam: Evidence from a Survey in 2013

  Newman, C., Rand, J. & Tarp, F., 2014, Hanoi, Vietnam: Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM). 111 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

• Global interpersonal inequality: Trends and measurement

  Niño-Zarazúa, M., Roope, L. & Tarp, F., Jan 2014, Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 28 p. (WIDER Working Paper; No. 004, Vol. 2014).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • trend 100%
  • income distribution 31%
  • equality 20%
  • income 17%
  • China 15%

• Has the Clean Development Mechanism assisted Sustainable Development?

  He, J., Huang, Y. & Tarp, F., 1 Nov 2014, In: Natural Resources Forum. 38, 4, p. 248-260

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • clean development mechanism 100%
  • sustainable development 59%
  • panel data 15%
  • Kyoto Protocol 14%
  • development project 13%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Is the Clean Development Mechanism Effective for Emission Reductions?

  Tarp, F., Huang, Y. & He, J., 1 Dec 2014, In: Greenhouse Gases. 4, 6, p. 750-760

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • clean development mechanism 100%
  • Climate change 80%
  • emission reduction 71%
  • Developing countries 38%
  • Reduction 33%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Learning by exporting: The Case of Mozambican Manufacturing

  Cruz, A., Newman, C., Rand, J. & Tarp, F., 2014, Helsinki, Finland: UNU-WIDER, 18 p. (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 66).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

• Political Connections and Land-Related Investment in Rural Vietnam

  Markussen, T. & Tarp, F., Sept 2014, In: Journal of Development Economics. 110, p. 291-302

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Political Connections 100%
  • Vietnam 80%
  • household 67%
  • political power 63%
  • Household Panel Data 57%
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• Productivity-enhancing Manufacturing Clusters: Evidence from Vietnam

  Howard, E., Newman, C., Rand, J. & Tarp, F., 2014, Helsinki, Finland: UNU-WIDER, 16 p. (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 71).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

• Social Capital, Network Effects, and Savings in Rural Vietnam

  Newman, C., Tarp, F. & Van Den Brock, K., Mar 2014, In: Review of Income and Wealth. 60, 1, p. 79-99

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Social Capital 100%
  • Savings 96%
  • Network Effects 88%
  • Information Sharing 40%
  • Quality Information 30%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• Technology transfers, foreign investment and productivity spillovers: evidence from Vietnam

  Newman, C., Rand, J., Talbot, T. P. & Tarp, F., 2014, Dublin: Institute for International Integration Studies, Trinity College Dublin, 26 p. (IIIS Discussion Paper ; No. 440).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • Foreign Direct Investment 100%
  • Technology Transfer 88%
  • Productivity Spillovers 88%
  • Foreign Investment 59%
  • Backward Linkages 54%

• The happy farmer. Self-employment and subjective well-being in rural Vietnam

  Markussen, T., Tarp, F., Fibæk, M. & Tuan, N. D. A., 2014, Helsinki, Finland: UNU-WIDER, (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 108).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

• The Long-Run Impact of Foreign Aid in 36 African Countries: Insights from Multivariate Time Series Analysis

  Juselius, K., Møller, N. F. & Tarp, F., Apr 2014, In: Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics. 76, 2, p. 153-184 31 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Time Series Analysis 100%
  • Foreign Aid 89%
  • Africa 86%
  • Multivariate Time Series 81%
  • time series analysis 78%
  65 Citations (Scopus)

• The Real Exchange Rate, Foreign Aid and Macroeconomic Transmission Mechanisms in Tanzania and Ghana

  Juselius, K., Reshid, A. A. & Tarp, F., 2014, Kbh.: Økonomisk institut, Københavns Universitet, 32 p. (University of Copenhagen. Institute of Economics. Discussion Papers (Online); No. 02, Vol. 2014).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

  • Foreign Aid 100%
  • Tanzania 84%
  • Transmission Mechanism 81%
  • Ghana 71%
  • Real Exchange Rate 68%
  981 Downloads (Pure)

• Transmission of World Prices to the Vietnamese Economy

  Abbott, P., Tarp, F. & Wu, C., 1 Dec 2014, In: Journal of Economic Integration. 29, 4, p. 248-260

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Price Transmission 100%
  • Inflation 74%
  • International Economic Integration 39%
  • Tariff Reform 39%
  • Law of One Price 34%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• What is the Aggregate Economic Rate of Return to Foreign Aid?

  Arndt, C., Jones, E. S. & Tarp, F., 2014, Helsinki, Finland: UNU-WIDER, 38 p. (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 89).

  Research output: Working paper › Research
• 2013

  2012 Survey of Mozambican Manufacturing Firms - IIM 2012: Research Report with Ministry of Planning and Development

  Rand, J. & Tarp, F., 2013, Maputo, Mozambique: Ministry of Planning and Development, Mozambique. 125 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research

• Access to Land: Market and Non-market Land Transactions in Rural Vietnam

  Khai, L. D., Markussen, T., McCoy, S. & Tarp, F., 13 Sept 2013, Land Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa: Assessing Impacts on Poverty and Natural Resource Management . Holden, S. T., Otsuka, K. & Deininger, K. (eds.). Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 162-186

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

• Advancing small area estimation

  Arndt, T. C., Hussain, M. A., Salvucci, V., Tarp, F. & Østerdal, L. P. R., May 2013, Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 17 p. (WIDER Working Paper; No. 053, Vol. 2013).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

• Aid and Growth: What Meta-Analysis Reveals

  Tarp, F. & Mekasha, T. J., Apr 2013, In: Journal of Development Studies. 49, 4, p. 564-583

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

  • Foreign Aid 100%
  • meta-analysis 78%
  • Meta-analysis 71%
  • aid 67%
  • Economic Growth and Development 40%
  74 Citations (Scopus)

• Aid and income: Another time-series perspective

  Lof, M., Mekasha, T. J. & Tarp, F., 2013, 2013/069 ed., Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 21 p. (WIDER Working Paper; No. 69).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

• Aid to Africa: The changing context

  Addison, T., Singhal, S. & Tarp, F., Dec 2013, Helsinki: UNU-WIDER, 12 p. (WIDER Working Paper; No. 144, Vol. 2013).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

• Assessing Foreign Aid’s Long-run Contribution to Growth in Development

  Arndt, C., Jones, E. S. & Tarp, F., 2013, Finland: UNU-WIDER, (UNU WIDER Working Paper Series; No. 72).

  Research output: Working paper › Research

• Characteristics of the Vietnamese Rural Economy: Evidence from a 2012 Rural Household Survey in 12 Provinces of Vietnam

  Markussen, T., Tarp, F. & Newman, C., 2013, Hanoi: Central Institute of Economic Management (CIEM). 177 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Report › Research