education:

University of Aarhus, "cand scient oecon", July 1981

professional experience

Professor, University of Massachusetts, 2003 – present
Associate Professor and Professor, University of Aarhus, 1987 – 2003
Visiting Professor, University of Notre Dame, USA, spring 1995
Visiting Professor, EuroFaculty, Vilnius University, Lithuania, autumn 1994
Junior and Senior research fellow ("Kandidatstipendiat" and "seniorstipendiat"), University of Copenhagen, 1982-1987
Temporary lecturer, University of Copenhagen, autumn 1981

research interests

Macroeconomics; income distribution

teaching

Econ 204: Intermediate macro (undergraduate)
Econ 309: Game theory (undergraduate)
Econ 705: Macroeconomic theory (graduate)
Econ 751: Mathematical Methods (graduate)
Econ 797K: Modelling growth and distribution (graduate)
Econ 797N: Macro III (graduate)

professional activities

Board of Directors, Eastern Economic Association, 2007-
Associate editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2002-
Editorial board, Metroeconomica, 2004-
Editorial board, International Papers in Political Economy, 1993-
Editorial board, Economic Issues, 1990-
Editorial board, Dynamic Economic Theory, 1998-
Corresponding editor, Capital and Class, 1988-1992.
Editorial board, Review of Political Economy, 1991-95.

Selected publications

“Power, productivity and profits” With Fred Guy. In M. Braham and F. Steffen (eds) Dimensions of Power: Concepts, Models, and Applications, Springer Verlag, forthcoming. “A Model of Power-Biased Technological Change” With Fred Guy. Economics Letters, 2007, Vol. 95, No. 1, pp. 124-131.
"Japanese growth and stagnation: A Keynesian perspective" With Takeshi Nakatani. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 2007, Vo. 18, Iss. 3, pp. 306-332.
“Wage Inequality and Overeducation in a Model with Efficiency Wages” Canadian Journal of Economics, 2006, vol. 39 (1), pp. 94-123.
“Keynesian Theory and the AD-AS Framework: A Reconsideration” With Amitava K. Dutt. In C. Chiarella, P. Flaschel, R. Franke and W. Semmler (eds) Quantitative and Empirical Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamic Macromodels, Elsevier, 2006, pp. 149-172.
“Prosperity and Stagnation in Capitalist Economies” With T. Asada and P. Flaschel. In C. Chiarella, P. Flaschel, R. Franke and W. Semmler (eds) Quantitative and Empirical Analysis of Nonlinear Dynamic Macromodels, Elsevier, 2006, pp. 415-448.
“Comments on ‘Integrated Keynesian Disequilibrium Dynamics’” Journal of Macroeconomics, 2006, Vol 28, pp. 131-135.
“Steindlian Models of Growth and Stagnation”With P. Flaschel. Metroeconomica, 2006, 57:3, pp. 303-338. “Fairness as a Source of Hysteresis in Employment and Relative Wages”. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol 57, 2005, pp. 305-331.
“Equilibrium, Stability and Economic Growth” In B. Gibson (ed.) Joan Robinson’s Economics: A Centennial Celebration. Edward Elgar, 2005, pp. 173-194.
“Election Campaigns, Agenda Setting and Electoral Outcomes” With M. Holler. Public Choice, 2005, pp. 215-228.
“Wage Inequality and Skill Asymmetries”. With P. Auerbach. In M. Setterfield (ed.) Interactions in Analytical Political Economy: Theory, Policy and Applications, M.E. Sharpe, 2005, pp. 27-54.v “Economic Explanation, Ordinality and the Adequacy of Analytic Specification” With D. Katzner. Journal of Economic Methodology, 2004, pp. 437-453.