Anders Sørensen
PROFESSOR
Department of Economics
Copenhagen Business Academy
Denmark
Biography
" Anders Sørensen holds an MSc degree in economics from Aarhus University (1993) and a PhD from Copenhagen Business School (1997). During his doctoral studies he was visiting graduate student at University of California, Berkeley. He is Professor of Empirical Economics at the Department of Economics, CBS (2006-present). Previously, he was Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University, the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington DC, USA (2002-2004) and associate professor at CBS (2004-2005). He was a member of the Danish Productivity Commission (2012-2014). His main research interest is in human capital, R&D, innovation and firm performance as well as empirical economics."
Research Interest
"Danish export debutants The benefits of education to society – with special emphasis on higher education Curriculum, educational performance and wages The socioeconomic importance of research-based education Growth with Innovation in Danish companies The effect of education on productivity Monitoring the Danish Impact on Global Warming and the Influence of the National Energy Transformation Efforts on the Production Price of Danish Electricity Advanced automation technology and Danish competitiveness Private and Social Costs of ADHD Employment Effects on Entrepreneurs with Focus on Spin-off Entrepreneurs Productivity, Demand and Innovation Businesses R&D and International Outsourcing"
Publications
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"Examining the efforts of a small, open economy to reduce carbon emissions: The case of Denmark (with Clinton J. Levitt and Morten S. Pedersen), Ecological Economics, 2015 "
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Job Creation and Job Types - New Evidence from Danish Entrepreneurs (with Johan M. Kuhn and Nikolaj Malchow-Møller), European Economic Review, 2016
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" Product-Marketing Innovation, Skills and Firm Productivity Growth (with Martin Junge and Battista Severgnini), Review of Income and Wealth, forthcoming"
