Research
Prizes and awards
The Gordon Tullock Prize for the best article in Public Choice by a younger scholar published during calendar year 2022.
Publications in peecr-reviewed journals
Celico, A., Rode, M. & Rodríguez Carreño, I. (2024). Will the real populists please stand up? A machine learning index of party populism. European Journal of Political Economy, 82, 102529.
Celico, A. & Rode, M. (2024). Can we all be Denmark? The role of civic attitudes in welfare state reforms. Empirica – Journal of European Economics, 51, 87-125.
Knoll, B., Pitlik, H. & Rode, M. (2023). TV consumption patterns and the impact of media freedom on political trust and satisfaction with the government. Social Indicators Research, 169 (1-2), 323-340.
Strobl, M., Sáenz de Viteri, A., Rode, M. & Bjørnskov, C. (2023). Populism and inequality: Does reality match the populist rhetoric? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 207, 1-17.
Ripoll, G. & Rode, M. (2023). Is there passion for public service in authoritarian bureaucracies? Exploring public service motivation across regime types. Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration, 45(1), 93-113.
Bjørnskov, C., Knoll, B. & Rode, M. (2022). A time to plot, a time to reap: Coups, regime changes, and inequality. Defence and Peace Economics, 33(8), 912-937.
Bjørnskov, C. & Rode, M. (2022). Late colonial antecedents of modern democracy. Journal of Institutional Economics, 18, 569-586.
Bjørnskov, C., Borrella-Más, M.A. & Rode, M. (2022). The economics of change and stability in social trust: Evidence from (and for) Catalan secession. Economics and Politics, 34, 275-297.
Rode, M. (2022). The institutional foundations of surf break governance in Atlantic Europe. Public Choice, 190, 175-204.
Stöckl, S. & Rode, M. (2021). The price of populism: Financial market outcomes of populist electoral success. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 189, 51-83.
Borrella-Más, M.A. & Rode, M. (2021). Love is blind: Partisan alignment and political corruption in Spain. SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association, 12(3), 423-451.
Pitlik, H. & Rode, M. (2021). Radical distrust: Are economic policy attitudes tempered by social trust? Social Indicators Research, 158(2), 485-506 .
Bjørnskov, C. & Rode, M. (2020). Regime types and regime change: A new dataset on democracy, coups, and political institutions. Review of International Organizations, 15(2), 531-551.
Bjørnskov, C. & Rode, M. (2020). Democratic transitions and monetary policy: Are democratic central banks different? Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, 35(2), 163-180.
Bjørnskov, C. & Rode, M. (2019). Crisis, ideology, and interventionist policy ratchets. Political Studies, 67(4), 815-833.
Rode, M. & Sáenz de Viteri, A. (2018). Expressive attitudes to compensation: The case of globalization. European Journal of Political Economy, 54, 42-55.
Rode, M., Pitlik, H. & Borrella-Más, M.A. (2018). Does fiscal federalism deter or spur secessionist movements? Empirical evidence from Europe. Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 48(2), 161-190.
Pitlik, H. & Rode, M. (2017). Individualistic values, institutional trust, and interventionist attitudes. Journal of Institutional Economics, 13(3), 575-589.
Bergh, A., Dackehag, M. & Rode, M. (2017). Are OECD recommendations for public sector reform biased against welfare states? Evidence from a new database. European Journal of Political Economy, 48, 3-15.
Pitlik, H. & Rode, M. (2016). Free to Choose? Economic freedom, relative income, and life control perceptions. International Journal of Wellbeing, 6(1), 81-100.
Rode, M. & Revuelta, J. (2015). The Wild Bunch! An empirical note on populism and economic institutions. Economics of Governance, 16(1), 73-96.
Rode, M. (2013). Do good institutions make citizens happy, or do happy citizens build better institutions? Journal of Happiness Studies, 14(5), 1479-1505.
Knoll, B., Pitlik, H. & Rode, M. (2013). A note on the impact of economic regulation on life satisfaction. Applied Economic Letters, 20(9), 916-920.
Rode, M. & Gwartney, J.D. (2012). Does democratization facilitate economic liberalization? European Journal of Political Economy, 28(4), 607-619.
Rode, M. & Coll, S. (2012). Economic freedom and growth. Which policies matter the most? Constitutional Political Economy, 23(2), 95-133.
Other publications
Celico, A. & Rode, M. (2023). Populism, majority rule, and economic freedom. In: Gwartney, J.D., Lawson, R., Hall, J. & Murphy, R. (eds.) Economic Freedom of the World: 2023 Annual Report. Vancouver (BC): Fraser Institute.
Pitlik, H., Redin, D.M. & Rode, M. (2015). Economic freedom, individual perceptions of life control and life satisfaction. In: Gwartney, J.D., Lawson, R. & Hall, J. (eds.) Economic Freedom of the World: 2015 Annual Report. Vancouver (BC): Fraser Institute.
Knoll, B., Pitlik, H. & Rode, M. (2013). Economic freedom, money and happiness – Why deregulation matters beyond its wealth enhancing effect. CESifo DICE Report, 2, 35-42.
Rode, M., Knoll, B. & Pitlik, H. (2013). Economic freedom, democracy, and life satisfaction. In: Gwartney, J.D., Lawson, R. & Hall, J. (eds.) Economic Freedom of the World: 2013 Annual Report. Vancouver (BC): Fraser Institute.