Henrik Christoffersen is an associate external Professor in economics at the University of Copenhagen and Director of research at the Copenhagen Center for Political Studies, Cepos. Michelle Beyeler is a senior researcher and lecturer at the Political Science Department of the Universities of Bern and Zurich. She is a political scientist and her research covers various topics such as ... Read morecomparative welfare state analysis, gender and politics, comparative political economy, and political protest. Reiner Eichenberger is Professor at the University of Fribourg for Public Finance and Economic Policy since 1998. He got his doctorate (1991) and habilitation (1998) at the University of Zurich. He specializes in Political Economy and Institutional Innovations, and is a co-editor of Kyklos. He published more than 100 academic articles and a large number of  contributions in outlets for the general public. Peter Nannestad is Professor of Public Policy at the Department of Political Science at Aarhaus University since 1991. Martin Paldam is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Business at Aarhus University, Denmark. Show Less