Tor Midtbø
Biographic Data
| ID | 332837 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tor Midtbø |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tor |
| FAMILY NAME | Midtbø |
| SIGNATURE | MIDTBØ T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bergen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6904-0260 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 75 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Mind the Gap: Partisan Bias in Justifying Political Violence in the United States
Political polarization in America has intensified beyond mere disagreement to what scholars characterize as sectarianism—a condition where partisan identity fundamentally shapes moral judgments. A key marker of sectarianism is asymmetric moral standards for violence, where aggression against political opponents is considered more justified than identical violence targeting one’s own group. Using a survey experiment featuring a realistic political…
Adding economic insult to chauvinistic injury? Attitudes toward immigration in Germany, Sweden and the UK
In this study we show that on different dimensions of social security (compensation level, maximum duration and eligibility criteria), respondents in Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom prefer their governments to compensate unemployed immigrants less generously than unemployed natives, even after considering potential prejudices about work ethics, job experience, etc. We add to the extant literature in several ways. Based on survey experiment…
Brent jord: Langsiktige politiske konsekvenser av nedbrenning og tvangsevakuering i Nord-Troms og Finnmark
Høsten 1944 iverksatte den tyske okkupasjonsmakten operasjon «Nordlicht», også kjent som «den brente jords taktikk». De materielle ødeleggelsene og de menneskelige omkostningene var enorme. Selve ødeleggelsene og operasjonen er godt dokumentert, men ikke de langsiktige samfunnsmessige og politiske konsekvensene. I denne artikkelen bruker vi to kausale design, endring-i-endringer og den syntetiske kontrollmetoden for å analysere effektene av nedbr…
Påvirker innvandringsscenarier nordmenns holdningertil innvandrere? Et surveyeksperiment
Er nordmenns forventninger om størrelsen på fremtidig innvandring med på å påvirke deres holdninger til innvandrere? Eksperimenter fra USA viser at eksponering for framskrivninger der den hvite delen av befolkningen ender opp i mindretall, bidrar til å redusere toleransen overfor minoriteter og innvandrere. Med bakgrunn i framskrivninger av den norske befolkningssammensetningen gjennomført av Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB), spør vi om en tilsvarend…
Democracy and the demand for government redistribution: A survey analysis
This article uses survey data to study the impact of democracy on the demand by poor citizens for government redistribution. Taking the well‐known Meltzer‐Richard theory as the point of departure, three arguments are presented as to why such a demand should be stronger in democracies than in autocracies: in democracies low‐income groups are: (1) exposed to elections that can make a policy difference: (2) better informed about the income distribut…
Intra-EU Labour Migration and Support for the Norwegian Welfare State
In this article, we explore how the recent influx of labour migrants to Norway from EU countries has affected public support for the welfare state. We argue that that intra-EU labour immigration may pose a challenge to welfare state legitimacy. A set of survey experiments is used to measure welfare chauvinistic attitudes towards labour immigrants in an unobtrusive manner and identify potential causal effects of intra-EU labour immigration on atti…
Explaining Media Attention for Norwegian MPs: A New Modelling Approach
This article provides a new perspective on why the quantity and tone of media coverage vary between groups of politicians. The analysis makes three key distinctions: first, between the volume of reporting and its tendency; second, between attention‐seeking politicians and blame‐avoiding politicians; and third, between attention due to characteristics of media outlets and those of politicians. These distinctions, along with a comprehensive dataset…
Når angrep blir et forsvar – En kritikk av Helleviks «kritikk»
The impact of parties, economic growth, and public sector expansion: A Comparison of Long–term Dynamics in the Scandinavian and Anglo–american Democracies
This paper discusses (1) the extent to which the partisan composition of government affects economic policies and macroeconomic outcomes, and (2) the interrelationship between public spending, taxation and economic growth. These two issues are connected. Since target variables and instruments affect each other reciprocally, the specification of the partisan model should encompass both a reaction function and an outcome function. A pooled vector a…
The Open Politiconomy: A Dynamic Analysis of Social Democratic Popularity and Economic Policies in Scandinavia
The political economy literature has not considered in detail the dynamic interrelationship between one politico-economic system and another. To fill this lacuna, the author uses a VAR model to study the relationship between social democratic popularity and the economy not only within but also between the Scandinavian countries. In addition to the expected macroeconomic interdependence, there is empirical support for the traditional partisan theo…
The Referendum-Election Nexus: An Aggregate Analysis of Norwegian Voting Behaviour
The Electoral Effect of Party Leader Approval in Norway
This article deals with the relationship between leader approval and party support. Despite an unmistakable trend towards stronger “personalization” of politics, the relationship is seen as conditional, dependent upon the particular parties and leaders as well as the political system that surrounds them. The author tries to make explicit the daunting specification and measurement problems involved in this type of analysis. A simple version of the…
Voter Turnout in Norway: Time, Space, and Causality
This article focuses on diachronic and synchronic variation in Norwegian electoral turnout from 1945 to 1991. The model contains aggregate data divided into two‐year intervals with regions as cross‐sections. The impact of both socio‐economic and political variables is tested. The two‐dimensional view on turnout variation makes it possible to distinguish between short‐term and long‐term effects, as well as between national versus local factors. In…
Explaining Media Attention for Norwegian MPs: A New Modelling Approach
This article provides a new perspective on why the quantity and tone of media coverage vary between groups of politicians. The analysis makes three key distinctions: first, between the volume of reporting and its tendency; second, between attention‐seeking politicians and blame‐avoiding politicians; and third, between attention due to characteristics of media outlets and those of politicians. These distinctions, along with a comprehensive dataset…
Intra-EU Labour Migration and Support for the Norwegian Welfare State
In this article, we explore how the recent influx of labour migrants to Norway from EU countries has affected public support for the welfare state. We argue that that intra-EU labour immigration may pose a challenge to welfare state legitimacy. A set of survey experiments is used to measure welfare chauvinistic attitudes towards labour immigrants in an unobtrusive manner and identify potential causal effects of intra-EU labour immigration on atti…
The Referendum-Election Nexus: An Aggregate Analysis of Norwegian Voting Behaviour
The Electoral Effect of Party Leader Approval in Norway
This article deals with the relationship between leader approval and party support. Despite an unmistakable trend towards stronger “personalization” of politics, the relationship is seen as conditional, dependent upon the particular parties and leaders as well as the political system that surrounds them. The author tries to make explicit the daunting specification and measurement problems involved in this type of analysis. A simple version of the…
The Open Politiconomy: A Dynamic Analysis of Social Democratic Popularity and Economic Policies in Scandinavia
The political economy literature has not considered in detail the dynamic interrelationship between one politico-economic system and another. To fill this lacuna, the author uses a VAR model to study the relationship between social democratic popularity and the economy not only within but also between the Scandinavian countries. In addition to the expected macroeconomic interdependence, there is empirical support for the traditional partisan theo…
The impact of parties, economic growth, and public sector expansion: A Comparison of Long–term Dynamics in the Scandinavian and Anglo–american Democracies
This paper discusses (1) the extent to which the partisan composition of government affects economic policies and macroeconomic outcomes, and (2) the interrelationship between public spending, taxation and economic growth. These two issues are connected. Since target variables and instruments affect each other reciprocally, the specification of the partisan model should encompass both a reaction function and an outcome function. A pooled vector a…
Democracy and the demand for government redistribution: A survey analysis
This article uses survey data to study the impact of democracy on the demand by poor citizens for government redistribution. Taking the well‐known Meltzer‐Richard theory as the point of departure, three arguments are presented as to why such a demand should be stronger in democracies than in autocracies: in democracies low‐income groups are: (1) exposed to elections that can make a policy difference: (2) better informed about the income distribut…
Voter Turnout in Norway: Time, Space, and Causality
This article focuses on diachronic and synchronic variation in Norwegian electoral turnout from 1945 to 1991. The model contains aggregate data divided into two‐year intervals with regions as cross‐sections. The impact of both socio‐economic and political variables is tested. The two‐dimensional view on turnout variation makes it possible to distinguish between short‐term and long‐term effects, as well as between national versus local factors. In…
Når angrep blir et forsvar – En kritikk av Helleviks «kritikk»
Brent jord: Langsiktige politiske konsekvenser av nedbrenning og tvangsevakuering i Nord-Troms og Finnmark
Høsten 1944 iverksatte den tyske okkupasjonsmakten operasjon «Nordlicht», også kjent som «den brente jords taktikk». De materielle ødeleggelsene og de menneskelige omkostningene var enorme. Selve ødeleggelsene og operasjonen er godt dokumentert, men ikke de langsiktige samfunnsmessige og politiske konsekvensene. I denne artikkelen bruker vi to kausale design, endring-i-endringer og den syntetiske kontrollmetoden for å analysere effektene av nedbr…
Voter Turnout in Norway: Time, Space, and Causality
This article focuses on diachronic and synchronic variation in Norwegian electoral turnout from 1945 to 1991. The model contains aggregate data divided into two‐year intervals with regions as cross‐sections. The impact of both socio‐economic and political variables is tested. The two‐dimensional view on turnout variation makes it possible to distinguish between short‐term and long‐term effects, as well as between national versus local factors. In…
The Electoral Effect of Party Leader Approval in Norway
This article deals with the relationship between leader approval and party support. Despite an unmistakable trend towards stronger “personalization” of politics, the relationship is seen as conditional, dependent upon the particular parties and leaders as well as the political system that surrounds them. The author tries to make explicit the daunting specification and measurement problems involved in this type of analysis. A simple version of the…
The Open Politiconomy: A Dynamic Analysis of Social Democratic Popularity and Economic Policies in Scandinavia
The political economy literature has not considered in detail the dynamic interrelationship between one politico-economic system and another. To fill this lacuna, the author uses a VAR model to study the relationship between social democratic popularity and the economy not only within but also between the Scandinavian countries. In addition to the expected macroeconomic interdependence, there is empirical support for the traditional partisan theo…
The Referendum-Election Nexus: An Aggregate Analysis of Norwegian Voting Behaviour
The impact of parties, economic growth, and public sector expansion: A Comparison of Long–term Dynamics in the Scandinavian and Anglo–american Democracies
This paper discusses (1) the extent to which the partisan composition of government affects economic policies and macroeconomic outcomes, and (2) the interrelationship between public spending, taxation and economic growth. These two issues are connected. Since target variables and instruments affect each other reciprocally, the specification of the partisan model should encompass both a reaction function and an outcome function. A pooled vector a…
Når angrep blir et forsvar – En kritikk av Helleviks «kritikk»
Explaining Media Attention for Norwegian MPs: A New Modelling Approach
This article provides a new perspective on why the quantity and tone of media coverage vary between groups of politicians. The analysis makes three key distinctions: first, between the volume of reporting and its tendency; second, between attention‐seeking politicians and blame‐avoiding politicians; and third, between attention due to characteristics of media outlets and those of politicians. These distinctions, along with a comprehensive dataset…
Intra-EU Labour Migration and Support for the Norwegian Welfare State
In this article, we explore how the recent influx of labour migrants to Norway from EU countries has affected public support for the welfare state. We argue that that intra-EU labour immigration may pose a challenge to welfare state legitimacy. A set of survey experiments is used to measure welfare chauvinistic attitudes towards labour immigrants in an unobtrusive manner and identify potential causal effects of intra-EU labour immigration on atti…
Democracy and the demand for government redistribution: A survey analysis
This article uses survey data to study the impact of democracy on the demand by poor citizens for government redistribution. Taking the well‐known Meltzer‐Richard theory as the point of departure, three arguments are presented as to why such a demand should be stronger in democracies than in autocracies: in democracies low‐income groups are: (1) exposed to elections that can make a policy difference: (2) better informed about the income distribut…
Påvirker innvandringsscenarier nordmenns holdningertil innvandrere? Et surveyeksperiment
Er nordmenns forventninger om størrelsen på fremtidig innvandring med på å påvirke deres holdninger til innvandrere? Eksperimenter fra USA viser at eksponering for framskrivninger der den hvite delen av befolkningen ender opp i mindretall, bidrar til å redusere toleransen overfor minoriteter og innvandrere. Med bakgrunn i framskrivninger av den norske befolkningssammensetningen gjennomført av Statistisk sentralbyrå (SSB), spør vi om en tilsvarend…
Brent jord: Langsiktige politiske konsekvenser av nedbrenning og tvangsevakuering i Nord-Troms og Finnmark
Høsten 1944 iverksatte den tyske okkupasjonsmakten operasjon «Nordlicht», også kjent som «den brente jords taktikk». De materielle ødeleggelsene og de menneskelige omkostningene var enorme. Selve ødeleggelsene og operasjonen er godt dokumentert, men ikke de langsiktige samfunnsmessige og politiske konsekvensene. I denne artikkelen bruker vi to kausale design, endring-i-endringer og den syntetiske kontrollmetoden for å analysere effektene av nedbr…
Adding economic insult to chauvinistic injury? Attitudes toward immigration in Germany, Sweden and the UK
In this study we show that on different dimensions of social security (compensation level, maximum duration and eligibility criteria), respondents in Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom prefer their governments to compensate unemployed immigrants less generously than unemployed natives, even after considering potential prejudices about work ethics, job experience, etc. We add to the extant literature in several ways. Based on survey experiment…
Mind the Gap: Partisan Bias in Justifying Political Violence in the United States
Political polarization in America has intensified beyond mere disagreement to what scholars characterize as sectarianism—a condition where partisan identity fundamentally shapes moral judgments. A key marker of sectarianism is asymmetric moral standards for violence, where aggression against political opponents is considered more justified than identical violence targeting one’s own group. Using a survey experiment featuring a realistic political…
Political science (12 works) · Economics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Norwegian (5 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Democracy (3 works) · Demographic economics (3 works)