Betyder regeringsfarve noget for, hvor hurtigt den offentlige sektor vokser? Vi skitserer en Leviathan-inspireret model, hvor statens formål er at maksimere indkomst, og hvor implikationen er, at enhver velstandsvækst i samfundet derfor vil blive forsøgt ’spist’ af politikerne: Hvis der...

The paper communicates the essence of the findings of a study influencing participation in May Day demonstrations in Copenhagen 1980-2013. Political factors seem irrelevant for predicting the level of turn-out at May Day demonstrations. The most important factors are the weather conditions.

The article is a contribution to the 50th jubilee anniversary "festschrift" of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. It surveys the development of the field of political theory/comparative politics (incl. political economy) in the period 1965-2015.

As a main principle, income is taxed when earned. This principle is broken in case of unrealized capital gains (recovered depreciations, unrecorded intangible assets etc.). Such incomes are taxed when realized or the ‘latent tax’ is passed on to the new owner (tax succession). In Denmark,...