Profile 
Prof. Benny Geys Ph.D.
D-10785 Berlin
since 2011
Associate Professor at the BI Norwegian School of Management
2010
Faculty member of the "Master in Public Economics" at Freie Universität Berlin
2009 – 2010
Academic manager of the project "The Future of Fiscal Federalism in Germany and Europe"
2009 – 2010
Faculty member of the Berlin Doctoral Program in Economics and Management Science (BDPEMS)
2005 – 2010
Post-doctoral research fellow at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
2004 – 2005
Post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Micro-Economics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2000 – 2004
Research assistant at the Department of Micro-Economics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
2000 – 2003
Doctoral program in Economics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
1999
Erasmus exchange program, Leicester University (UK)
1998 – 2000
M.A. in Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1995 – 1998
B.A. in Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
1977
Born on December 2, 1977, in Zoersel (Belgium)
GEYS, B. (2010), Wars, Presidents and Popularity: Political Costs of War Re-examined, Public Opinion Quarterly, 74(2), 357-374.
GEYS B., F. HEINEMANN und A. KALB (2010), Voter Involvement, Fiscal Autonomy and Public Sector Efficiency: Evidence from German Municipalities, European Journal of Political Economy, 26(2), 265-278.
GEYS, B. and Z. MURDOCH (2008), How to make Head or Tail of Bridging and Bonding?: Addressing the Methodological Ambiguity, British Journal of Sociology, 59(3), 435-454.
GEYS B. and J. VERMEIR (2008), Party Cues and Yardstick Voting, European Journal of Political Economy, 24(2), 470-477.
GOEMINNE S., B. GEYS and C. SMOLDERS (2008), Political Fragmentation and Projected Tax Revenues: Evidence from Flemish Municipalities, International Tax and Public Finance, 15, 297-315.
GEYS B. (2006), Looking across Borders: A Test of Spatial Policy Interdependence using Local Government Efficiency Ratings, Journal of Urban Economics, 60(3), 443-462.
GEYS B., B. HEYNDELS and J. VERMEIR (2006), Explaining the Formation of ‘Minimal’ Coalitions: 'Anti-System' Parties and 'Anti-Pact' Rules, European Journal of Political Research, 45(6), 957-984.
GEYS B. (2006), Explaining Voter Turnout: a Review of Aggregate-Level Research, Electoral Studies, 25(4), 637-663.
ASHWORTH J., B. GEYS and B. HEYNDELS (2006), Determinants of Tax Innovation: The Case of Environmental Taxes in Flemish Municipalities, European Journal of Political Economy, 22(1), 223-247.
ASHWORTH J., B. GEYS and B. HEYNDELS (2005), Government Weakness and Local Public Debt Development in Flemish Municipalities, International Tax and Public Finance, 12(4), 395-422.
