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Dr. Thomas R. Cusack

Portrait Dr. Thomas R. Cusack (Foto: Nina Bonge)
Research Fields
  • Comparative Political Economy and International Politics
  • Welfare State and Social Inequality
Contact
fon: +49 30 25491 563
fax: +49 30 25491 360
mail: tom [at] wzb [dot] eu
Reichpietschufer 50
D-10785 Berlin
Research Fellow of the Research Unit
Market Behavior
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Thomas R. Cusack joined the Research Unit "Inequality and Social Integration" in August 2009.

From August 2007 until July 2009 Thomas Cusack worked as a Senior Research Fellow in the Research Unit "Market Processes and Governance". He was in charge of the Working Group on Institutions, States, and Markets at the Science Center Berlin until July 2007.

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Michigan

B.A. and M.A. in Political Science, Temple University


Selected Publications
  • Beramendi, Pablo/Cusack, Thomas R. (2009): "Diverse Disparaties. The Politics and Economics of Wage, Market, and Disposable Income Inequalities". In: Political Research Quarterly, Vol. 62, No. 2, S. 257-275.
  • Cusack, Thomas R./Iversen, Torben/Soskice, David (2007): "Economic Interests and the Origins of Electoral Systems". In: American Political Science Review, Vol. 101, No. 3, S. 373-391.
  • Cusack, Thomas R. (2007): "Sinking Budgets and Ballooning Prices. Recent Developments Connected to Military Spending". In: Francis G. Castles (Ed.): The Disappearing State?. Retrenchment Realities in the Age of Globalisation. Cheltenham/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, S. 103-132

Cusack, Thomas R./Beramendi, Pablo (2006): "Taxing Work". In: European Journal of Political Research, Vol. 45, No. 1, S. 43-73.

Cusack, Thomas R./Iversen, Torben/Rehm, Philipp (2006): "Risks at Work: the Demand and Supply Sides of Government Redistribution". In: Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 22, No. 3, S. 365-389.

Projects

Presently he is working on a project focussed on how changes in the labor market and income distribution combined with government policies affect popular preferences for redistribution by the state.