Christian Bjørnskov

Christian Bjørnskov publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Political Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Bjørnskov sits on this spectrum.

Christian Bjørnskov D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Political Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Christian Bjørnskov sits on this spectrum.

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Denmark Leader Award
• 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Denmark Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Denmark Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Denmark Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Denmark Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Denmark Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Determinants of generalized trust: A cross-country comparison

  Christian Bjørnskov

  1179
  Citations

• The multiple facets of social capital

  Christian Bjørnskov

  744
  Citations

• The Happy Few: Cross–Country Evidence on Social Capital and Life Satisfaction

  Christian Bjørnskov

  664
  Citations

• Economic Freedom and Entrepreneurial Activity: Some Cross-Country Evidence

  Christian Bjørnskov;Nicolai Juul Foss;Nicolai Juul Foss

  592
  Citations

• Cross-country determinants of life satisfaction: exploring different determinants across groups in society

  Christian Bjørnskov;Axel Dreher;Justina A. V. Fischer

  431
  Citations

• Institutions, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Growth: What Do We Know and What Do We Still Need to Know?

  Christian Bjørnskov;Nicolai Juul Foss

  373
  Citations

• The bigger the better? Evidence of the effect of government size on life satisfaction around the world

  Christian Bjørnskov;Axel Dreher;Justina Anastasia Valerie Fischer

  362
  Citations

• How Does Social Trust Affect Economic Growth

  Christian Bjørnskov

  359
  Citations

• Formal Institutions and Subjective Well-Being: Revisiting the Cross-Country Evidence

  Christian Bjørnskov;Axel Dreher;Justina A.V. Fischer

  342
  Citations

• Exploiting the Poor: Bureaucratic Corruption and Poverty in Africa

  Mogens Kamp Justesen;Christian Bjørnskov

  326
  Citations

• Social Trust and Fractionalization: A Possible Reinterpretation

  Christian Bjørnskov

  308
  Citations

• How Strategic Entrepreneurship and The Institutional Context Drive Economic Growth

  Christian Bjørnskov;Nicolai Juul Foss;Nicolai Juul Foss

  295
  Citations

• How does social trust lead to better governance? An attempt to separate electoral and bureaucratic mechanisms

  Christian Bjørnskov

  234
  Citations

• Regime types and regime change: A new dataset on democracy, coups, and political institutions

  Christian Bjørnskov;Christian Bjørnskov;Martin Rode

  225
  Citations

• Historical trust levels predict current welfare state size

  Andreas Bergh;Christian Bjørnskov

  225
  Citations

• Social Capital and Happiness in the United States

  Christian Bjørnskov

  216
  Citations

• Is the importance of religion in daily life related to social trust? Cross-country and cross-state comparisons

  Niclas Berggren;Christian Bjørnskov

  213
  Citations

• Inequality and happiness: When perceived social mobility and economic reality do not match

  Christian Bjørnskov;Axel Dreher;Justina A.V. Fischer;Justina A.V. Fischer;Jan Schnellenbach;Jan Schnellenbach

  212
  Citations

• Is trust the missing root of institutions, education, and development?

  Christian Bjørnskov;Pierre-Guillaume Méon

  175
  Citations

• Does social trust determine the size of the welfare state? Evidence using historical identification

  Christian Bjørnskov;Gert Tinggaard Svendsen

  175
  Citations

• The productivity of trust

  Christian Bjørnskov;Pierre-Guillaume Méon

  169
  Citations

• How Comparable are the Gallup World Poll Life Satisfaction Data

  Christian Bjørnskov

  155
  Citations

• Do elites benefit from democracy and foreign aid in developing countries

  Christian Bjørnskov

  154
  Citations

• Trust, welfare states and income equality: Sorting out the causality

  Andreas Bergh;Christian Bjørnskov

  152
  Citations

• Corruption and Social Capital

  Christian Bjørnskov

  151
  Citations

• The context of entrepreneurial judgment: organizations, markets, and institutions

  Nicolai J. Foss;Peter G. Klein;Christian Bjørnskov

  133
  Citations