Rasmus Corlin Christensen
@phdskat.org
Associate Professor @ Copenhagen Business School | International political economy, international tax, global governance, professionals.
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Rubbernecking-style fascinated with this jumbled-up McKinsey “folk IR” analysis of global cooperation for the World Economic Forum
www.weforum.org/publications...
www.weforum.org/publications...
January 13, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Rubbernecking-style fascinated with this jumbled-up McKinsey “folk IR” analysis of global cooperation for the World Economic Forum
www.weforum.org/publications...
www.weforum.org/publications...
For the real nerds, I also did an entire conventional sequence analysis + optimal matching clustering of these career trajectories because a reviewer asked for methodological comparison. Available through the supplementary data: academic.oup.com/jpo/article/...
January 7, 2026 at 8:29 AM
For the real nerds, I also did an entire conventional sequence analysis + optimal matching clustering of these career trajectories because a reviewer asked for methodological comparison. Available through the supplementary data: academic.oup.com/jpo/article/...
I find a lot of the well-known fidelity ("organization man"/"Cravath system") and conversion ("advisor-turned-corporate executive") among elite tax careers, but also chunks of regulatory capital ("revolving doors"), and big variation in general, with strong path dependence (early moves steer).
January 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
I find a lot of the well-known fidelity ("organization man"/"Cravath system") and conversion ("advisor-turned-corporate executive") among elite tax careers, but also chunks of regulatory capital ("revolving doors"), and big variation in general, with strong path dependence (early moves steer).
Empirically, I map careers in global corporate tax with novel data and methods. I extend and generalize an organizational status measure based on personnel flows across employers. This lets me study careers without assuming organizational prestige, though some usual suspects (Big Four) at the top.
January 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Empirically, I map careers in global corporate tax with novel data and methods. I extend and generalize an organizational status measure based on personnel flows across employers. This lets me study careers without assuming organizational prestige, though some usual suspects (Big Four) at the top.
Drawing from John Levi Martin and others, I study *organizational careers*, tracing status through moves within and across employers (hierarchical and organizational status).
This lens yields three ideal-type trajectories to the top, which I call "fidelity", "conversion", and "regulatory capital".
This lens yields three ideal-type trajectories to the top, which I call "fidelity", "conversion", and "regulatory capital".
January 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
Drawing from John Levi Martin and others, I study *organizational careers*, tracing status through moves within and across employers (hierarchical and organizational status).
This lens yields three ideal-type trajectories to the top, which I call "fidelity", "conversion", and "regulatory capital".
This lens yields three ideal-type trajectories to the top, which I call "fidelity", "conversion", and "regulatory capital".
New year, new paper! 🎉⭐
How do elite corporate professionals become... elite? In this paper, I conceptualize and study "trajectories to the top" as a series of status trade-offs across organizations (not just the climbing of an in-house career ladder).
Fully open access: doi.org/10.1093/jpo/...
How do elite corporate professionals become... elite? In this paper, I conceptualize and study "trajectories to the top" as a series of status trade-offs across organizations (not just the climbing of an in-house career ladder).
Fully open access: doi.org/10.1093/jpo/...
January 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
New year, new paper! 🎉⭐
How do elite corporate professionals become... elite? In this paper, I conceptualize and study "trajectories to the top" as a series of status trade-offs across organizations (not just the climbing of an in-house career ladder).
Fully open access: doi.org/10.1093/jpo/...
How do elite corporate professionals become... elite? In this paper, I conceptualize and study "trajectories to the top" as a series of status trade-offs across organizations (not just the climbing of an in-house career ladder).
Fully open access: doi.org/10.1093/jpo/...
Chewing through the immense technical detail here, but if you are wondering how to interpret the notion of a "qualified side-by-side regime", the list of such systems is already in the OECD's records, and it only counts one jurisdiction:
January 5, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Chewing through the immense technical detail here, but if you are wondering how to interpret the notion of a "qualified side-by-side regime", the list of such systems is already in the OECD's records, and it only counts one jurisdiction:
I just wrapped up Tim Wu's new "The Age of Extraction", which gets at a similar point about the contemporary platform economy early on. Parts I and II are especially good as socio-economic diagnosis (the later policy prescriptions are well-trodden territory for familiar Wu readers).
January 5, 2026 at 10:13 AM
I just wrapped up Tim Wu's new "The Age of Extraction", which gets at a similar point about the contemporary platform economy early on. Parts I and II are especially good as socio-economic diagnosis (the later policy prescriptions are well-trodden territory for familiar Wu readers).
If you have to expressly stress that you are allies, then you probably aren't.
January 5, 2026 at 9:37 AM
If you have to expressly stress that you are allies, then you probably aren't.
There's this assumption that, sure, of course PwC and the Big Four can simply and succesfully extend into crypto services, policy allowing. Not so, as recent research shows: the cultural and organizational reform required is a substantial barrier.
January 5, 2026 at 9:13 AM
There's this assumption that, sure, of course PwC and the Big Four can simply and succesfully extend into crypto services, policy allowing. Not so, as recent research shows: the cultural and organizational reform required is a substantial barrier.
A news day of juxtaposition:
January 1, 2026 at 5:05 PM
A news day of juxtaposition:
Reading @quinnslobodian.com's Crack-Up chapter on Liechtenstein as a market radical fetish, fun to revisit Katrin Eggenberger's piece - she did fieldwork in the principality, interviewing two Prime Ministers - arguing they basically DGAF'ed being blacklisted a tax haven (but not a money launderer)
December 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Reading @quinnslobodian.com's Crack-Up chapter on Liechtenstein as a market radical fetish, fun to revisit Katrin Eggenberger's piece - she did fieldwork in the principality, interviewing two Prime Ministers - arguing they basically DGAF'ed being blacklisted a tax haven (but not a money launderer)
Er “parti-isme” ved at tegne sig som den centrale diagnose/løsning på Socialdemokratiets problemer?
December 27, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Er “parti-isme” ved at tegne sig som den centrale diagnose/løsning på Socialdemokratiets problemer?
Santa found time to deliver my paper at 6pm on Christmas Eve. Solid work tbh.
December 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Santa found time to deliver my paper at 6pm on Christmas Eve. Solid work tbh.
Scholars citing 35 year old papers as “recent”:
December 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Scholars citing 35 year old papers as “recent”:
As I was saying..
December 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
As I was saying..
The OECD's Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches is doing good work. Just out is their new Climate Policy Database, which maps 1600 mitigation policies across 38 countries.
www.oecd.org/en/data/dash...
www.oecd.org/en/data/dash...
December 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The OECD's Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches is doing good work. Just out is their new Climate Policy Database, which maps 1600 mitigation policies across 38 countries.
www.oecd.org/en/data/dash...
www.oecd.org/en/data/dash...
Everybody breathe a little.
December 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Everybody breathe a little.
The FT report says the OECD had planned - but then withdrew - publishing an agreement yesterday. That’s unusual: the OECD tax policy machine is normally a pretty smooth diplomatic operation.
But also, perspective here: This raises the stakes, there’s more risk, but an agreement is still in sight.
But also, perspective here: This raises the stakes, there’s more risk, but an agreement is still in sight.
December 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The FT report says the OECD had planned - but then withdrew - publishing an agreement yesterday. That’s unusual: the OECD tax policy machine is normally a pretty smooth diplomatic operation.
But also, perspective here: This raises the stakes, there’s more risk, but an agreement is still in sight.
But also, perspective here: This raises the stakes, there’s more risk, but an agreement is still in sight.
I like my music like I like my theoretical frameworks.
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I like my music like I like my theoretical frameworks.
Notable for the EU tax (and climate) commissioner, whose direct tax initiatives require unanimity within the union, to say this
December 4, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Notable for the EU tax (and climate) commissioner, whose direct tax initiatives require unanimity within the union, to say this
This is covered in the OECD's effective tax rate data (i.e., the calculated effective rates account for expensing and depreciation policies.) Up until 2024, those rates were still rising. But that's pre-OBBBA of course. Will keep tracking this moving forward!
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is covered in the OECD's effective tax rate data (i.e., the calculated effective rates account for expensing and depreciation policies.) Up until 2024, those rates were still rising. But that's pre-OBBBA of course. Will keep tracking this moving forward!
This is the same framework and cooperative structure that has cut tax evasion through offshore bank accounts by two thirds:
December 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
This is the same framework and cooperative structure that has cut tax evasion through offshore bank accounts by two thirds:
75 jurisdictions - including most crypto hubs - have now signed on to exchanging information from crypto service providers on customers' crypto assets, meaning it will soon be much, much harder to use crypto to evade taxes.
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
December 3, 2025 at 7:02 PM
75 jurisdictions - including most crypto hubs - have now signed on to exchanging information from crypto service providers on customers' crypto assets, meaning it will soon be much, much harder to use crypto to evade taxes.
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...