Martin Vinæs Larsen

About

I study the political causes and consequences of growing geographic inequality in housing prices, and I aim to make housing a more central concern in the study of politics and public policy. My research focuses on local land-use politics, opposition to housing development, and the political economy of social housing. I also work on questions of representation and accountability, including how mainstream parties in Europe respond to and compete with the radical right.

I have a European Research Council Starting Grant called POLICITY, which focus on citizen opposition to urban development. Read more about the project here.

Selected publications by topic

Housing politics, land use, and local opposition

• Larsen, Martin Vinæs & Niels Nyholt. Understanding NIMBYism as Local Preservationism. Journal of Politics. PDF Data
• Larsen, Martin Vinæs & Niels Nyholt. Understanding Opposition to Apartment Buildings. Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy, 5(1): 39–26 (2024). PDF Data
• Larsen, Martin Vinæs & Laura Kettel. Reassessing the Impact of Local Control: When Smaller Local Governments Permit More Housing. Perspectives on Politics (Early View). PDF Data
• Andersen, Carsten B., Michael Hankinson, Martin Vinæs Larsen, Asya Magazinnik & Peter B. Mortensen. The Shape of Democracy: Jurisdiction Boundaries and the Siting of Renewable Energy Infrastructure. Revise & Resubmit. PDF
• Larsen, Martin Vinæs & Andreas Wiedemann. Why the Left Stopped Building Social Housing Working paper (2025). PDF
• Ansell, Ben, Frederik Hjorth, Jacob Nyrup & Martin Vinæs Larsen. Sheltering Populists? House Prices and the Support for Populist Parties. Journal of Politics, 84(3): 1420–1436 (2022). PDF Data
• Larsen, Martin Vinæs, Frederik Hjorth, Kim Sønderskov & Peter Dinesen. When Do Citizens Respond Politically to the Local Economy? Evidence from Registry Data on Local Housing Markets. American Political Science Review, 113(2): 499–516 (2019). PDF Data

Political behavior, accountability, and representation

• Larsen, Martin Vinæs. How Do Voters Hold Politicians Accountable for Personal Welfare? Evidence of a Self-Serving Bias. The Journal of Politics, 83(2): 740–752 (2021). PDF Data
• Larsen, Martin Vinæs. Incumbent Tenure Crowds Out Economic Voting. British Journal of Political Science, 51(2): 646–665 (2021). PDF Data
• Larsen, Martin Vinæs. Is the Relationship between Political Responsibility and Electoral Accountability Causal, Adaptive and Policy-specific? Political Behavior, 41(4): 1071–1098 (2019). PDF Data
• Hjorth, Frederik, Martin Vinæs Larsen & Jacob Nyrup. Reining in the Rascals: Challenger Parties’ Path to Power. Journal of Politics, 87(2): 479–495 (2025). PDF Data
• Tromborg, Mathias & Martin Vinæs Larsen. Exploring the Connection Between Electoral Systems and Personalized Behavior among Politicians and Voters. European Journal of Political Research, 64(3): 1480–1491 (2025). PDF Data
• Egerod, Benjamin & Martin Vinæs Larsen. Can Citizens Set City Policy? Evidence From a Decentralized Welfare State. Urban Affairs Review, 57(4): 1178–1195 (2021). PDF
• Hjorth, Frederik & Martin Vinæs Larsen. When Does Accommodation Work? Electoral Effects of Mainstream Left Position Taking on Immigration. British Journal of Political Science, 52(2): 949–957 (2022). PDF Data
• Larsen, Martin Vinæs & Asmus Leth Olsen. Reducing Bias in Citizens’ Perception of Crime Rates: Evidence From a Field Experiment on Burglary Prevalence. Journal of Politics, 82(2): 747–752 (2020). PDF Data

Other research

• Larsen, Martin Vinæs, Gabriel Lenz & Anna Mikkelborg. Migration and the Persistence of Violence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(48) (2024). PDF Data