Nathan Jensen (2002, Yale Ph.D.) is a professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas-Austin. He was previously an associate professor in the Department of International Business at George Washington University (2014–2016) and associate professor in the Political Science Department at Washington University in St. Louis (2002–2014).
He teaches courses and conducts research on government economic development strategies, firm nonmarket strategies and business-government relations, the politics of oil and natural resources, political risk in emerging markets, trade policy, and international institutions. Not all at once.
He was previously an associate professor in the Department of International Business at George Washington University (2014-2016) and associate professor in the Political Science Department at Washington University in St. Louis (2002-2014).
He teaches courses and conducts research on government economic development strategies, firm non-market strategies and business-government relations, the politics of oil and natural resources, political risk in emerging markets, trade policy, and international institutions. Not all at once.
Funded Research
Authored by Nathan Jensen
Economic development public policy lessons abound in New York’s Amazon HQ2 debacle (opens in a new tab)
Blog MAR 4, 2019
By: Nathan Jensen
Learning public policy from Amazon (opens in a new tab)
Blog NOV 7, 2017
By: Nathan Jensen
Nathan Jensen’s Working Papers
Who’s afraid of sunlight? Explaining opposition to transparency in economic development (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers FEB 4, 2019
By: Nathan M. Jensen, Calvin Thrall
Exit options in firm-government negotiations: An evaluation of the Texas chapter 313 program (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers OCT 24, 2017
By: Nathan Jensen
Electoral institutions and electoral cycles in foreign direct investment (opens in a new tab)
Working Papers MAY 3, 2016
By: Nathan M. Jensen, Michael G. Findley, Daniel L. Nielson
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