Magnus Tolum Buus

Magnus Tolum Buus is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, specializing in international trade and empirical industrial organization. His research focuses on firm-level trade dynamics, network effects in export markets, and causal analysis of trade policies.

• Email: mb@econ.ku.dk
• Address: Øster Farimagsgade 5, Building 26, DK-1353 Copenhagen K

Research Interests:
His work combines applied microeconometrics with granular Danish firm-to-firm trade data to study how export promotion services and buyer networks influence trade growth. Current projects explore R&D employment transmission in multinational networks and scale economies in globalized markets.

Latest Publication:
In 2024, he co-authored a Review of Economics and Statistics study analyzing export support programs' impact on firm-level pricing, quality, and costs. The research leverages natural experiments to quantify network effects, showing existing buyer relationships drive new market entries.