Journal publications

• Borge, Lars-Erik; Tovmo, Per. (2009) Myopic or Constrained by Balanced-Budget Rules? The Intertemporal Spending Behavior of Norwegian Local Governments. Finanzarchiv. vol. 65 (2).
• Borge, Lars-Erik; Falch, Torberg; Tovmo, Per. (2008) Public sector efficiency: the roles of political and budgetary institutions, fiscal capacity, and democratic participation. Public Choice. vol. 136 (3-4).
• Dahlberg, Matz; Mörk, Eva; Tovmo, Per. (2008) Power properties of the Sargan test in the presence of measurement errors in dynamic panels. Applied Economics Letters. vol. 15 (5).
• Revelli, Federico; Tovmo, Per. (2007) Revealed yardstick competition: Local government efficiency patterns in Norway. Journal of Urban Economics. vol. 62 (1).
• Tovmo, Per. (2007) Budgetary procedures and deficits in Norwegian local governments. Economics of Governance. vol. 8 (1).
• Tovmo, Per. (2005) Tidskonsistens i kommunale beslutninger. teori og empiri. Økonomisk forum. vol. 59 (3).
• Falch, Torberg; Tovmo, Per. (2003) Norwegian local public finance in the 1930s and beyond. European Review of Economic History. vol. 7.
• Rattsø, Jørn; Tovmo, Per. (2002) Fiscal Discipline and Asymmetric Adjustment of Revenues and Expenditures: Local Government Responses to Shocks in Denmark. Public Finance Review. vol. 30 (3).
• Tovmo, Per; Falch, Torberg. (2002) The flypaper effect and political strength. Economics of Governance. vol. 3 (2).

Report/dissertation

• Borge, Lars-Erik; Johannesen, Anne Borge; Tovmo, Per. (2010) Barnehager i inntektssystemet for kommunene. 2010. ISBN 9788281500709.
• Borge, Lars-Erik; Nyhus, Ole Henning; Strøm, Bjarne; Tovmo, Per. (2009) Ressurser og tidsbruk i grunnskolen i Norge og andre land. 2009. SØF rapport (2/2009).
• Borge, Lars-Erik; Tovmo, Per. (2009) Ny produksjonsindeks for kommunene. 2009. SØF rapport (6/2009).
• Borge, Lars-Erik; Tovmo, Per. (2007) Myopic or constrained by balanced-budget-rules? The intertemporal spending behavior of Norwegian local governments. 2007. Working Paper Series at Department of Economics, NTNU (5/2007).
• Borge, Lars-Erik; Tovmo, Per; Falch, Torberg. (2007) Public sector efficiency: The roles of political and budgetary institutions, fiscal capacity and democratic participation. 2007. Working Paper Series at Department of Economics, NTNU (1/2007).
• Falch, Torberg; Tovmo, Per. (2007) Ressurssituasjonen i grunnopplæringen. 2007. SØF rapport (1/2007).
• Tovmo, Per. (2004) Budget institutions, politics and fiscal outcome. Five essays on local government policy outcomes. 2004. ISBN 82-471-6000-5.
• Borge, Lars-Erik; Tovmo, Per. (2003) Kostnads- og etterspørselsforhold i videregående opplæring. 2003.
• Borge, Lars-Erik; Tovmo, Per. (2003) Ressursbruk og studietilbud i videregående opplæring. 2003. ISBN 82-7570-148-1.
• Borge, Lars-Erik; Dahlberg, Matz; Tovmo, Per. (2001) The intertemporal spending behavior of local governments: A comparative analysis of the Scandinavian Countries. 2001. Working Paper Series (10).
• Borge, Lars-Erik; Tovmo, Per; Falch, Torberg. (2001) Produksjonsindeks for kommunale tjenester. 2001.