Department of Economics

Department of Economics

How are economic decisions made, and what are the consequences of these decisions? How should competing firms make pricing and investment decisions?

By addressing these questions the Department of Economics aims to understand major global challenges such as climate change, economic instability and growth, economic development and national and global welfare and inequality.

The Department is built around a number of internationally renowned research groups in a wide range of fields, providing high quality research and teaching in economics. 

The faculty members constitute an enthusiastic group of women and men who deliver important contributions, both to the international research community, the government, and the public debate.

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Latest publications

Authors Title Publication

Frode Steen and Lars Sørgard:

"Coordinated Rebate Reductions and Semi-collusion: Retail Gasoline in Sweden"

in Cartels Diagnosed, New Insights on Collusion, published by Cambridge University Press

Kurt Brekke and Lars Sørgard:

"Now You Are Asking for a Real War!" Private Alarm Systems in Norway"

in Cartels Diagnosed, New Insights on Collusion, published by Cambridge University Press

Mateusz Mysliwski, Fabio Miessi Sanches, Daniel Silva Junior and Sorawoot Srisuma:

"The Welfare Effects of Supply and Demand Frictions in a Dynamic Pricing Game"

The Economic Journal

Mateusz Mysliwski, May Rostom, Fabio Miessi Sanches, Daniel Silva Junior and Sorawoot Srisuma:

"Identification and estimation of a search model with heterogeneous consumers and firms"

Journal of Econometrics

David Heller, Pantelis Karapanagiotis and Øivind A. Nilsen:

"Small and vulnerable during crises? Firm size and financing constraint dynamics"

Small Business Economics

Working papers

Authors Title Publication

Kurt R. Brekke, Odd Rune Straume and Luigi Siciliani: 

"Public coverage of dental care: universal or targeted?"

02/25

Kurt R. Brekke, Dag Morten Dalen and Odd Rune Straume:

"Competition matters: uniform vs. indication-based pricing of pharmaceuticals"

01/25

Astrid Kunze:

"Claudia Goldin: Nobel Laureate 2023 and Her Impact on Understanding Women's Position in the Labour Market"

19/24

Richard Foltyn and Jonna Olsson:

"Health dynamics, life expectancy heterogeneity, and the racial gap in Social Security wealth"

18/24