Listen to the tax refugees, bring them home – and get 50 billion more in taxes

Tax and Public Economics

Ole-Andreas Elvik Næss: We should find out what it takes to lure tax refugees home before 2027. If we succeed, the community will earn 50 billion kroner – much more than we lose by letting them avoid wealth tax for life.

More rain, greater risk – do current models fail to keep up?

Yue Shi has studied how rainfall affects home insurance. She finds increasing risk over time, significant geographical differences – and a clear need for new thinking as the climate gets wetter.

Top publication by Yue Shi

The article "Assessing the dependence between extreme rainfall and extreme insurance claims: A bivariate peak over threshold method" has been published in Risk Analysis.

Top publication by Elisa Casi-Eberhard

Tax and Public Economics

The article "Tax Strategy Disclosure: A Greenwashing Mandate?" has been published in Journal of Accounting Research.

Meet NHH’s New Vice Rectors

NHH

Katrine V. Løken (42), Steffen Juranek (43), and Kurt R. Brekke (56) have been appointed as new vice rectors at NHH. ` A young and dynamic dream team´, says incoming rector Helge Thorbjørnsen.

America's self-harm gives Europe opportunities

Gunnar S. Eskeland: What Europe feels when Trump casts doubt on America's NATO commitment will also apply to companies, investments and trade agreements. Europe becomes attractive.

How Extreme Weather Affects Insurance Claims

PhD Defense Environmental Economics Sustainability

On Thursday 24 April 2025 Yue Shi will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

Corporate tax must increase to over 30 percent to cover wealth tax

Tax and Public Economics

Petter Bjerksund and Guttorm Schjelderup: The corporate tax rate must be raised to 28 percent if it is to finance the abolition of the entire wealth tax, and to over 30 percent if the combined corporate and dividend tax is to be kept at the current level.

NHH joins One Ocean Week 2025

When One Ocean Week sails in from April 5–11, NHH is, of course, participating. Dive into our events where several of our experts will share their knowledge.

Top publication by Gavrilova-Zoutman and Juranek

The article "The Role of Reviewer Characteristics on the Diversity of Successful Applicants" has been published in Organization Science.

More Women in Economics – But Do They Reach the Top?

Women are underrepresented in the field of economics, especially at the professor level. `However, NHH has over 50 percent female PhD candidates. That bodes well for the future,´ says Malin Arve.

Ideal work-life balance for researchers in Norway

Aysil Emirmahmutoglu arrived at NHH five years ago. `In Norway it is possible both to have a family and full-time job´, says the Associate Professor, originally from Turkey.

Top publication by Trond E. Olsen

The article "Optimal Incentive Contracts With Bonus Caps" has been published in RAND Journal of Economics.

"Norwegian price" and electricity wastage - because the state has become too powerful and complacent?

Environmental Economics

Gunnar S. Eskeland: To compensate people only with money - through tax relief or a dividend check - would cost far less than the waste that the government is planning to do now, writes Gunnar S. Eskeland in DN.

The largest nonprofit climate database for corporate emissions

Environmental Economics

This week, the international climate data platform EcoMap was launched. NHH has been involved in the development of this nonprofit project.

This is how we make power cables popular

Energy

Ole-Andreas Elvik Næss: A new survey indicates that twice as many Norwegians will be positive about electricity cables to abroad if they receive a bonus for extremely high electricity prices.