Ekström promoted to Full Professor
A fast-track academic career at NHH: This week Mathias Ekström was promoted to Full Professor in the field of behavioral economics. `It is an honor and a bit overwhelming´.
Professor Mathias Philip Ekström
- Mathias.Ekstrom@nhh.no
- Telephone
- +47 55 95 98 17 / +47 406 27 648
- Department
- Economics
- Centre
- FAIR
- Office
- E213
- Expertise
- Behavioural economics
Biography
Mathias Ekström joined NHH as an assistant professor in 2013. He received his PhD degree in Economics from Stockholm University, in the same year.
Mathias’s main research interests are in the fields of Experimental Economics and Behavioral Economics. In particular, Mathias tries to identify the key drivers of conformity and pro-social behavior, using both field and laboratory experiments. His work has been published in academic journals, such as, Management Science and Experimental Economics, as well as being cited in the popular press. Mathias is also frequently invited as a speaker at events organized by both public agencies and private companies, such as the Ministry of Finance and Sparbanken Vest.
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Ekström, Mathias Philip; Garcia Pires, Armando Jose | Setting goals for keystone habits improves labor market prospects and life satisfaction for unemployed youth: Experimental evidence from Norway | Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Volume 188; page 1109 - 1123; 2021 |
| Egebark, Johan; Ekström, Mathias Philip; Plug, Erik; van Praag, Mirjam | Brains or beauty? Causal evidence on the returns to education and attractiveness in the online dating market | Journal of Public Economics Volume 196; 2021 |
| Ekström, Mathias Philip | The (un)compromise effect: How suggested alternatives can promote active choice | Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics Volume 90; 2021 |
| Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Ekström, Mathias Philip; Hadland, Anne Karen Guro; Garcia Pires, Armando Jose | Planer for gode vaner: Et felteksperiment mot arbeidsledighet | Samfunnsøkonomen Volume 134 (6); page 40 - 50; 2020 |
- Applied Microeconomics
- Experimental methods
- Behavioral economics
Dissemination
A nudge in the right direction?
Can nudging become the solution to the greatest challenges of our time such as economic inequality and climate change?
Seasonal altruism: How Christmas shapes unsolicited charitable giving
New published paper in Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization by Mathias Ekström: "Seasonal altruism: How Christmas shapes unsolicited charitable giving".
Fairness in Winner-Take-All Markets
New working paper "Fairness in Winner-Take-All Markets" from Björn Bartling, Alexander W. Cappelen, Mathias Ekström, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden.
If your friends like it, you'll like it
Johan Egebark and Mathias Ekström test in their new paper "Liking what others 'Like': using Facebook to identify determinants of conformity" whether users are more prone to support content if someone else has "Liked" it before.
Are we kinder in December?
Christmas is when people are expected to act selfessly for the well-being of others, but are we actually more generous at this time of the year? Mathias Ekström has studied our donor behavior.
Exercise Improves Academic Performance
Alexander Cappelen, Gary Charness, Mathias Ekström, Uri Gneezy and Bertil Tungodden have published the working paper "Exercise Improves Academic Performance".
Following the herd on Facebook
Last year, Facebook's "Like" button was pressed some six billion times a day, and we follow the herd when it comes to liking, according to a new NHH study. It is very conformist, and we tend to like what others have liked.
Can indifference make the world greener?
We want to believe that common sense steers our choices. The problem is that we are a little lax, even when it comes to important climate issues.