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

Tove Forsbacka:

"Does the Production Approach to Markup Estimation Match a Stylized Effect?"

The Review of Economics and Statistics

Øystein Foros and Hans Jarle Kind:

"Moms og media"

Samfunnsøkonomen

Miguel Sousa Duarte, Svend E. Hougaard Jensen and Tim D. Maurer:

"Life Expectancy, Retirement Age, and Pension Wealth"

Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics

Bjørn L. Basberg:

"Fornyet interesse for Schumpeter og «skapende ødeleggelse»"

Historikeren

Björn R. Brey:

"Inne i den svarte boksen til moderne økonomisk vekst: Nobelprisen i økonomi 2025"

Samfunnsøkonomen

Working papers

Authors Title Publication

Richard Foltyn and Jonna Olsson:

"The Worth of a "Wo": Gender Bias in Financial Advice from LLMs"

04/26

Björn Brey, Edoardo Cefalá and Cecilia García-Peñalosa:

"Technology Adoption and Women's Rights: Evidence from Switzerland"

03/26

Andrea Bocchino and Erika T. Povea:

"When Organized Crime Moves In: Economic and Human Capital Disruption"

02/26

Martin Nybom, José V. Rodríguez Mora and Kjell G. Salvanes

"Social Mobility in Western Countries: The Role of Families, Networks, and Institutions"

01/26