All research news from the Department of Economics
The paper titled "Cancel the Deal? An Experimental Study on the Exploitation of Irrational Consumers" by Alexander W. Cappelen, Stefan Meissner and Bertil Tungodden has been published in Management Science.
The paper titled "Health insurance, agricultural production and investments" by Kai Liu, Benjapon Prommawin and Fred Schroyen has been published in Journal of Health Economics.
The paper titled "External costs of water pollution in the drinking water supply sector" by Astrid Cullmann, Julia Rechlitz, Greta Sundermann and Nicole Wägner has been published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
The paper titled "Dynamics of first-time patenting firms" by Øivind Anti Nilsen and Arvid Raknerud has been published in Research Policy.
The paper titled "Subjective Life Expectancies, Time Preference Heterogeneity, and Wealth Inequality" by Richard Foltyn and Jonna Olsson has been published in Quantitative Economics.
We are having fewer and fewer children in this country, which could pose problems in the long term. Now, a new expert committee will look into whether there are measures that can reverse the trend.
On 23 August 2024 Daniel Carvajal-Zuniga will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Tuesday 20 August 2024 Alina Ozhegova will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
The paper titled "Endogenous Multihoming and Network Effects: PlayStation, Xbox, or Both?" by Øystein Foros, Hans Jarle Kind and Frank Stähler has been published in Management Science.
The Norwegian government wants to investigate nuclear power as a potential energy source in Norway. Linda Nøstbakken, Research Director at Statistics Norway and Adjunct Professor at NHH, joins the new expert committee.
The paper titled "The Making of Social Democracy: The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway's 1936 Folk School Reform" by Daron Acemoglu, Tuomas Pekkarinen, Kjell G. Salvanes and Matti Sarvimäki has been published in the Journal of the European Economic Association.
The Department of Economics has this year launched a quarterly newsletter where readers can get updates on our new research, policy work, events and more.
The paper titled "Strategic Behavior with Tight, Lose, and Polarized Norms" by Eugen Dimant, Michele Gelfand, Anna Hochleitner and Silvia Sonderegger has been published in Management Science.
The paper titled "Inequality as an Externality: Consequences for Tax Design" by Morten N. Støstad and Frank Cowell has been published in Journal of Public Economics.
The paper titled "Fairness and Limited Information: Are People Bayesian Meritocrats?" by Alexander W. Cappelen, Thomas de Haan and Bertil Tungodden has been published in Journal of Public Economics.
On Monday 10 June, Arne Nasgowitz defended his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
`Understanding the real impact of gender equality policies requires continuous research´, Professor Astrid Kunze says. During the first week of June, she organizes EquiFirm Workshop.
On Monday 10 June 2024 Arne Nasgowitz will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
`The belief that mental health problems are suddenly skyrocketing, tends to overshadow the fact that these problems have always been common´, Professor Janet Currie says. She gives the Sandmo Lecture at NHH 28 May.
The paper titled "A Theory of Monopolistic Competition with Horizontally Heterogeneous Consumers" by Sergey Kokovin, Alina Ozhegova, Shamil Sharapudinov, Alexander Tarasov and Philip Ushchev has been published in American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
Meet Eppie Jean Van Egeraat, a young PhD scholar from Ireland who has already earned two published papers—a rising star, her NHH colleagues say.
The Department of Economics are pleased to present the placements for 2023/24:
The paper titled "The Size of the Offshore Sector in the Norwegian Economy" by Ola H. Grytten and Viktoriia Koilo has been published in Scandinavian Economic History Review.
The paper titled "Competition, Quality and Integrated Health Care" by Kurt R. Brekke, Luigi Siciliani and Odd Rune Straume has been published in Journal of Health Economics.
The paper titled "The Demand for News: Accuracy Concerns versus Belief Confirmation Motives" by Felix Chopra, Ingar K. Haaland and Christopher Roth has been published in The Economic Journal.
The paper titled "The Effect of Cross-Border Shopping on Commodity Tax Revenue: Results from Norway's COVID-19 Border Closings" by Richard Friberg, Emil M. S. Halseth, Frode Steen and Simen A. Ulsaker has been published in The Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
An international group of scientists has completed the calculation of the historical Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the Baltic States over the last 100 years.
The paper titled "Domestic Violence Reports and the Mental Health and Well-being of Victims and Their Children" by Manudeep Bhuller, Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine V. Løken and Magne Mogstad has been published in The Journal of Human Resources.
Jonna Olssson and Nicole Wägner at the Department of Economics have been awarded Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship. They receive approximately NOK 2.4 million each.
The paper titled "Strategic Communication in Committees with Expressive Payoffs" by Yves Breitmoser and Justin Valasek has been published in The RAND Journal of Economics.
Today, NHH professor Katrine V. Løken and her expert group are presenting their recommendations to the Minister of Education: How can kindergartens, schools, and after-school programs contribute to reducing social disparities?
How to provide a good and fair healthcare service within the resources available to Norway? The expert group, with Professor Kurt Brekke as a member, has assessed the consequences of increased transparency about the Norwegian government's willingness to pay.
The paper titled "The Value of a High School GPA" by Fanny Landaud, Éric Maurin, Barton Willage and Alexander L. P. Willén has been published in The Review of Economics and Statistics.
A doctoral thesis from NHH last year sparked the debate on mobile phone bans in schools: Sara Abrahamsson's research showed that banning mobile phones led to better grades and less bullying. Now the government is tightening the rules on mobile phone usage significantly.
The paper titled "Co-Location, Good, Bad or Both: How do New Entries of Discount Variety Stores Affect Local Grocery Businesses?" by Charlotte B. Evensen, Frode Steen and Simen A. Ulsaker has been published in Journal of the European Economic Association.
The paper titled "How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World?" by Maurice Kugler, Mariana Viollaz, Daniel Duque, Isis Gaddis, David Newhouse, Amparo Palacios-Lopez and Michael Weber has been published in World Development.
The paper titled "Designing Disability Insurance Reforms: Tightening Eligibility Rules or Reducing Benefits?" by Andreas Haller, Stefan Staubli and Josef Zweimüller has been published in Econometrica.
The Department of Economics has this week launched its external newsletter.
The paper titled "Monopsony, Job Tasks, and Labour Market Concentration" by Samuel N. Dodini, Alexander L. P. Willén and Kjell G. Salvanes has been published in The Economic Journal.
The paper titled "Wealth and Charitable Giving - Evidence from an Ethiopian Lottery" by Andreas Kotsadam and Vincent Somville has been published in Journal of Development Economics.
NOKUT awards an honorary prize to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to educational quality in Norway. Professor Jan I. Haaland from the Department of Economics is nominated.
PhD researcher at NHH Irene Marta Brusini has been awarded The Valeria Solesin Prize, named after the Italian researcher who was killed in the Paris terrorist attack at the Bataclan in 2015.
14 employees at NHH are paid bonuses, after publication in leading international journals. A top publication results in a cash payment of NOK 120,000.
The paper titled "The Development Gap in Economic Rationality of Future Elites" by Alexander W. Cappelen, Shachar Kariv, Erik Øiolf Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden has been published in Games and Economic Behaviour.
NHH is pleased to announce vacancies in the PhD specialisation in Economics.
The paper titled "The Air Quality and Well-Being Effects of Low Emission Zones" by Luis Sarmiento, Nicole Wägner and Aleksandar Zaklan has been published in Journal of Public Economics.
Ingar K. Haaland receives NOK 8 million in funding through the Researcher Project for Young Talents. He is now starting a research project on media bias and political polarization.
The Norwegian School of Economics has the following vacant positions at the Department of Economics.
Siri Pettersen Strandenes is awarded the Onassis Prize for her research work in shipping. ‘I hope this will inspire the next generation of young, talented women,’ Professor Emerita Strandenes says.
Over 11 per cent of Norwegian children grow up in poor families. ‘We need to increase child benefit. That would halve the proportion of children living in poverty,’ says NHH professor Kjell G. Salvanes.
Master students interested in Economics applied to Environmental challenges and green investment opportunities are invited to apply for Equinor’s Masters Thesis Scholarship.
The paper titled "The Unequal Consequences of Job Loss across Countries" by Antoine Bertheau, Edoardo Maria Acabbi, Cristina Barceló, Andreas Gulyas, Stefano Lombardi and Raffaele Saggio has been published in American Economic Review: Insights.
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´.
The paper titled "Reinventing Perished "Belgium of the East": New Estimates of GDP for Inter-War Latvia (1920-1939)" by Adomas Klimantas, Zenonas Norkus, Jurgita Markevičiūtė, Ola Honningdal Grytten and Jānis Šiliņš has been published in Cliometrica.
The paper titled "Competing with Precision: Incentives for Developing Predictive Biomarker Tests" by Kurt R. Brekke, Dag Morten Dalen and Odd Rune Straume has been published in The Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
A new NHH study, "Second-Best Fairness: The Trade-off between False Positives and False Negatives", is published in the September issue of American Economic Review.
On Monday 4 September 2023 Pablo Ignacio Soto Mota will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
The paper titled "The Null Result Penalty" by Felix Chopra, Ingar Haaland, Christopher Roth and Andreas Stegmann has been published in the Economic Journal.
The paper titled "The Spillover Effects of Labor Regulations on the Structure of Earnings and Employment: Evidence from Occupational Licensing" by Samuel Dodini has been published in Journal of Public Economics.
On Tuesday 29 August 2023 Alessandro Pizzigolotto will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
The paper titled "Does Wealth Reduce Support for Redistribution? Evidence from an Ethiopian Housing Lottery" by Asbjørn G. Andersen, Simon Franklin, Tigabu Getahun, Andreas Kotsadam, Vincent Somville and Espen Villanger has been published in Journal of Public Economics.
Malin Arve, Steffen Juranek, Eirik Sjåholm Knudsen and Vincent Somville have been promoted to full professor at NHH Norwegian School of Economics.
The chapter titled "Industrial Whaling in the Arctic and Antarctic" by Bjørn L. Basberg and Louwrens Hacquebord has been published in The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions.
The paper titled "The Price of Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds Under Therapeutic Competition in Pharmaceutical Markets" by Kurt R. Brekke, Dag Morten Dalen and Odd Rune Straume has been published in Journal of Health Economics.
`Historically, we see a movement towards greater economic and political equality. I believe there is reason to be optimistic, said Thomas Piketty, giving this year's Sandmo Lecture at NHH.
The paper titled "Access to Banking, Savings and Consumption Smoothing in Rural India" by Vincent Somville and Lore Vandewalle has been published in Journal of Public Economics.
Thomas Piketty gives «The Sandmo Lecture on Public Policy» on Friday 9 June at NHH Norwegian School of Economics.
On Friday 2 June 2023 René Karadakic will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Tuesday 30 May 2023 Kjetil Røiseland Madland will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Professor Bertil Tungodden at the Department of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) turns 60 on Thursday 4 May. He is a giant in international research, deeply committed to his subject, with a unique ability to infect others with his enthusiasm.
On Wednesday 24 May 2023 Sara Abrahamsson will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
NHH is looking for a Research Data Manager at the Department of Economics.
The Fridtjof Nansen award for young researchers 2023 goes to NHH Professor Katrine V. Løken. She receives the prestigious prize for her excellent research in economics.
The paper titled "The Middle-Eastern Marriage Pattern? Malthusian Dynamics in Nineteenth-Century Egypt" by Yuzuru Kumon and Mohamed Saleh has been published in The Economic History Review.
This week, head of the Energy Commission, NHH professor Lars Sørgard, presented the commission´s conclusions and recommendations. How can Norway increase its electricity production in the future?
The paper titled "Justifying Dissent" by Leonardo Bursztyn, Georgy Egorov, Ingar Haaland, Aakaash Rao and Christopher Roth has been published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.
The paper titled "Beliefs about Racial Discrimination and Support for Pro-Black Policies" by Ingar Haaland and Christopher Rot has been published in The Review of Economics and Statistics.
NHH professor Katrine V. Løken will lead an expert group that will look at how kindergartens, schools and day care facilities for schoolchildren (SFO) can contribute to equalizing social differences.
In 2022, Alexander Willén received NOK 8 million in funding through the Researcher Project for Young Talents. Read his tips about the application process.
On Tuesday 10 January 2023 Oda Kristine Storstad Sund will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
The paper titled "Breaking the Links: Natural Resource Booms and Intergenerational Mobility" by Aline Bütikofer, Antonio Dalla-Zuanna and Kjell G. Salvanes has been published in The Review of Economics and Statistics.
Associate Professor Morten Sæthre has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for his project «Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy: DEEP».
NHH is pleased to announce vacancies in the PhD specialisation in Economics.
The paper titled "The price of neutrality: ocean freight rates and shipping policy towards the Northern Neutrals during the First World War" by Jan Tore Klovland has been published in Scandinavian Economic History Review.
The paper titled "As Wages Increase, Do People Work More or Less? A Wage Frame Effect" by Luxi Shen and Samuel D. Hirshman has been published in Management Science.
The Norwegian School of Economics has the following vacant positions at the Department of Economics.
The paper titled "Insurance Subsidies, the Affordable Care Act, and Financial Stability" by Samuel Dodini has been published in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
The paper titled "How do people trade off resources between quick and slow learners?" by Ranveig Falch has been published in European Economic Review.
The paper titled " Postpartum Job Loss: Transitory Effect on Mothers, Long-run Damage to Children" by Barton Willage and Alexander Willén has been published in European Economic Review.
The workshop: "Fairness and the moral mind" is open for submissions.
The paper titled "The Effect of Labor Market Shocks Across the Life Cycle" by Kjell G. Salvanes, Barton Willage and Alexander Willén has been accepted in Journal of Labor Economics.
The paper titled "Mortality transition in the interwar Baltic states: findings from cross-country comparison of new life tables" by Zenonas Norkus, Domantas Jasilionis, Ola Honningdal Grytten, Ilmārs Mežs and Martin Klesment has been published in Scandinavian Economic History Review.
The paper titled "When Parents Decide: Gender Differences in Competitiveness" by Jonas Tungodden and Alexander Willén has been accepted in Journal of Political Economy.
Scientists from the Baltic states and Norway have started building a database of information on the Baltic states including gross domestic product (GDP) figures that will cover the past 100 years.
Chief Economist and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Michael Schwarz visits NHH this week. In this open lecture, Schwarz will talk about cryptocurrency demand and valuation.
The prestigious awards Ingvar Wedervang Young Researcher Award and The Honour Award for Excellent Research were given to Katrine V. Løken and Paul N. Gooderham.
Professor of law and competition expert Pinar Akman delivered the first keynote speech at the annual BECCLE conference on competition policy.
New paper titled "The Effect of Negative Income Shocks on Pensioners" by Julian V. Johnsen (University of Bergen) and Alexander Willén (Norwegian School of Economics).
New article titled "Heterogeneous Impacts of Cost Shocks, Strategic Bidding, and Pass-Through: Evidence from the New England Electricity Market" by Harim Kim (Norwegian School of Economics).
New paper titled "A bit of salt, a trace of life: Gender norms and the impact of a salt iodization program on human capital formation of school aged children" by Zichen Deng (Norwegian School of Economics) and Maarten Lindeboom (VU University Amsterdam) published in Journal of Health Economics.
