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    Interview with Professor Espen B. Eckbo

    The Voice of Corporate Governance podcast interview with Professor B. Espen Eckbo. "Investors and Norway’s Board Gender-Quota Law with Professor B. Espen Eckbo"

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    The Leverage-Profitability Puzzle Resurrected

    New article! Congratulations to B. Espen Eckbo and Michael Kisser on their new article in the Review of Finance. “The Leverage-Profitability Puzzle Resurrected”

  3. Corporate Governance: 5 Myths, 5 Realities

    What is the true role of corporate stakeholders? Tuck finance professor B. Espen Eckbo debunks five myths about the U.S. corporate governance system.

  4. Stock market data undermine myths about female board members

    A new study based on Norwegian stock market data shows that financial markets have just as much confidence in female as in male board members. Women are also no more risk-averse than men.

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    Board gender-balancing and firm value

    New article! Congratulations to Espen Eckbo and Karin Thorburn on their new article in Management Science, “Board gender-balancing and firm value"

  6. A "job interview" with a hedge fund manager

    A mock "job interview" with a hedge fund manager by Professor B. Espen Eckbo published in Norwegian business newspaper "Dagens Næringsliv" following NBIM's hiring of Nicolai Tangen as new CEO.

  7. Research at CCF

    Publications from the Centre for Corporate Finance.

  8. "Styret må hindre veddemål"

    Read new chronicle by Karin S. Thorburn and B. Espen Eckbo. In Norwegian.

  11. Michael Kisser_NHH official photo

    Tradeoff theory and leverage dynamics of high-frequency debt issuers

    New article! Congratulations to B. Espen Eckbo and Michael Kisser on their new article in the Review of Finance. “Tradeoff theory and leverage dynamics of high-frequency debt issuers”

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    Reshaping Boardrooms: Research on Gender Quotas

    In 2005, Norway became the first country to mandate gender-balanced corporate boards. The quota reform was followed by criticism, but two studies by B. Espen Eckbo, Knut Nygaard, and Karin Thorburn challenged the prevailing narrative around the cost of the reform.

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    Can “Benefit corporations” have it both ways?

    Benefit Corporations shall invest in socially beneficial projects even if the shareholder return is low. A dead end or a solution to important societal challenges? asks Professor B. Espen Eckbo and PhD candidate Markus Lithell in an opinion piece first published in DN.

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    Global Perspectives in Corporate Finance at NHH

    Yesterday, the Norwegian School of Economics once again became a global meeting point for leading minds in corporate finance.

  15. Empirical Corporate Finance II

    FIN540 (4,0 Stp)

  17. Topics in Empirical Corporate Finance

    FIN521 (7,5 Stp)

  18. Karin Thorburn ranked sixth in the world

    NHH Professor Karin S. Thorburn has been ranked sixth in the world among researchers with expertise in bankruptcy. `I was an early mover in investigating what happens to companies that are sold during bankruptcy´.

  19. Markus Lithell defends his thesis September 20

    On Wednesday September 20, 2023, Markus Lithell will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

  21. The CEO and corporate bankruptcy

    The paper «How Costly is Corporate Bankruptcy for the CEO?» has been published in Journal of Financial Economics.

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    Project funding

    Espen Eckbo and Markus Lithell have received funding from the Norwegian Research Council for their project on benefit corporations.

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    Does Mandatory Board Gender Balancing Reduce Firm Value?

    Opinion piece in Columbia Law School’s Blue Sky Blog by B. Espen Eckbo, Knut Nygaard and Karin S. Thorburn.

  24. People at CCF

    Researchers at NHH's Centre for Corporate Finance.

  25. Rohrer og Haaland

    These NHH researchers are paid publication bonuses

    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.

  26. The 8th CCF Conference

    The Centre for Corporate Finance is happy to announce we will arrange the 8th CCF conference in Aud. P on Thursday, 5 June.

  27. Twice in prestigious journal

    Assistant Professor Thomas de Haan at The Choice Lab has succeeded in getting two papers accepted by The Economic Journal. Both papers are forthcoming in the prestigious journal.

  28. `The 2025 record is a clear demonstration of the academic strength within the NHH research community,´ says Pro-Rector for Research Katrine V. Løken. `This year, 22 top-level publications qualify for NHH’s publication bonus.´ Photo: Ingunn Maarnes-Gjærde

    NHH researchers break all previous Records

    With 22 articles in the world’s top-ranked journals, 2025 marks NHH’s strongest publication year to date.

  29. Pioneers and Honorary Doctors

  30. Johan Mellberg

    Essays on Empirical Corporate Finance

    On Wednesday 24 June 2020 Johan Mellberg will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

  31. 26 October 2021 Damiano Maggi will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH. This dissertation investigates three main questions in empirical corporate finance. Specifically, the first two essays focus on mergers and acquisitions, while the third essay focus on market reaction to unexpected brand exposure.

    Essays on Empirical Corporate Finance

    On Tuesday 26 October 2021 Damiano Maggi will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

  32. Department of Finance

    The department of finance has an international faculty, which does research in all major areas of finance and publishes regularly in the top academic journals.

  33. PhD specialisation in Finance

  34. M&A and Restructuring

    M&A and Restructuring is an intensive program that integrates case discussions with the latest research, while drawing on participants’ practical experience. It is offered jointly by NHH and the Ivy-League university Dartmouth College.

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    NHH professor appointed to new expert committee on housing allowance

    Housing allowance and social assistance form the welfare state’s final safety net. The scheme will now undergo a thorough review. NHH Professor Kjell Gunnar Salvanes is among the experts appointed to advise the government.

  36. Impact cases

    studies by B. Espen Eckbo, Knut Nygaard, and

  37. PhD specialisation in Business and Management Science

    Business and Management Science is the discipline of using analytical methods to help make better decisions.

  38. Past events

    Past conferences, seminars and other events hosted by the Department of Finance, its faculty and connected research centres.

  39. Seminar Series in Finance

    The Department of Finance hosts a weekly seminar series with leading international scholars.