Karl Ove Aarbu

E-mail:

Karl.Aarbu@nhh.no

Telephone:

Fax:

+47 559 59543

Title:

Associate professor II, PhD, Chief analyst, Tryg Forsikring

Nationality:

Norwegian

Teaching languages:

Norwegian, English

Education:

PhD Economics, NHH, 2010
Cand. Polit. in Economics, University of Oslo 1992
Teacher in economics from University College of Buskerud, 1989

Past experience:

NHH
Research scholar, 2006-2010

TrygVesta 
-  Part time Senior Consultant Tryg
-  Responsible for social science issues, Nordic company secretariat, 2004-2006
Vesta Forsikring AS
-  Responsible for coordination and development of Business strategy, 2002-2004
-  Chief adviser, Company secretariat , 1999- 2002

Ministry of Finance, Adviser, Tax policy Department 1996-1999
Part time lecturer at Norwegian School of Management, 1991-1996, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics at Bachelor level
Statistics Norway, Economist, Research Department, 1991-1996

Field of interest:

Empirical investigation into issues as Risk Tolerance, the decision to insure, performance pay and personnel economics. Taxation.

Work in progress:

Pay and performance in a Customer Service Centre – Principal and Agents or Principally Angels (with Gaute Torsvik)

• "Asymmetric information - evidence from the home insurance market", Discussion Paper NHH Sam 19/2010.
• "Demand patterns for treatment insurance in Norway", Discussion Paper NHH Sam 11/2010.
• "Mapping risk aversion in Norway using hypothetical income gambles" (with Fred Schroyen). Discussion Paper NHH Sam 13/2009.
• "The Norwegian Tax Reform; Distributional Effects and the High-income Response" (with Thor Olav Thoresen), Discussion Paper nr. 207 (1997), Statistics Norway.

Publications:

• "Explaining Underutilization of Tax Depreciation Deductions: Empirical Evidence from Norway", International Tax and Public Finance, Vol 10, 2003, pp 229-257 (with Jeffrey K. Mackie-Mason).
• "Income Responses to Tax Changes", National Tax Journal, Vol LIV, No 2, June 2001, pp 319-335. (with Thor Olav Thoresen).

Publications in Norwegian:

• "Om det første kjente eksperimentet i økonomifaget", Samfunnsøkonomen, Jan. 2009.
• "Privat behandlingsforsikring - kommet for å bli?" Magma, Oktober, 2008.
• "Sektortilhørighet og politikk (m/Øytein Thøgersen), Økonomisk Forum, Desember 2007.
• "Skattereformen betraktet som et naturlig eksperiment", Økonomisk Forum nr 1 2000 (m/Thor Olav Thoresen).
• "Delingsmodellen for personlig næringsdrivende og aksjeselskaper." Sosiale og Økonomiske Studier (SØS) nr. 94 (1996), Statistisk sentralbyrå
• "Skattereformen og progressivitet i skattesystemet" m/Thor Olav Thoresen. Økonomiske analyser nr. 9/95, Statistisk sentralbyrå
• "Skattereformens betydning for endringen i betalbar skatt for foretak fra 1991 til 1992." Økonomiske analyser nr. 8/95, Statistisk sentralbyrå .

Other involvements:

Member of expert committee on Income distribution in Norway (Fordelingsutvalget), NOU 2009:10.

Member of different working committees in The Norwegian Financial Services Association (FNH) 2001-2006.
Member of expert committee on small business taxation, NOU 2005:2.