Øystein Thøgersen

E-mail:	Oystein.Thogersen@nhh.no
Telephone:	+47 55 959 546
Fax:	+47 55 959 543
Title:	Professor, dr. oecon. Holder of DnB NOR chair in Financial Economics
Nationality:	Norwegian Curriculum Vitae
Teaching languages:	Norwegian, English

Teaching areas:
Master:	Macroeconomic policy and business cycles analysis, Growth theory, Social security, International macroeconomics
Doctoral courses:	International macroeconomics, Issues in social security/OLG models

Research:	Fiscal policy, social security, intergenerational distribution, open economy macroeconomics

Research in progress:	"Political feedback-effects of sectoral adjustments". "Precautionary fiscal policy".

Selected publications:	"Alternative risk sharing mechanisms of social security", FinanzArchiv-Public Finance Analysis, 66, 2010, 134-152 (with Kine Bøhlerengen). "Habit formation, extremism and debt policy", Public Choice 145, 2010, 165-180 (with Egil Matsen). "Social security and future generations", chapter 16 in Handbook on Research in Cost-Benefit Analysis, ed.: R.J. Brent, Edward Elgar Ltd., 2009, 417-454 (with Hans Fehr). "Assessing the effects of early retirement programs", Journal of Population Economics, 17, 2004, 387-408 (with Espen Bratberg and Tor Helge Holmås). "Designing social security - A portfolio choice approach", European Economic Review, 48, 2004, 883-904 (with Egil Matsen). "Financial integration and consumption movements in the Nordic countries", European Review of Economics and Finance, 3, 2004, 31-48 (with Egil Matsen). "Borrow or adjust - Optimal fiscal policy and the speed of sectoral adjustment in an open economy", International Economic Review, 44, 2003, 699-724 (with Erling Steigum ). "Social security reforms and early retirement." Journal of Population Economics, 16, 2003, 345-361 (with Hans Fehr and Wenche Irén Sterkeby). "Reforming social security: Assessing the effects of alternative funding strategies in a small open economy", Applied Economics, 33, 2001, 1531-1540 "A note on intergenerational risk sharing and the design of pay-as-you-go pension programs", Journal of Population Economics, 11, 1998, 373-378. "Government resource revenues, fiscal policy and precautionary saving", Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 6, 1997, 377-391. "International diversification and oil price risk", Applied Economics Letters, 4, 1997, 587-590. "Petroleum wealth, debt policy and intergenerational welfare: The case of Norway", Journal of Policy Modeling, 17, 1995, 427-442. (With Erling Steigum )

Selected involvements:
	Head of Department of Economics at NHH. Adjunct Professor, University of Stavanger. Representative to "Finansdepartementets rådgivende utvalg for modell- og metodespørsmål", an advisory scientific council to the Ministry of Finance. Scientific adviser to SNF - Foundation for Research in Economics and Business. Affiliated to the "CES-Ifo" research network at the University of Munich. 2004-2009: Member of the Executive Board of Norges Bank (the Central Bank of Norway). 2003: Member of board, Centre for Monetary Economics 1999-2003 Member of "Modellutvalget" - an advisory council to the Ministry of Finance. 1999-2003: Macroeconomic Adviser to Moe Securities ASA. 1999-2001: Representative to "Norway Bank Watch", an expert committee appointed to monitor and assess monetary policy in Norway.