Welcome to the PhD programme in Economics
Introduction
The PhD programme in Economics aims to give dedicated graduate students a solid training in performing high quality scientific research in economics, making use of the empirical and theoretical techniques that reflect the state of the art in the field. The programme prepares students for the international academic job market, for positions at national and international policy institutions, central banks, and research organisations.
The Department of Economics
The Department of Economics has a faculty of 38 people. Current faculty members include Nobel Laureate and NHH alumnus Professor Finn E. Kydland.
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Areas of Research
The department is interested in applicants within the whole range of the research areas within the department:
Economic geography
Fisheries economics:
Ecosystem management of fisheries, fluctuations in fish stocks and uncertainty, game-theoretic analysis of shared of fish stocks.
Industrial organisation:
Theoretical and empirical studies of competitive strategy and competition policy.
International economics:
Theoretical and empirical studies of the globalization activities of firms.
Labour and education economics:
Empirical labour economics, particularly on industry restructuring, family economics and the economics of education.
Macroeconomics
Monetary history:
Historical studies of monetary policy and business cycle fluctuations, history of central banking.
Public economics:
Studies in public finance including the theory of public goods and taxation, the design of social insurance, and environmental issues.
Resource and Agriculture economics
Shipping economics:
Freight market modeling, shipping business cycles, incentive contracts, freight rate futures and risk management in shipping.
Social Choice/Experimental economics:
The application of experimental methods to study economic behavior and to test assumptions about individuals' preferences and rationality.
The programme
The programme consists of advanced courses in microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics. These core courses each amount to 7.5 ECTS and should be taken and passed successfully during the first year. In addition students take a course on Scientific Methods (5.0 ECTS), and specialisation courses up to 17.5 ECTS. The specialisation courses reflect the research areas in which the Department of Economics is active and able to provide supervision.
Furthermore, students are encouraged to attend intensive doctoral courses at affiliated academic institutions, both in Norway and abroad. The department is a member of the Nordic Network in Economics (NNE).
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