All research news from the Department of Business and Management science
This year’s International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) Conference brought the maritime research community to Singapore, from 30 June to 3 July, under the theme “Shaping the Future of Maritime Economics.”
Why are 1,500 kilos of litter left behind at Brann Stadium over the course of a year? And what is wrong when more than 700,000 people are outside both work and education?
On Tuesday 15 September David Murphy will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Elisa Casi-Eberhard: For the first time, journalists will gain access to information on where major multinational companies earn their profits and pay taxes.
The road usage tax should reflect road usage, not the type of fuel the vehicle runs on. Before it is reintroduced, it needs to be updated.
Proud NHH researcher after prestigious recognition: 'I'm now in very good company.'
The global minimum tax was meant to curb profit shifting. But for many companies, it has primarily become something else: a new and complex reporting system.
This week, NHH researchers will receive publication bonuses for scientific articles published in selected journals on NHH’s and the Financial Times’ publication lists.
The resistance to the norm prices is not due to crude templates, but because the integrated aquaculture companies are losing out on having their fish valued at market price.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Magne Mogstad and Torfinn Harding conclude that we should obtain emission reductions in other countries rather than in Norway if measures here are more expensive than the European quota price.
Norway has a 70 percent chance of advancing from the group stage, according to new mathematical calculations.
The article "A Novel Framework for Quantitative Evaluation of Resilience Performance of Sea Lanes of Communication" has been published in Risk Analysis.
If the the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) wants an effective tax system that treats large and small aquaculture companies equally, the system of standard prices should be maintained.
Ødegaard and Norway could benefit from an overlooked World Cup advantage: They face far less travel than many of their rivals.
The article "The Value of a Loss: The Impact of Restricting Tax Loss Transfers" has been published in Journal of Accounting Research.
On Tuesday 9 June Ole Kristian Dyskeland will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Håkon Otneim and Øyvind Thomassen have been promoted to full professor at NHH. Both are researchers at the Department of Business and Management Science.
On Thursday May 28 Fabian Brockmann will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
The article "Reproducibility and robustness of economics and political science research" has been published in Nature.
Global tax reform aims to curb avoidance and increase transparency, but experts warn of rising complexity, compliance costs and unintended consequences for multinational firms.
Aruna Divya Tatavarthy: Minimalist aesthetics and tidy homes have become signs of sustainable living. It's a misconception that can drive more consumption.
In 2026, there is a risk that several disruptions will hit at the same time, potentially triggering one of the biggest shocks to global shipping in modern times.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Road toll reductions should mean that we will have less road and more road use. We don't want that, do we?
Isabel M. Hovdahl and Linda Nøstbakken have been appointed members of the much-discussed "Transition Commission".
As tensions escalate around the Strait of Hormuz, Europe and Norway face the risk of disruptions to critical energy and shipping routes.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: If emission cuts did not cost more than the quota price, almost nothing would be done in Norway. We are too rich, and the cost of cutting per ton of CO2 is too high.
The article "Addressing uncertainty in coalition structure and profit allocation problems through stochastic programming: insights from the collaborative transportation problem" has been published in European Journal of Operational Research.
Public funding alone is not enough. At the Karl Borch Lecture, Columbia professor Caroline Flammer explains how governments can mobilise private capital through risk-sharing.
Mette H. Bjørndal, Maren Holthe Hedne and Isabel Hovdahl: The conclusions about norgespris are coming too early – before the analyses.
This Monday, NHH researchers Trond Døskeland and André Wattø Sjuve will meet with the Minister of Finance and the CEO of the Government Pension Fund Global.
On Thursday 29 January Pankaj Kumar Sinha will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Isabel Hovdahl and Maren Holthe Hedne: Yes, it is those with the highest income who benefit the most from Norgespris.
Bachelor students praise the NHH professor’s ability to make statistics understandable. «Teaching makes me feel useful,» says Berentsen.
Trond Døskeland and André Wattø Sjuve: Nicolai Tangen and the "National Monetary Team" are delivering good results, our evaluation shows.
`Fragmented tax rules hinder the free movement of goods, services, capital and labour,´ says Theresa Bührle, one of the researchers behind a new EU report that will be presented in Brussels next year.
The article "Harvest Planning under Uncertainty for Ocean-based Salmon Aquaculture" has been published in European Journal of Operational Research.
The work of NHH students Julius Ahrens and Luis Bendel reveals a striking finding.
On Wednesday 3 December Ingrid Emilie Flessum Ringstad will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Øystein Foros and Hans Jarle Kind: The Tax Agency's VAT claim against VG+ of half a billion NOK touches on the core of the VAT exemption for parts of the media market. Do we like the alternative?
On Wednesday 12 November 2025 Chunzi Qu will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
City centers are becoming denser, and online shopping is booming. The result: more freight traffic moving through narrow urban streets. Research from NHH helps public authorities plan better for urban freight transport.
Jarle Møen: In ten years, Karin Thorburn and her research group have not written a single sentence that could be used by a tax committee.
This week, the International Maritime Organization votes on a landmark proposal: A global carbon levy on shipping emissions. What will it mean for Norway?
Øyvind Thomassen and Floris Zoutman: We tackled one of the countless claims Jøril Mæland and Karin Thorburn have made in DN, and have shown that they were wrong. Instead of admitting the mistake, they are covering it up.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Taxpayers are spending a huge carrot on sugaring zero-emission cars. Alternative emission reductions are much cheaper, also in Norway.
NHH students Martin Sollesnes Kleppe (left) and Oliver Karlsen have been awarded the Lehmkuhl Grant for developing a new tool to improve the energy efficiency of supply vessels.
Petter Bjerksund, Trond Døskeland, Andre Wattø Sjuve and Andreas Ørpetveit: What happens when funds are pressured to become more active, but lack good investment ideas? The fight against closet index funds resulted in lower returns for customers.
Øyvind Thomassen and Floris Zoutman: A Norwegian investor is willing to pay the same as a foreign investor for a Norwegian company, despite the wealth tax.
The article "Forced to be Active: Evidence from a Regulation Intervention" has been published in Management Science.
Petter Bjerksund and Guttorm Schjelderup: Jøril Mæland and Karin Thorburn have the burden of proof and must substantiate their claims.
Øyvind Thomassen: Have we got the party "Tina Brus Party for a strong reduction in tax on chains"?
Gunnar S. Eskeland: It's not just their tax money we want, is it?
Petter Bjerksund and Guttorm Schjelderup: Thore Johnsen and Terje Lensberg's arguments about wealth tax were refuted in 2016, proven to be logically inconsistent. There was never a response, so the line has been drawn and the error admitted. Now they are using them again.
Øyvind Thomassen: The debate about wealth tax in a nutshell is this: The rich know best.
Kyriaki Tselika, Maria Tselika, and Elias Demetriades: Proposed legislation to suspend new renewable projects, even if it never came into force, revealed how fragile investor confidence can be in renewables.
Petter Bjerksund and Guttorm Schjelderup: Wealth tax reduces investors' income, but at the same time it reduces investors' required return. The two effects offset each other, and Norwegian and foreign investors place the same value on the project.
Theresa Bührle and Elisa Casi: What may seem like a niche phenomenon on Facebook is a well-known problem for those of us who research tax and corporate structuring.
On Tuesday 16 September 2025 Andres Felipe Velez Correa will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: The oil fund is a very vulnerable transfer of value to future generations. It may require both cowardice and musicality.
This summer, Floris Zoutman, Ivan Belik, and Geir D. Berentsen were promoted to full Professor at NHH.
The article "Sensitivity versus size: implications for tax competition" has been published in Theoretical Economics.
Associate Professor Iver Bragelien has been appointed as a member of a new committee established by the Presidium of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget).
On Tuesday 12 August Costanza Maria Ludovica Cincotta will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: I think the state is too important, too powerful, to experiment on us, the voters and taxpayers, who are the superiors of the state.
On Wednesday 25 June 2025 Benjamin P. Fram will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Thursday 26 June 2025 Henrik Svensli will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
The article "Optimal Taxation with Multiple Incomes and Types" has been published in Theoretical Economics.
A new UK regulation was intended to make large companies more transparent about their tax practices. The result? More reporting and polished language, but not more real insight.
A tax on new clothing, a plastic packaging fee, and subsidies for electronics repair are among the recommendations from a government-appointed expert group, which today presented its report to the Minister of Climate and Environment.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Lack of profitability in offshore wind cannot be solved with subsidies. Minister of Finance Jens Stoltenberg is not being flippant when he says that.
Nordic tax experts agree that we need an exit tax in times of mobility and instability. The devil is, however, as always in the details. How to design such a tax with a minimum unwanted side effects and distortions?
Ole-Andreas Elvik Næss: If we first want to pay owners from China and the US to run energy-intensive industries in this country, it is better if we pay them to do something other than use our electricity.
This week, NHH hosted the first joint workshop on Tax and Sustainability in collaboration with WU Vienna University of Economics and Business and the University of Mannheim.
Ole-Andreas Elvik Næss: We should find out what it takes to lure tax refugees home before 2027. If we succeed, the community will earn 50 billion kroner – much more than we lose by letting them avoid wealth tax for life.
Yue Shi has studied how rainfall affects home insurance. She finds increasing risk over time, significant geographical differences – and a clear need for new thinking as the climate gets wetter.
The article "Assessing the dependence between extreme rainfall and extreme insurance claims: A bivariate peak over threshold method" has been published in Risk Analysis.
The article "Tax Strategy Disclosure: A Greenwashing Mandate?" has been published in Journal of Accounting Research.
Katrine V. Løken (42), Steffen Juranek (43), and Kurt R. Brekke (56) have been appointed as new vice rectors at NHH. ` A young and dynamic dream team´, says incoming rector Helge Thorbjørnsen.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: What Europe feels when Trump casts doubt on America's NATO commitment will also apply to companies, investments and trade agreements. Europe becomes attractive.
On Thursday 24 April 2025 Yue Shi will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Petter Bjerksund and Guttorm Schjelderup: The corporate tax rate must be raised to 28 percent if it is to finance the abolition of the entire wealth tax, and to over 30 percent if the combined corporate and dividend tax is to be kept at the current level.
When One Ocean Week sails in from April 5–11, NHH is, of course, participating. Dive into our events where several of our experts will share their knowledge.
The article "The Role of Reviewer Characteristics on the Diversity of Successful Applicants" has been published in Organization Science.
Women are underrepresented in the field of economics, especially at the professor level. `However, NHH has over 50 percent female PhD candidates. That bodes well for the future,´ says Malin Arve.
Aysil Emirmahmutoglu arrived at NHH five years ago. `In Norway it is possible both to have a family and full-time job´, says the Associate Professor, originally from Turkey.
The article "Optimal Incentive Contracts With Bonus Caps" has been published in RAND Journal of Economics.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: To compensate people only with money - through tax relief or a dividend check - would cost far less than the waste that the government is planning to do now.
This week, the international climate data platform EcoMap was launched. NHH has been involved in the development of this nonprofit project.
Ole-Andreas Elvik Næss: A new survey indicates that twice as many Norwegians will be positive about electricity cables to abroad if they receive a bonus for extremely high electricity prices.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: Martin Bech Holte believes that the oil wealth has weakened our interest in creative owners who put capital and ability to change at their disposal at their own risk. It is a debate we should certainly have.
Stein W. Wallace has been named an honorary member of the Norwegian Operations Research Society.
This week marked the launch of the national research center, RenewHydro, which will receive NOK 370 million to usher hydropower into a new era. NHH is one of the key research partners.
Petter Bjerksund, Arnt Ove Hopland and Guttorm Schjelderup: Calculation of tax costs necessarily requires data for tax and income, and we only get such data after the tax has been paid. A forward-looking, speculative method does not strengthen the tax debate.
Whether they pursue a career in academia or step into the business world, all highlight NHH's doctoral program as a solid academic foundation
`Shipping moves closer to 80 percent of the world’s cargo by volume, making transportation costs a critical economic factor´, says NHH researcher Gabriel M. Fuentes, himself from Panama.
Odin Alnæs' (26) empirical study on inheritance and economic inequality honored at the Department of Business and Management Science.
Øystein Foros and Erling Hjelmeng: Either the Competition Authority does not have the competence to assess the merger because Vy and Flytoget are part of the same group, or else an offense has been committed along the way.
Petter Bjerksund, Arnt Ove Hopland and Guttorm Schjelderup: If we remove the wealth tax, the effective tax is greatly reduced for the rich. For an investor, the tax drops from 21 percent to 15 percent just by assuming that the share capital is unlisted, not listed.
Gunnar S. Eskeland: The debate about cable cutting can cost us a lot.
NHH researchers who have had articles published in internationally high-ranked journals were this week rewarded with publication bonuses.
