Department of Economics

Department of Economics

How are economic decisions made, and what are the consequences of these decisions? How should competing firms make pricing and investment decisions?

By addressing these questions the Department of Economics aims to understand major global challenges such as climate change, economic instability and growth, economic development and national and global welfare and inequality.

The Department is built around a number of internationally renowned research groups in a wide range of fields, providing high quality research and teaching in economics. 

The faculty members constitute an enthusiastic group of women and men who deliver important contributions, both to the international research community, the government, and the public debate.

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Latest publications

Authors Title Publication

Ola H. Grytten

"The Role of Productivity and the Relative Stagnation of the Philippines Since the Mid-Twentieth Century"

Investment Management and Financial Innovations

Malin Arve, Øystein Foros and Hans Jarle Kind:

"Decentralized Versus Centralized Competitive Pricing When Size Matters"

Review of Industrial Organization

Ingrid Margrethe Halvorsen Barlund and Lars Sørgard:

"Handheving av kartell i Norden - utvikling og vegen vidare"

Tidsskrift for forretningsjus

Kjetil Bjorvatn and Pablo Soto Mota:

"Ærlig talt? Moralsk motivasjon i Norge og USA"

Magma forskning og viten

Sissel Jensen:

"Fra ASA til AS: Kan utvidet kvoteringslov gi nye resultater?"

Magma forskning og viten

Working papers

Authors Title Publication

Jan Tore Klovland:

"Counting on the Sea: Quantifying the Rise of Seaborne Trade Serving the United Kingdom 1820-1913"

18/25

Øystein Foros, Hans Jarle Kind and Greg Shaffer:

"Nash-in-Nash Bargaining with Price-Setting Firms: Contracts, Profits, and the Role of Slotting Fees"

17/25

Ola Honningdal Grytten:

"East Asian Productivity Development: Why did the Philippines fall back?"

16/25

Richard Friberg, Emil M. S. Halseth, Frode Steen and Simen A. Ulsaker:

"Do Informed Consumers Pay Less? Evidence from a Survey with Linked Grocery Purchase Data"

15/25