Department of Economics
How are economic decisions made, and what are the consequences of these 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 delivers important contributions, both to the international research community, the government, and the public debate.
Events at the Department
- CBE seminar: Steffen Juranek Banking Crises and Corporate Innovation
- PhD Defense: Serhat Ugurlu Essays in Economic Measurement and Consumer Behavior
- Macro-Resource seminar: Marcel Timmer Economic Development in Task Space: What You Do in Exports Matters
- Faculty seminar Chad Syverson
Research news
FAIR Inaugural Conference
Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 June 2018 the FAIR Inaugural Conference officially opens FAIR and is the first gathering of all the members, collaborators and partners. John List, James Heckman and Marianne Bertrand will speak an...
Productivity: Firms, Markets, and Economies
We are happy to invite you to a PhD course with Chad Syverson from the University of Chicago
Economic Measurement and Consumer Behavior
On Monday 25 June 2018 Serhat Ugurlu will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Position as Project Coordinator at FAIR
FAIR, Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality, is looking for a project coordinator for the Childhood Gap project, a key project at FAIR. You will plan and run pilots, surveys and experimen...
Latest publications
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Marianne Bertrand, Sandra E. Black, Sissel Jensen, Adrina Lleras-Muney |
"Breaking the Glass Ceiling? The effect of board quotas on female labor market outcomes in Norway’’ |
The Review of Economic Studies, 21.6.2018 |
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Øyvind Eitrheim, Jan Tore Klovland |
"Norges Bank 1816-2016: A history of a small independent Central Bank " |
Sveriges Riksbank and the History of Central Banking (eds: R. Edvinsson, T. Jacobson, D. Waldenström), 2018, Chapter 8 |
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Richard Gilbert, Eirik Gaard Kristiansen |
"Licensing and innovation with imperfect contract enforcement" |
Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, 2018;27:297–314 |
Working papers
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Manudeep Bhuller, Gordon B. Dahl, Katrine V. Løken, Magne Mogstad: |
"Incarceration, Recidivism, and Employment" |
14/2018 |
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Øivind A. Nilsen, Arvid Raknerud, Diana-Cristina Iancu: |
"Public R&D Support and Firms’ Performance A Panel Data Study" |
13/2018 |
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Øivind A. Nilsen, Per Marius Pettersen, Joakim Bratlie: |
"Time-Dependency in Producers' price adjustments: Evidence from Micro Panel Data" |
12/2018 |