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.
Hosting
6
research centres
The Department of Economics are involved in several research areas. The research centres are our most prominent areas of focus.
Events at the Department
- The Choice Lab PhD course: Armin Falk Preferences, Personality and Moral Behavior: Experiments and Representative Samples
- Title: Mobile telephony in emerging markets - The importance of multi-simming customers LEMO and CIO seminar: Daniel Göller
- Economics Faculty seminar Armin Falk
Research news
Acceptance for boys dropping out
We hold men more accountable for their poor achievements, according to a new study from NHH. The pattern is the same as seen in international education research: Boys receive poorer grades than girls for the same...
Seminar with Dario Pozzoli (Copenhagen Business School)
CELE invites you to an Applied Micro Lunch Seminar with Dario Pozzoli (Copenhagen Business School) on Tuesday, September 27. Dario presents a paper entitled “Trade Induced Skill Upgrading: the Case of Denmark and Portugal"...
A society of free riders?
Income inequality can result in less willingness to contribute to a common good that benefits all, a new NHH study shows.
Seminar with Agne Suziedelyte (City University London)
CELE invites you to an Applied Micro Lunch Seminar with Agne Suziedelyte (City University London) on Tuesday, September 20. Agne presents a paper entitled “Business Conditions, Perceived Job Insecurity and Mental Health"....
Latest publications
| Authors | Title | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| "Interlocking relationships and quantity rationing" |
Economics Letters, 146 (2016), 47-49. |
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| "Parental Leave and Maternal Labor Supply" |
Working papers
| Authors | Title | Publication |
|---|---|---|
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Jari Ojala and Stig Tenold |
"Maritime trade and merchant shipping: The shipping/trade-ratio from the 1870s until today" | |
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Itziar Lazkano, Linda Nøstbakken, Martino Pelli |
"From Fossil Fuels to Renewables: The Role of Electricity Storage" |