Best Master's Thesis Award in Economics

Each year, the Department of Economics holds a competition for the best master’s thesis within the field of economics.

A committee consisting of three faculty members is appointed to evaluate the submitted theses. The winners will be awarded a prize amounting to 25 000 NOK, and will have the opportunity to present their thesis at the department during the autumn semester.

The applicant must provide the following information to be eligible to participate in the competition:

Name of your supervisor from the Department of Economics.
The grade of the thesis. The student(s) must have received an A to be able to participate.
Your student number.

Please submit your thesis (electronic pdf) to: sam@nhh.no within 18 August 2025.

Previous Winners:
2024	Hien Nguyen Thi Thu and Kenneth Hartmann	Restrictive covenants in the Norwegian grocery market: An empirical study Supervisor: Mateusz Mysliwski
2023	Ingrid Trandem and Ida Haltia	Adoption of Green Technology: Do Temporary Electricity Price Shocks Affect the Adoption of Heat Pumps? Supervisors: Morten Sæthre and Mateusz Mysliwski
2022	Mina Røhme and Ina Tobiassen	The Effect of Investment in Elderly Care on Hospitalization: Evidence from Norway Supervisor: Andreas Haller
2021	Ingeborg Munthe-Kaas Webster and Håvard Skuterud	Synchronization of price changes within firms and industries: A micro-level analysis using PPI data Supervisor: Øivind Anti Nilsen
2020	Amanda Feyling and Mathias Ringdal	Consumer Intertia and Switching Costs in the Norwegian Electricity Market Supervisors: Mateusz Mysliwski and Morten Sæthre
2019	Ingrid Gaarder Harsheim and Vilde Larsen Nakkim	Agricultural Productivity and the Fight Against Deforestation. An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Factor-Biased Technical Change on Agricultural Land Use and Forests in Brazil Supervisor: Torfinn Harding
2018	Jonas Slaathaug Hansen and Tormod Fauske	Newspapers’ Political Differentiation. A multi-homing approach Supervisor: Hans Jarle Kind
2018	Ragnhild Grønn Johannessen and Frida L. Skarstein	Proximity in Bank-Borrower Relationships Supervisor: Øivind Anti Nilsen
2017	Charlotte B. EVENSEN and VISAHAN KONESWARAN	Analysis of Local Electric Vehicle Incentives in the Norwegian Car Market. A Multi-homing Approach Supervisors: Hans Jarle Kind and Morten Sæthre
2016	ELLEN BALKE HVEEM AND LOTTE LEMING ROGNSÅS	An Empirical Analysis of Health Effects from Electrification: Evidence from Norway 1900-1921 Supervisor: Associate professor Aline Bütikofer Watch a video interview with the 2016 winners (in Norwegian)
2015	INGELIN ORTEN AND ERIK SOLLI	Konsekvenser av innvandring for lønninger i det norske arbeidsmarkede Supervisor: Professor Erik Ø. Sørensen
2014	JOAKIM BRATLIE	Price adjustment in Norway. -An analysis of micro PPI data Supervisor: Professor Øivind Anti Nilsen
2013	INGRID MYRSET HATLEBAKK AND INGEBJØRG MIDTBØ MYKING	Skatteamnestiordningen -En empirisk analyse av hvordan medieoppslag påvirker innrapporteringen av skjulte inntekter og formuer til Skatteetaten Veileder: Professor Fred Schroyen
2012	HÅKON SÆBERG	Multi-purchasing in the linear city Supervisor: Professor Hans Jarle Kind
2011	JESPER MEYER HATLETVEIT AND OLE-JAKOB SMØRDAL LILLESTØL	Mergers in Two-Sides Media Markets: Pricing- and Welfare Implications Supervisor: Professor Hans Jarle Kind
2010	ANDERS GRØN KJELSRUD	Cost of living differences and poverty reductions. New evidence base don micro data Supervisor: Postdoktor Ingvild Almås
2009	LARS SKAGE ENGEBRETSEN AND JON FREDRIK L. VASSENGEN	En empirisk analyse av springbretteffekter i det norske arbeidsmarkedet Veileder: Professor Kjell G. Salvanes
2008	MARIUS ANDERSEN AND CHRISTIAN FRENGSTAD BJERKNES	The Predictive Power of the Term Structure in Norway Supervisor: Professor Jan Tore Klovland
2007	RUNAR AKSNES AND VIBEKE HORN BAKKEN	Publisering av rentebane. En analyse av rentebanens bidrag i pengepolitikken Supervisor: Professor Øystein Thøgersen