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 20 000 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 15 August 2023.
Previous Winners: |
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2022 |
Mina Røhme and Ina Tobiassen |
The Effect of Investment in Elderly Care on Hospitalization: Evidence from Norway Supervisor: Andreas Haller |
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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 |
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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
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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 |
Ragnhild Grønn Johannessen and Frida L. Skarstein |
Proximity in Bank-Borrower Relationships Supervisor: Øivind Anti Nilsen |
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| 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 |
