Best Master's Thesis Award in Economics

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

A committee consisting of three internal members is appointed to evaluate the submitted theses. The winners will be awarded a price amounting to NOK 15 000,-, and will also be invited to present their work at the department during the next semester.

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

Your supervisor from the Department of Economics.
The grade of the thesis.
Your student number.

Please submit your thesis (electronic pdf) to: Karen.Reed-Larsen@nhh.no.

Previous Winners:
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 arbeidsmarkedet" Veileder: 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