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 15 000 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.
- Your student number.
Please submit your thesis (electronic pdf) to: Karen.Reed-Larsen@nhh.no within 1. September 2020.
| Previous Winners: | ||
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| 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» 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 |
