All research news from the Department of Economics
A doctoral thesis from NHH last year sparked the debate on mobile phone bans in schools: Sara Abrahamsson's research showed that banning mobile phones led to better grades and less bullying. Now the government is tightening the rules on mobile phone usage significantly.
The paper titled "Co-Location, Good, Bad or Both: How do New Entries of Discount Variety Stores Affect Local Grocery Businesses?" by Charlotte B. Evensen, Frode Steen and Simen A. Ulsaker has been published in Journal of the European Economic Association.
The paper titled "How Did the COVID-19 Crisis Affect Different Types of Workers in the Developing World?" by Maurice Kugler, Mariana Viollaz, Daniel Duque, Isis Gaddis, David Newhouse, Amparo Palacios-Lopez and Michael Weber has been published in World Development.
The paper titled "Designing Disability Insurance Reforms: Tightening Eligibility Rules or Reducing Benefits?" by Andreas Haller, Stefan Staubli and Josef Zweimüller has been published in Econometrica.
The Department of Economics has this week launched its external newsletter.
The paper titled "Monopsony, Job Tasks, and Labour Market Concentration" by Samuel N. Dodini, Alexander L. P. Willén and Kjell G. Salvanes has been published in The Economic Journal.
The paper titled "Wealth and Charitable Giving - Evidence from an Ethiopian Lottery" by Andreas Kotsadam and Vincent Somville has been published in Journal of Development Economics.
NOKUT awards an honorary prize to an individual who has made an extraordinary contribution to educational quality in Norway. Professor Jan I. Haaland from the Department of Economics is nominated.
PhD researcher at NHH Irene Marta Brusini has been awarded The Valeria Solesin Prize, named after the Italian researcher who was killed in the Paris terrorist attack at the Bataclan in 2015.
14 employees at NHH are paid bonuses, after publication in leading international journals. A top publication results in a cash payment of NOK 120,000.
The paper titled "The Development Gap in Economic Rationality of Future Elites" by Alexander W. Cappelen, Shachar Kariv, Erik Øiolf Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden has been published in Games and Economic Behaviour.
NHH is pleased to announce vacancies in the PhD specialisation in Economics.
The paper titled "The Air Quality and Well-Being Effects of Low Emission Zones" by Luis Sarmiento, Nicole Wägner and Aleksandar Zaklan has been published in Journal of Public Economics.
Ingar K. Haaland receives NOK 8 million in funding through the Researcher Project for Young Talents. He is now starting a research project on media bias and political polarization.
The Norwegian School of Economics has the following vacant positions at the Department of Economics.
Siri Pettersen Strandenes is awarded the Onassis Prize for her research work in shipping. ‘I hope this will inspire the next generation of young, talented women,’ Professor Emerita Strandenes says.
Over 11 per cent of Norwegian children grow up in poor families. ‘We need to increase child benefit. That would halve the proportion of children living in poverty,’ says NHH professor Kjell G. Salvanes.
Master students interested in Economics applied to Environmental challenges and green investment opportunities are invited to apply for Equinor’s Masters Thesis Scholarship.
The paper titled "The Unequal Consequences of Job Loss across Countries" by Antoine Bertheau, Edoardo Maria Acabbi, Cristina Barceló, Andreas Gulyas, Stefano Lombardi and Raffaele Saggio has been published in American Economic Review: Insights.
A fast-track academic career at NHH: This week Mathias Ekström was promoted to Full Professor in the field of behavioral economics. `It is an honor and a bit overwhelming´.
The paper titled "Reinventing Perished "Belgium of the East": New Estimates of GDP for Inter-War Latvia (1920-1939)" by Adomas Klimantas, Zenonas Norkus, Jurgita Markevičiūtė, Ola Honningdal Grytten and Jānis Šiliņš has been published in Cliometrica.
The paper titled "Competing with Precision: Incentives for Developing Predictive Biomarker Tests" by Kurt R. Brekke, Dag Morten Dalen and Odd Rune Straume has been published in The Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
A new NHH study, "Second-Best Fairness: The Trade-off between False Positives and False Negatives", is published in the September issue of American Economic Review.
On Monday 4 September 2023 Pablo Ignacio Soto Mota will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
The paper titled "The Null Result Penalty" by Felix Chopra, Ingar Haaland, Christopher Roth and Andreas Stegmann has been published in the Economic Journal.
The paper titled "The Spillover Effects of Labor Regulations on the Structure of Earnings and Employment: Evidence from Occupational Licensing" by Samuel Dodini has been published in Journal of Public Economics.
On Tuesday 29 August 2023 Alessandro Pizzigolotto will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
The paper titled "Does Wealth Reduce Support for Redistribution? Evidence from an Ethiopian Housing Lottery" by Asbjørn G. Andersen, Simon Franklin, Tigabu Getahun, Andreas Kotsadam, Vincent Somville and Espen Villanger has been published in Journal of Public Economics.
Malin Arve, Steffen Juranek, Eirik Sjåholm Knudsen and Vincent Somville have been promoted to full professor at NHH Norwegian School of Economics.
In a publication in the Journal of Empirical Finance, Chiara Canta, Øivind Anti Nilsen, and Simen A. Ulsaker study the relationship between competition and risk taking in banking markets.
The chapter titled "Industrial Whaling in the Arctic and Antarctic" by Bjørn L. Basberg and Louwrens Hacquebord has been published in The Cambridge History of the Polar Regions.
The paper titled "The Price of Cost-Effectiveness Thresholds Under Therapeutic Competition in Pharmaceutical Markets" by Kurt R. Brekke, Dag Morten Dalen and Odd Rune Straume has been published in Journal of Health Economics.
`Historically, we see a movement towards greater economic and political equality. I believe there is reason to be optimistic, said Thomas Piketty, giving this year's Sandmo Lecture at NHH.
The paper titled "Access to Banking, Savings and Consumption Smoothing in Rural India" by Vincent Somville and Lore Vandewalle has been published in Journal of Public Economics.
Thomas Piketty gives «The Sandmo Lecture on Public Policy» on Friday 9 June at NHH Norwegian School of Economics.
On Friday 2 June 2023 René Karadakic will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
On Tuesday 30 May 2023 Kjetil Røiseland Madland will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Professor Bertil Tungodden at the Department of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) turns 60 on Thursday 4 May. He is a giant in international research, deeply committed to his subject, with a unique ability to infect others with his enthusiasm.
On Wednesday 24 May 2023 Sara Abrahamsson will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
NHH is looking for a Research Data Manager at the Department of Economics.
The Fridtjof Nansen award for young researchers 2023 goes to NHH Professor Katrine V. Løken. She receives the prestigious prize for her excellent research in economics.
The paper titled "The Middle-Eastern Marriage Pattern? Malthusian Dynamics in Nineteenth-Century Egypt" by Yuzuru Kumon and Mohamed Saleh has been published in The Economic History Review.
This week, head of the Energy Commission, NHH professor Lars Sørgard, presented the commission´s conclusions and recommendations. How can Norway increase its electricity production in the future?
The paper titled "Justifying Dissent" by Leonardo Bursztyn, Georgy Egorov, Ingar Haaland, Aakaash Rao and Christopher Roth has been published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics.
The paper titled "Beliefs about Racial Discrimination and Support for Pro-Black Policies" by Ingar Haaland and Christopher Rot has been published in The Review of Economics and Statistics.
NHH professor Katrine V. Løken will lead an expert group that will look at how kindergartens, schools and day care facilities for schoolchildren (SFO) can contribute to equalizing social differences.
In 2022, Alexander Willén received NOK 8 million in funding through the Researcher Project for Young Talents. Read his tips about the application process.
On Tuesday 10 January 2023 Oda Kristine Storstad Sund will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
The paper titled "Breaking the Links: Natural Resource Booms and Intergenerational Mobility" by Aline Bütikofer, Antonio Dalla-Zuanna and Kjell G. Salvanes has been published in The Review of Economics and Statistics.
Associate Professor Morten Sæthre has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant for his project «Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy: DEEP».
NHH is pleased to announce vacancies in the PhD specialisation in Economics.
The paper titled "The price of neutrality: ocean freight rates and shipping policy towards the Northern Neutrals during the First World War" by Jan Tore Klovland has been published in Scandinavian Economic History Review.
The paper titled "As Wages Increase, Do People Work More or Less? A Wage Frame Effect" by Luxi Shen and Samuel D. Hirshman has been published in Management Science.
The Norwegian School of Economics has the following vacant positions at the Department of Economics.
The paper titled "Insurance Subsidies, the Affordable Care Act, and Financial Stability" by Samuel Dodini has been published in Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.
The paper titled "How do people trade off resources between quick and slow learners?" by Ranveig Falch has been published in European Economic Review.
The paper titled " Postpartum Job Loss: Transitory Effect on Mothers, Long-run Damage to Children" by Barton Willage and Alexander Willén has been published in European Economic Review.
The workshop: "Fairness and the moral mind" is open for submissions.
The paper titled "The Effect of Labor Market Shocks Across the Life Cycle" by Kjell G. Salvanes, Barton Willage and Alexander Willén has been accepted in Journal of Labor Economics.
The paper titled "Mortality transition in the interwar Baltic states: findings from cross-country comparison of new life tables" by Zenonas Norkus, Domantas Jasilionis, Ola Honningdal Grytten, Ilmārs Mežs and Martin Klesment has been published in Scandinavian Economic History Review.
The paper titled "When Parents Decide: Gender Differences in Competitiveness" by Jonas Tungodden and Alexander Willén has been accepted in Journal of Political Economy.
Scientists from the Baltic states and Norway have started building a database of information on the Baltic states including gross domestic product (GDP) figures that will cover the past 100 years.
Chief Economist and Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Michael Schwarz visits NHH this week. In this open lecture, Schwarz will talk about cryptocurrency demand and valuation.
The prestigious awards Ingvar Wedervang Young Researcher Award and The Honour Award for Excellent Research were given to Katrine V. Løken and Paul N. Gooderham.
Professor of law and competition expert Pinar Akman delivered the first keynote speech at the annual BECCLE conference on competition policy.
New paper titled "The Effect of Negative Income Shocks on Pensioners" by Julian V. Johnsen (University of Bergen) and Alexander Willén (Norwegian School of Economics).
New article titled "Heterogeneous Impacts of Cost Shocks, Strategic Bidding, and Pass-Through: Evidence from the New England Electricity Market" by Harim Kim (Norwegian School of Economics).
New paper titled "A bit of salt, a trace of life: Gender norms and the impact of a salt iodization program on human capital formation of school aged children" by Zichen Deng (Norwegian School of Economics) and Maarten Lindeboom (VU University Amsterdam) published in Journal of Health Economics.
New article titled "Material resources and well-being - Evidence from an Ethiopian housing lottery" by Asbjørn G. Andersen (UiO), Andreas Kotsadam (UiO) and Vincent Somville (NHH) published in Journal of Health Economics.
LSE-professor John Van Reenen gives The Sandmo Lecture On Public Policy on Friday 29 April. Title of his lecture: "Inequality and Superstar Firms"
MiT Professor John Van Reenen is this year’s guest lecturer at NHH’s Sandmo Lecture on Public Policy.
Ingvild Almås has been granted an ERC Consolidator Grant for research on global inequality.
The Department of Economics is pleased to announce new hires for 2022.
Master students interested in economics applied to environmental challenges and green investment opportunities are invited to apply for Equinor’s master thesis scholarship.
Five years after the launch of Nature Human Behaviour, twenty-two leading experts in some of the core disciplines within the journal’s scope share their views on pressing open questions and new directions in their disciplines.
The interdisciplinary research project at FAIR, «Freedom to Choose», has been awarded 25 million NOK in funding from the Norwegian Research Council.
On Wednesday 15 December 2021 Mirjam Linnea Wentzel will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Environmental challenges overtakes technological advancement as the biggest challenge leaders will face, shows a new CEMS study. 'I am not surprised,' says Associate Professor Tina Saebi.
On Monday 25 October 2021 Charlotte Bjørnhaug Evensen will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Over 400 attendees and 360 presentations when Norwegian School of Economics and University of Bergen opened the international EARIE conference at NHH today.
On Friday 3 September 2021 Thor Andreas Aursland will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Alexander L. P. Willén (32) at the Department of Economics has been promoted to full professor. He completed his Ph.D. only three years ago. `An extremely talented researcher´, Professor and Head of Economics Eirik G. Kristiansen says.
Sissel Jensen at the Department of Economics has been promoted to full professor at NHH. Ivar Kolstad at the Department of Accounting, Auditing and Law and Walter Pohl at the Department of Finance have also been promoted from associate professor to professor this spring.
The changes in the UK’s trading relationship with the EU are likely to have widespread effects, many of which are yet to be understood in full. This column (at voxeu.org) introduces the issue of compliance with rules of origin requirements within free trade agreements. The authors argue that complying with these rules can present firms with additional production costs that would not have been present had the UK remained a part of the EU.
On Monday 26 April 2021 Fehime Ceren Ay will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
Chr. Michelsen Institute, the Department of Economics at the University of Bergen, and FAIR would like to welcome you to the 19th NCDE conference, 15 - 16 June 2021.
FAIR is welcoming five researchers to the team this year.
On Friday 19 March 2021 Stefan Meissner will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.
At FAIR we celebrate International Women’s Day, by promoting our focus on gender equality in academia.
FAIR researcher, Sara Abrahamsson to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Our Assistant Professor, Henning Hermes, was appointed as a new Research Affiliate at CEPR.
FAIR welcomes our new Head of Administration, Maja Dame.
Kjetil Bjorvatn has released a new textbook in microeconomics.
FAIR researchers presenting at the Annual Meeting for the American Economic Association.
FAIR is involved in three projects that have received funding from the Research Council of Norway.
This month VoxDevLit was launched and its first piece is Lit on Training Entrepreneurs, with Kjetil Bjorvatn amongst the co-editors.
FAIR søker studentassistent som kan bistå administrasjonen med rapporteringer og administrasjonsoppgaver.
Generous government-mandated parental leave is generally viewed as an effective policy to support women’s careers around childbirth. But does it help women to reach top positions in the upper pay echelon of their firms?
NHH has the following vacant positions at the Department of Economics.
NHH is pleased to announce vacancies in the PhD specialisation in Economics.
