Jarle Møen joins expert committee
Exemptions from VAT on repairs and second-hand goods have been a hot topic recent years. Now, NHH Professor Jarle Møen joins the committee that will examine VAT reductions for reuse.
Head of department Jarle Møen
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Biography
Jarle Møen is Head of Department and Professor of applied econometrics at NHH, the Norwegian School of Economics. Møen has a Master of Science degree from London School of Economics and received his PhD at NHH in 2002. He has been a visiting fellow at Harvard University and a guest researcher at the NBER Productivity group. Møen was a Research Fellow in the Unit for Labour Market and Firm Behaviour in Statistics Norway from 1996 to 2010, and a member of the executive board of the Research Council of Norway from 2011 to 2018. He was also a member of the most recent Norwegian Tax Commission (NOU 2022:20).
Møen's research interests include business taxation, firm subsidies, R&D investments, knowledge spillovers and policy evaluation. He is the Deputy Head of the Norwegian Centre of Taxation and a member of the Nordic Tax Research Council. He has published in leading academic journals such as Management Science, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Labor Economics and Research Policy.
Selected publications
| Author(s) | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Olden, Andreas; Møen, Jarle | The triple difference estimator | Econometrics Journal Volume 25 (3); page 531 - 553; 2022 |
| Goldbach, Stefan; Møen, Jarle; Schindler, Dirk; Schjelderup, Guttorm; Wamser, Georg | The tax-efficient use of debt in multinational corporations | Journal of Corporate Finance Volume 71; 2021 |
| Møen, Jarle; Schindler, Dirk; Schjelderup, Guttorm; Bakke, Julia Tropina | International Debt Shifting: The Value-Maximizing Mix of Internal and External Debt | International Journal of the Economics of Business (35 pages); 2019 |
| Møen, Jarle | Corporate returns to subsidised R&D projects: direct grants vs. tax credit financing | International Journal of Technology Management Volume 79 (1); page 84 - 101; 2019 |
| Huttunen, Kristiina; Møen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | Job loss and regional mobility | Journal of Labor Economics Volume 36 (2); page 479 - 509; 2018 |
| Kind, Hans Jarle; Møen, Jarle | Effects of taxes and subsidies on media services. | Handbook on the Economics of the Media.; page 350 - 382; 2015 |
| Andersson, Jonas; Møen, Jarle | A Simple Improvement of the IV-estimator for the Classical Errors-in-Variables Problem | Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics Volume 78 (1); page 113 - 125; 2015 |
| Henningsen, Morten Søndergaard; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Møen, Jarle | Estimating the additionality of R&D subsidies using proposal evaluation data to control for research intentions | Journal of Technology Transfer Volume 40 (2); page 227 - 251; 2014 |
| Huttunen, Kristiina; Møen, Jarle; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar | HOW DESTRUCTIVE IS CREATIVE DESTRUCTION? EFFECTS OF JOB LOSS ON JOB MOBILITY, WITHDRAWAL AND INCOME | Journal of the European Economic Association Volume 9 (5); page 840 - 870; 2011 |
| Hvide, Hans K.; Møen, Jarle | Lean and Hungry or Fat and Content? Entrepreneurs' Wealth and Start-Up Performance | Management science Volume 56 (8); page 1242 - 1258; 2010 |
| Hunnes, Arngrim; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Møen, Jarle | Wage structure and labor mobility in Norway, 1980-97 | The Structure of Wages: an international comparison. Edward P. Lazear and Kathryn L. Shaw (eds); page 315 - 372; 2009 |
| Møen, Jarle | R&D spillovers from subsidized firms that fail: Tracing knowledge by following employees across firms | Research Policy Volume 36 (9); page 1443 - 1464; 2007 |
| Møen, Jarle | Is Mobility of Technical Personnel a Source of R&D Spillovers? | Journal of Labor Economics Volume 23 (1); page 81 - 114; 2005 |
| Klette, Tor Jakob; Møen, Jarle; Griliches, Zvi | Do subsidies to commercial R&D reduce market failures? Microevaluation studies | Research Policy Volume 29 (4-5); page 471 - 496; 2000 |
Discussion Papers
author pages
Research areas at the department
Main: Business Taxation
Secondary: Managerial Economics and Business Strategy
- Business Statistics (undergraduate)
- Economics of Innovation (undergraduate and executive MBA)
- Introductory econometrics (graduate)
- Linear panel data models (PhD)
Dissemination
Agree with Civita's Fasting about zero tax payers
Jarle Møen: The term zero tax payer should be out of the debate.
Unsubtle about tax
Ola Kvaløy, Jarle Møen and Ragnar Torvik: The Norwegian Tax Commission is proposing a reform that will make it more worthwhile to work, especially for those with fairly low wages or high wages.
Lead article by Olden and Møen
The article "The triple difference estimator" has been published in the September issue of the Econometrics Journal, as the editor's choice of lead article. Editor’s choice-articles are published as open access.
Top publication by Møen and Schjelderup
The article "The tax-efficient use of debt in multinational corporations" has been published in Journal of Corporate Finance.
Does the world need only English technical language?
Jarle Møen: A country that does not have a living national technical language will not be able to conduct a well-informed public debate.
More jobs with less wealth tax?
Jarle Møen: Small firms are, in many cases, taxed more favourably than houses. Will even more favourable taxes on "working capital" really lead to more jobs?
Finance theory financed by the fish farming industry does not hold water
Petter Bjerksund, Linda Nøstbakken and Jarle Møen: The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund finances projects for University of Stavanger researchers, who then launch their own theories about taxation of economic rents.
Møen Appointed to Nordic Tax Research Council
The Ministry of Finance has appointed Professor Jarle Møen as Norwegian member of The Nordic Tax Research Council.
Small business friendly wealth tax
Jarle Møen: The wealth tax may be structured in such a way that owners of smaller firms are given relieves, while owners of big fortunes are not.
Top publication by Jarle Møen
The article "Job Loss and Regional Mobility" has been published in Journal of Labor Economics.
Entrepreneurs with little capital are most successful
Too much wealth makes entrepreneurs fat and content. In a new study of Norwegian entrepreneurs, researchers find that profits increase most for the entrepreneurs with least capital.