NHH Bulletin

Huge interest in the energy commissions conclusions

1 February 2023 Energy Competition Economics

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?

Don’t say ‘misogyny’

Opinion Piece 1 February 2023 Language and Communication

'This isn’t an essay about trans rights or what it means to be a woman. It is an essay about how language shapes the way we see each other, and language reaches far beyond the trans debate.'

New course in finance emphasises motivation

NHH 25 January 2023 Finance

‘We want to contribute to more NHH students gaining competence and practical experience within the Norwegian asset management environment,’ says NHH's Rector Øystein Thøgersen.

Løken leads new expert group

NHH 19 January 2023 Behavioural economics

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.

Four Essays in Natural Resource Economics

PhD Defense 26 January 2023 Environmental Economics Sustainability

On Thursday February 9 2023 Rasmus Noss Bang will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

‘As a research fellow, you often travel alone. However, that allows you even more freedom to travel where you want, and do exactly what you want, ’ PhD Candidate David Ogudugu says. Photo: Hallvard Lyssand, Rutgers University (Tomwsulcer) og Newark (Wikimedia)

From NHH to Manhattan: ‘There are so many opportunities that people don’t know about’

25 January 2023 Accounting and Auditing

PhD candidate David Ogudugu spends his days writing his doctoral thesis at NHH. Last year, he swapped NHH and Bergen for Rutgers University in Newark.

How to get funding from the Research Council of Norway

13 January 2023 Labour Economics Tax and Public Economics

In 2022, Alexander Willén received NOK 8 million in funding through the Researcher Project for Young Talents. Read his tips about the application process.

NORWAY, A POOR COUNTRY?

Opinion Piece 13 January 2023 Macroeconomics Tax and Public Economics

For many of us, it would probably be a good idea to tighten our belts. But do we have to? And what about those who can’t tighten their belts any further? So asks Victor Norman in the newspaper Dagens Næringsliv.

‘THE EXTRA EFFORT HAS REALLY PAID OFF’

NHH 13 January 2023

Mina Henni Røhme (25) and Ina Lisa Tobiassen (24) received the award for best master’s thesis in 2022 at the Department of Economics.

Essays on Mutual Funds

PhD Defense 2 January 2023 Finance

On Thursday 12 January 2023 André Wattø Sjuve will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

Essays on Inequality Acceptance and Meritocracy

PhD Defense 21 December 2022 Behavioural economics

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.

`Will limit the reporting of aggressive tax planning´

15 December 2022 Tax and Public Economics

Last week the EU Court Justice made a striking decision. The court says that a 2018 directive intended to mandate the collection and exchange of information about cross-border tax arrangements, violates the lawyer-client confidentiality.

Discussed tax transparency initiatives

7 December 2022 Tax and Public Economics

Currently, tax transparency ranks high on governments’ agenda as being one of the key policy tools to reduce tax avoidance and evasion. This week NHH and SNF arranged a conference on tax transparency.