In 2025, researchers at NHH published 22 papers in the world’s top economics journals. This is four more than last year—which was also a strong year, with 18 top-tier publications.

Vice Rector for Research, Katrine V. Løken, is proud of the results:

`These are fantastic numbers. The 2025 record is clear evidence of the academic strength within the NHH research environment—and of the high level of ambition among our researchers.´

Highest ranked journals 

This week, she is awarding publication bonuses to all 33 NHH researchers who are either sole authors or co-authors of the papers. What they all have in common is that the 22 articles were published in journals ranked by the Financial Times and NHH as the very top outlets within their respective fields of economic research.

Bonus at NHH

• NOK 200,000 for publication in journals included on both lists.
• NOK 100,000 for publication in journals on NHH’s list.
• NOK 80,000 for publication in journals exclusively on the FT list.

These journals impose extremely strict quality standards and demand strong scholarly impact. Several of them reject up to 95 percent of submitted manuscripts.

NOK 200,000

A paper that appears on both the Financial Times list and NHH’s top-journal list is awarded a NOK 200,000 publication bonus (see fact box). Last year, there were 18 such articles, while in 2023 the number was 10.

This year, 22 articles qualify for the bonus.

Løken is clear that publication bonuses remain a priority for NHH:

`Publication bonuses are a clear signal that NHH prioritises high academic quality and research with international impact. Seeing so many researchers succeed internationally at the same time is inspiring for the entire organisation,´ says Løken.

PUBLICATIONS

Antonio Dalla-Zuanna, Kai Liu, Kjell G. Salvanes 

Pulled-in and Crowded-out: Heterogeneous Outcomes of Merit-Based School Choice. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (NHH-bonus)

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Sarah Cattan, Kjell G. Salvanes, Emma Tominey 

First Generation Elite: The Role of School Social Networks. American Economic Review (NHH og FT bonus) 

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Philipp Ager, Marc Goñi, Kjell G. Salvanes 

Gender-Biased Technological Change: Milking Machines and the Exodus of Women from Farming. American Economic Review (NHH og FT bonus) 

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Kjetil Bjorvatn, Denise Ferris, Selim Gulesci, Arne Nasgowitz, Vincent Somville, Lore Vandewalle 

Childcare, Labor Supply, and Business Development: Experimental Evidence from Uganda. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics (NHH-bonus) 

Alexander Cappelen, Ranveig Falch, Bertil Tungodden 

Experimental Evidence on the Acceptance of Males Falling Behind. Journal of the European Economic Association (NHH-bonus) 

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Alexander W. Cappelen, Gary Charness, Mathias Ekström, Uri Gneezy, Bertil Tungodden. 

Exercise Improves Academic Performance. Journal of Political Economy (NHH og FT bonus)

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William Zame, Bertil Tungodden, Erik Ø Sørensen, Shachar Kariv, Alexander W Cappelen 

Linking Social and Personal Preferences: Theory and Experiment. Journal of Political Economy (NHH og FT bonus) 

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Fanny Landaud, Éric Maurin, Barton Willage, Alexander  Willén 

The Value of a High School GPA. The Review of Economics and Statistics (NHH-bonus) 

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Jonna Olsson  

Singles, Couples, and Their Labor Supply: Long-Run Trends and Short-Run Fluctuations. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics (NHH-bonus) 

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Mateusz Myśliwski, May Rostom, Fabio Sanches, Daniel Silva Jr, Sorawoot Srisuma 

Identification and estimation of a search model with heterogeneous consumers and firms. Journal of Econometrics (NHH-bonus) 

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Björn Brey 

Sparking knowledge: Early technology adoption, innovation ability and long-run growth. Journal of the European Economic Association (NHH-bonus)

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Varouj Aivazian, Tzu-Ting Chiu, Miguel Minutti-Meza, Dushyantkumar Vyas 

EXPRESS: Political Uncertainty and the Timing of Mass Layoffs. Production and Operations Management (FT-bonus)

Tomi Rajala, Harri Jalonen  

Beyond Simplification in Public Sector Accountability: Contradictions Between Principal-Agent and Complexity Theories. Public Administration Review (NHH-bonus)

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Xiaoxing Li, Joseph F. Brazel, Anna Gold, Justin Leiby 

Inheriting Versus Developing Data Analytic Tests and Auditors’ Professional Skepticism. Journal of Accounting Research (NHH og FT-bonus)

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Katarzyna Bilicka, Elisa Casi, Carol Seregni, Barbara M. B. Stage 

Tax Strategy Disclosure: A Greenwashing Mandate? Journal of Accounting Research (NHH og FT-bonus)

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Evelina Gavrilova-Zoutman, Steffen Juranek 

The Role of Reviewer Characteristics on the Diversity of Successful Applicants. Organization Science (NHH og FT-bonus) 

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Petter Bjerksund, Trond Døskeland, André Wattø Sjuve, Andreas Ørpetveit 

Forced to be Active: Evidence from a Regulation Intervention. Management Science (NHH og FT-bonus)  

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Ole-Andreas Elvik Næss 

Owner Support for Green Shareholder Voting and Divestment. Management Science (NHH og FT-bonus) 

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B. Espen Eckbo, Xunhua Su, Karin S. Thorburn 

Bank Compensation for the Penalty-Free Loan Prepayment Option: Theory and Evidence. Management Science (NHH og FT-bonus)

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Katja Kisseleva, Aksel Mjøs, David T. Robinson 

Evaluating Selection Bias in Early-Stage Investment Returns. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (NHH og FT-bonus) 

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Marius Jones, Elisabeth Norman, Therese Egeland, Vidar Schei 

Don't calm down! How affective climate emerges in start-ups. Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal (FT-bonus)

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Tatevik Harutyunyan, Bram Timmermans, Lars Frederiksen 

Outside board director experience and the growth of new ventures. Journal of Business Venturing (NHH og FT-bonus)



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