Jonna Olsson - Marie Curie Grant
We are excited to announce that a member of the Macro Risk & Sustainability Group, Jonna Olsson, has been awarded a two-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship from the European Commission.
News from Macro, Risk and Sustainability Centre
Behavioral Nudges Reduced Dropout Risk among Vulnerable Students during the Pandemic: Experimental Evidence from Brazil
New paper titled "Behavioral Nudges Reduced Dropout Risk among Vulnerable Students during the Pandemic: Experimental Evidence from Brazil" by Eppie van Egeraat (with Guilherme Lichand, Julien Christen) has been published in AEA Papers and Proceedings in May 2023.
The Unequal Consequences of Job Loss across Countries
"The Unequal Consequences of Job Loss across Countries" by Antoine Berteau (with Edoardo Acabbi, Cristina Barcelo, Andreas Gulyas, Stefano Lombardi and Raffaele Saggio) has been published in American Economic Review: Insights in September 2023.
Labor supply when productivity keeps growing
New paper titled "Labor supply when productivity keeps growing" by Jonna Olsson (with Timo Boppart and Per Krusell) has been published in Review of Economic Dynamics in August 2023.
Democratization, leader education and growth: firm-level evidence from Indonesia
New paper titled "Democratization, leader education and growth: firm-level evidence from Indonesia" by Paul Pelzl and Steven Poelhekke has been published in Journal of Economic Growth in February 2023.
Pricing Behaviour and Menu Costs in Multi-product Firms
New paper titled "Competition and risk taking in local bank markets: evidence from the business loans segment" by Øivind A. Nilsen, Chiara Canta and Simen A. Ulsaker is forthcoming in Journal of Empirical Finance.
Vincent Sterk
Professor Vincent Sterk from University College London will join Department of Economics as Professor II from August 2023 and will be an affiliated member of the Macroeconomics, Risk and Sustainability Center.
Informed Enforcement: lessons from pollution monitoring in China(2)
New paper titled "Informed Enforcement: lessons from pollution monitoring in China" by Zichen Deng and Sebastian Axbard will be forthcoming in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.
Capital Regulations and the Management of Credit Commitments during Crisis Times
New paper titled "Capital Regulations and the Management of Credit Commitments during Crisis Times" by Paul Pelzl and María Teresa Valderrama has been published in Review of Finance.
Can the economic growth of interwar Latvia be estimated by contemporary national accounts
New paper titled "Can the economic growth of interwar Latvia be estimated by contemporary national accounts" by Grytten, Ola Honningdal; Norkus, Zenonas; Markeviciute, Jurgita; Silins, Janis has been published in Baltic Journal of Economics.
A Post-Merger Analysis Based on Loan-Level Data from the Corporate Sector
The paper titled "Bank Consolidation, Interest Rates, and Risk: A Post-Merger Analysis Based on Loan-Level Data from the Corporate Sector" by Steffen Juranek, Øivind Anti Nilsen and Simen A. Ulsaker will be forthcoming in Journal of Competition and Law.
WINNER OF EUROPEAN TEACHING AWARD
Congratulations to Professor Astrid Kunze for winning the EEA the EEA Award for Exceptional Teaching!
Mortality transition in the interwar Baltic states: findings from cross-country comparison of new life tables
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.
Urbanisation and the Onset of Modern Economic Growth
New paper titled "Urbanisation and the Onset of Modern Economic Growth" by Liam Brunt and Cecilia García-Peñalosa has been published in The Economic Journal.
Pricing Behaviour and Menu Costs in Multi-product Firms
New paper titled "Pricing Behaviour and Menu Costs in Multi-product Firms" by Wilko Letterie (Maastricht University) and Øivind A. Nilsen (Norwegian School of Economics) has been published in Economica.
PhD Research Scholar position in Macroeconomics
NHH is pleased to announce a vacancy in the PhD specialisation in Macroeconomics.
Best Master Thesis in Economics 2021
Congratulations to Håvard Skuterud and Ingeborg Munthe-Kaas Webster, winners of the Best Master Thesis in Economics in Autumn 2020 and Spring 2021! Håvard and Ingeborg were awarded the prize for their masters thesis: “Synchronization of Price Changes within Firms and Industries: A micro-level analysis using PPI data”
PRICE CHANGE SYNCHRONIZATION WITHIN AND BETWEEN FIRMS
New paper titled "Price change synchronization within and between firms" by Øivind Anti Nilsen, Håvard Skuterud, and Ingeborg Munthe-Kaas Webster has been published in Economics Letters.
Early-life Famine Exposure, Hunger Recall and Later-life Health
New paper titled "Early-life Famine Exposure, Hunger Recall and Later-life Health" by Zichen Deng (NHH) and Maarten Lindeboom (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) will be forthcoming in Journal of Applied Econometrics.
Costly reversals of bad policies: The case of the mortgage interest deduction
New paper titled "Costly reversals of bad policies: The case of the mortgage interest deduction" by Markus Karlman (NHH), Karin Kinnerud (BI), and Kasper Kragh-Sørensen (UiO) has been published in Review of Economic Dynamics.
Household Debt and Monetary Policy: Revealing the Cash-Flow Channel
Paper titled "Household Debt and Monetary Policy: Revealing the Cash-Flow Channel" Martin Flodén, Matilda Kilström, Jósef Sigurdsson, Roine Vestman has been published in The Economic Journal in May.