Students from elite families lift others with them
In some families, it’s almost expected: You’re going to be a doctor, a lawyer, or an NHH economist. For these young people, top-tier studies are a given. And it rubs off.
Department of Economics
How are economic decisions made, and what are the consequences of these decisions? How should competing firms make pricing and investment decisions?
By addressing these questions the Department of Economics aims to understand major global challenges such as climate change, economic instability and growth, economic development and national and global welfare and inequality.
The Department is built around a number of internationally renowned research groups in a wide range of fields, providing high quality research and teaching in economics.
The faculty members constitute an enthusiastic group of women and men who deliver important contributions, both to the international research community, the government, and the public debate.
About the department
- Research Grants
- Publications
- Discussion papers
- Government Appointed Committees
- AGNAR SANDMO LECTURE ON PUBLIC POLICY
- Faculty and lunch seminars
- Board and management
- PhD specialisation in Economics
- Doctoral dissertations
- Job Market Candidates
- Historic Placement
- Student Assistants
- Best Master Thesis Award in Economics
- Topics for Master Theses
Research centres
Research news
Alexander W. Cappelen joins review of the Oil Fund’s ethics
He helped shape the Oil Fund’s first ethical guidelines. Twenty years later, the NHH Professor is once again given an important ethics assignment.
Postdoc Positions at Econ Job Market
The Department of Economics has announced two Postdoc positions on the Econ Job Market.
Pulled In and Crowded Out: Heterogeneous Outcomes of Merit-Based School Choice
The paper titled "Pulled In and Crowded Out: Heterogeneous Outcomes of Merit-Based School Choice" by Antonio Dalla-Zuanna, Kai Liu and Kjell G. Salvanes has been published in American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.
Events at the Department
- Workshop: Research with German and Norwegian Register Data: Family Policy, Careers and Workplace Technology
- Micro Seminar with: Yiming Liu
- Macro, Risk and Sustainability Seminar: Søren Leth-Petersen
- Faculty Seminar: Jon H. Fiva Vetting for Virtue: Democracy's Challenge in Excluding Criminals from Office
- Macro, Risk and Sustainability Seminar: Oskar Arnt Juul
Latest publications
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Review of International Economics |
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Investment Management and Financial Innovations |
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Malin Arve, Øystein Foros and Hans Jarle Kind: |
"Decentralized Versus Centralized Competitive Pricing When Size Matters" |
Review of Industrial Organization |
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Ingrid Margrethe Halvorsen Barlund and Lars Sørgard: |
"Handheving av kartell i Norden - utvikling og vegen vidare" |
Tidsskrift for forretningsjus |
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Kjetil Bjorvatn and Pablo Soto Mota: |
Magma forskning og viten |
Working papers
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"Counting on the Sea: Quantifying the Rise of Seaborne Trade Serving the United Kingdom 1820-1913" |
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Øystein Foros, Hans Jarle Kind and Greg Shaffer: |
"Nash-in-Nash Bargaining with Price-Setting Firms: Contracts, Profits, and the Role of Slotting Fees" |
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"East Asian Productivity Development: Why did the Philippines fall back?" |
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Richard Friberg, Emil M. S. Halseth, Frode Steen and Simen A. Ulsaker: |
"Do Informed Consumers Pay Less? Evidence from a Survey with Linked Grocery Purchase Data" |