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  2. Tungodden granted Einstein Visiting Fellowship

    Einstein Foundation has agreed to a funding proposal by Georg Weizsäcker to grant one of its prestiguous Einstein Visiting Fellowships to Bertil Tungodden.

  4. Tungodden gets prestigious editor position

    Bertil Tungodden was recently appointed associate editor of the reputed journal Management Science.

  5. Cappelen and Tungodden become Associate Editors in the Journal of Political Economy

    Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden have been appointed associate editors at the Journal of Political Economy, one of the oldest and most prestigious journals in economics, presenting significant research in economic theory and practice since 1892.

  6. Bertil Tungodden

    Tungodden in Nature Human Behaviour

    Five years after the launch of Nature Human Behaviour, twenty-two leading experts in some of the core disciplines within the journal’s scope share their views on pressing open questions and new directions in their disciplines.

  7. Top behavioral economics at NHH

    New European research in behavioral economics. Four highly interesting keynote speakers: The three-day ESA conference at NHH is underway.

  8. Bertil Tungodden delivers the annual Grimen Lecture

    The Grimen Lecture is a tribute to Professor Harald Grimen, a leading Norwegian philosopher of his generation, exploring topics aligned with his legacy. Bertil will delve into how moral motivation influences our economic decisions.

  9. European super-grant awarded to Tungodden

    Professor Bertil Tungodden has been awarded Europe’s most sought-after research funding, the ERC Advanced Grant. Only one other Norwegian researcher was awarded the grant.

  10. FAIR-CRC workshop on «Perceptions on Inequality and Preferences for Redistribution”

    On November 26th, Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden organized an online workshop together with Andreas Peichl (ifo Institute) and Georg Weizsäcker (Humboldt-U. Berlin).

  11. Cappelen and Tungodden contribute with a chapter in the book "Taxation: Philosophical Perspectives"

    Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden have contributed with a book chapter, called "Tax Policy and Fair Inequality", in this newly published book edited by Martin O'Neill and Shepley Orr.

  12. PhD Activities

    FAIR organizes PHD-activities all year around. Our complete list over all the activites, you can find here.

  13. WinnerS of NHH’s prizeS for outstanding research

    Professor Bertil Tungodden is awarded the NHH prize for outstanding research and Malin Arve is awarded the Ingvar Wedervang prize for outstanding research by a faculty member below 40 years of age.

  14. NHH presents findings of the world’s largest experimental study

    What causes inequality? Do people have the same understanding of economic fairness? FAIR at NHH is presenting groundbreaking research at the Gallup World Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on 5 November.

  15. Collected milestones in fairness literature

    In their new research collection, «The Economics of Fairness», Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden present forty key contributions on fairness.

  16. FAIR Online sessions overview

    FAIR is introducing online sessions, below you will find the schedule for all our online sessions.

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    FAIR paper published in American Economic Review

    A new NHH study, "Second-Best Fairness: The Trade-off between False Positives and False Negatives", is published in the September issue of American Economic Review.

  21. The Development of Social Comparisons and Sharing Behavior Across 12 Countries

    New accepted paper in the Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, titled "The Development of Social Comparisons and Sharing Behavior Across 12 Countries". Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden are among the co-authors.

  22. 45th IAREP Conference - call for papers

    The 45th IAREP conference will be hosted by The School of Business and Law at the University of Agder (UiA) June 2020, in Kristiansand, Norway. Bertil Tungodden is one of the keynote speakers.

  23. Workshop - Fairness and the moral mind

    The online workshop is organized by Professor Bertil Tungodden and funded by his ERC Advanced Grant “Fairness and the moral mind”.

  24. Centre coordinator position available

    FAIR is hiring a full time centre coordinator to join our administrative staff, who will work closely with both the administration and faculty. Read the full job description and find contact information here.

  26. The Choice Lab receives 10 mill NOK

    The Choice Lab professors Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden have been awarded a research grant – of 10 mill NOK – for their project «Understanding Paternalism».

  27. FAIR at Forskningsdagene in Bergen

    This week Forskningsdagene is happening all over Norway and Cappelen, Risa and Tungodden will contribute here in Bergen.

  28. Cooperation Creates Special Moral Obligations

    New working paper "Cooperation Creates Special Moral Obligations" from Alexander Cappelen, Varun Gauri, Bertil Tungodden.

  29. Final Round of the Centre of Excellence Process

    Inequality in childhood manifests itself strongly in adulthood. Why is this the case, and is this fine with us? This is some of what a group of NHH researchers intend to study. They are now in the final round of the Centre of Excellence process

  30. New published paper: Fairness and the proportionality principle

    How should you distribute income so that you keep the fair inequalities (that derive from the freedom to choose), but not the unfair inequalities (that dervie from difference in opportunities)? Cappelen and Tungodden writes in Social Choice and Welfare.

  31. Article in Harvard Business Review

    Kristina Bott, Alexander W. Cappelen, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden have written an article in Harvard Business Review about their recent study which shows that moral appeals can help reduce tax evasion.

  32. Parental Decision-Making and Competitiveness

    Check out the virtual video coverage of Alexander L.P. Willén and Jonas Tungodden's recent paper "When Parents Decide: Gender Differences in Competitiveness", which has been published in the Journal of Political Economy.

  35. FAIR at the 40th annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association for Economists

    The annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association for Economists is hosted by NHH and the keynote speakers are Professors Alexander W. Cappelen, Kjell Gunnar Salvanes, Bertil Tungodden, Ingvild Almås and Ola Kvaløy.

  36. FAIR Workshop

    The workshop: "Fairness and the moral mind" will be on Zoom on Wednesday, November 4.

  37. New publication in The Economic Journal

    New publication in The Economic Journal, “The Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behaviour” by Alexander W. Cappelen, Johanna Mollerstrom, Bjørn-Atle Reme, and Bertil Tungodden.

  38. PhD Course with Shachar Kariv

    We invite you to a Ph.D. Course in Behavioral Economics with Shachar Kariv titled "Confronting Decision Theory with Experimental Data and Vice Versa". The course is organized by Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden.

  39. The Effect of Early-Childhood Education on Social Preferences

    New published paper by Alexander Cappelen, John List (University of Chicago), Anya Samek (University of Southern California) and Bertil Tungodden in the Journal of Political Economy, titled “The Effect of Early-Childhood Education on Social Preferences”.

  40. The Boy Crisis: Experimental Evidence on the Acceptance of Males Falling Behind

    New working paper by Alexander W. Cappelen, Ranveig Falch and Bertil Tungodden, titled "The Boy Crisis: Experimental Evidence on the Acceptance of Males Falling Behind"

  41. Empowering the disabled through savings groups

    Professors Kjetil Bjorvatn and Bertil Tungodden have a new working paper "Empowering the disabled through savings groups: Experimental evidence from Uganda".

  42. Free to Fail

    Free to Fail? Paternalistic Preferences in the United States

    New working paper from Björn Bartling, Alexander W. Cappelen, Henning Hermes, Marit Skivenes and Bertil Tungodden is out! The research sheds light on attitudes toward paternalistic policies and the broad support for soft interventions in the general population in the United States.

  43. The Development Gap in Economic Rationality of Future Elites

    The paper titled "The Development Gap in Economic Rationality of Future Elites" by Alexander W. Cappelen, Shachar Kariv, Erik Øiolf Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden has been published in Games and Economic Behaviour.

  44. Cutthroat Capitalism versus Cuddly Socialism

    New published paper by Ingvild Almås, Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden in the Journal of Political Economy, titled "Cutthroat Capitalism versus Cuddly Socialism: Are Americans More Meritocratic and Efficiency-Seeking than Scandinavians?".

  45. New publication in The Economic Journal

    New publication in The Economic Journal, “The Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behaviour” (forthcoming) by Alexander W. Cappelen, Johanna Mollerstrom, Bjørn-Atle Reme, and Bertil Tungodden.

  46. Grant awarded to FAIR

    The interdisciplinary research project “Freedom to Choose” (FREE) has been awarded 25 million NOK in funding from the Norwegian Research Council. The project, headed by Alexander Cappelen, Hallgeir Sjåstad and Bertil Tungodden, aims to exploit scientific synergies between economics and psychology.

  47. New publication in the American Economic Review!

    We are proud to announce a new publication by Alexander Cappelen, Cornelius Cappelen, and Bertil Tungodden in the renowned American Economic Review. The paper contributes valuable insights to the field of economics by examining individuals' fairness preferences within second-best scenarios.

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    Norwegians have more positive attitudes towards rich people than expected

    A new global study from NHH shows that Norwegians have positive attitudes towards the richest among us when compared to other countries. “Norwegians do not think rich people have generated their wealth by being egoistic,” says Professor Bertil Tungodden.

  49. New chapter: Fair and Unfair Income Inequality

    FAIR researchers Alexander W. Cappelen, Ranveig Falch, and Bertil Tungodden have written a chapter titled “Fair and Unfair Income Inequality” for the Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (2020).

  50. A Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behavior

    New working paper by Alexander W. Cappelen, Johanna Mollerstrom, Bjørn-Atle Reme and Bertil Tungodden, titled "A Meritocratic Origin of Egalitarian Behavior".

  51. How Are Gender Norms Perceived?

    New working paper from Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden published in NBER! The research sheds light on the importance of understanding actual and perceived gender norms in society, using nationally representative datasets from 60 countries, covering over 80% of the world's population.

  52. NHH gets a Centre of Excellence

    In competition with 150 other strong research environments in Norway, the Research Council of Norway has now awarded NHH a Centre of Excellence.

  53. Bertil Tungodden

    A star player in his academic field

    Professor Bertil Tungodden at the Department of Economics at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) turns 60 on Thursday 4 May. He is a giant in international research, deeply committed to his subject, with a unique ability to infect others with his enthusiasm.

  54. Fairness in Bankruptcies: An Experimental Study

    New published paper in Management Science by Alexander W. Cappelen, Roland Iwan Luttens, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden: "Fairness in Bankruptcies: An Experimental Study".

  55. Accept growing inequalities

    The differences between people in the USA have never been greater. Over the past decades, the richest have become even richer. A new study shows that Americans accept these inequalities to a much greater degree than Norwegians.

  56. The development of children’s preferences for equality and equity across 13 individualistic and collectivist cultures

    New published article in Developmental Science by Elizabeth Huppert et al. including Bertil Tungodden: "The development of children’s preferences for equality and equity across 13 individualistic and collectivist cultures".

  57. FAIR Annual Report 2023

    The FAIR Annual Report 2023 is now available online. You can read it in full length here, alongside a statement from Centre Director Bertil Tungodden.

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    FAIR Annual Report 2022

    The FAIR Annual Report 2022 is now available online. You can read it in full length here, alongside a statement from Centre Director Bertil Tungodden.

  59. FAIR Annual Report 2021

    The FAIR annual report is now available online. You can read it in full length here, alongside a statement from Centre Director Bertil Tungodden.

  60. Competitiveness, gender and handedness: a large-sample intercultural study

    New working paper by Thomas Buser (University of Amsterdam), Alexander Cappelen, Uri Gneezy (Rady School of Management, UCSD), Moshe Hoffman (MIT and Harvard) and Bertil Tungodden, titled "Competitiveness, gender and handedness: a large-sample intercultural study".

  61. Fairness and the Moral Mind Online Workshop

    Online workshop hosted by FAIR and chaired by Bertil Tungodden that aims to present new experimental work by young scholars on how to understand the moral mind.

  62. FAIR Annual report 2019

    The FAIR annual report is now available online. You can read it in full length here, alongside a statement from Centre Director Bertil Tungodden.

  63. Research

    Research on topics relevant to ethics, corporate responsibility and sustainability is conducted across all departments at NHH.

  64. Exercise Improves Academic Performance

    Alexander Cappelen, Gary Charness, Mathias Ekström, Uri Gneezy and Bertil Tungodden have published the working paper "Exercise Improves Academic Performance".

  65. We Can Manage: Experimental Evidence From Savings Groups in Uganda

    A new paper published in the Journal of African Economies shows that village savings and loan field experiments increased economic and social empowerment and general well-being. Paper by Kjetil Bjorvatn and Bertil Tungodden.

  66. Bertil Tungodden and Alexander W. Cappelen.

    Solidarity and predictability are essential in times of crisis

    New guarantees are needed to enable us to carry the financial costs of the pandemic together, write Bertil Tungodden and Alexander W Cappelen.

  67. Almås appointed full professor

    Ingvild Almås at the Department of Economics has been appointed full Professor at NHH.

  68. Welcome to FAIR on social media

    We really want to interact with you on social media.

  70. Special issue published on developing countries

    The Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (JEBO) has published a special issue which aims to show how lab experimental methods can be applied in developing countries.

  71. Teaching through television: Experimental evidence on entrepreneurship education in Tanzania

    New accepted paper in the journal Management Science, by Kjetil Bjorvatn, Alexander W. Cappelen, Linda Helgesson Sekei, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden.

  72. Ethnically Biased? Experimental Evidence from Kenya

    New published paper, in the Journal of the European Economic Association, titled "Ethnically Biased? Experimental Evidence from Kenya", by Lars Ivar Oppedal Berge, Kjetil Bjorvatn, Simon Galle, Edward Miguel, Daniel N. Posner, Bertil Tungodden and Kelly Zhang.

  73. Workshops & Conferences

    FAIR organizes and takes part in a number of workshops and conferences throughout the year. Here you will find information about the upcoming workshops and conferences.

  75. You’ve got mail: A randomised field experiment on tax evasion

    New accepted paper in Management Science by Kristina M. Bott, Alexander W. Cappelen, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden titled "You’ve got mail: A randomised field experiment on tax evasion".

  76. Fairness in Winner-Take-All Markets

    New working paper "Fairness in Winner-Take-All Markets" from Björn Bartling, Alexander W. Cappelen, Mathias Ekström, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden.

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    Call for papers: Fairness and the moral mind

    The workshop: "Fairness and the moral mind" is open for submissions.

  78. Tax evasion article in Harvard Business Review

    NoCeT researchers Kristina Bott and Alexander W. Cappelen have, together with Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden (both also at NHH), written an article in Harvard Business Review.

  79. Call for Papers: Fairness and the moral mind

    Paper submissions are now being accepted for the online workshop of 2023!

  80. Cutthroat capitalism versus cuddly socialism: Are Americans more meritocratic and efficiency-seeking than Scandinavians?

    New forthcoming paper in The Journal of Political Economy by Ingvild Almås, Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden titled "Cutthroat capitalism versus cuddly socialism: Are Americans more meritocratic and efficiency-seeking than Scandinavians?"

  81. The Effect of Early Childhood Education on Social Preferences

    A new accepted paper by Alexander Cappelen, John List, Anya Samek and Bertil Tungodden in the Journal of Political Economy, titled "The Effect of Early Childhood Education on Social Preferences"

  82. FAIR Inaugural Conference

    Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 June 2018 the FAIR Inaugural Conference officially opens FAIR and is the first gathering of all the members, collaborators and partners. John List, James Heckman and Marianne Bertrand will speak and there is a policy session on Poverty and Inequality.

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    25 mill NOK to FAIR project

    The interdisciplinary research project at FAIR, «Freedom to Choose», has been awarded 25 million NOK in funding from the Norwegian Research Council.

  84. FAIRNESS ACROSS THE WORLD: THE NATURE AND CONSEQUENCES OF INEQUALITY ACCEPTANCE

    In 2018, a group of researchers at the Norwegian School of Economics set off to map the fairness preferences of people around the world. What they discovered is a truly novel data set on the nature of inequality acceptance across the globe.

  85. Spring School in Behavioral Economics 2019

    This week the 7th Spring School in Behavioral Economics is taking place at University of California San Diego Rady School of Management.

  86. FAIR kick off seminar

    Today the internal kick off of the new Centre of Excellence FAIR - Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality took place.

  89. FAIR officially opened

    The Mayor of Bergen, Marte Mjøs Persen, officially opened the new Centre of Excellence at NHH on Monday.

  90. Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality 2019

    From June 24-28, 2019, FAIR is hosting the Summer School on Socioeconomic Inequality (SSSI) together with Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Global Working Group (HCEO) at The Center for the Economics of Human Development at University of Chicago.

  91. Published papers

  93. New paper in PNAS

    Ingvild Almås, Alexander W. Cappelen, Erik Ø. Sørensen, and Bertil Tungodden have published a new paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America (PNAS): “Global evidence on the selfish rich inequality hypothesis”.

  94. Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship to Øivind Schøyen

    PhD student Øivind Schøyen has received a two-year Overseas Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

  95. Research

    The Centre for Experimental Research on Fairness, Inequality and Rationality aims to conduct groundbreaking experimental research on how to address inequality in society. FAIR is comprised of three research groups, the Centre for Empirical Labor Economics (CELE), The Choice Lab (TCL), and Development (DEV).

  96. New master's thesis on the development of fairness preferences

    New possibility for a master's thesis on the development of fairness preferences at FAIR with Alexander W. Cappelen as supervisor.

  97. Academic Networking Workshop

    Together with FAIR, WomEN organizes annual workshop for applied economists where female researchers have the opportunity to present their work to leading researchers in the field and receive feedback in an informal, collegial, and productive atmosphere.

  98. Call for papers ECBE 2018

    FAIR is hosting the Early-Career Behavioral Economics Conference in Bergen in June 2018 and they are announcing the call for papers.