Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics

"Technology Adoption and Women's Rights: Evidence from Switzerland" - new discussion paper by Björn Brey (@nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social), Edoardo Cefalá, and @garcia-penalosa.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

"When Organized Crime Moves In: Economic and Human Capital Disruption" - new discussion paper by @erikapoveag.bsky.social and Andrea Bocchino (@nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social, @fair-thechoicelab.bsky.social, @fair-cele.bsky.social):
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Price discrimination and competition in international transportation Using uniquely detailed data, I document large freight price variation across shipments of similar products transported within the same container on t…

"Price discrimination and competition in international transportation" - new publication by Anna Ignatenko (@nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social) in @jintlecon.bsky.social:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Katrine V. Løken ( @nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social & @fair-cele.bsky.social) has been appointed to a new expert committee that will provide advice on how NAV (The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration) should be organised in the future:
www.nhh.no/en/nhh-bulle...

The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre this week hosted the high-level event JRC in conversation with David Card (Nobel Memorial Prize Laureate). Among the invited discussants was @astridkunze.bsky.social (@nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social): www.nhh.no/en/nhh-bulle...

"Social Mobility in Western Countries: The Role of Families, Networks, and Institutions" - new working paper by Kjell G. Salvanes (@nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social & @fair-cele.bsky.social), Martin Nybom and José V. Rodríguez Mora:
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Attention, Please! Listening to the Central Bank in Uncertain Times (May 2025) - This paper investigates how firms' attention to central banks influences monetary policy transmission under varying macroeconomic uncertainty. The paper utilizes the earnings calls-based ...

"Attention, Please! Listening to the Central Bank in Uncertain Times" - new publication by Yifan Zhang (@nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social), Silvia Albrizio, Allan Dizioli and Pedro Simon:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Cash Transfers and Business Survival During Covid: Evidence from Uganda The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown policies that followed led to a sharp economic downturn. Many countries used cash transfers to curb the negative effects on vulnerable households but little i...

@arnenasgowitz.bsky.social & Lore Vandewalle:
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"Cash Transfers and Business Survival During Covid: Evidence from Uganda" - new publication by Kjetil Bjorvatn, @vincentsomville.bsky.social (both @nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social & @fair-thechoicelab.bsky.social), Denise Ferris, @selimgulesci.bsky.social,
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Making America great again? The economic impacts of Liberation Day tariffs On April 2, 2025, President Trump declared “Liberation Day,” announcing broad tariffs to reduce trade deficits and revive U.S. industry. We analyze th…

"Making America great again? The economic impacts of Liberation Day tariffs" - publication by Anna Ignatenko (@nhhecon.bsky.social and @nhhnor.bsky.social), @lashkaripour.bsky.social, Luca Macedoni and @simonovska.bsky.social in @jintlecon.bsky.social: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New measures to encourage earlier childbearing. Guaranteed childcare from the age of 1 is among the measures proposed by the Birth Rate Committee, where Katrine V. Løken (@nhhecon.bsky.social @nhhnor.bsky.social @fair-cele.bsky.social) was a member.
www.nhh.no/en/nhh-bulle...

Psychological barriers to participation in the labor market: Evidence from rural Ghana Mental health conditions are strongly associated with reduced labor market participation, but the underlying channels through which such conditions im…

Leandro Carvalho, Damien de Walque, Crick Lund & Heather Schofield: 2/2 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

"Psychological barriers to participation in the labor market: Evidence from rural Ghana" - new paper by @vincentsomville.bsky.social, Jingyao Wei (both @nhhecon.bsky.social & @fair-thechoicelab.bsky.social), 1/2

Overdriver «energikrise». Norge er neppe tjent med en massiv økning av kraftproduksjonen, skriver Lars Sørgard (@nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social) i DN:
www.nhh.no/nhh-bulletin...

The CRAN Task View Initiative CRAN Task Views have been available on the Comprehensive R Archive Network since 2005. They provide guidance about which CRAN packages are relevant for tasks related to a certain topic, and can also f...

"The CRAN Task View Initiative" - a publication by @rogerbivand.bsky.social (@nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social), Achim Zeileis, Dirk Eddelbuettel, Kurt Hornik, Julia Piaskowski and Nathalie Vialaneix:
journal.r-project.org/articles/RJ-...

Undermining Academic Freedom and Environmental Research in the US: How European Institutions and Researchers can Fill the Gap - Environmental and Resource Economics The current US administration’s actions could undermine academic freedom and environmental research, posing significant challenges not only domestically but also globally. This commentary provides a E...

"Undermining Academic Freedom and Environmental Research in the US: How European Institutions and Researchers can Fill the Gap" - a publication by Linda Nøstbakken (@nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social), Simone Borghesi and Phoebe Koundouri: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"A Consequence-Based Response Framework for More Resilient Shipping Amidst Growing Uncertainty" - a publication by Siri Pettersen Strandenes (@nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social) and Helen Thanopoulou:
www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/13...

🔎 Kjell G. Salvanes appointed to expert committee!

Kjell will serve on a committee evaluating Norway’s housing support scheme — looking at its impact on living conditions, how it interacts with other benefits, and whether changes are needed.

👉 Read more: www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/u...

Gender-Biased Technological Change: Milking Machines and the Exodus of Women from Farming (January 2026) - This paper studies how gender-biased technological change in agriculture affected women's work in twentieth-century Norway. In the 1950s, dairy farms began widely adopting milking mac...

"Gender-Biased Technological Change: Milking Machines and the Exodus of Women from Farming" - new publication by Kjell G. Salvanes (@nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social & @fair-cele.bsky.social), Philipp Ager and Marc Goñi in @aeajournals.bsky.social:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Mental health care in prison can change the life course of incarcerated individuals. A new study from Katrine V. Løken (@nhhecon.bsky.social, @fair-cele.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social), @khouryl.bsky.social and Manudeep Bhuller documents clear effects:
www.nhh.no/en/nhh-bulle...

"Essays on Overconfidence and Development Economics": Friday 23 January @adautheville.bsky.social (@nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social & @fair-thechoicelab.bsky.social) will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH: www.nhh.no/en/nhh-bulle...

"Mixed Frequency Data in a Heterogenous Sticky Price Model" - new working paper by Øivind A. Nilsen (@nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social), Jonas Andersson (@nhhnor.bsky.social) and Hans Julius Skaug: nva.sikt.no/registration...

Professor Bertil Tungodden (@nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social & @fair-thechoicelab.bsky.social) has been elected a Fellow of the @resmedia.bsky.social, placing him among a select group of internationally recognised economists.
www.nhh.no/en/nhh-bulle...

Ny NHH-studie: Hver sjette krone i alkoholavgift renner bort i «svenskehandel». Ved polutsalg nær grensen er tapene ekstreme. Spesielt to vin-kategorier driver lekkasjen. Professor og prosjektleder Frode Steen (@nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social) forklarer:
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NOK 24 million for groundbreaking research from the Research Council to Katrine V. Løken, Alexander Willén and Aline Bütikofer (@nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social & @fair-cele.bsky.social):
www.nhh.no/en/nhh-bulle...

Over the past 20 years, professor Kjell G. Salvanes (@nhhecon.bsky.social, @fair-cele.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social) has published research in the world’s most prestigious economics journals 24 times. That record has made him the highest-ranked economist in Norway. www.nhh.no/en/nhh-bulle...

Winners of Best Master's Thesis 2025 @nhhecon.bsky.social:
Delighted NHH students Elisabeth Fjelltun Nilsen and Ingrid Helen Heimark score a prize for their masters thesis on how electric vehicles affect air quality: www.nhh.no/en/nhh-bulle...

Nytt Petroleumsprisråd Petroleumsrådet har no følgjande medlemmer: Professor Lars Sørgard (Bergen), leiar Professor Christian Franklin (Bergen), nestleiar Professor Mette Helene Bjørndal (Alver) Prosjektleiar Gro Holst Vold...

Instituttleder og professor Lars Sørgard (@nhhecon.bsky.social og @nhhnor.bsky.social) er oppnevnt til leder for nytt petroleumsprisråd:
www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/n...

"Uvanlig syn får uvanlig stor plass. Sissener frykter ikke ulikhet, men det gjør nordmenn flest", skriver Morten Nyborg Støstad (@nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social & @fair-thechoicelab.bsky.social) i E24:
www.nhh.no/nhh-bulletin...

"Økt eiendomsskatt? Gjerne, men helst i fremtiden!
Martin Bech Holtes forslag om økt eiendomsskatt vil påføre dagens boligeiere betydelige kostnader," skriver Markus Karlman (@nhhecon.bsky.social & @nhhnor.bsky.social), Kasper Kragh Balke og Karin Kinnerud i E24: www.nhh.no/nhh-bulletin...