This paper introduces a theory of popular support for inequality reduction based on rational self-interest. In a controlled experiment across 40 countries and 9

On Friday 16 October Ethan Connor O’Leary will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

Why do we disagree so strongly about economic inequality and redistribution? Alexander W. Cappelen and Bertil Tungodden explore this question in a new comment article in Nature Human Behaviour.

Regjeringen vil styrke konkurransen i dagligvaremarkedet gjennom å gi små kjeder bedre grossisttilgang. Er det rett medisin?

In two studies using AI-assisted qualitative interviews, we ask a representative sample of the German electorate (N = 1, 013) to reflect on the most important s

Pollution from regulated sources can cross administrative boundaries; consequently, jurisdictionbased treatment assignment may fail to accurately capture policy

When decision-makers allocate resources between anonymous others, with their own payoffs held constant, own-payoff utility maximization places no restriction on

The NHH professor has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant worth more than NOK 16 million from the European Research Council.

We provide globally representative evidence on two attitudes toward competition: individuals' willingness to compete and the importance they attach to boys and

On Friday 4 September Marlis M. Schneider will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

On Friday 28 August Pallavi Prabhakar will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

Shackleton’s unexpected arrival in Stromness, South Georgia, 20 May 1916 - Volume 62

On Wednesday 26 August Erika T. Povea will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend her thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

On Tuesday 25 August Qquillaccori G. López will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

Large earnings gaps by socioeconomic status (SES) persist among college applicants even where tuition is free. Using the universe of Danish applications linked

Målet om lave kraftpriser kombinert med stor etterspørsel etter kraft til datasentre, kan ende med nedbygging av naturen og årlige subsidier på fem milliarder bare til ett, stort datasenter.

To address rising income inequality, governments typically rely on two levers: predistribution policies that implement inequality reduction before inc…

NHH Professor Alexander Willén has been appointed an editor of The Economic Journal, one of the oldest and most prestigious journals in economics.

We use population-wide Norwegian administrative data to examine how social capital is transmitted across generations. We construct a multidimensional measure of

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We show how probate inventories can be used to measure the seasonal pattern of grain stocks and hence provide direct information on both intra-year an…

In this paper, we analyze the impact of public dental care coverage – universal versus targeted – on access, pricing, and public spending in a model with two competing dental practices and heterogene...

Pharmaceutical expenditures are rising rapidly, driven in part by the innovation of highly effective but very expensive drug therapies that treat mult…

Abstract. If unions raise worker wages, who pays? We provide a comprehensive assessment of firm responses to increased unionization, using changes in the t

Using existing and new price data sets, we provide the first estimates of market integration across England over the entire 200 years of the industrial revolution. We document a significant, though n...

The principle of equal pay for equal work has existed for a long time. But what good is it if employees do not have enough information to know whether they are actually being treated unfairly?

NHH Professor Bertil Tungodden has been awarded NOK 22 million from the ERC to investigate a fundamental question in economics: When are markets morally legitimate?

Retail gasoline prices often adjust asymmetrically to cost shocks (“rockets and feathers”), but existing studies mostly use price data alone. Using da…

Every time he walks into a lecture hall, Professor Alexander Wright Cappelen imagines a theatre stage. He is now being honored for his enthusiastic teaching.

Abstract. Motivated by observations in the Norwegian airline industry in the late 90s, we develop a semi-collusive model with collusion on gross prices and

Ett ord var nok: «Banken skal ellers bidra til høy og stabil produksjon og sysselsetting», lød det Gjedrem-utvalgets innstilling. I Stortingets vedtak var ett av ordene strøket.

Published in European Competition Journal (Ahead of Print, 2026)

Abstract. This paper investigates fairness perceptions of extreme income inequality generated in winner-take-all competitions. Two large-scale experiments with more than 7,000 participants from the ge...

Abstract. Performance-based financing at health facility level has improved service delivery in many low- and middle-income countries. However, the high co

Social sanctions sustain social order by reinforcing widely accepted principles. Political polarization may weaken this mechanism by fragmenting these principle

Which tasks will disappear, which new ones will emerge – and who will be paid the most? This is the topic when MIT Professor David Autor gives this year’s Agnar Sandmo Lecture.

On Wednesday May 27 Mads Fjeld Wold will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

ABSTRACT. The Norwegian telecoms incumbent Telenor was given a record fine of NOK 788 million (EUR 83 million) in 2018 for abusing its dominance in the Nor

On Tuesday May 26 Osama Nawab will hold a trial lecture on a prescribed topic and defend his thesis for the PhD degree at NHH.

En ny Normal-butikk i nabolaget kan koste dagligvarebutikkene dyrt i sjampo og tannkrem. Men å dele kjøpesenter med billigkjeden gir samtidig ett stort pluss.

NHH is moving forward in the competition to become a Centre of Excellence. `A major recognition of the academic community´, says Professor Katrine V. Løken.

In sub-Saharan Africa, the adoption of mobile money has grown substantially during the past decade, becoming an important driver of financial inclusion in the region. At the same time, many government...

The presence of an occasionally binding constraint from the effective lower bound (ELB) in New Keynesian models often leads to multiple or no equilibr…