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Department of Economics

Faculty of Social Sciences

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The governor of Norges Bank to address the students

The Faculty of Social Sciences is host to the governor of Norges Bank, Øystein Olsen, who will be addressing the students on February 22. The event is open to all and takes place in aud. 1, ES, 10.15 -12 a.m.

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Centre of Excellence

Centre of Equality, Social Organization, and Performance

ECR-grant to professor at the Departmetn of Economics

Bård Harstad, professor at the Department of Economics, is the first economist in Norway to receive the Starting Grant from ERC (European Reserach Council). His project "General Institutional Equilibrium - Theory and Policy Implications" will analyse both national environmental policy and international cooperation.

New FME centre established

The Research Council of Norway has given CREE (Oslo Centre for Environment-Friendly Energy Research) status as research centre for environment-friendly energy research (FME). The centre is a joint venture involving Frisch Centre, Department of Economics (UiO), SSB and Tilburg Sustainability Center, and will have research relating to energy, climate and environmental policy as its main focus.

Prize for best article in Samfunnsøkonomen

Kjell Arne Brekke, together with Snorre Kverndokk at Frisch Centre, has been awarded the prize for best article published in Samfunnsøkonomen. The article was titled "Skaper velferdsstaten større sosiale helseforskjeller?"

Invild Almås published as single author in AER

Invild Almås is the first Norwegian woman to publish a single-author paper in American Economic Review.

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Publications

Sustainable recursive social welfare functions Jan 24, 2012 02:24 PM
A Probability Approach to Pharmaceutical Demand and Price Setting: Does the Identity of the Third-Party Payer Matters for Prescribing Doctors? Nov 23, 2011 03:24 PM
Anomalies in green national accounting Nov 23, 2011 03:15 PM

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In the Shadow of the Labour Market Feb 15, 2012 03:08 PM
Second-best Climate Policy Feb 13, 2012 10:22 AM
Macroeconomic Shocks and the Probability of Being Employed Feb 13, 2012 10:14 AM

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Events

Art de Zeeuw (Tilburg University): Regime Shifts and Uncertainty in Pollution Control Feb 23, 2012 02:15 PM
Friday Economics Seminar (Job talk): Justin Valasek Feb 24, 2012 12:30 PM
ESOP lunch: Per Botolf Maurseth presents "Market specific fixed and sunk export costs - Learning and spillovers" Feb 27, 2012 12:30 PM
ESOP Lunch: Per Botolf Maurseth presents "Market specific fixed and sunk export costs - Learning and spillovers" Feb 27, 2012 12:30 PM
Torfinn Harding (Oxford University): Foreign exchange windfalls, imports and exports Mar 1, 2012 02:15 PM

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4-7 research fellowships in economics available Dec 12, 2011 11:14 AM
New employees at the department Nov 3, 2011 01:26 PM
Trygve Haavelmo Centennial Symposium Sep 21, 2011 10:48 AM
Symposium Program Sep 15, 2011 01:33 PM
Published works Mar 17, 2011 10:02 AM

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University of Oslo : Department of Economics

Faculty of Social Sciences

Visiting address Eilert Sundts Hus (map) Moltke Moes vei 31 0851 OSLO Norway

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