Karine Nyborg

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Academic Interests

Environmental economics, economic analysis of social and moral norms, behavioral economics.

Curriculum vitae

Courses taught

Background

  • Professor, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, 2007-d.d.
  • Senior research fellow, Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, 2001-2007
  • Senior research fellow and research fellow, Statistics Norway, Research Department, Division for Environmental and Resource Economics, 1988-2001
  • 1988 Cand. Oecon., University of Oslo.
  • 1996 Dr. Polit., University of Oslo, title of dissertation: «Information Requirements for Environmental Policy Making
  • Visiting scholar, Department of Economics, Stanford University, 1996-1997
  • Regular op-ed writer in Dagsavisen (2004), Dagens Næringsliv (2008-2011), Aftenposten (2011-2013), Agenda Magasin (2016 -).
  • Fiction writer

 Appointments

  • President, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2012-2013. Vice President 2002-2003. Council Member 2010-2015.
  • Chair of Scientific Advisory Board, Beijer Institute for Ecological Econonomics (under the auspices of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences), 2015-2017 (Board Member (2011-2017).
  • Member, Academia Europaea.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2009-2011.
  • Editorial Board Member, Resource and Energy Economics, 2007-2011.
  • Editorial Board Member, Review of Behavioral Economics, 2013 -.
  • Editorial Board Member, Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 2015 -.
  • Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2016-.
  • Member of the Commission for integrating sustainability concerns in public decision-making, Government-appointed expert commission, 2008-2009.
  • Member of the Commission for Sustainable Development Indicators (Indikatorutvalget), Government-appointed expert commission, 2003-2005.
  • Editor of Økonomisk forum/ Sosialøkonomen and Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift, 2000-2001.
  • Member of the Petroleum Tax Commission, Government-appointed expert commission, 1999-2000.
  • Member of Commission for Cost Calculations (Kostnadsberegningsutvalget), Government-appointed expert commission, 1994-1999.
  • Member of the Petroleum Tax Commission, Government-appointed expert commission, 1999-2000.
  • Member of «Modellutvalget», expert committee appointed by the Ministry of Finance, 1997-1999.

Awards

  • Erik Kempe Award of 2002, for Nyborg, K. (2000):  Homo Economicus and Homo Politicus: Interpretation and Aggregation of Environmental Values, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 42/3, 305-322. The Erik Kempe Award is awarded biannually by the University of Umeå, Sweden, in collaboration with the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, to the best paper within environmental and resource economics written by an author affiliated with a European institution and published in a refereed journal during the preceeding two years.
  • Artikkelprisen 2003, Samfunnsøkonomenes Forening (Award for best paper in the Norwegian Economists’ Association’s journals Økonomisk Forum and Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift in 2003) for Nyborg, K. (2003): Fra tørt, men korrekt – til kreativt, men slurvete? Norske økonomer som fortellere, Økonomisk forum 6.
Tags: Economics, Resources Energy and Environment, Income Employment and Welfare, Behaviour Information and Strategy, Economic Policy

Publications

  • Carlsen, B., J.T. Lind, K. Nyborg (2020): Why physicians are lousy gatekeepers: Sicklisting decisions when patients have private information on symptoms, Health Economics 29(7), 778-789.
  • Nyborg, K. (2020): No Man is an Island: Social Coordination and the Environment, Environmental and Resource Economics 76(1), 177-193.
  • Asheim, G.B., T. Fæhn, K. Nyborg, M. Greaker, C. Hagem, B. Harstad, M.O. Hoel, D. Lund, K.E. Rosendahl (2019): The Case for a Supply-Side Climate Treaty, Science 365 (6451), 325-327.
  • Hauge, K.E., K.A. Brekke, K. Nyborg, J.T. Lind (2019): Sustaining cooperation through self-sorting: The good, the bad, and the conditional, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 116 (12), 5299-5304.
  • Nyborg, K. (2018): Reciprocal Climate Negotiators. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 92, 707-725.
  • Nyborg, K. (2018): Social Norms and the Environment, Annual Review of Resource Economics 10, 405-423.
  • Brekke, K.A., J. Konow, K. Nyborg (2017): Framing in a Threshold Public Goods Experiment with Heterogeneous Endowments, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 138, 99-110.
  • Nyborg, Karine, John M. Anderies, Astrid Dannenberg, Therese Lindahl, Caroline Schill, Maja Schlüter, W. Neil Adger, Kenneth J. Arrow, Scott Barrett, Stephen Carpenter, F. Stuart Chapin III, Anne-Sophie Crépin, Gretchen Daily, Paul Ehrlich, Carl Folke, Wander Jager, Nils Kautsky, Simon A. Levin, Ole Jacob Madsen, Stephen Polasky, Marten Scheffer, Brian Walker, Elke U. Weber, James Wilen, Anastasios Xepapadeas, Aart de Zeeuw (2016): Social Norms as Solutions, Science, 07 Oct 2016, Vol. 354, Issue 6308, 42-43 (DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf8317).
  • Nyborg, K. and T. Zhang (2013): Is Corporate Social Responsibility Associated with Lower Wages?. Environmental and Resource Economics 55, 107-117.
  • Nyborg, K. (2012): The Ethics and Politics of Environmental Cost-Benefit Analysis. Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics. London/NewYork: Routledge.
  • Jacobsen, K.J., K.H. Eika, L. Helland, J.T. Lind, K. Nyborg (2011): Are nurses more altruistic than real estate brokers? Journal of Economic Psychology 32, 818–831.
  • Brekke, K.A., K.E. Hauge, J.T. Lind, and K. Nyborg (2011): Playing with the Good Guys: A Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation, Journal of Public Economics 95, 1111-1118.
  • Nyborg, K. (2011): I Don’t Want to Hear About it: Rational Ignorance among Duty-Oriented Consumers, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (79), 263-274.
  • Brekke, K.A., and K. Nyborg (2010): Selfish Bakers, Caring Nurses? A Model of Work Motivation, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 75, 377-394.
  • Brekke, K.A., G. Kipperberg, and K. Nyborg (2010): Social Interaction in Responsibility Ascription: the Case of Household Recycling, Land Economics, forthcoming.
  • Brekke, K. A., and K. Nyborg (2008): Attracting Responsible Employees: Green Production as Labor Market Screening, Resource and Energy Economics 39, 509-526.
  • Brekke, K. A., K. Nyborg, and M. Rege (2007): The Fear of Exclusion: Individual Effort when Group Formation is Endogenous, Scandinavian Journal of Economics 109 (3),531-550.
  • Nyborg, K., R. B. Howarth, and K. A. Brekke (2006): Green Consumers and Public Policy: On Socially Contingent Moral Motivation, Resource and Energy Economics 28 (4), 351-366
  • Bruvoll, A. and K. Nyborg (2004): The Cold Shiver of Not Giving Enough: On the Social Cost of Recycling Campaigns, Land Economics 80 (4), 539-549.
  • Nyborg, K. and K. Telle (2004): The Role of Warnings in Regulation: Keeping Control with Less Punishment, Journal of Public Economics 88 (12), 2801-2816.
  • Brekke, K. A., S. Kverndokk, and K. Nyborg (2003): An Economic Model of Moral Motivation, Journal of Public Economics 87 (9-10), 1967-1983.
  • Nyborg, K., and M. Rege (2003): Does Public Policy Crowd Out Private Contributions to Public Goods? Public Choice 115 (3), 397-418
  • Nyborg, K. and M. Rege (2003): On Social Norms: The Evolution of Considerate Smoking Behavior , Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 52 (3), 2003, 323-340.

 

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  • Nyborg, Karine (2024). Bør vi verdsette alt?
  • Nyborg, Karine (2024). The Pitfalls of Relying on Moral Motivation for Public Good Provision.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2024). Moral Responsibility as a Driver of Polarization.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2024). Jakten på realistiske løsninger: koordinering eller dilemma? . In Mjaaland, Marius Timmann; Eriksen, Thomas Hylland & Hessen, Dag Olav (Ed.), Antropocen - menneskets tidsalder. Res Publica. ISSN 9788282263016. p. 63–82.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2023). Moral Motivation as a Driver of Responsibility.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2023). Moral motivation as a driver of polarization.
  • Nyborg, Karine & Brekke, Kjell Arne (2023). Moral responsibility as a driver of polarization.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2022). Om bedrifter, miljø og samfunnsøkonomi.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2022). Grunnrenteskatt tar ikke jobben fra folk. NRK Ytring.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2022). Moral Motivation as a Driver of Polarization.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2022). The interactions between social and moral norms and climate policies: theoretical perspectives.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2022). On Decency.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2022). Reconciling formal and informal narratives: Humans in the perfectly competitive economy.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2022). Humans in the Perfectly Competitive Economy: Reconciling Formal and Informal Narratives.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2021). Det hemmelige litteraturmangfoldet. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2021). Nåtidsskjevhet, viljestyrke og alkoholkonsum.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2021). «Om klimarelevant forskning ved Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo.» .
  • Nyborg, Karine (2021). «Retorikk og følelser i klimadebatten». .
  • Nyborg, Karine (2021). Atferdsøkonomi: et krasjkurs.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2021). Økonomi og vippepunkter. .
  • Nyborg, Karine (2021). Økonomi og vippepunkter.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2021). The First Welfare Theorem Precludes Economically Relevant Endogenous Learning.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2021). A Perfectly Competitive Economy is an Economy without Welfare Relevant Endogenous Learning.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2021). A Perfectly Competitive Economy is an Economy without Endogenous Learning.
  • Asheim, Geir B.; Fæhn, Taran; Golombek, Rolf; Greaker, Mads; Hagem, Cathrine & Harstad, Bård [Show all 12 contributors for this article] (2021). Norsk olje-politikk kan bidra for klimaet. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116. p. 28–29.
  • Einevoll, Gaute & Nyborg, Karine (2020). Om klimaøkonomi. [Internet]. Podcast: Vett og vitenskap med Gaute Einevoll.
  • Asheim, Geir Bjarne; Fæhn, Taran; Nyborg, Karine; Greaker, Mads; Hagem, Cathrine & Harstad, Bård Gjul [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2020). Arguments for a new supply-side climate treaty. EAERE Magazine.
  • Asheim, Geir Bjarne; Fæhn, Taran; Nyborg, Karine; Greaker, Mads; Harstad, Bård Gjul & Hagem, Cathrine [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2020). Strengthening the Paris Agreement by supply-side climate policies. Atlas of Science.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2020). Økonomien i pandemien: penga eller livet? , Tillit i koronaens tid. Dreyer Forlag A/S. ISSN 978-82-8265-556-9.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2020). The Third Theorem of Welfare Economics.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2020). The Third Theorem of Welfare Economics .
  • Nyborg, Karine (2020). Pitch on the distributional aspects of supply-side climate policies.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2020). The Case for Internationally Coordinated Supply-Side Climate Policies.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2020). The Case for Coordinated Supply-Side Climate Policies.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2020). The Third Theorem of Welfare Economics: Report from a Fictional Field Study.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2020). Economic policy, climate and nature: economics – the solution or the problem?
  • Asheim, Geir Bjarne; Christiansen, Vidar; Hoel, Michael; Lund, Diderik; Mehlum, Halvor & Nyborg, Karine [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2020). Subsidier til oljenæringen gir ikke omstilling. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Asheim, Geir Bjarne; Hoel, Michael & Nyborg, Karine (2020). Krisetiltak for oljebransjen bør ikke fremme ulønnsomme investeringer. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). Bør norsk oljeutvinning reduserast av omsyn til klimaet? .
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). Hvordan forene olje- og klimapolitikken? En mulig pådriverrolle for Norge.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). The Third Theorem of Welfare Economics.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). The Case for a Supply-Side Climate Treaty.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). The Third Theorem of Welfare Economics.
  • Asheim, Geir Bjarne; Fæhn, Taran; Nyborg, Karine; Greaker, Mads; Hagem, Cathrine & Harstad, Bård Gjul [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2019). En ny, internasjonal klimaavtale bør på plass. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Lund, Diderik & Nyborg, Karine (2019). Hvordan begrenses oljeutvinningen best? Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Nyborg, Karine; Nilssen, Tore; Holden, Steinar; Storesletten, Kjetil & Harstad, Bård Gjul (2019). Åpen tilgang fjerner ikke forlagenes makt. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). ISSN 0804-3116.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). The fine line between wanted and unwanted information: an experiment on strategic ignorance.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). Humans in the Perfectly Competitive Market: Report from a Fictional Field Study.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). The Third Theorem of Welfare Economics.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). Om fordelingsvirkninger i nytte-kostnadsanalyser.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). Om risikojustering av kalkulasjonsrenten og arbeidet med NOU 2012:16. Kommentar til presentasjon av Diderik Lund og Frikk Nesje.
  • Wiborg, Vegard Sjurseike; Brekke, Kjell Arne & Nyborg, Karine (2018). Collaboration, Alphabetical Order and Gender Discrimination - Evidence from the Lab.
  • Wiborg, Vegard Sjurseike; Brekke, Kjell Arne & Nyborg, Karine (2018). Collaboration, Alphabetical Order and Gender Discrimination - Evidence from the Lab.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2018). No Man is an Island: Om sosial koordinering og miljøpolitikk.
  • Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn & Lind, Jo Thori (2018). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: økonomiske eksperimenter om samarbeidsevne i grupper.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2018). Sosial økonomi. Morgenbladet. ISSN 0805-3847.
  • Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Lind, Jo Thori & Hauge, Karen Evelyn (2018). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: Sustaining Cooperation through Self-Sorting.
  • Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn & Lind, Jo Thori (2018). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: Sustaining Cooperation through Self-Sorting.
  • Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn & Lind, Jo Thori (2018). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: Sustaining Cooperation through Self-Sorting.
  • Pauls, Anna; Lind, Jo Thori & Nyborg, Karine (2017). Save the planet or close your eyes? Environmentally friendly behaviour, uncertainty and social interaction.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). Pengebøker:kunsten å skrive godt om økonomi.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). Balladen om den usynelige hånd.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). On Welfare Analysis with Social Preferences.
  • Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn & Lind, Jo Thori (2017). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: Sorting and Dynamics in a public Good Game with endogenous Group information.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). No man is an island.
  • Nyborg, Karine; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Hauge, Karen Evelyn & Lind, Jo Thori (2017). The Good, the Bad and the Conditional: Sorting and Dynamics in a Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). Om frikonkurranse og litteratur.
  • Lund, Diderik & Nyborg, Karine (2017). Behold petroleumsskatten! Klassekampen. ISSN 0805-3839.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). Hvor egoistiske er vi?
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). What’s the Problem? What can be Done?
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). No Man is an Island.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). On Behavioral Economics and Environmental Policy.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). Humans in the Perfectly Competitive Market: a Fictional Field Study.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). Humans in the Perfectly Competitive Market: a Fictional Field Study.
  • Nyborg, Karine; Lind, Jo Thori & Pauls, Anna (2017). Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). Humans in the Perfectly Competitive Market: a Fictional Field Study.
  • Wiborg, Vegard Sjurseike; Brekke, Kjell Arne & Nyborg, Karine (2020). Collaboration, Alphabetical Order and Gender Discrimination – Evidence from the Lab. Institute of Labor Economics (IZA). ISSN 2365-9793.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). No Man is an Island - Social coordination and the Environment. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 0809-8786.
  • Wiborg, Vegard Sjurseike; Brekke, Kjell Arne & Nyborg, Karine (2019). Collaboration, Alphabetical Order and Gender Discrimination. Evidence from the Lab. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 0809-8786.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). The Third Theorem of Welfare Economics: Report from a Fictional Field Study. IZA Institute of Labor Economics. ISSN 2365-9793.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2019). Humans in the Perfectly Competitive Market: Report from a Fictional Field Study. Universitetet i Oslo. ISSN 0809-8786.
  • Nyborg, Karine (2017). Skriftlige kommentarer til Vismandsrapporten 2017. , Danmarks Miljøøkonomiske råd.

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