Kjetil Storesletten

Professor - Department of Economics
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Email kjetil.storesletten@econ.uio.no
Phone +47-22844009
Room ES1109
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Visiting address Moltke Moes vei 31 EilertSundts hus Block B N-0851 Oslo
Postal address PO box 1095 Blindern N-0317 Oslo

Homepage

folk.uio.no/kjstore

Academic Interests

Quantitative macro, political economy, labor economics, risk sharing, asset pricing, immigration.

Curriculum Vitae

Courses taught

ECON4310 Macroeconomic Theory

ECON5300 - Advanced Macroeconomic Theory

Background

  • Professor at Department of Economics, University of Oslo 2012-
  • Visiting Professor at IEW (University of Zurich), 2009-
  • Professor at Department of Economics, University of Oslo 2003-2009
  • Institute for International Economic Studies (Stockholm University), 1995-2003
  • Ph.D. (Economics), GSIA/Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, 1991-1995
  • Siviløkonom, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Norway, 1987-1991
  • Mathematics studies (one year), Agder University College, Norway, 1986-1987

Appointments

  • Editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2012-
  • Director and board member of the Review of Economic Studies 2003-
  • Monetary Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, 2009-2012
  • Managing Editor of the Review of Economic Studies, 2006-2010
  • Research Fellow at Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR)
  • Member of Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters
  • Op-ed columnist in Dagens Næringsliv, 2012-
  • Op-ed columnist in Aftenposten,2005-2012

Awards

  • Sun Yefang Award 2012, with Fabrizio Zilibotti and Zheng Song, for the article "Growing Like China" published in the American Economic Review 2011
  • Advanced Grant from the European Research Council, 2013-2017, .The Macroeconomics of Inequality, Development and the Welfare State.(  €2.1 million, 2013-2017)
  • Co-applicant for Center of Excellence at Department of Economics at University of Oslo, awarded by the Norwegian Science Foundation (50 million NOK, 2007-2011)
  • Awarded Outstanding Young Investigator grant ("Yngre, fremragende forskere") by the Norwegian Science Foundation (7 million NOK), 2005-2009
  • Carl Mannerfeldt Fund Grant, January 1996 .December 2002
  • Doctoral fellowships from Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, William Larimer Mellon Foundation, and the North European Management Institute, 1991-1995
Tags: Economics, Money Credit and Finance, Growth and Development, Income Employment and Welfare, Economic Policy, China

Publications

 

  • Rotten Parents and Disciplined Children: A Politico-Economic Theory of Public Expenditure and Debt, forthcoming in Econometrica, with Song and Zilibotti.
  • Growing Like China, American Economic Review, 2011, vol. 101(1), pp. 196-233, with Song and Zilibotti.
  • The Macroeconomic Implications of Rising Wage Inequality in the United States Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 118(4), August 2010, 681-722, with Heathcote and Violante.
  • Insurance and Opportunities: A Welfare Analysis of Labor Market Risk, Journal of Monetary Economics, vol. 55 (3), 2008, pp.501-525, with Heathcote and Violante
  • Asset pricing with idiosyncratic risk and overlapping generations, Review of Economic Dynamics, 2007, vol. 10 (4), pp. 519-548, with Telmer and Yaron.
  • Cyclical Dynamics in Idiosyncratic Labor-Market Risk, Journal of Political Economy, 2004, vol. 112 (3), pp. 695-717, with Telmer and Yaron.
  • Consumption and Risk Sharing over the Life Cycle, Journal of Monetary Economics, 2004, vol. 51, pp. 609-633, with Telmer and Yaron.
  • The Survival of the Welfare State, American Economic Review, March 2003, vol. 93 (1), pp. 87-112, with Hassler, Rodriguez-Mora and Zilibotti.
  • Sustaining Fiscal Policy Through Immigration, Journal of Political Economy, 2000, vol. 108 (2), pp. 300-23.
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni l. (2017). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework. Quarterly Journal of Economics.  ISSN 0033-5533.  132(4), s 1693- 1754 . doi: 10.1093/qje/qjx018 Show summary
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni l. (2017). The Macroeconomics of the Quiet Revolution : Understanding the implications of the rise in women's participation for economic growth and inequality. Research in Economics.  ISSN 1090-9443.  71(3), s 521- 539 . doi: 10.1016/j.rie.2017.03.002 Show summary
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). The political color of fiscal responsibility. Journal of the European Economic Association.  ISSN 1542-4766.  14(1), s 252- 302 . doi: 10.1111/jeea.12154
  • Song, Zheng; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China. American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics.  ISSN 1945-7707.  7(2), s 1- 39 . doi: 10.1257/mac.20130322 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni l. (2014). Consumption and labor supply with partial insurance: An analytical framework. The American Economic Review.  ISSN 0002-8282.  104(7), s 2075- 2126 . doi: 10.1257/aer.104.7.2075 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Song, Zheng; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). Growing (with Capital controls) like China. IMF Economic Review.  ISSN 2041-4161.  62(3), s 327- 370 . doi: 10.1057/imfer.2014.18
  • Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). Chinas great convergence and beyond. Annual Review of Economics.  ISSN 1941-1383.  6, s 333- 362 . doi: 10.1146/annurev-economics-080213-041050 Full text in Research Archive.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Politisk-økonomisk teori om offentlig gjeld. Samfunnsøkonomen.  ISSN 1890-5250.  (5), s 51- 52

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  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2017). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017, 01. september). Hva har vært det viktigste for å unngå en enda større ledighetskrise etter oljeprisfallet?.  Klassekampen. Show summary
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017, 15. desember). Kilder til VG: Siv Jensens toppbyråkrat ville endre SSB. [Internett].  VG Nett. Show summary
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017, 30. oktober). Mener Frps antydninger om SSB har konspiratorisk islett. [Tidsskrift].  Minerva.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017, 29. mars). Nyttig å regne på innvandring.  Dagsavisen. Show summary
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017, 13. desember). Professor slakter LO og NHOs involvering i SSB-saken. [Internett].  VG Nett.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017, 11. desember). SSB-forskere støttet Meyer. [Internett].  VG Nett.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017, 06. juli). Slakter Sivs skattestunt.  Klassekampen. Show summary
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017). The Distributions of Income and Consumption Risk: Evidence from Norwegian Registry Data.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017, 10. november). Urettferdig at SSB-sjefen må gå. [Radio].  P4.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2017, 10. november). Urettferdig at SSB-sjefen må gå, mener professor. [Internett].  NRK. Show summary
  • Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui & Storesletten, Kjetil (2016). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China.
  • Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui & Storesletten, Kjetil (2016). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China.
  • Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui & Storesletten, Kjetil (2016). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China.
  • Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui & Storesletten, Kjetil (2016). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China.
  • Brandt, Loren; Kambourov, Gueorgui & Storesletten, Kjetil (2016). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China.
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Gianluca (2016). Optimal Progressivity with Age-Dependent Taxation.
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni l. (2016). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework.
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni l. (2016). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework.
  • Heathcote, Jonathan; Storesletten, Kjetil & Violante, Giovanni l. (2016). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2016). Sovereign debt and structural reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sovereign Debt and Structural Reforms.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sovereign Debt, Risk Sharing, and Austerity Programs.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). The Political Color of Fiscal Responsibility.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). The Political Color of Fiscal Responsibility.
  • Song, Zheng; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2015). Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015, 15. oktober). "Dagsnytt 18" om skattesystemet. [Radio].  NRK.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015). Dyrt og dårlig prinsipp. Dagens næringsliv.  ISSN 0803-9372.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015, 30. september). "Ekko" om vekst og innovasjon. [Radio].  NRK.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015). Heterogeneity in Macroeconomics.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015). Kinas Vekst.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015). Kinas Vekst.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015, 13. juli). "Nyhetsmorgen" om gjeldskrisen i Hellas. [Radio].  NRK.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2015). Omstilling etter Oljekrisen.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Brandt, Loren & Kambourov, Gueorgui (2015). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Brandt, Loren & Kambourov, Gueorgui (2015). Firm Entry and Regional Growth Disparities: the Effect of SOEs in China.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). Sovereign Debt, Risk Sharing, and Austerity Programs.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). The Political Color of Fiscal Responsibility.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). The Political Color of Fiscal Responsibility.
  • Müller, Andreas; Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). The Political Color of Fiscal Responsibility.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2014, 04. desember). “Debatten” om skattesystemet. [TV].  NRK.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2014). Discussant on "Subnational Leaders and Economic Growth" by Yang Yao.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2014, 18. januar). Et liv med tall.  Fædrelandsvennen.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2014). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework(former title: Redistributive taxation in a partial-insurance economy).
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2014, 14. oktober). Supert.  DN.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2014, 22. januar). Ulikhet også positivt.  VÅRT LAND.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Bai, Yan & Ríos-rull, José-víctor (2014). Demand Shocks as Productivity Shocks.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Heathcote, J & Violante, Gianluca (2014). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework (former title: Redistributive taxation in a partial-insurance economy).
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Heathcote, Jonathan & Violante, Gianluca (2014). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework (former title: Redistributive taxation in a partial-insurance economy).
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Heathcote, Jonathan & Violante, Gianluca (2014). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework (former title: Redistributive taxation in a partial-insurance economy).
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Heathcote, Jonathan & Violante, Gianluca (2014). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework (former title: Redistributive taxation in a partial-insurance economy).
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Heathcote, Jonathan & Violante, Gianluca (2014). Optimal Tax Progressivity: An Analytical Framework (former title: Redistributive taxation in a partial-insurance economy).
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Müller, Andreas & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). Sovereign Debt, Risk Sharing, and Austerity Programs.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Müller, Andreas & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). Sovereign Debt, Risk Sharing, and Austerity Programs.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Müller, Andreas & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). Sovereign Debt, Risk Sharing, and Austerity Programs.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Müller, Andreas & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). Sovereign Debt, Risk Sharing, and Austerity Programs.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; song, sheng; Wang, Yikai & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Song, Zheng; Wang, Yikai & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). The Urban Pension System, In Shenggen Fan; Ravi Kanbur; Shang-Jin Wei & Xiaobo Zhang (ed.),  The Oxford Companion to the Economics of China.  Oxford University Press.  ISBN 9780199678204.  38.  s 243 - 247
  • Storesletten, Kjetil; Song, Zheng; Wang, Yikai & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). Why China can afford (and benefit from) a generous unfunded pension system. http://www.voxeu.org/.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). China’s Great Convergence and Beyond.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil & Zilibotti, Fabrizio (2014). China’s Great Convergence and Beyond.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Demografi, vekst og velferd.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Discussant of the article “Household Balance Sheets, Consumption, and the Economic Slump” by Atif Mian, Amir Sufi and Francesco Trebbi.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Dyrere enn du tror. Dagens næringsliv.  ISSN 0803-9372.  s 3- 3
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013, 28. mars). Fonds uit gasopbrengsten is rechtvaardig - Noorse specialist is er helder over. [TV].  RTV Noord.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Growing Like China.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Hestekur er løsningen. Dagens næringsliv.  ISSN 0803-9372.  s 3- 3
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Kriseforsikring. Dagens næringsliv.  ISSN 0803-9372.  s 3- 3
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Låneløgnen. Dagens næringsliv.  ISSN 0803-9372.  s 3- 3
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Nobelpris til aksjemarkedet. Dagens næringsliv.  ISSN 0803-9372.  s 3- 3
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Opponent for Abdulaziz Shifa's thesis defense.
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Redistributive taxation in a partial-insurance economy (co-authors: Jonathan Heathcote and Gianluca Violante).
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Redistributive taxation in a partial-insurance economy (co-authors: Jonathan Heathcote and Gianluca Violante).
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Redistributive taxation in a partial-insurance economy (co-authors: Jonathan Heathcote and Gianluca Violante).
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Redistributive taxation in a partial-insurance economy (co-authors: Jonathan Heathcote and Gianluca Violante).
  • Storesletten, Kjetil (2013). Redistributive taxation in a partial-insurance economy (co-authors: Jonathan Heathcote and Gianluca Violante).

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