Ragnar Nymoen

Academic Interests

Macroeconomics, macroeconometric models, forecasting, time series and panel data econome

Courses taught

• ECON1310 Økonomisk aktivitet og økonomisk politikk
• ECON4160 Econometrics - Modeling and systems estimation
• ECON4410 Introductory dynamic macroeconomics
• ECON5101 Advanced Economerics - Time Series
• ECON5103 Advanced Econometrics - Panel Data

Background

• Head of Department, Department of economics, University of Oslo, 2002-2004
• Professor, Department of economics, University of Oslo, 1997-
• Associate professor, Department of economics, University of Oslo, 1996-1997
• Head of Macroeconomentric Research and Model Building, 1995-1996
• Acting research director, Research department, Norges Bank, 1993-1994
• Associate professor II of econometrics, Department of economics, University of Oslo, 1993-1996
• Scientific advisor, Research department, Norges Bank, 1993-1995
• Phd. (economics), University of Oslo, 1990
• Consultant, Norges Bank, 1985-1989
• Cand. polit. (economics), University of Oslo, 1984
• Cand. mag. (sociology), University of Oslo, 1979

Positions held

• Head of Research, Centre for Wage Formation, 2014-2017t
• Member, Norwegian National Accounts Advisory Committee, Statistics Norway, 2000-2002
• Leader, Centre for monetary policy and financial markets research, 1998
• Member, Modelling committee, Ministry of Finance, 1996-2003
• Faculty board member---Faculty of social sciences, 2008-2011