The gains from environmental policies may be unevenly distributed, according to a new study. Researcher Elisabeth Isaksen believes this can affect people’s support for climate and environmental measures.

Economists at the University of Oslo have pointed out the dubious nature of prestigious rankings. Tuesday October 31st The World Bank released its report for 2018.            

Climate changes have huge implications for African economies and can lead to violent conflicts, warns Edward Miguel.

Kalle Moene and Debraj Ray talk about basic wages as a response to increasing inequalities, rising unemployment rates, globalization and automation in manufacturing.

ESOP organises a two-day event to mark the end of its CoE-period. The research centre will no longer be part of the Norwegian Research Council's programme but continues with fresh funding.

The world’s environmentalists are counting down to the upcoming UN climate summit in Paris. However, such climate agreements could be counterproductive.

June 25th, 2015: Researchers at the Department of Economics will receive a million grant for excellent research quality. The funds are earmarked recruitment of international top researchers.

Esther Ann, research fellow and PhD candidate at ESOP, received the Best Paper Award at the 14th Annual Postgraduate Conference on Globalisation and Economic Policy.

The Department of Economics welcomes several new colleagues this semester.

Subprime loans and restrictions on the housing market were important drivers of the U.S. housing bubble, according to new research.

The continual and violent clashes between Hindus and Muslims in India are generally attributed to religion. Economic factors may provide a better explanation.

Professor in Economics Ragnar Nymoen has won the prize for the best forecast about the Norwegian macroeconomy in 2012 together with professor Gunnar Bårdsen at NTNU.

Bjørn Dapi, PhD candidate, won the award as the best lecturer of the year. Runa H. Andersson, Morten H. Grindaker and Eivind H. Olsen won the award for the best Master's thesis in 2013.

Kjetil Storesletten, professor at the Department of Economics, has become a member of Academia Europaea, the most prestigious scientific organization in Europe.

Are you going to write your Master's thesis at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo, in the spring of 2014? If you are planning to write about a research topic that is relevant to ESOP, Oslo Fiscal Studies or CREE, remember to apply for a scholarship within 20 October 2013. The deadline for the scholarship in Macroeconomics is 30 October 2013.

Andreas Müller has just joined the department as an Assistant Professor now in September.  He is going to work with Vidar Christiansen and the rest of the Oslo Fiscal Studies’ research team, as well as with Kjetil Storesletten on MACROINEQUALITY.

CREE (Oslo Centre for Research on Environmentally friendly Energy) will grant up to three scholarships to master students who are writing a thesis within the fields that are relevant for CREE (environment, climate).

The application deadline is October 20, 2013

More information about the scholarships here

Kjetil Storesletten, Professor at the Department of Economics, is the co-winner of the Sun Yefang Award 2012 for the article "Growing Like China". It's the first time that this prize, which is the highest ranked Chinese award for economists, has been given to European economists.

The Department of Economics welcomes several new colleagues this semester.

The Department of Economics welcomes several new colleagues this semester.

Michael has been awarded the SJE Prize for the best article published in 2011 in The Scandinavian Journal of Economics