Bjørn Helge Vatne

Curriculum Vitae

2005	Certified European Financial Analyst Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH).
1997	PhD (Dr. polit) Department of Economics, University of Oslo.
1988	MSc Operations Research, Stanford University, California USA.
1985	MSc (Cand. Scient) Computer Science, University of Oslo.

2005-	Senior advisor, Financial Stability Wing, Norges Bank (Central bank of Norway)
2003-2005	Head of department, Ergo Integration
1997-2003	IT-director, Norges Bank (Central bank of Norway)
1988-1997	Research Fellow, Advisor, Statistics Norway

Primary	Household finance, micro econometric analysis
Secondary	Risk in payment systems

Bjørn Helge Vatne, “How large are the financial margins of Norwegian households? An analysis of microdata for the period 1987–2004, Economic Bulletin, 2/2006 Norges Bank
Magdalena D. Riiser and Bjørn Helge Vatne, ”Developments in household debt. An analysis of microdata for the period 1986 – 2003 “,Economic Bulletin, 4/2006 Norges Bank
John K. Dagsvik and Bjørn H. Vatne (1999):” Is the Distribution of Income Compatible with a Stable Distribution?” DP 246 Statistics Norway
Vatne, B. H. (1997) A Simulation-based Estimation Method for Discrete Choice Models, Statistical dissertations No 3 – 1997, Department of Economics, University of Oslo
Boye K, K. Moe, Å. Cappelen, E. Didrichsen og B. H. Vatne (1994): Innføring i økonomi. Fagbokforlaget, Bergen Lærerbok i økonomi for videregående skole. (In Norwegian)
Offerdal E., Vatne B. H. (1990): Fore ward-looking Behavior and Tax Policy Modeling. Forskning om skatteøkonomi, No 18. NORAS.