Jan F. Qvigstad's research and publications
Articles in academic journals, books and papers:
- Monetary policy committees and communication, (with Ingimundur Fridriksson and Nina Langbraaten), Staff Memo 2/2013, Norges Bank
- Pengepolitiske komiteer og kommunikasjon,(med Ingimundur Fridriksson og Nina Langbraaten), Staff Memo 1/2013, Norges Bank
- The "Rule of Four", (co-author John Llewellyn with Nikka Husom Vonen and Bimal Dharmasena), The Business Economist, Vol 43, No. 1, 2012
- "On managing wealth", Norges Bank Occasional Paper No. 45, 2012
- "Om å forvalte rikdom", Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift nr. 1/2012
- "Om å fatte gode beslutninger", Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift nr. 2/2011
- "On making good decisions", Norges Bank Occasional Paper No. 43, 2011
- "Two essays on the magic number 4" ("Would the simple 4 per cent rule have uncovered that there was a crisis in the offing?" and "When is the banking industry too large?" (co-authors Sigbjørn Atle Berg and Nikka Husom Vonen), Staff Memo 2/2011, Norges Bank
- “On transparency”, Norges Bank Occasional Papers No. 41, 2010
- "Om åpenhet", Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift nr. 1-2/2010
- ”On keeping promises”, Norges Bank Occasional Papers No. 39, 2009
- "European Promises", (co-author Vitor Gaspar). BEPA Monthly Brief, Issue 25/2009
- "Om å holde ord", Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift nr. 1/2009
- "Designing research in central banks", (co-author Øyvind Eitrheim), in Designing central banks, Routledge, 2009
- "Historical Monetary Statistics for Norway – Part II", (co-editors Øyvind Eitrheim and Jan T. Klovland), Norges Bank Occasional Papers No. 38, 2007
- "Introduction to Ragnar Frisch's 1933 pamphlet - Saving and circulation regulation", (co-author Olav Bjerkholt), Rivista di storia economica No. 2, 2007
- "Review of the ECB's strategy and alternative approaches", Economic Bulletin 2/06
- "When does an interest rate path "look good"? Criteria for an appropriate future interest rate path", Norges Bank Working Paper 2006/05
- "Tilbakeblikk på norsk pengehistorie. Konferanse 7. juni 2005 på Bogstad gård", (co-editor Øyvind Eitrheim), Norges Bank Occasional Papers No. 37, 2005
- "500 years of price history: Price stability is the norm. What distinguishes the abnormal?", Talk at the conference entitled "Historical Monetary Statistics for Norway", Bogstad 7 June 2005, Staff Memo 7/2005, Norges Bank,
- "When does an interest path look good? Criteria for an appropriate future interest rate path - A practitioners approach", Staff Memo 6/2005, Norges Bank,
- "Policy-making and models at Norges Bank", Summary of talk held at Norges Bank's conference entitled "Economic models at central banks", in Oslo 7 April 2005. Staff Memo 5/2005, Norges Bank,
- "How to treat the exchange rate assumption for an inflation targeting regime", Staff Memo 4/2005, Norges Bank
- "Historical Monetary Statistics for Norway 1819–2003", (co-editors Øyvind Eitrheim and Jan T. Klovland), Norges Bank Occasional Papers No. 35, 2004
- "Monetary policy in real time: The role of simple rules " (co-authors Kjetil Olsen and Øystein Røisland), BIS policy Paper No. 19, 2003
- "Some comments to Orphanides and Svensson", "The role of monetary policy rules in inflation targeting regimes - Theory meets practice", Workshop, Norges Bank 5-6 May 2003
- "Pengepolitikk i realtid", festskrift til Erling S. Andersens sekstiårsdag, NKI Forlaget, 2001
- "Monetary policy in real time, Norges Bank Working Paper 2001/1, Norges Bank
- "Hva er så spesielt med pengepolitikken?" ("What is so special about monetary policy?"), (co-author Øistein Røisland), in Perspektiver på pengepolitikken, Gyldendal Akademisk, 2000
- "Monetary policy rules in Norway - a counterfactual experiment using the Norges Bank macroeconomic model RIMINI", (co-author Øyvind Eitrheim), manuscript
- "Inflasjonsrapporten som instrument" ("The Inflation Report as an instrument"), (co-author Amund Holmsen), Norges Banks Skriftserie, 28, 20-26, 1999
- "Norge og felles mynt i Europa - en kommentar" ("Norway and the common European currency - a commentary"), in ØMU og pengepolitikken i Norden, Norges Banks Skriftserie, 26, 124-128, 1998
- "Norwegian traditions and international trends", in Choosing a Monetary Policy Target, Scandinavian University Press, 1997
- "Monetary policy in Norway - experience since 1992" (co-author Jon Nicolaisen), BIS Policy Papers, 2, 101-132, 1997
- "Valutakursregimer - historiske erfaringer og fremtidige utfordringer" ("Exchange rate regimes - historical experiences and future challenges") (co-author Arent Skjæveland), in Stabilitet og langsiktighet - Festskrift til Hermod Skånland, Aschehoug, 1994
- "Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). A Survey of the EMU and empirical evidence on convergence for the EC and the EFTA countries", EFTA Occasional Papers No. 36, 1992
- "Finansielle tjenester, kapitalbevegelser og økonomisk-politisk samarbeid innefor EØS-avtalen" ("Financial services, capital movements and cooperation on economic policy within the EEA agreement"), Penger og Kreditt, 1991
- "EF's pengeunion" (The EU monetary union"), Sosialøkonomen, 1991
- "Er det så opplagt at...? ("Is it so obvious that...?")" An interview with Professor Haavelmo on the occasion of him being awarded the Nobelprice, Sosialøkonomen, 1989
- "Tilbud og etterspørsel i de makroøkonomiske modellene ("Supply and demand in macroeconomic models"), (co-author Tore Eriksen and Sigurd Tveitereid), in Vekst og sysselsetting - Festskrift til Eivind Erichsen, Cappelen, 1987
- "Utviklingen i pengemengden gjennom 1984 og 1985 ", (co-author Harald Bøhn), in Penger, kreditt og valuta : en artikkelsamling, Universitetsforlaget, 1987
- "Er realrentenivået høyt?" ("Is the real interest rate level high?"), Bergen Bank kvartalsskrift, 1986
- "Statsgjelden - et problem når veksten er lav og renten er høy" ("Government debt - a problem when growth is low and the interest rate high") (co-author Michael Hoel), Sosialøkonomen, 1986
- "Sesongjustering i arbeidet med konjunkturanalyse" ("Seasonal adjustment in work on cyclical analysis"), (co-author Kjell G. Bleivik), Penger og Kreditt, 1986
- "Utviklingen i pengemengden gjennom 1984 og 1985" ("Developments in the money supply thorough 1984 and 1985"), (co-author Harald Bøhn), Sosialøkonomen, 1985
- "The use of macroeconomic models in economic policy making", (co-author Tore Eriksen), Economic Modelling, 1985
- "Finmod - en finanspolitisk modell" ("Finmod - a fiscal policy model"), (co-author Tore Eriksen), Sosialøkonomen, 1983
- "Bruk av modeller i den økonomisk-politiske debatt" ("The use of models in the economic policy debate"), Sosialøkonomen, 1982
- "Portrett: Professor Frank Hahn - monetarismen har vært en ulykke" ("Portrait: Professor Frank Hahn - monetarism has been a calamity"), Sosialøkonomen, 1982
- "The use of macroeconomic models in economic policy making, the Norwegian experience", GPP519, Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, 1982
- "A fiscal policy model for norway", GPP521, Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, 1982
- "Arbeidsmiljø - en økonomisk analyse. Del 1: Arbeidsmiljø og næringsstruktur" ("Working environment - an economic analysis. Part 1: Working environment and industrial structure") (co-author Tore Eriksen), Sosialøkonomen,1979
- "Arbeidsmiljø - en økonomisk analyse. Del 2: Teoretiske refleksjoner om arbeidsmiljø" ("Working environment - an economic analysis. Part 2: Theoretical reflections on working environment") (co-author Tore Eriksen), Sosialøkonomen,1979
- "Arbeidsmiljø og næringsstruktur" ("Working environment and insdustrial structure") (co-author Tore Eriksen), Memorandum from Sosialøkonomisk Institutt, 1978
- "A Study of Consumption Costs" (co-author Tore Thonstad), Memorandum from Sosialøkonomisk Institutt, 1977
- "Noen emner fra inflasjonsteorien" ("Some topics from inflation theory") prepared on the basis of Professor Haavelmo's lectures, Memorandum from Sosialøkonomisk Institutt, 1977
Books (editor and co-editor):
- "Twenty Years of Inflation Targeting" (co-editors: David Cobham, Øyvind Eitrheim and Stefan Gerlach), Cambridge University Press, 2010
- "Historical Monetary Statistics for Norway - Part II" (co-editors: Øyvind Eitrheim and Jan Tore Klovland) Norges Bank Occasional Paper, 38, 2007
- "Tilbakeblikk på norsk pengehistorie. Konferanse 7. juni 2005 på Bogstad gård" (co-editor: Øyvind Eitrheim), Norges Banks Skriftserie, 37, 2005
- "Historical Monetary Statisics for Norway 1819 - 2003" (co-editors: Øyvind Eitrheim and Jan Tore Klovland), Norges Bank Occasional Paper, 35, 2004
- "Perspektiver på pengepolitikken" ("Perspectives on monetary policy") (co-editor Øistein Røisland), Gyldendal Akademisk 2000
- "ØMU og pengepolitikken i Norden" ("EMU and monetary policy in the Nordic countries"), Norges Banks Skriftserie, 26, 1998
- "Choosing a Monetary Policy Target" (co-editor Ms. Anne Berit Christiansen), Scandinavian University Press, 1997)
- "Stabilitet og langsiktighet - Festskrift til Hermod Skånland" ("Stablity and longtermism - Collection of articles dedicated to Hermod Skånland") (co-editors Sigbjørn Atle Berg and Kjell Storvik), Aschehoug, 1994
Articles in newspapers
- "Pengenes aktsomme vokter", Aftenposten 15. juni 2005
- "Lav prisstigning gjennom 500 år" ( "500 years of low inflation"), Aftenposten 25. oktober 2004
Speeches
- Introductory remarks at the Workshop on Understanding Macroprudential Regulation Norges Bank, 2012
- "On learning from history - Truths and eternal truths" / "Om å lære av historien - Sannheter og evige sannheter", speech at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi), 2012
- "On managing wealth" / "Om å forvalte rikdom", speech at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi), 2011
- "Managing wealth – the Norwegian experience", speech at a seminar hosted by FEDEA in Madrid with the assistance of Norway’s ambassador to Spain, Torgeir Larsen, 23.03.2011
- "Lessons from the crisis for monetary policy and financial stability", speech at the Annual Money, Macro and Finance Conference, Limassol, 03.09.2010
- "Could the financial crisis have been avoided? Challenges to international cooperation and conflict", speech at a seminar on the financial crisis arranged by Prio in Oslo, 08.12.2009
- Comments on Lars E. O. Svensson's lecture "Policy expectations and policy evaluations: the role of transparency and communication" (Kommentarer til Lars E. O. Svenssons foredrag "Förväntningar om och utvärderingar av penningpolitiken: Vilken roll har öppenhet och kommunikation?",) at the Conference "Ten Years of Riksbank Independence" in Stockholm, 11.09.2009
- "The global economic crisis and its impact on Sovereign Wealth Funds: The example of Norway", speech at a meeting for financial sector representatives in Geneva hosted by the Royal Norwegian Embassy, 11.05.2009
- "The Nordics in the EU - Fiscal similarities and monetary differences", speech at a seminar hosted by the European Commission, Brussels, 13.02.2009
- "Transparency and central bank communication", speech at a seminar in Banca d’Italia, Rome, 04.11.2008
- "Writing central bank and monetary history – what are the issues?", welcome remarks at a workshop co-organised by The Graduate Institute, Geneva and Norges Bank in Oslo, 30.10.2008
- "Trends in monetary policy transparency - Comments to Petra M. Geraats' paper", speech at the conference "International Experience with the Conduct of Monetary Policy under Inflation Targeting" in Ottawa, 23.07.2008
- "Review of the ECB's strategy and alternative approaches", speech at the conference "The ECB and Its Watchers VIII" in Frankfurt, 05.05.2006