Curriculum Vitae

 

Employment

2002–	Head of research, Research Department, Norges Bank
2007	Visiting scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
1997–2002	Researcher, Research Department, Norges Bank
1991–1996	Research fellow, Department of Economics, University of Oslo
1988–1991	Research fellow, Institute for research in economics and business administration (SNF), Oslo

 

Education

PhD in economics at the University of Oslo, 1997.

Publications in refereed journals 

• How Strong is the Case for Macroeconomic Real Wage Rigidity?
  with Steinar Holden.
  Forthcoming in the Journal of Monetary Economics
• "Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity in the OECD"
  with Steinar Holden.
  The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics: Vol. 8 : Iss. 1 (Advances), Article 15.  Available at: http://www.bepress.com/bejm/vol8/iss1/art15
  Finalist in 2008 Arrow prize for senior economists.
• "An Application of Wage Bargaining Models to Norwegian Panel Data"
  Oxford Economic Papers, 49 (1997), 419–440.
• "Lønnsdannelsen i norske treforedlingsforetak, 1967–79"
  Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift, 104, 207–230.

Norges Bank publications

• "Price-setting behaviour of Norwegian firms – results of a survey"
  with Nina Langbraaten and Einar W. Nordbø. 
  Economic Bulletin 2/2008, Norges Bank.
• "The role of assessments and judgement in the macroeconomic model RIMINI"
  with Kjetil Olsen
  Economic Bulletin 2/2001, 55-64, Norges Bank.

Other Publications

• Lønnsdannelse og arbeidsmarkedspolitikk i Norden
  with Ragnar Nymoen, Asbjørn Rødseth, og Oddbjørn Raaum,
  i Raaum (ed.): Arbeidsmarkedspolitikk, ledighet og lønn i Norden.  TemaNord 1998:512, s.13-81, Nordisk Ministerråd.
• "Adjustment Costs and Dynamic Labour Demand in Norwegian Manufacturing Firms",
  in Asplund (ed.) Flexibility in the Nordic Labour Markets, Nordic Council of Ministers, TemaNord 1998:586. (Also published as Memorandum 23/96, Department of Economics, University of Oslo)

Working papers

• Wage Rigidity, Institutions, and Inflation (with Steinar Holden). Norges Bank WP 2009/2
• "Unemployment, Labour Market Programmes and Wages in Norway" (with Oddbjørn Raaum). Norges Bank WP 1997/11.
• "Do Progressive Taxes Reduce Wage Pressure? Panel Data Evidence from Norway". Memorandum 38/96, Department of Economics, University of Oslo.
• "Adjustment Costs and Dynamic Labour Demand in Norwegian Manufacturing Firms". Memorandum 23/96, Department of Economics, University of Oslo)

Presentations

SOLE/EALE World congress 2005 (San Fransisco); SOLE 2007 (Chicago); European Economic Association (EEA) Meeting (1997, 1999, 2005, 2009); Econometric Society European Meeting (ESEM) (1994, 2003), Uppsala Universitet, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Magyar Nemzeti Bank

Teaching and Evaluation

Advanced macroeconomics (graduate level), University of Oslo (1999, 2001)
Empirical methods (undergraduate level), University of Oslo (2000)

Awards

Awarded price for best PhD in macroeconomics 1995–1998 by Norges Banks fond til økonomisk forskning.

Referee

European Economic Review, BE Journal of Macroeconomics, Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Oxford Economic Papers, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Monetary Economics.