Advisor
E-mail: gisle-james.natvik@norges-bank.no
Phone: +47-22 31 63 38
Fax: +47 22 42 40 62
Norges Bank
Bankplassen 2
P.O.Box 1179 Sentrum
0107 Oslo
Norway

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Gisle J. Natvik is a senior advisor in the research department of  Norges Bank. He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Oslo in 2008. Gisle joined the research department in 2008.

Research interests
Natvik's research interests are within the fields of monetary economics and political economics. His research focuses particularly on how public spending affects the economy, the interplay between fiscal and monetary policy, and how public spending is likely to be influenced by politicians' strategic considerations.

Publications
"Government Spending and the Taylor Principle",
Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, vol. 41, no. 1 (February 2009), pp. 57-77.

Working papers/Work in progress
"Government  Spending Shocks and Rule-of-Thumb Consumers: The Role of Steady State Inequality".


"The Political Economy of Fiscal Deficits and Government Production".


"Do Re-election Probabilities Influence Public Investment?"
with Jon Fiva (University of Oslo).

"Voting when the Stakes are High"
 with Jon Fiva (University of Oslo) and Jørgen Andersen (Norwegian School of Management).