Oxford Law Blog, July 2022
ScienceNorway, December 2021
Charles River Associates, December 2021
DN op-ed (Terje Erikstad), April 2023
Klement on investing, October 2022
ScienceNorway, April 2022
Forskning.no, March 2022
Forskning.no, March 2022
VoxEu.org, December 2019
Forskning.no, February 2022
VoxEu.org, July 2021
Fødselsnytt, nr 1/2022.
Forskning.no, November 2021
Atlantico, June 2021 (in French)
VoxEU podcast, May 2021
VoxEu.org, June 2021
Forbes, July 26, 2018
Wall Street Journal, April 30, 2018
Livemint (India) January 22, 2018
Voxeu.org, March 22, 2018
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance, February 6, 2018
Bloomberg, January 16, 2018
Livemint (India) January 22, 2018
Promarket.org (University of Chicago) January 24, 2018
Washington Center for Equitable Growth, January 19, 2018
PBS, June 6, 2016
Science, April 21, 2016
NBER Digest, April, 2016
Kellogg Insight, June 6, 2016
Voxeu.org, April 21, 2016 (written by Ben and me)
Dagens Næringsliv, March 30, 2016 and Dagens Næringsliv, March 17, 2016
NRK (National broadcaster in Norway), March 17, 2016
Civita, October 16, 2015
Financial Express (India), Sept 24, 2022.
Deprez Leadership, 2022.
Business News Australia, Sept 6, 2021.
New York Times, March 23, 2016
Aftenposten, January 30, 2016
El Pais, July 14, 2013 (in Spanish)
Financial Times, March 10, 2013
Forbes, February 26, 2013
Globe and Mail, March 14, 2013
ScienceDaily, February 25, 2013
PhysOrg, February 26, 2013
Growthology, February 28, 2013
voxeu.org, April 21, 2013
Investor's Chronicle (Financial Times group), June 2020
Mind over Market blog, November 15, 2015
Business Day (South Africa), October 27, 2015
Two-page article in Bergens Tidende, October 2013 (written by me).
Financial study association Groningen, October 17, 2017
US News & World Report, Feb 4, 2015
Motley Fool. Op-ed June 6, 2011
Investors Chronicle. Op-ed October 7, 2010
NA24 (Aftenposten + Bergens Tidende) op-ed June 24th, 2008
Piece in Aftenposten, link, and at forskning.no (both written by me)
p4 radio interview/debate, May 25, 2011 (NB: this is an mp3 sound file, size about 6MB)
Aftenposten, May 25, 2011. Also coverage in e24 and Ledelse Ukeavisen.
forskning.no, April 4, 2011
Die Zeit, November 5, 2010 (in German)
Handelsblatt, November 4, 2010 (in German)
Voxeu.org, September 28, 2007
Wall Street Journal. Op-ed May 30th, 2008
Paul Kedroski blog May 15th, 2008, and at TV channels in the US during May 2008
Handelsblatt.com September 10th, 2008 (in German)
Wall Street Journal. October 15th, 2008
The Economist. October 31st, 2008
Mandag Morgen (magazine for Norwegian CEOs) main story October 2007
Technology magazines, such as Teknisk Ukeblad
Financial disaster at UiB and what to do about it. 1, 2, and 3.
Gaza and Israel II. DN, February 3, 2024. Norway has likely contributed to starting a war in Gaza, by indirectly supporting Hamas. How avoid supporting terrorists and extremists like Hamas?
Gaza and Israel I. VG, January 12, 2024. The Norwegian Foreign Ministry seems delusional.
The Norwegian Tax system. DN, May 4, 2023. On the costs of Norway having both high and unpredictable corporate taxes. The context is the "lakseskatt", a windfall tax on the fish farming industry.
Numerous "Børsintervju" with Finansavisen, 2021-2024. Comments on markets and investment advice, unfortunately behind paywall.
Lite overbevisende vindmølleplaner, DN, April 2022. What is the NPV of windmills? (lower than one might think).
Samfunnsøkonomer tjener like mye som jurister. DN, April 2020. Economics graduates do well in the labor market, similar outcomes to laywers.
Kontantstøtteordningen er en tvilsom idé. Oslo Macro Blog, April 2020. How to (not) structure Covid-support to firms 2.
Strukturer Covid-19 tilskudd til bedrifter som lån, ikke kontantstøtte. DN, April 2020. How to (not) structure Covid-support to firms 1.
Bygg flere statuer! DN, May, 2018. Half-ironic comment on government wasting resources on "fun" projects (offer the politicians statues to scrap the project).
Bybanen: DN1, DN2, DN3, BA1, BA2, BT1. Light railway in Bergen. An immensely costly project even before the many cost overruns. And very limited benefits. These comments offer new data and analysis.
Intervju med Dagens Næringsliv om entreprenørskap i Norge, October 15, 2015.
En nyere kommentar om norsk akademia, 2013. Norwegian academia: some challenges 2.
En eldre kommentar om norsk akademia, 2003. Norwegian academia: some challenges 1.