Recent publications
(Rune Jansen Hagen and Jørn Rattsø) Strategic interaction in the market for charitable donations: The role of public funding, Journal of Public Economic Theory, forthcoming 2024.
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) Public sector wage compression and wage inequality: Gender and geographic heterogeneity, Oxford Economic Papers, forthcoming 2023.
(Stefan Leknes, Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) Assortative labor matching, city size, and the education level of workers, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 96, 2022, 103806. Separate appendix.
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) Private-public wage gap and return to experience: Role of geography, gender and education, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Vol. 84, September 2020, 103571.
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) Identification of the private-public wage gap, Labour Economics 59, 2019, 153-163. Separate appendix.
(Amihai Glazer, Rune Jansen Hagen and Jørn Rattsø) Help not needed? Optimal host country regulation of expatriate NGO workers, Review of International Economics, 26, 2018, 302-321.
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) National income taxation and the geographic distribution of population, International Tax and Public Finance 24, 5, 2017, 879-902. Published version.
(Fredrik Carlsen, Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) Education, experience, and urban wage premium, Regional Science and Urban Economics 60, 2016, 39-49.
(Jørn Rattsø and Rune Sørensen) Public - private political cleavage: what happens after retirement? Public Choice 166, 3, 2016, 315-333.
(Lars-Erik Borge, Jan Brueckner and Jørn Rattsø) Partial fiscal decentralization and demand responsiveness of the local public sector: Theory and evidence from Norway, Journal of Urban Economics 80, 2014, 153-163.
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) Regional convergence of income and education: Investigation of distribution dynamics, Urban Studies 51, 8, 2014, 1672-1685.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn Rattsø) Capitalization of property taxes in Norway, Public Finance Review 42, 5, 2014, 635-661.
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) Population divergence and income convergence: Regional distribution dynamics for Norway, Regional Studies 48, 11, 2014, 1884-1895.
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) Trade, skill biased technical change and wage inequality in South Africa, Review of International Economics 21, 3, 2013, 419-431.
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) Trade policy in a growth model with technology gap dynamics and simulations for South Africa, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 36, 2012, 1042-1056.
(Torfinn Harding and Jørn Rattsø) Industrial labor productivities and tariffs in South Africa: Identification based on multilateral liberalization reform, Economics of Transition 18, 3, 2010, 459-485.
(Jørn Rattsø and Rune Sørensen) Grey power and public budgets: Family altruism helps children, but not elderly, European Journal of Political Economy 26, 2, 2010, 222-234.
(Fredrik Carlsen, Bjørg Langset, Jørn Rattsø and Lasse Stambøl) Using survey data to study capitalization of local public services, Regional Science and Urban Economics 39, 6, 2009, 668-695.
Matz Dahlberg, Eva Mörk, Jørn Rattsø and Hanna Ågren) Using a discontinuous grant rule to identify the effect of grants on local taxes and spending, Journal of Public Economics 92, 12, 2008, 2320-2335.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn Rattsø) Property taxation as incentive for cost control: Empirical evidence for utility services in Norway, European Economic Review 52, 2008, 1035-1054.
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) A growth model for South Africa, South African Journal of Economics 75, 4, 2007, 616-630.
(Jon H. Fiva and Jørn Rattsø) Local choice of property taxation: Evidence from Norway, Public Choice 132, 3-4, 2007, 457-480.
(Xinshen Diao, Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) Learning by exporting and structural change: A Ramsey growth model for Thailand, Journal of Policy Modeling 28, 2006, 293-306.
(Jon H. Fiva and Jørn Rattsø) Welfare competition in Norway: Norms and expenditures, European Journal of Political Economy 22, 2006, 202-226.
(Fredrik Carlsen, Bjørg Langset and Jørn Rattsø) The relationship between firm mobility and tax level: Empirical evidence of fiscal competition between local governments, Journal of Urban Economics 58, 2, 2005, 273-288.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn Rattsø) The relationship between costs and user charges: The case of a Norwegian utility service, FinanzArchiv 61, 1, 2005, 1-22.
(Xinshen Diao, Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) International spillovers, productivity growth and openness in Thailand: An intertemporal general equilibrium analysis, Journal of Development Economics 76, 2, 2005, 429-450.
(Jørn Rattsø and Rune Sørensen) Public employees as swing voters: Empirical evidence on opposition to public sector reform, Public Choice 119, 3-4, 2004, 281-310.
(Jørn Rattsø) Fiscal adjustment under centralized federalism: Empirical evaluation of the response to budgetary shocks, FinanzArchiv 60, 2, 2004, 240-261.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn Rattsø) Income distribution and tax structure: Empirical test of the Meltzer-Richard hypothesis, European Economic Reveiw 48, 4, 2004, 805-826.
(Ragnar Torvik and Jørn Rattsø) Interactions between agriculture and industry: Theoretical analysis of the consequences of discriminating agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, Review of Development Economics 7, 1, 2003, 138-151.
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E. Stokke) Learning and foreign technology spillovers in Thailand: Empirical evidence on productivity dynamics, Nordic Journal of Political Economy 29, 1, 2003, 47-66.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn Rattsø) Spending growth with vertical fiscal imbalance: Decentralized government spending in Norway 1880-1990, Economics and Politics 14, 3, 2002, 351-373.
(Jørn Rattsø and Per Tovmo) Fiscal discipline and asymmetric adjustment of revenue and expenditures: Local government responses to shocks in Denmark, Public Finance Review 30, 3, 2002, 208-234.
(Jørn Rattsø) Aggregate local public investments and shocks: Norway 1946-1990, Applied Economics 31, 5, 1999, 577-584.
(Torberg Falch and Jørn Rattsø) Local public choice of school spending: Disaggregating the demand function for educational services, Economics of Education Review 18, 1999, 361-373.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn Rattsø) Local government resource use under a centralized system of financing: The case of Norway, Local Government Studies 25, 1, 1999, 35-54.
(Torberg Falch and Jørn Rattsø) School reforms and school spending growth, Journal of Policy Reform 3, 1999, 195-227.
(Rob Davies, Jørn Rattsø and Ragnar Torvik) Short-run consequences of trade liberalization: A CGE model of Zimbabwe, Journal of Policy Modeling 20, 3, 1998, 305-333.
(Jørn Rattsø and Ragnar Torvik) Trade liberalization in Zimbabwe: Ex post evaluation, Cambridge Journal of Economics 22, 1998, 325-346.
(Jørn Rattsø and Ragnar Torvik) Economic openness, trade restrictions and external shocks: Modelling the effects in Sub-Saharan Africa, Economic Modelling 15, 1998, 257-286.
(Torberg Falch and Jørn Rattsø) Political economic determinants of school spending in federal states: Theory and time-series evidence, European Journal of Political Economy 13, 1997, 299-314.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn Rattsø) Local government grants and income tax revenue: Redistributive politics in Norway 1900-1990, Public Choice 92, 1997, 181-197.
(Jorid Kalseth and Jørn Rattsø) Political control of administrative spending: The case of local governments in Norway, Economics and Politics 10, 1997, 63-83.