Academic Positions
2020 – ongoing Head of research group in economics at School of Economics, Innovation and Technology, Kristiania University College
2019 – ongoing Associate professor with tenure, Kristiania University College
2016 – 2019 Postdoc, ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles
2011 – 2016 Lecturer, Norwegian Business School
2012 – 2013 Visiting Ph.D. student, Dept. of Economics, Northwestern University
Host: Nobel Prize Laureate Dale T. Mortensen
Education
2010 – 2016 Ph.D. in Economics, Norwegian Business School
Dissertation: Essays in industrial organization and search theory; Advisor: Espen Moen
Committee: Tom-Reiel Heggedal, Birthe Larsen (CBS), Tore Nilssen (UiO)
2009 – 2010 Master in Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2005 – 2010 Master in Business and Economics (Siviløkonom), Norwegian Business School
Publications
· Aas, Øyvind, Espen Moen and Fredrik Wulfsberg. 2020. Price Dispersion and the Role of Stores. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, https://doi.org/10.1111/sjoe.12356
· Aas, Øyvind. 2016. Essays in industrial organization and search theory, Norwegian Business School. ISBN 978-82-8247-106-0 (2/2016)
· Aas, Øyvind. 2016. Case in economics for high school students.
· Aas, Øyvind and Drago Bergholt. 2011. Sammendrag av den 26. European Economic Association og 65. Econometric Society European Meeting (EEA-ESEM), Samfunnsøkonomen, Vol. 125(8):24 – 29.
Working Papers
· Duration of Control and Corporate Culture (w. Patrick Legros)
· Zigzags on the way to the top: the Making of the Modern College Football Coach (w. Tuan Nguyen and Patrick Legros)
· Vertical Integration, Incomplete Contracts and Search Frictions (under review)
· Pure Strategy Equilibrium in a Search Model (under review)
Refereeing
The Economic Journal, Economics Letters
Committee work and boards
2020 Internal review board of ethics in research, representative for School of Economics, Innovation and Technology, Kristiania University College
2020 Wage negotiation team for the researchers union (Forskerforbundet), Employee representative, Kristiania University College
Fellowships and Grants
2019 Seed funding grant, Kristiania University College, 60K NOK
2019 Seminar grant, Norwegian Central Bank fund for research in economic sciences, 10K NOK.
2019 – 2023 FNRS Credits and projects, Control duration and firm performance,
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Principal Investigator: Patrick Legros, 233K EUR
2016 – 2019 Post-doctorat, European Research Council, Advanced Grant No. 339950
Université Libre de Bruxelles, Principal Investigator: Patrick Legros.
Spring 2013 Travel grant, Norwegian Central Bank fund for research in economic sciences.
2010 - 2014 Research Fellowship, Dept. of Economics, Norwegian Business School.
2009 – 2010 Erasmus Scholarship, Dept. of Economics, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Presentations
· Economics seminar, OsloMet, 2020
· Contract Theory Workshop - discussant, University of Bristol Law School and School of Economics, Finance and Management, 2019.
· 18th session of the Institutional and Organizational Economics Academy, IOEA, University Paris Daupine, 2019.
· 45th Annual Conference of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics Athens College, 2018.
· 15th Annual International Industrial Organization conference, Northeastern University, 2017.
· ECARES Seminar Series, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2016
· Search and Matching Conference, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2016
· 37th Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association of Economists, University of Bergen, 2015.
· 8th Nordic Summer Symposium in Macroeconomics, Iceland, 2014.
· 36th Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association of Economists, University of Oslo, 2014.
· 9th Nordic Workshop in Industrial Organization, University of Oslo, 2014.
· Northwestern University, 2013.
· Workshop in Consumer Search - discussant, Moscow Higher School of Economics, 2012
Op-ed in Norwegian newspaper:
Aas, Øyvind. 2020. Reiseleivet bør fikse overkapasiteten selv, Finansavisen, June 9, 2020.
Organization of meetings
2019 Initiated and organized the Oslo IO-theory mini workshops: 6 international guests and 4 collaborators for University of Oslo, Oslo Metropolitan University, Kristiania University College and BI Norwegian Business School
Teaching Experience
Formal training:
· Fall 2012, Pedagogical course for university employees, 4 ECTS, BI Norwegian Business School
· Fall 2020, Pedagogical course for university employees, 15 ECTS, Kristiania University College
Lecturer (2370 students)
Graduate - Université libre de Bruxelles:
· Graduate Microeconomics 3 (in total 16 students): year 2018, 2020
Graduate - Norwegian Business School:
· Applied Microeconomics (378): 2011, 2012
· Economic Theory (114): 2013, 2015
· Industrial Economics (76): 2014, 2015
· Microeconomics (1309): 2013, 2015
· International Economics (45): 2015.
Undergraduate – Kristiania University College
· Mathematics for economists (278): 2019, 2020
Undergraduate - Norwegian Business School:
· Development Economics (39): 2015
· International Economics (115): 2015
Teaching assistant (635 students)
Graduate - Université libre de Bruxelles:
· Graduate Microeconomics 3 (7): 2016 (for Patrick Legros)
· Graduate Microeconomics 2 (7): 2018 (for Patrick Legros)
Graduate - Norwegian Business School:
· Microeconomics (621): 2010 (for Espen Moen), 2011 (for Erling Røed Larsen)
Bachelor projects: 5 groups advised (10 students)
Ph.D. students co-supervised: 1 ongoing at Northeastern University, 2019 - ongoing
Postdoc. Student co-supervised: 1 ongoing at Université libre de Bruxelles, 2019 - ongoing
Professional Experience
Spring 2016 Academic Consultant, Menon Economics
Fields: Merger and Acquisition, Industry Analysis