Department of Economics and Finance,
School of Business and Law,
University of Agder,
P.O.Box 422
N-4604 Kristiansand S
NORWAY
Phone (mobile): +47 - 41 68 16 91
"Municipalities' decision to care - at home or in a nursing home." International Advances in Economic Research 26(4) 2020, pp 327-342. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11294-020-09806-z
"The impact of an urban toll ring on housing prices." Research in Transportation Economics, 82(October) 2020. DOI: 10.1016/j.retrec/2020/100882 https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S0739885920300809
"The Road to Higher Prices: Will Improved Road Standards Lead to Higher Housing Prices?" (With Anne Wenche Emblem). Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics. DOI: 10.1007/s11146-020-09751-y https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11146-020-09751-y
"House prices and proximity to kindergarten - costs of distance and external effects" (With Anne Wenche Emblem) Journal of Property Research, 35(4) 2018, pp 321-343. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09599916.2018.1513057?casa_token=TRq1gnQ-23IAAAAA:g8Bbr6YzIIaweo5tH7CRHqg91_r4a2SOp1Js4J2n_kerbBewVtTTbeSFeece7RHVAtU4ZlP_N-cr
“Efficiency and Justice in the Market for Cooperative Dwellings” (With Silje Eretveit). International Real Estate Review, 19(3) 2016, pp 297-326. https://www.um.edu.mo/fba/irer/papers/past/vol19n3_pdf/02.pdf
“What Makes People Nursing Home Residents: Individual Need or Municipalities' Supply?” In N. Schofield and G. Caballero (Eds.): State, Institutions and Democracy, Contributions of Political Economy, Chapter 11, pp 251-270. Springer 2016. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-44582-3_11
“State Dependence in Sequential Equity Judgements” (With Jochen Jungeilges). Social Choice and Welfare 37(1) 2011, pp 97-119. DOI: 10.1007/s00355- 010-0482-5. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00355-010-0482-5
“The Impact of Financial Arrangements and Institutional Form on Housing Prices,” (With Karl Robertsen). Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics 42(3) 2011, pp 371-392. DOI; 10.1007/s11146-009-9213-z. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11146-009-9213-z
“Multiple-Job-Holding in Tanzania,” in R. Kanbur and J. Svejnar (Eds.): Labor Markets and Economic Development, Chapter 9, pp 176-196. Routledge, 2009. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284186002_Multiple-job-holding_in_Tanzania
“A Comparative Study of Equity Judgements in Lithuania and Norway,” (With Jochen Jungeilges). The Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 37, 2008, pp 1090-1118. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S105353570700114X?via%3Dihub
“Tanzanian formal sector worker’s participation in informal production,” Applied Economics, 37(21), 2005, pp 2469-2485. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00036840500366197?casa_token=tNzC6V3geNQAAAAA:iD07jYRVIP-rHc7Gun1IrasXCnxfA0JLp_6I8Y2i5DmINOMJpBUDhDBLfoX-hTWmhDtst5bURSLC
“Equity Judgements Elicited Through Experiments: An Econometric Examination,” (With Jochen Jungeilges) in B. Agarwal and A. Vercelli (Eds.): Psychology, Rationality and Economic Behaviour: Challenging Standard Assumptions, Chapter 10, pp 195-241. Palgrave Macmillen, New York 2005. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9780230522343_10
“Uncertainty and systematic bias in provision of social benefits by a public bureaucracy,” European Journal of Political Economy, 13(3), 1997, pp 639-659. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0176268097000220?via%3Dihub
Theisen, Theis og Anne Wenche Emblem (2020). Har bomavgift innvirkning på boligpriser - og i så fall hvor mye? I: Transport i interaksjon mellom marked og offentlig regulering. T. A. Mathisen and P. A. Pedersen.(Red.) Bergen, Fagbokforlaget: 293-312.
Dahl, Jonas og Theisen, Theis (2020). Gir boplikt høyere boligpriser? (Will residence requirements reduce housing prices?)Tidsskrift for boligforskning, 3(1), s 51-69. https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2535-5988-2020-01-04
Emblem, Anne Wenche; Theisen, Theis; Aamo, Bjørn Skogstad (2017). Regionale forskjeller i boligprisutviklingen - mulige årsaker. Samfunnsøkonomen. no. 6 2017, s 14 - 25.
Sørlandsparken – fra ødemark til navet i Agderbyen (Sørlandsparken – from wilderness to the hub of the Agder-town), ISSU 2013, http://issuu.com/insam_as/docs/theisen
Nobels minnepris i økonomi 2012: Alvin Elliot Roth og Lloyd Stowell Shapley (The Nobel memorial prize in economics 2012: Alvin Elliot Roth and Lloyd Stowell Shapley): In Nossum, Rolf (Ed.): Årbok for Agder Vitenskapsakademi 2012. pp 356-363
Boligmarkedet i Kristiansand. (The housing market in Kristiansand). (With Karl Robertsen). In: Knudsen, Jon P. and Sigbjørn Sødal (Eds.): Økonomi og tid. 18 essays i Pufendorf-tradisjonen. pp. 243-269.
Hva bestemmer siviløkonomenes lønn? (What determines the wages of business school graduates? (With Morten A. Lilleland and Camilla Nedland) Àjour no. 5, 2005, pp 20 - 21.
Prissystemer for kommunale tjenester. (Price Systems for Local Government Services).(With Åge Johnsen) Kommuneforlaget, Oslo 1992.
Forbruk av hjemmehjelp ved administrativ tildeling og fritt marked (Home helpconsumption when services are administratively allocated, and when they are allocated through a market). Aldring og Eldre , no. 1, 1991, pp 12-18.
Økonomisk politisk revy høstsesjonen 1978 (Economic-political review of the Norwegian Parliament autumn 1978). Sosialøkonomen no. 2, 1979, pp 23 – 24.
Økonomisk politisk revy vårsesjonen 1978 (Economic-political review of the Norwegian Parliament spring 1978) Sosialøkonomen no. 7, 1978, pp 26 – 27.
Økonomisk politisk revy høstsesjonen 1977. (Economic-political review of the Norwegian Parliament autumn 1977) Sosialøkonomen no. 1, 1978, pp 20 – 21.
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Previous positions
Director of Budget and Finance, Aust-Agder County 1984-1987.
Assistant professor, Agder University College 1980-1984
Senior consultant/consultant, The Norwegian Ministry of Finance/Secretariat of Long-Term Planning and Coordination, 1977‑1980.
Researcher, Institute of Industrial Economics 1976‑1977.
Research Visitor, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998/99.
Visiting professor, Real Estate Centre, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, spring 1993.
Honorary fellow", University of Wisconsin‑Madison, 1988‑89.
Member of a committee appointed by the Norwegian Government (1982‑1983) to present an analysis of the long-term perspectives of the building and construction industries. (Report published as NOU 1983:28).
Secretary for a committee appointed by the Norwegian Ministry of Finance (1979-1980) to prepare a report on the long-term prospects for the Norwegian economy.
Referee for European Journal of Political Economy, Public Choice, The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Cities, Homo Oeconomicus, International Journal of Emerging Markets, Tidsskrift for boligforskning.
Subconsultant for Stoveland Consult, on the World Bank project "Urban Services Improvement, A Willingness to Pay Study".
Norwegian Contractors and Plant Owners Association.
The Norwegian Council for the Building and Construction Industries.
Several Norwegian municipalities.
Kruse Smith
Member of the board of directors, Aust-Agder County Hospital 1997-1999.
Head of Tilsettingsutvalget for undervisnings- og forskerstillinger at Agder University College 1995-1997 (member 1994-1995).
Head of the board of Norsk Distriktshøgskolelag at Agder College 1991-1993.
Member of the board of the Association of Norwegian Economists, 1990-1991.
Member of the board of directors of Systems Security Inc. 1987-1990.
Member of the board of directors of Aust‑Agder Trafikkselskap A/S. 1986‑1988.
Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Public Economics
Industrial organization
Health economics
Labour economics
Real estate economics
Health economics research group