Research and Writing

Publications

Book

1. Krakk og kriser i historisk perspektiv [Financial crises in a historical perspective] (with Ola H. Grytten). Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 286 pages, 2016.

Journal articles

2. Balancing Contradictory Demands during the Transition to a Business Model Portfolio for Sustainability (with Terje Bernt Berntsen and Tor Helge Aas). Cogent Business & Management,  vol. 10, no. 3, November 2023.

3. Navigating the Green Path: The Scandinavian Outdoor Industry's Quest for Sustainability (with Pia Heggelund and Mari Berg Hersdal). Cogent Business & Management, vol. 10, no. 3, October 2023.

4. Is it Time to Reclaim the ‘Ethics’ in Business Ethics Education? (with Berina Jaganjac, Line M. Abrahamsen and Torunn S. Olsen). Journal of Business Ethics, vol. 190, pp. 1-22, 2024. (Published online April 2023.)

5. Improving students’ learning: The role of formative feedback. Experiences from a crash course for business students in academic writing (with Torunn S. Olsen). Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 129-141, 2024. (Published online March 2023.)

6. Emergence and early institutionalization of competition in higher education: Evidence from Finnish business schools (with Kerttu Kettunen, Kimmo Alajoutsijärvi & Rómulo Pinheiro).Tertiary Education and Management, vol. 29, pp. 365-389, 2023. (Published online November 2022.)

7. Wages, Work, and the Catholic Social Teaching. The Journal of Values-Based Leadership, vol. 15, no. 1, article 8, 2022.

8. Ethics, resource rent, environment and petroleum policy: the case of a small open economy (with Ola H. Grytten). Environmental Economics, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 76-89, 2021.

9. Stock Earnings and Bond Yields in the US 1871-2017: The Story of a Changing Relationship (with Valeriy Zakamulin). Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, vol. 79 (February), pp. 182-197, 2021.

10. More Planet and Less Profit? The Ethical Dilemma of an Oil Producing Nation. Cogent Business & Management, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 1-14, 2019.

11. An Anatomy of Financial Crisis in Norway, 1830-2010 (with Ola H. Grytten). Financial History Review, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 25-57, 2014.

12. Gender Specific Labor Market Convergence and Family Stability (with Ola H. Grytten). The Journal of European Economic History, vol. XLI, no. 2, pp. 11-49, 2012.

13. A Long Term View on the Short Term Co-movement of Output and Prices in a Small Open Economy (with Ola H. Grytten). International Journal of Economics and Finance, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 3-15, 2012.

14. Testing the Role of Comparative Advantage and Learning in Wage and Promotion Dynamics. International Journal of Manpower, vol. 33, no. 5, pp. 556-582, 2012.

15. An Empirical Study of Performance Appraisal and Career Opportunities (with Ola Kvaløy and Klaus Mohn). International Journal of Business and Management, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 22-35, 2012.

16. Internal Wage Dispersion and Firm Performance: White-Collar Evidence. International Journal of Manpower, vol. 30, no. 8, pp. 776-796, 2009.

17. Bedrifters lønnsstrukturer: teori og empiri [Firms’ wage structures: theory and empirical evidence] (in Norwegian). Published in Søkelys på arbeidslivet, pp. 171-180, no. 2, 2007.

Book chapters

18. Ethics and Sustainability in Undergraduate Business Studies (with Torunn S. Olsen). In B. T. Asheim, T. Laudal & R. J. Mykletun (Eds.), Practicing responsibility in business schools, Ch 12, pp. 239-260. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

19. On the Purpose of the Firm: The Case of Hans Nielsen Hauge (with Truls Liland). In O. H. Grytten & T. Liland (Eds.), In The Legacy of Hans Nielsen Hauge. Entrepreneurship in Economics, Management, Education and Politics , pp. 79–94. Bodoni Forlag, 2021.

20. Verdier og økonomi: samfunn og utdanning [Values and economics: society and education] (with Torunn S. Olsen). In Tjora, A. (ed.), Universitetskamp, Scandinavian Academic Press, ch. 17, pp. 384-413, 2019.

21. Price Stability in the Periphery during the International Gold Standard: Scandinavia (with Ola H. Grytten). In Ögren, Anders and Lars Fredrik Øksendal (eds.): The Gold Standard Peripheries – Monetary Policy, Adjustment and Flexibility in a Global Setting, ch. 4, pp. 58-80, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

22. Økonomisk og demografisk interaksjon i det førindustrielle Norge. Finner vi økonometriske spor av Malthus? [Economic and demographic interaction in pre-industrial Norway. Do we find any econometric evidence of Malthus?] (in Norwegian, with Ola H. Grytten). In Knudsen, Jon P. and Sigbjørn Sødal (eds.): Økonomi og tid. 18 essays i Pufendorf-tradisjon, Ch. 5, pp. 85-101, Fagbokforlaget, 2010.

23. Wage Structure and Labor Mobility in Norway 1980-97 (with Jarle Møen and Kjell G. Salvanes). In Lazear, Edward and Kathryn Shaw (eds.): The Structure of Wages: An International Comparison, Ch. 9, pp. 315-372, The University of Chicago Press, NBER, 2008.

Book review

24. Samuel Pufendorf - økonomifagets bestefar [Samuel Pufendorf - The Grandfather of Economics]. Book review of Sæther, A., Natural Law and the Origin of Political Economy. Samuel Pufendorf and the History of Economics. Samfunnsøkonomen, 133(3), pp. 58-61, 2019.

Proceedings

25. Five years into blended learning: What have we learned? A retrospective look (with Torunn S. Olsen). ICERI Proceedings, pp. 1018-1026, 2019.

26. How to Engage Students in Ethics and CSR? Evidence from Blended Learning (with Torunn S. Olsen). INTED Proceedings, pp. 4885-4894, 2018.

27. Chinese foreign students’ psychological needs, approaches to learning and marks at a UK university (with Jökull Hafthor Johannesson). EDULEARN proceedings, pp. 7134-7140, 2016. 

Work in progress

• (Book) Etikk for økonomer [Ethics for economists] (with Are S. Ingulfsvann og Steen Kokebakker). Expected publication in the second half of 2024.

• The Role of Organizational Culture and Structure in Implementing Sustainability Initiatives (with Berina Jaganjac, Kathrine Wallevik Hansen, and Henriette Lunde). R&R second round, BEER - Business Ethics, the Environment, and Responsibility. Last updated: April 2024.

• Change Agency during Crises: Path Development in in the Case of Norwegian Tourism (with Sigbjørn L. Tveteraas and Jinghua Xie). R&R third round, minor revisions requested, Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. To be resubmitted April 2024.

• Business Model Diversification: A Review and Research Agenda (with Terje Bernt Berntsen and Tor Helge Aas). Submitted April 2024.

• Economic Complexity (with Sigbjørn L. Tveteraas and Jinghua Xie). Expected first draft by mid-2024.

• UiA PULS Project: On the role of university teachers. Two papers are expected by the end of 2024/beginning of 2025.

Other writings

Feature articles and debate contributions

1. Rentekutt i høst kan spoleres av prisvekst og internasjonal uro [Potential fall interest rate cut may be threatened by inflation and global uncertainty]. Fædrelandsvennen, online 16. April, print 19. April 2024.

2. Den svake og ustabile kronekursen - er euro løsningen? [The weak and volatile Norwegian currency - is the euro a solution?]. Fædrelandsvennen, online 11. April, print 15. April 2024.

3. Kunstig intelligens er en ny sjanse for middelklassen [AI is a second chance for the middle class]. Dagens Perspektiv, online 15. March 2024.

4. Nå øker renten igjen - stikk i strid med hva de fleste økonomer trodde [The interest rate is increasing again - contrary to what most economists predicted]. Fædrelandsvennen, online 14. December, print 15. December 2023.

5. Trolig ny renteheving i desember [A new interest rate hike is likely in December] (with Joachim Thøgersen). Fædrelandsvennen, online and print 18. November, 2023.

6. Norsk reiseliv trenger flere industrielle aktører [Norwegian tourism needs more industrial players] (with Sigbjørn Landazuri Tveteraas og Jinghua Xie). Dagens Perspektiv, online 29. June 2023. Also online at Reiseliv 1.

7. Derfor øker renten på torsdag [Yet another increase in the interest rate] (with Joachim Thøgersen). Fædrelandsvennen, online 21. March, print 22. March 2023.

8. Nå kommer flere rentehevinger og økonomisk usikkerhet [Interest rate hikes and economic uncertainty]. Fædrelandsvennen, online 21. June, print 22. June 2022.

9. Bedrifter med en høyere hensikt [Firms with a higher purpose] (with Truls Liland). Sunnmørsposten, online 2. May, print 3. May 2022. 

10. Profitt og etikk, takk! [Profit and ethics] (with Cathrine Borgen and Truls Liland). Dagens Perspektiv, online 26. November. Also published in Fædrelandsvennen, print 4. December 2021.

11. Finnes det en medmenneskelig kapitalisme [Is there a human capitalism?] (with Truls Liland). Dagens Perspektiv, online 17. November, print 19. November 2021.

12. Kapitalismen er det eneste alternativet, men den har svakheter [Capitalism is the only option, but it do have weaknesses] (with Truls Liland). Nettavisen, online 26. September, 2021.

13. Kapitalismen som en positiv kraft [Capitalism as a force for good in society] (with Truls Liland). Dagens Perspektiv, online 13. September, print 17. September, 2021. Also published in Sunnmørsposten, online 20. October, print 21. October, 2021.

14. Hans Nielsen Hauge var ikke kommunist [Hans Nielsen Hauge was not a communist] (with Truls Liland). Dagen, online and print 6. April 2021. 

15. Norges Bank har gjort det vanskelig for Tangen [A comment on the appointment of the new Chief Executive Officer of Norges Bank Investment Management (the Norwegian Oil Fund)]. Fædrelandsvennen, online 29. April, print 30. April 2020.

16. Etiske hensyn må overstyre økonomien [Ethics before economics]. Contribution to the National Science Days 2019. Agderposten, 14. September 2019.

17. Bedriften - profittmaksimerende uhyre eller ansvarlig samfunnsaktør? [The firm - profit maximizing monster or a responsible stakeholder?] (with Truls Liland). Dagens Perspektiv, online 19. June, print 28. June 2019.

18. Joda, pengene til kunstsiloen kan brukes til noe annet. Fædrelandsvennen, online 5. June, print 6. June 2019.

19. Økonomer trenger filosofi og historie [Economists need philosophy and history]. Fædrelandsvennen, 19. September 2018.

20. Brexit - økonomisk ragnarok? [Brexit - economic ragnarök?] (with Ola H. Grytten). DN Dagens Næringsliv, 2. July 2016.

21. Gi økonomene mer nyttig kunnskap! [Give the economists more useful knowledge!]. Fædrelandsvennen, 14. July 2014.

22. En ulykkelig familie [Unhappy family]. Fædrelandsvennen, 21. September 2013.

23. Kreativ ødeleggelse [Creative destruction]. Fædrelandsvennen, 24. August 2013.

24. Økonomi uten etikk? [Economics without ethics?]. Fædrelandsvennen, 27. July 2013.

25. Hva sier Norges Bank? [About the Norwegian Central Bank]. Fædrelandsvennen, 29. June 2013.

26. Fra gull til tillit [The gold standard]. Fædrelandsvennen, 1. June 2013.

27. 1890-årenes jappetid [The boom of the 1890s]. Fædrelandsvennen, 4. May 2013.

28. Starten på vår velstand [The beginning of our prosperity]. Fædrelandsvennen, 6. April 2013.

29. Tulipaner og bobler [Tulips and bubbles]. Fædrelandsvennen, 9. March 2013.

30. Økonomer og marked i krise? [Are economists and the market economy in crisis?]. Fædrelandsvennen, 9. February 2013.

31. Gjeldskrise i verdensøkonomien [Debt crisis in the world economy] (with Trond Randøy). Fædrelandsvennen, 6. September 2011.

Non-refereed and unpublished writings

32. More planet and less profit? Sustainable thinking in a petroleum-based economy. Manuscript prepared for the 25th International Vincentian Business Ethics Conference (IVBEC 2018),  New York, NY, October 25th-27th, 2018. This manuscript was rewritten as two articles (no overlap): (1) More Planet and Less Profit? The Ethical Dilemma of an Oil Producing Nation (published 2019); and (2) Ethics, resource rent, environment and petroleum policy: the case of a small open economy (published 2021).

33. Nordic industrial relations in the face of global capitalism: The case of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA (with Torunn S. Olsen). Unpublished conference paper prepared for the 9th Nordic Work Life Conference, 2018.

34. Økonomiutdanningens samfunnsansvar. Verdivalg i globaliseringens tidsalder. [The Social Responsibility of Business Education. Values and Choice in the Age of Globalization.] (in Norwegian, with Torunn S. Olsen). Conference paper,  Årskonferansen i profesjonsetikk [Annual conference in professional ethics], Bergen, Norway, May 20-21, 2015.

35. Sveriges Riksbanks pris i økonomisk vitenskap til minne om Alfred Nobel for 2013 [The Nobel prize in Economics 2013]. In Jahr, Ernst Håkon, Rolf Tomas Nossum and Leiv Storesletten (eds.): Agder Academy of Sciences and Letters, Yearbook 2013, pp. 265 - 270, Portal Forlag, 2014.

36. Ports of Entry: The Norwegian Case (with Kjell G. Salvanes and Jarle Møen). Conference paper, NBER Summer Institute, Boston, 2003.

Reports

37. Statusrapport meritteringsordningen ved UiA [Status report on the program for Excellent Teaching Practitioners at the University of Agder] (with John O. Bjørnestad and Martin Gaustad). Report, 2023.

38. Bærekraft. Rapport til UHR-ØA fra arbeidsgruppe bærekraft [Sustainability. Report to UHR-ØA from the workgroup on sustainability] (with Tom Skauge, Asbjørn Olav Pedersen, Lise Lillebrygdfjeld Halse, Odd Birger Hansen, Ragnar Øygard, Caroline Erviksæter, and Harald Brandsås). Report, 2021.

39. Innspill til revidering av BØA-planen til møte 3. og 4. mai 2018. Rapport til UHR-ØA (with Tom Skauge, Erlend Aas Gulbrandsen, Are Severin Ingulfsvann and Tarjei Mandt Larsen). Report, 2018.

40. Makrobildet 2014 [Macro outlook 2014]. Part of Konjunkturbarometeret Agder, 2014.

41. Makrobildet 2013 [Macro outlook 2013]. Part of Konjunkturbarometeret Agder, 2013.

42. Lokal kraftproduksjon hos sluttbruker – juridiske, politiske og økonomiske rammebetingelser [Local end user power production: legal, political and economic constraints] (with Bjørn Grinden, Pål Næsje and Ivar Wangensteen). Report TR A5734, SINTEF Energy Research, 2002. 70 pages.

43. Prissignaler og sluttbrukerfleksibilitet i knapphetssituasjoner [Price signals and end user flexibility during peak load periods] (with Ove S. Grande). Report TR A5668, SINTEF Energy Research, 2002. 46 pages.

44. Nettselskapers tilpasning til monopolregime – en spørreundersøkelse [Grid companies’ adjustment to a monopoly regime - a survey] (with Oddbjørn Gjerde and Kjell Sand). Report TR A5624, SINTEF Energy Research, 2002. 32 pages.

45. CGE-modellering: CES-produktfunksjoner, modellanvendelse og norsk jordbruksbasert næringsmiddelindustri [CGE modelling: CES production functions, model application and the Norwegian food processing industry]. Report SNF no 10/01, Foundation for Research in Economics and Business Administration, 2001. 140 pages.

46. Numerisk modellering av vertikale restriksjoner [Numerical modelling of vertical restraints]. Working paper SNF no 22/01, Foundation for Research in Economics and Business Administration, 2001. 35 pages.

47. En generell likevektsmodell med fokus på jordbruk og næringsmiddelindustri [A general equilibrium model focusing on agriculture and the food processing industry] (with Ivar Gaasland and Afsane Bjorvatn). Report SNF no 16/01, Foundation for Research in Economics and Business Administration, 2001. 108 pages.