Department of Economics

Øystein Thøgersen

E-mail:	Oystein.Thogersen@nhh.no
Telephone:	+47 55 959 546
Fax:	+47 55 959 543
Title:	Professor, dr. oecon.
Nationality:	Norwegian Curriculum Vitae
Teaching languages:	Norwegian, English
Teaching areas:
Master:	Macroeconomic policy and business cycles analysis, Growth theory, Social security, International macroeconomics
Doctoral courses:	International macroeconomics, Issues in social security/OLG models

Research:	Fiscal policy, social security, intergenerational distribution, open economy macroeconomics

Selected publications:	"Assessing the effects of early retirement programs", Journal of Population Economics, 17, 2004, 387-408 (with Espen Bratberg and Tor Helge Holmås). "Designing social security - A portfolio choice approach", European Economic Review, 48, 2004, 883-904 (with Egil Matsen). "Financial integration and consumption movements in the Nordic countries", European Review of Economics and Finance, 3, 2004, 31-48 (with Egil Matsen). "Borrow or adjust - Optimal fiscal policy and the speed of sectoral adjustment in an open economy", International Economic Review, 44, 2003, 699-724 (with Erling Steigum ). "Social security reforms and early retirement." Journal of Population Economics, 16, 2003, 345-361 (with Hans Fehr and Wenche Irén Sterkeby). "Reforming social security: Assessing the effects of alternative funding strategies in a small open economy", Applied Economics, 33, 2001, 1531-1540 "A note on intergenerational risk sharing and the design of pay-as-you-go pension programs", Journal of Population Economics, 11, 1998, 373-378. "Government resource revenues, fiscal policy and precautionary saving", Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 6, 1997, 377-391. "International diversification and oil price risk", Applied Economics Letters, 4, 1997, 587-590. "Petroleum wealth, debt policy and intergenerational welfare: The case of Norway", Journal of Policy Modeling, 17, 1995, 427-442. (With Erling Steigum )

Selected involvements:
	Member of the Executive Board of Norges Bank (the Central Bank of Norway) Scientific adviser to SNF - Foundation for Research in Economics and Business Affiliated to the "CES-Ifo" research network at the University of Munich 2003: Member of board, Centre for Monetary Economics 1999-2003 Member of "Modellutvalget" - an advisory council to the Ministry of Finance. 1999-2003: Macroeconomic Adviser to Moe Securities ASA. 1999-2001: Representative to "Norway Bank Watch", an expert committee appointed to monitor and assess monetary policy in Norway

Last updated: 2005-11-24. Contact: Dagny Kristiansen