Espen R Moen

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Name
Espen R Moen
Job Title
Professor
Department
Department of Economics
Office Number
B4-086
Phone Number
+47 46410786
Fax
+47 21048000
E-mail
espen.r.moen@bi.no
Short biography

I am a Professor of Economics at the Norwegian School of Management (NSM). I hold a Ph.D in Economics from the London School of Economics. In the academic year 2004-2005 I was visiting professor at Northwestern University. My area of research is within economic theory, with applications mainly to labor economics and industrial organization. I have published in leading journals like the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, and Economic Journal. Currently I am

 

  • scientific chairman for the EEA annual congress 2011 in Oslo
  • director of the research center CREAM  (Center for Research in Economics and Management) at NSM.
  • Research Fellow at the CEPR (Center for Economic Policy Research).
  • partner in the consulting firm Oeconomica.
  • associated editor (previously editor) of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics.

I have undertaken projects within several different industries, including telecommunication, agriculture, energy and housing. I have testified in court as an expert witness on a number of occasions.



Research areas

My research interests can broadly be categorized as follows:

Economic theory:
Competitive markets (general equilibrium) with search frictions. With applications to equilibrium unemployment theory and the theory of human capital.

Labor contracts in general equilibrium. With applications to macroeconomics (explaining fluctuations), equilibrium unemployment, industry structure and public economics.

Topics in industrial economics and political economy: Regulation, Anti-trust, Network externalities, ownership structure, and voter behavior.

Applied economics:
Competition policy and regulation. I have analyzed a large number of industries in Norway: the telecommunication industry, electricity production and distribution, the dairy industry, the publishing industry, public housing etc.

Public or private provision of goods: job placement (arbeidsformidling) and welfare provision.

Long-term public finance (advisor to the Treasury spring 2004).



Teaching areas

I am responsible for the course GRA 6628 Labor Economics and GRA 6031 Microeconomics (see Blackboard for more information)