Department of Finance
The Department of Finance has a strong international orientation, with faculty from leading schools in finance and economics. Our research is published in top journals and covers all areas of finance.
Research
The department is ranked 14th in Europe, and first in Norway, based on top-finance publications 2014-2024 (U of Texas Dallas rankings). BI hosted the European Finance Association (EFA) Annual Meeting in 2016 and in 1996.
Faculty actively participates in international scientific conferences and invited seminars at universities around the world. The department runs an active weekly research seminar series with academics from the worlds' top schools.
Contact
Eli J. Christensen
Head of Administration
E-mail: eli.j.christensen@bi.no
Administration: +47 46 41 00 61
BI Norwegian Business School
Nydalsveien 37
N-0484 Oslo
Switchboard: +47 46 41 00 00
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Monday, 3 November, 2025
New pub! Tax Revenue from Realized Capital Gains
Paul Ehling, Stathis Tompaidis and Chunyu Yang. Forthcoming in Review of Finance
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Monday, 15 September, 2025
New pub! Collateral Damage: Low-Income Borrowers Depend on Income-Based Lending
Mark J. Garmaise, Mark Jansen and Adam Winegar. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, forthcoming.
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Thursday, 7 August, 2025
New pub! Demand Disagreement
Christian Heyerdahl-Larsen and Philipp Illeditsch. Journal of Financial Economics. Forthcoming.
Affiliated Research Centres
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BI Business Review
Loreta Rapushi – Researcher of the Month
It's important that actors in financial markets follow ethical practices. In her research, Loreta Rapushi looks at how firms and investors behave, and why they do what they do.
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BI Business Review
Sven Klingler - Researcher of the Month
Winning EU funding for his finance research, Sven Klingler compares himself to a geologist studying earthquakes.
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BI Business Review
The ten most read articles in 2020
Flappers, digitisation, life in lockdown, personality for leadership and tips for working from home. See which articles our readers flocked to during 2020.
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BI Business Review
Bridging the macroeconomic gap by analyzing household inequalities
A better understanding of the forces behind growing inequality and how households might respond differently to economic shocks and policy are key motivational factors in a new research project at BI, which studies the macro economic impact of differences in household’s consumption, income and wealth.