363 projects

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Enhancing Norway’s Financial Market through Improved Regulation of Covered Bonds and Mortgage Securitisation

Covered Bonds have become a key source of funding for Norwegian banks. While such bonds have long traditions in countries like Denmark and Germany, Norwegian regulation only emerged in 2002, with improvements in 2007. The regulatory framework has enabled Norwegian financial institutions to raise ...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Vestland

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The Real Effects of Financial Shocks on Short-run and Long-run Entrepreneurial Decisions

Why Are Fewer Norwegians Starting Businesses – and What Can We Do About It? Starting new businesses creates jobs, brings fresh ideas into society, and helps Norway adapt to future challenges. But in recent years, fewer Norwegians are choosing to become entrepreneurs. This is surprising for a coun...

Awarded: NOK 3.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2030

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Households Exposed: Leverage, Asset Prices, and Consumption Risk

“Households Exposed” aims to improve our understanding of how exposure to different economic risks — such as sudden changes in income and fluctuations in house or asset prices — affect households. The project has two main goals. First, we examine how the combination of income shocks and changes ...

Awarded: NOK 4.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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A FAIR Trade: Making words, data, and power Findable, Accessible, Interpretable, and Responsible for a FAIR Market

Financial markets are supposed to be transparent, yet the information companies publish is often so dense, technical, or strategically vague that even experts struggle to understand it. This project, A FAIR Trade, asks how emerging AI technologies can help make these disclosures clearer, more acc...

Awarded: NOK 2.2 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Household finance in times of multiple crisis (HomeFinance)

The welfare state implements strong incentives for homeownership through mortgages. This is the most important form of investment and savings for households. It is essential for society that the housing market works well, lending is responsible, and households avoid excessive risk. In 2020, a per...

Awarded: NOK 6.0 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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How Effectively Does Shareholder Democracy Aggregate Owner Preferences?

Through shares and investment funds, millions of people own a small piece of the world’s largest corporations – from technology giants to oil producers. In principle, these owners have the power to influence how companies behave: how much they care about the climate, or where they draw moral boun...

Awarded: NOK 0.47 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Vestland

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Households at the Margin: Opportunity, and Transitions Exploring how financial policy, inequality, and consumption risk shape vulnerability

Even in Norway – one of the world’s most equal societies – economic gaps between households are widening. Why are some families thriving while others struggle to stay afloat? The MARGOT project investigates how public policies, housing markets, and entrepreneurial opportunities affect households'...

Awarded: NOK 3.8 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2029

Location: Vestland

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Finansmarkedenes møte med sårbare personkunder

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Awarded: NOK 1.1 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Are gender-balanced boards more risk averse?

A claim that is often encountered in discussions of gender and corporate boards is that females are more risk averse than males. If this is the case, and it carries through to decisions in the corporate board, it may lead to a board less willing to take on risky investments, stifling innovation, ...

Awarded: NOK 2.4 mill.

Project Period: 2026-2028

Location: Rogaland

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Kjønnslikestilling i endring. Utfordringer og muligheter når den globale finansmarkedslogikken møter den nordiske arbeids-familiemodellen

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Awarded: NOK 0.70 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Circularity Gap Report (CGR) Finance Norway – Forstudie

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Awarded: NOK 0.42 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Seminar om datadrevet antihvitvasking og svindeldeteksjon i banksektoren

Hvitvasking og svindel utgjør store samfunnsutfordringer som svekker tilliten til finansmarkedet og påfører både banker og kunder betydelige tap. Samtidig har utviklingen innen maskinlæring og kunstig intelligens åpnet nye muligheter for å oppdage og forebygge slik kriminalitet. Formålet med sem...

Awarded: NOK 0.22 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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5th Norwegian Tax Accounting Symposium

The symposium creates a needed place for exchange between researchers, practitioners, regulators, and policy makers to support mutual enrichment between the academic and non-academic sector in the area of tax accounting. This makes it a unique event in Europe. The main idea is three-fold: the Nor...

Awarded: NOK 72,000

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

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KÅKÅ|nomics 2025 – Nordens største, beste og morsomste økonomifestival

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Awarded: NOK 0.50 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Rogaland

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Lillehammer Business Analytics Workshop 2026

"Lillehammer Business Analytics Workshop" shall invite national and international scholars and PhD students to present their latest or ongoing research on specified topics within the broad field of "business analytics". Master students attending the "Business Analytics" specialization at Inland N...

Awarded: NOK 0.15 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Innlandet

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På vei inn i ukjent terreng: Hvordan kan finansnæringen håndtere klimakrisen og være pådriver for raskere omstilling?

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Awarded: NOK 1.2 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Vestland

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Oslo Macro Conference 2025

The Oslo Macro Conference was held on August 21–22, 2025, at BI Norwegian Business School, in collaboration with OsloMet, the University of Oslo, Statistics Norway, and Norges Bank. Thirteen presentations were given by internationally recognized researchers, as well as younger European and Norweg...

Awarded: NOK 92,000

Project Period: 2025-2025

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Oppdatering av prosjektet "Praktisk gjeldsarbeid - flerspråklig opplæring for straffedømte"

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Awarded: NOK 0.65 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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The economics of electronic identification platforms

Identification of individuals is a prerequisite for a well-functioning economy and society at large. Traditional means of identification are physical, such as passports. Electronic identification (eID) technologies are fundamentally different – they allow for identification without attendance. Th...

Awarded: NOK 2.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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THE CAPITAL MARKET AND CAPITAL TAXES: HAS THE WEALTH TAX A ROLE TO PLAY IN A WELL FUNCTIONING CAPITAL MARKET

In Norway, capital gains are taxed only when an investor sells an asset, which can discourage them from moving their money into new investments. This system, known as realization-based capital taxation, might unintentionally make it less appealing to shift funds to profitable new ventures if it m...

Awarded: NOK 0.94 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2026

Location: Vestland

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Borderless Banking: Understanding International Bank Transfers

Each year, international bank transactions equivalent to almost 10% of Norway’s GDP are carried out. Yet we know surprisingly little about the patterns, drivers, and consequences of these transactions. This project aims to fill this knowledge gap by investigating who transfers money, where it is ...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Akershus

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The impact of unconventional monetary policy on financial markets, the real economy, and wealth inequality

In recent years, economists and policymakers have debated the reasons for the surprisingly robust performance of global stock markets. The ratio of US stock market capitalization to GDP has now reached over 200\%, which is double its value before the financial crisis and substantially greater tha...

Awarded: NOK 3.1 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Global Financial Flows, Financial Market Regulation, and Exchange Rate Dynamics

The foreign exchange market is critical for businesses, households, investment managers, and policymakers. Particularly, in a small economy like Norway, the exchange rate can affect almost every corner of the economy through its impact on prices, wages, costs, and the return on foreign assets. De...

Awarded: NOK 4.3 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Energy Transition and Monetary Policy: Distributional Effects on Household Income

As the world transitions from petroleum to renewable energy, it is crucial to understand how this shift affects household incomes. Our research aims to explore this connection by linking structural changes to income dynamics in resource-rich countries such as Norway, while also assessing the role...

Awarded: NOK 2.6 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2028

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Økonomifagets rolle i det norske samfunn 1877 - 2027

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Awarded: NOK 1.0 mill.

Project Period: 2025-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Conference on Pricing of Nature and Climate Risk

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Awarded: NOK 0.13 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Nasjonal implementering av Veikart for sirkulær finansnæring 2.0

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Awarded: NOK 0.44 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Scandinavian Accounting Research Conference and Doctoral Consortium 2024

The Scandinavian Accounting Research Conference and Doctoral Consortium brings together international and Scandinavian researchers within the accounting domain. The conference spans two days and kicks off with a Doctoral Consortium. The Doctoral Consortium is dedicated to nurturing the academic g...

Awarded: NOK 0.20 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2025

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Heterogeneity and inequality

Apparently, we live in times with unprecedented levels of inequality. To understand the severity of the problem, we propose a research agenda centered on investigating the theoretical foundations of wealth accumulation through both private means such as labor or private firms and public financial...

Awarded: NOK 1.5 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2027

Location: Oslo - Oslove

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Summer School and Conference on Experimental Finance 2024

The Conference and Summer School for the Society of Experimental Finance took place in Stavanger in June 2024. For the first time, the event included a networking session with a focus on women in finance. The goal of this initiative was to provide mentoring for young female researchers, and a net...

Awarded: NOK 0.37 mill.

Project Period: 2024-2024

Location: Rogaland