12 projects

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SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

Norwegian Fiscal Studies - A Centre for Research in Public Finance

The Norwegian state collects almost half of the national income in taxes. The design of the tax system therefore matters tremendously for the utilization and distribution of economic resources. Although there exists no consensus of what constitutes a good or optimal tax system, three dimensions ...

Awarded: NOK 30.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Oslo

SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

Skatteforsk - Centre for tax research

Challenges related to the design and implementation of tax policy are far more than academic questions in today’s world. Concerns about tax evasion by firms and individuals generate major headlines across the globe. In times of high inequality, unfair tax systems can undermine tax morale and erod...

Awarded: NOK 30.0 mill.

Project Period: 2023-2027

Location: Akershus

SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

Principles under pressure? A study of governmental crisis management

For the last 40 years, economic policy has been built around the principle that the welfare state should provide insurance to individuals – and not to firms – against economic fluctuations. The rule of thumb has been “protect workers, not jobs”. Active industrial policy, such as state aid targeti...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2028

Location: Oslo

SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

Norway’s experience of and response to the coronavirus pandemic

This project analyses the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic in Norway and studies both the aggregate fluctuations that occurred and the distributional consequences. The project is organized in three work packages that will compare Norway’s experience of the pandemic with other major ec...

Awarded: NOK 12.4 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo

SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

Model invariance and constancy in the face of large shocks to the Norwegian macroeconomic system

The years leading up to the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis were associated with large and increasing imbalances in the U.S. housing market stemming from increases in household debt and in house prices. The consensus among economists is that these imbalances were crucial ingredients in making the rece...

Awarded: NOK 12.2 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo

SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

Economic crisis and the allocation of capital and labour

Productivity growth, raising the output per worker, is key to improve a country’s standard of living. For much of the 2000s, advanced economies have experienced a slowdown in productivity growth. The question now is whether the covid-19 pandemic restarts productivity growth. Moving capital and ...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Rogaland

SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

When macro meets micro: Global challenges and heterogeneous responses in Norway

As a small, open economy, Norway has always been exposed to global economic developments. Climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic and a sharp decrease in oil prices pose specific challenges to the Norwegian economy and the sustainability of the welfare state. Although most signs suggest that oil ha...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2028

Location: Vestland

SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

The Corona-crisis, structural change, and macroeconomic policy

This project analyzes economic crisis and structural change through unique data sources, different methodological approaches and new economic theories. The working hypothesis is that crisis events may have very different effects on the business cycles, and subsequently the distribution of househo...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Oslo

SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

Employment, investment, and inequality in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis

The project studies different elements of the Covid crisis and its long-term effects at both the individual and firm level, while also considering how these interact with ownership structures in firms and who loses or benefits from various public Covid-support schemes and the broader business cyc...

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2026

Location: Akershus

SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

Financial Interactions Between Labor Markets and the Macroeconomy

The sharp increase in unemployment in the first quarter of 2020 raised concerns over insolvency and falling asset values. Lessons from the 2008-09 recession put policymakers on high alert - who quickly responded and closely monitored the subsequent response by banks and other creditors on existin...

Awarded: NOK 8.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2025

Location: Trøndelag - Trööndelage

SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

Inequality, debt, and crisis management

Awarded: NOK 12.0 mill.

Project Period: 2021-2027

Location: Oslo

SAMFUNN-SAMFUNN

Norwegian Center for Taxation

The Norwegian Center for Taxation (NoCeT) was established in 2013 and received renewed financing in 2017. The centre has maintained a high level of activity throughout the entire project period. The center's members have taught a number of courses at the bachelor's and master's levels. These cour...

Awarded: NOK 17.5 mill.

Project Period: 2017-2025

Location: Vestland