Frisch Centre



Karine Nyborg

Position:

Associate Professor

Born:

1962

Education:

Dr.Polit. in Economics, University of Oslo, 1996. Cand. oecon University of Oslo, 1988.

Research Interests:

Environmental economics, behavioral economics (co-organiser of seminar series), public economics

Current Projects:

1134

A viable welfare state

3171

SAMFUNN: Norms, green agents and environmental policy

4101

Economics of health

3134

Self-image and sustainability

Selected Publications:

Scientific Journals
Brekke, K.A., og K. Nyborg, 2008: Attracting responsible employees: Green production as labor market screening, Resource & Energy Economics , 30, 509-526 [Abstract]
Brekke, Kjell Arne, Karine Nyborg and Mari Rege, 2007: The Fear of Exclusion: Individual Effort when Group Formation is Endogenous, Scandinavian Journal of Economics , 109, 531-550 [Abstract]
Nyborg, K., and K. Telle, 2006: Firms' compliance to environmental regulation: Is there really a paradox?, Environmental and Resource Economics , 35(1), 1-18 [Abstract]
Nyborg, K., R.B. Howarth, and K.A. Brekke, 2006: Green Consumers and Public Policy: On Socially Contingent Moral Motivation, Resource & Energy Economics , 28, 351-366 [Abstract]
Nyborg, Karine, 2005: Early Decisions, A Regulatory Framework: Comments, Swedish Economic Policy Review , No. 12(2). [Abstract]
Brekke, K. A., R. B. Howarth, and K. Nyborg, 2005: Evaluating the Hirsch Hypothesis: A Response, Ecological Economics , 55, 456-458 [Abstract]
Nyborg, Karine and Kjetil Telle, 2004: The Role of Warnings in Regulation: Keeping Control with Less Punishment, Journal of Public Economics , 88 (12), 2801-2816. [Abstract]
Bruvoll, A. and K. Nyborg, 2004: The Cold Shiver of Not Giving Enough: On the Social Cost of Recycling Campaigns, Land Economics , forthcoming [Abstract]
Nyborg, Karine, 2003: The Impact of Public Policy on Social and Moral Norms: Some Examples, Journal of Consumer Policy , 26 (3), 259-277 [Abstract]
Nyborg, K. and M. Rege, 2003: Does Public Policy Crowd Out Private Contributions to Public Goods?, Public Choice , 115 (3): 397-418 [Abstract]
Nyborg, K. and M. Rege, 2003: On Social Norms: The Evolution of Considerate Smoking Behavior, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization , 52 (3), 323-3? [Abstract]
Brekke, K. A., R. B. Howarth, and K. Nyborg, 2003: Status-Seeking and Material Affluence: Evaluating the Hirsch Hypothesis, Ecological Economics , 45 (1), 29 - 39 [Abstract]
Brekke, K. A., S. Kverndokk og K. Nyborg, 2003: An Economic Model of Moral Motivation, Journal of Public Economics , 87 (9-10), 1967-1983 [Abstract]
Bye, B. and K. Nyborg, 2003: Are Differentiated Carbon Taxes Inefficient? A General Equilibrium Analysis, Energy Journal , 24 (2), 95-112 [Abstract]
Bruvoll, A., B. Halvorsen, and K. Nyborg, 2002: Households' Recycling Efforts, Resources, Conservation & Recycling , 36 (4), 337-354 [Abstract]
Medin, H., K. Nyborg and I. Bateman, 2001: The Assumption of Equal Marginal Utility of Income: How Much does it Matter?, Ecological Economics , 36 (3), 397-410. [Abstract]
Nyborg, K., 2000: Project Analysis as Input to Public Debate: Environmental Valuation versus Physical Unit Indicators, Ecological Economics , 34 (3), 393- 408. [Abstract]
Nyborg, K., 2000: Voluntary Agreements and Non-Verifiable Emissions, Environmental and Resource Economics , 17 (2), 125-144. [Abstract]
Nyborg, K., 2000: Homo Economicus and Homo Politicus: Interpretation and Aggregation of Environmental Values, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization , 42/3, 305-322 [Abstract]
Nyborg, K., and I. Spangen, 2000: Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Democratic Ideal, Nordic Journal of Political Economy , 26 (1), 83-93. [Abstract]
Nyborg, K., 1999: Informational Aspects of Environment Policy Deserve More Attention: Comment on the paper by Frey, Journal of Consumer Policy , 22, 419-427. [Abstract]
Nyborg, K., 1998: Some Norwegian Politicians’ Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis, Public Choice , 95, 381-401. [Abstract]
Brekke, K. A., Lurås, H., Nyborg, K., 1996: Allowing Disagreement in Evaluations of Social Welfare, Journal of Economics , 63, 303-324. [Abstract]
Aaheim, A., Nyborg, K., 1995: On the Interpretation and Applicability of a ‘Green National Product’, Review of Income and Wealth , 41, 57-71 [Abstract]
Other journals
Nyborg, K., 2008: De lavtlønte idealistene, Minerva , nr 2 [Abstract]
Nyborg, K., 2008: Ansvarlige bedrifter, ansvarlige ansatte, Horisont , nr 2, 28-35 [Abstract][PDF]
Nyborg, K., K. Telle, and M. Walle, 2003: Norske bedrifter bryter miljøreguleringer, Økonomiske analyser , 2, 25-31 [Abstract][PDF]
Nyborg, K., 2003: Fra tørt, men korrekt til kreativt, men slurvete? Norske økonomer som fortellere, Økonomisk forum , 6 [Abstract]
Memoranda
Memorandum 16/2007: Brekke, Kjell Arne, Karine Nyborg and Gorm Kipperberg, Reluctant Recyclers: Social Interaction in Responsibility Ascription [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 25/2004: Brekke, Kjell Arne and Karine Nyborg, Moral hazard and moral motivation: Corporate social responsibility as labor market screening [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 2/2004: Nyborg, K., and K. Telle, A dissolving paradox: Firms’ compliance to environmental regulation [Abstract][PDF]
Memorandum 31/2003: Nyborg, K., R.B. Howarth, and K.A. Brekke, Green consumers and public policy: On socially contingent moral motivation [Abstract][PDF]
Reports
Report 5/2002: Nyborg, Karine, Miljø og nytte-kostnadsanalyse. Noen prinsipielle vurderinger [Abstract][PDF]

 

[Full CV in PDF-format available here]

Email:

karine.nyborg@econ.uio.no

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+47- 2285 7283





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