Espen Rasmus Moen

I am a Professor of Economics at BI Norwegian Business School. I hold a Ph.D in Economics from the London School of Economics, where I also was employed as Lecturer. In the academic year 2004-2005 I was visiting professor at Northwestern University. From 2011-2016 I was non-voting member of the board of Norges Bank, which is also the board of the Government pension fund (NBIM).

My area of research is mostly within economic theory, with applications mainly to labor economics and industrial organization. I have also done empirical works within labor economics. I have published in leading journals like the Journal of Political Economy, the Review of Economic Studies, and American Economic Review. I am Research Fellow at the CEPR (Center for Economic Policy Research), and Fellow of the European Economic Association. In 2011 I was Scientific Chairman for the EEA annual congress in Oslo. I am also associated editor (previously editor) of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics, and partner in the consulting firm Oeconomica.

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, for the Supreme court in 2014.

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. * Economic (litigation) consulting. I have broad experience from a number of cases at all levels of the Norwegian court system. * Macroeconomic analysis. * Optimal ownership structure. * Long-term public finance (advisor to the Treasury spring 2004).

Teaching areas:

As department chair I have limited teaching responsibilities, but I am responsible for DRE 7005 Topics in Search Theory.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 1995 London School of Economics Ph.D Dr. Oecon.
• 1991 University of Oslo Master Cand. Oecon

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2011 - Present BI Norwegian Business School, Department of Economics Head of Department
• 2008 - Present University of Oslo, Department of Economics Adjunct professor
• 2006 - Present Center for Research in Economics and Management (CREAM) Director
• 2003 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Professor
• 2012 - 2016 Norges Bank Non-voting board member
• 2014 - 2015 University of Oslo Professor
• 1998 - 2003 BI Norwegian Business School Associate professor
• 1996 - 1998 Institute for Mathematics, University of Oslo Adjunct associate professor
• 1995 - 1998 SNF (Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration) -University of Oslo, Research Economist
• 1994 - 1995 London School of Economics Lecturer
• 1991 - 1994 University of Oslo Research Fellow

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Moen, Espen R. 

Nobel prize in economics 2010. EEA annual meeting, introduction to special session on the nobel prize in 2010; 2011-08-25 - 2011-08-29 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

On-the-job search and moral hazard. Search and matching network (SAM) inagural conference; 2011-07-03 - 2011-07-05 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

On-the-job search and moral hazard. Society for economic dynamics annual meeting, invited session; 2011-07-06 - 2011-07-09 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Competitive on-the-job search. Third Oslo-Århus meeting; 2010-04-08 - 2010-04-09 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Competitive on-the-job search. Society for Economic Dynamics annual meeting; 2010-10-08 - 2010-10-10 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Competitive on-the-job search. European Economic Association annual meeting; 2010-08-23 - 2010-08-26 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Hidden Markets. Economic Decisions related to search and matching; 2010-09-24 - 2010-09-26 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Taking competitive search to data. Conference on Matched Employer-Employee Data: Developments since AKM; 2010-10-07 - 2010-10-09 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Industry dynamics and search in the labor market. EEA (European Economic Association annual meeting); 2008-08-27 - 2008-08-31 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Industry dynamics and search in the labor market. SED (Society for Economic Dynamics annual meeting); 2008-07-10 - 2008-07-12 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Industry dynamics and search in the labor market. SOLE (society for labor economists annual meeting),; 2008-05-09 - 2008-05-10 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Industry dynamics and search in the labor market. NBER summer institute; 2008-07-14 - 2008-07-14 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Industry dynamics and search in the labor market. Stabsseminar; 2008-03-27 - 2008-03-30 BI

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Boeri, Tito; Garibaldi, Pietro; Moen, Espen Rasmus. 

Inside severance pay. Journal of Public Economics 2017 ;Volume 145. p. 211-225 BI

Heggedal, Tom-Reiel; Moen, Espen Rasmus; Preugschat, Edgar. 

Productivity spillovers through labor mobility in search equilibrium. Journal of Economic Theory 2017 ;Volume 169. p. 551-602 BI

Helland, Leif; Moen, Espen Rasmus; Preugschat, Edgar. 

Information and coordination frictions in experimental posted offer markets. Journal of Economic Theory 2017 ;Volume 167. p. 53-74 BI

Garibaldi, Pietro; Moen, Espen Rasmus; Sommervoll, Dag Einar. 

Competitive on-the-job search. Review of economic dynamics (Print) 2016 ;Volume 19. p. 88-107 BI NMBU

Johnsen, Thore; Holden, Steinar; Moen, Espen Rasmus. 

Valg av kapitaliseringsrente i erstatningssaker. Samfunnsøkonomen 2016 (6) p. 18-32 BI NHH UiO

Moen, Espen R; Rosen, Åsa Maria. 

ON-THE-JOB SEARCH AND MORAL HAZARD. Journal of the European Economic Association 2013 ;Volume 11.(6) p. 1404-1431 BI UiO

Dalen, Dag Morten; Moen, Espen R. 

Ownership and Cost-Sharing Contracts. Australian Economic Papers 2012 ;Volume 51.(3) p. 134-146 BI

Berglann, Helge; Moen, Espen R; Røed, Knut; Skogstrøm, Jens Fredrik Baumgarten. 

Entrepreneurship: Origins and returns. Labour Economics 2011 ;Volume 18.(2) p. 180-193 BI FRISCH NIBIO

Moen, Espen R; Rosén, Åsa. 

Incentives in Competitive Search Equilibrium. The Review of Economic Studies 2011 ;Volume 78.(2) p. 733-761 BI

Garibaldi, Pietro; Moen, Espen R.. 

Job-to-Job Movements in a Simple Search Model. The American Economic Review 2010 ;Volume 100.(2) p. 343-347 BI

Menzio, Guido; Moen, Espen R.. 

Worker replacement. Journal of Monetary Economics 2010 ;Volume 57.(6) p. 623-636 BI

Moen, Espen R.; Riis, Christian. 

Policy Reversal. The American Economic Review 2010 ;Volume 100.(3) p. 1261-1268 BI

Dalen, Dag Morten; Moen, Espen R.; Riis, Christian. 

Contract renewal and incentives in public procurement. International Journal of Industrial Organization 2006 ;Volume 24.(2) p. 269-285 BI

Moen, Espen R.; Rosen, Åsa. 

Equilibrium incentive contracts and efficiency wages. Journal of the European Economic Association 2006 ;Volume 4. p. 1165-1192 BI

Moen, Espen R.; Rosen, Åsa. 

Performance pay and adverse selection. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2005 ;Volume 107.(2) p. 279-298 BI

Moen, Espen R.; Rosen, Åsa. 

Does Poaching Distort Training. ? 2004 ;Volume 71.(4) p. 1143-1162 BI

Dalen, Dag Morten; Fehr, Nils-H. M. Von der; Moen, Espen R.. 

Regulation with Wage Bargaining. Economic Journal 2003 ;Volume 113.(487) p. 525-538 BI UiO

Moen, Espen R.. 

Do Good Workers Hurt Bad Workers-or is it the Other Way Around?. International Economic Review 2003 ;Volume 44. p. 779-799 BI

Golombek, Rolf; Moen, Espen R.. 

Do negotiated agreements lead to cost efficiency. Journal of Economics 2002 ;Volume 76.(2) p. 22- BI

Dalen, Dag Morten; Moen, Espen R.; Riis, Christian. 

Public Ownership as a Signalling Device. Nordic Journal of Political Economy 2001 ;Volume 27.(1) p. 3-12 BI

Moen, Espen R.. 

Hva skal vi gjøre med SDØE?. Økonomisk forum 2001 ;Volume 55.(5) p. 29-34 BI

Golombek, Rolf; Moen, Espen. 

Er frivillige avtaler kostnadseffektive?. Sosialøkonomen 1999 (Des.) BI

Isachsen, Arne Jon; Moen, Espen. 

Er eurotilknytning så ille? Tiden baner veien for euro i Norge. Sosialøkonomen 1999 (Des.) BI

Moen, Espen. 

Education, Ranking, and Competition for Jobs. Journal of Labor Economics 1999 ;Volume vol 17. p. 694-723 BI

Moen, Espen R.. 

Efficient Ways to Finance Human Capital Investments. Economica 1998 ;Volume 65. p. 491-505 BI

RESEARCH REPORTS

Heggedal, Tom-Reiel; Moen, Espen Rasmus; Riis, Christian. 

Agglomerasjonsmodell. : BI CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT 2015 16 p. BI

Heggedal, Tom-Reiel; Moen, Espen R; Edgar, Preugschat. 

PRODUCTIVITY SPILLOVERS THROUGH LABOR MOBILITY. : CEPR 2014 BI

Heggedal, Tom-Reiel; Moen, Espen R; Riis, Christian. 

Samfunnsøkonomiske virkninger av fergefri E-39 Stavanger-Bergen. : CREAM 2014 36 p. BI

Bjørnenak, Trond; von der Fehr, Nils-Henrik M.; Moen, Espen R; Riis, Christian. 

Plan eller marked? Om reguleringsregimet for markedet for videreforedling av melk. Oslo: Hovedorganisasjonen Virke 2013 (ISBN 978-82-7770-060-1) 196 p. BI NHH UiO

Berglann, Helge; Moen, Espen R; Røed, Knut; Skogstrøm, Jens Fredrik Baumgarten. 

Entrepreneurship: Origins and Returns. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2010 34 p. BI FRISCH NIBIO UiO

Dalen, Dag Morten; Moen, Espen R. 

Borgerlønn:en samfunnsøkonomisk analyse. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2010 30 p. BI

Dalen, Dag Morten; Moen, Espen R; Riis, Christian. 

Regulering av fjernvarme. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2010 81 p. BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Worker Replacement. : National Bureau of Economic Research 2010 1 p. NBER technical working paper series(15983) BI

Moen, Espen R; Riis, Christian; Fjeldstad, Øystein D.. 

Competition with local network externalities. : Centre for Economic Policy Research 2010 1 p. CEPR(7778) BI

Moen, Espen R; Rosén, Åsa. 

Incentives in Competitive Search Equilibrium. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2010 49 p. BI

Riis, Christian; Moen, Espen R. 

Efficient Exclusion. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2010 23 p. BI

Moen, Espen R; Menzio, Guido. 

Worker Replacement. : CEPR 2008 CEPR(7075) BI

Dalen, Dag Morten; Moen, Espen R.; Riis, Christian. 

Regulering av fjernvarme: Utredning for Olje- og energidepartementet. Oslo: Handelshøyskolen BI 2007 75 p. (6) BI

Moen, Espen R.; Dalen, Dag Morten; Riis, Christian. 

Privat arbeidsformidling. Sandvika: Handelshøyskolen BI 2003 (9) BI

Moen, Espen R.; Riis, Christian. 

Matvaresektoren i et makroøkonomisk perspektiv. Sandvika: Handelshøyskolen BI 2002 (2) BI

Golombek, Rolf; Moen, Espen R.. 

Do Voluntary Agreements Lead to Cost Efficiency?. Sandvika: Handelshøyskolen BI 1999 45 p. (10) BI

Moen, Espen R.. 

How the Invisible Hand Creates Excessive Wage Differentials. Sandvika: Handelshøyskolen BI 1999 42 p. (9) BI

MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

Bjørnland, Hilde C.; Moen, Espen R. 

Oljelandet Norge. Dagens næringsliv 2011 p. 3-3 BI

Bjørnland, Hilde C; Moen, Espen R. 

Norge etter oljen. Dagens næringsliv 2011 p. - BI

Bjørnland, Hilde C; Moen, Espen R. 

Oljens Ringvirkninger. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI

Holden, Steinar; Moen, Espen R. 

Se opp for likviditetsfellen!. Dagens næringsliv 2009 UiO

BOOKS

Riis, Christian; Moen, Espen R. 

Moderne mikroøkonomi. Gyldendal Akademisk 2011 (ISBN 978-82-05-41568-3) 387 p. BI

Riis, Christian; Moen, Espen R.. 

Moderne mikroøkonomi - kompendieutgave. Gyldendal Akademisk 2010 (ISBN 9788205354241) 466 p. BI

CHAPTERS

Fjeldstad, Øystein; Moen, Espen R.; Riis, Christian. 

Regulation and competition in the Norwegian telecommunication market. I: Competition and Welfare: The Norwegian Experience, Lars Sørgaard (ed). : Norwegian Competitive Authority 2006 BI

Moen, Espen R.; Riis, Christian. 

Investeringer i kunnskap. I: Markeder, ressurser og fordeling. : Ad Notam 1998 BI

POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Moen, Espen Rasmus; Nenov, Plamen; Sniekers, Florian. 

Buying first or selling first in housing markets. http://www.voxeu.org/ 2015 BI

Moen, Espen Rasmus; Nenov, Plamen; Sniekers, Florian. 

Eerst kopen of eerst verkopen op de woningmarkt. Economisch Statistische Berichten 2015 ;Volume 100.(4706) p. 166-169 BI

Moen, Espen R. 

Hvorfor faller ikkke lønningene mer i nedgangstider?. Samfunnsøkonomen 2011 ;Volume 125.(11) p. 30-31 BI