Jon H Fiva

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 2006 Norwegian University of Science and Technology Ph.D Dr. Oecon.
• 2003 Norwegian University of Science and Technology Master Cand. Polit.
• 2000 Norwegian University of Science and Technology Bachelor

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2014 - Present Norwegian Business School Professor
• 2011 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Associate professor
• 2007 - 2010 University of Oslo, Department of Economics Post-doctoral fellow
• 2006 - 2007 Statistics Norway, Research Department Researcher

RESEARCH REPORTS

Fiva, Jon H.; Folke, Olle; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen. 

The Power of Parties. : CESifo Working Paper Series 2013 53 p. BI

Syse, Astri; Fiva, Jon H.; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte. 

Access to treatment and educational inequalities in cancer survival. : Statistisk sentralbyrå 2013 42 p. SSB - Discussion papers(735) BI HIOA

Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Fiva, Jon H.; Natvik, Gisle James. 

Voting when the Stakes are High. : CESifo Group Munich 2010 CESifo working papers(3167) BI UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannnessen. 

Does the Housing Market React to New Information on School Quality?. München: Ifo Institute for Economic Research 2008 33 p. UiO

Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rønning, Marte. 

The Incentive Effects of Property Taxation: Evidence from Norwegian School Districts. Oslo: Statistisk Sentralbyrå 2006 24 p. Discussion Papers(484) NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes. 

New Evidence on Fiscal Decentralization and the Size of New Evidence on Fiscal Decentralization and the Size of Government. Munich: Ifo Institute for Economic Research 2005 33 p. CESifo working papers(1615) NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rattsø, Jørn. 

Decentralization with property taxation to improve incentives: Evidence from local governments’ discrete choice. Trondheim: Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, NTNU 2005 28 p. Working Paper Series at Department of Economics, NTNU(6/2005, ISSN 1503-299X) NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rønning, Marte. 

Property Taxation as a Determinant of School District Efficiency. Trondheim: Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi, NTNU 2005 29 p. Working Paper Series at Department of Economics, NTNU(4/2005, ISSN 1503-299X) NTNU

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr. 

Local favoritism under at-large proportional representation systems. Department seminar; 2016-06-17 - 2016-06-17 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr; Smith, Daniel M.. 

Popular, but not Powerful: Local Candidates under Closed-list Proportional Representation. Bruneck Workshop on the Political Economy of Federalism and Local Development; 2016-09-08 BI UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr; Smith, Daniel Markham. 

Does local representation matter under closed-list PR?. Political Economy Workshop; 2016-06-08 - 2016-06-09 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr; Smith, Daniel Markham. 

Popular, but not powerful. Local candidates under closed-list proportional representation. Department seminar; 2016-10-20 - 2016-10-20 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Smith, Daniel M.. 

Local Candidates and Voter Mobilization: Evidence from Historical Two-Round Elections in Norway. Bremen Workshop on The Politics of Parliamentarization; 2016-07-14 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Smith, Daniel M.. 

Political Dynasties and the Incumbency Advantage in Party-Centered Environments. NICEP Inaugural Conference; 2016-06-20 - 2016-06-21 BI

Halse, Askill Harkjerr; Fiva, Jon H.; Smith, Daniel Markham. 

A bridge too far? The political economy of local road investments in Norway. Forskningsseminar, SSB; 2016-05-19 - 2016-05-19 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Political Dynasties in Party-Centered Environments. University of Copenhagen, Department of Economics Seminar; 2015-12-01 - 2015-12-01 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr. 

Local Favoritism in At-large Proportional Representation Systems. 9th Norwegian-German Seminar on Public Economics; 2015-11-06 - 2015-11-07 TØI UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr. 

Local Favoritism in At-large Proportional Representation Systems. Forskermøtet 2015 (37th Annual Meeting of the Norwegian Association of Economists); 2015-01-05 - 2015-01-06 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr. 

Unconditional love? Pork barrel politics in the absence of electoral incentives. MiT political economy breakfast; 2014-04-09 - 2014-04-09 BI UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr. 

Unconditional love? Pork barrel politics in the absence of electoral incentives. 13th journées Louis-André Gerard-Varet (LAGV); 2014-06-23 - 2014-06-24 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr. 

Unconditional love? Pork barrel politics in the absence of electoral incentives. IIPF congress; 2014-08-19 - 2014-08-24 BI UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr. 

Unconditional love? Pork barrel politics in the absence of electoral incentives. Harvard Political Economy Lunch; 2014-04-18 - 2014-04-18 BI UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Access to Treatment and Educational Inequalities in Cancer Survival. North American Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society; 2013-01-03 - 2013-01-06 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Folke, Olle. 

Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Electoral Reform. Lisbon Meeting on Institutions and Political Economy; 2013-05-30 - 2013-05-31 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Folke, Olle; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen. 

The Power of Parties: Evidence From Close Municipal Elections in Norway. Harvard Political Economy Workshop; 2013-12-02 - 2013-12-02 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Folke, Olle; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen. 

The Power of Parties: Evidence From Close Municipal Elections in Norway. MiT Political Economy Breakfast; 2013-11-09 - 2013-11-09 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Folke, Olle; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen. 

The Power of Parties: Evidence From Close Municipal Elections in Norway. Journées d'Economie Publique Louis-André Gérard-Varet; 2013-06-23 - 2013-06-27 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Access to Treatment and Educational Inequalities in Cancer Survival. Seminar Vatt Helsinki; 2012-10-10 - 2012-10-10 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Access to Treatment and Educational Inequalities in Cancer Survival. Seminar Kreftregisteret; 2012-10-10 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Access to Treatment and Educational Inequalities in Cancer Survival. NTNU workshop on Educational Governance and Finance; 2012-06-10 - 2012-06-10 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Paternity Leave. American Economic Association Meeting; 2012-01-03 - 2012-01-06 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

The Power of Parties. European Political Science Association Meeting; 2012-06-20 - 2012-06-24 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Causal Effects of Paternity Leave on Children and Parents. Educational Systems and Human Capital, Workshop NTNU; 2011-03-30 - 2011-03-31 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Causal Effects of Paternity Leave on Children and Parents. Microeconometrics Seminar DIW Berlin; 2011-11-26 - 2011-11-26 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Electoral Reform. European Political Science Association Meeting; 2011-06-15 - 2011-06-19 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Electoral Reform. European Economic Association Meeting; 2011-08-25 - 2011-08-30 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Political Representation and Fiscal Policy: A Casual or Causal Relationship?. UCLS Workshop in Political Economy; 2011-10-03 - 2012-10-04 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Voting When the Stakes are High. Fiscal Federalism Workshop, IEB Barcelona; 2011-07-01 - 2011-07-04 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Natvik, Gisle James; Andersen, Jørgen Juel. 

Voting when the stakes are high. Nordic Workshop on Tax Policy and Public Economics; 2011-01-28 - 2011-01-29 BI UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Do Re-Election Probabilities Influence Public Investment?. CESifo Area Conference on Public Sector Economics; 2009-04-24 - 2009-04-26 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Do Re-election Probabilities Influence Public Investment?. WZB workshop on 'Reflections on Fiscal Federalism: Elaborating the Research Agenda'; 2009-10-30 - 2009-10-31 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Do re-election probabilities influence public investment?. North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society; 2009-06-04 - 2009-06-07 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Do re-election probabilities influence public investment?. Department Seminar University of Barcelona; 2009-10-02 - 2009-10-02 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Do Re-election Probalities Influence Public Investment?. Fredagsseminar Handelshøyskolen BI; 2009-11-13 - 2009-11-13 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Do re-election probabilities influence public investment?. Nordic Workshop on Tax Policy and Public Economics; 2008-10-23 - 2008-10-24 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Does the housing market react to new information on school quality?. National Economist Meeting; 2008-01-07 - 2008-01-08 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Does the housing market react to new information on school quality?. Congress of the European Economic Association; 2008-08-27 - 2008-08-31 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Does the housing market react to new information on school quality?. European Public Choice Society Meeting; 2008-03-27 - 2008-03-30 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Does the Housing Market React to New Information on School Quality?. New Perspectives on Fiscal Federalism: Intergovernmental Relations, Competition and Accountability; 2007-10-18 - 2007-10-20 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Does Welfare Policy Affect Residential Choices? An Empirical Investigation Accounting for Policy Endogeneity. Annual Conference European Association of Labor Economists Annual Conference (EALE); 2007-09-22 - 2007-09-24 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Does Welfare Policy Affect Residential Choices? An Empirical Investigation Accounting for Policy Endogeneity. First World Meeting of the Public Choice Society; 2007-03-29 - 2007-04-01 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Does Welfare Policy Affect Residential Choices? An Empirical Investigation Accounting for Policy Endogeneity. 2nd Workshop on Fiscal Federalism; 2007-06-25 - 2007-06-28 UiO

Fiva, Jon Hernes. 

Does Welfare Policy Affect Residential Choices? Evidence from a Natural Experiment. 8th ZEW Summer Workshop on 'EU Countries in Fiscal Competition; 2006-06-13 - 2006-06-16 NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes. 

New Evidence on the Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on the Size and Composition of Government Spending. European Public Choice Society Meeting; 2006-03-20 - 2006-03-23 NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes. 

New Evidence on the Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on the Size and Composition of Government Spending. Nasjonal forskermøte for økonomer; 2006-01-03 - 2006-01-04 NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes. 

‘New Evidence on Fiscal Decentralization and the Size of Government’. 4th Norwegian-German seminar on Public Economics,; 2005-09-16 - 2005-09-18 NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rattsø, Jørn. 

Decentralization with Property Taxation to Improve Incentives: Evidence from Local Governments’ Discrete Choice. Research Workshop on Political Economy at Harvard U.; 2005-04-06 - 2005-04-06 NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rattsø, Jørn. 

‘Decentralization with Property Taxation to Improve Incentives: Evidence from Local Governments’ Discrete Choice’. 61st International Tax and Public Finance Conference,; 2005-08-22 - 2005-08-26 NTNU Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rønning, Marte. Property Taxation as a Determinant of School District Efficiency. 27th Annual National Economist Meeting,; 2005-01-06 - 2005-01-07 NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rønning, Marte. 

Property Taxation as a Determinant of School District Efficiency. American Public Choice Society Meeting,; 2005-03-10 - 2005-03-13 NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rønning, Marte. 

Property Taxation as a Determinant of School District Efficiency [Vitenskapelig foredrag]. Annual Meeting of the European Public Choice Society (EPCS); 2005-03-31 - 2005-04-03 NTNU

MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr. 

Lokal favorisering. Dagens næringsliv 2016 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Helland, Leif; Sørensen, Rune J.. 

Én stemme kan endre politikken http://www.dn.no/meninger/debatt/2015/09/13/2040/Kommunevalg/n-stemme-kan-endre-politikken. Dagens næringsliv 2015 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Natvik, Gisle James. 

Skatten de elsker å hate https://www.bi.no/bizreview/artikler/skatten-de-elsker-a-hate/. Klassekampen 2015 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Trekk lodd, Halvorsen. Dagens næringsliv 2012 BI

Cools, Sara; Fiva, Jon H.; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannnessen. 

Unyansert om pappaperm. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) 2011 BI UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Boligprisene påvirkes av skolerangering. Aftenposten [Newspaper] 2011-04-07 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Flere stemmer i rike kommuner. Dagens Næringsliv [Newspaper] 2011-09-07 BI

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Ingen vits i pappaperm?. Aftenposten [Newspaper] 2011-07-01 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Rege, Mari; Solli, Ingeborg Foldøy. 

Engasjert pappa. Dagens næringsliv 2011 BI UiO UIS

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Suveren skatt.Økt skatt på eiendom er en god idé, men skatten bør være kommunal, ikke statlig. Dagens næringsliv 2010 p. 38-38 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Cools, Sara. 

Pappaperm gir ikke likelønnRegjeringen hevder at fars perm øker mors lønn. Svensk forskning som regjeringen viser til, forsvarerer ikke en slik konklusjon. Og vår forskning på norske forhold viser det motsatte. Dagens næringsliv 2010 UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Økt eiendomsskatt - bedre skole. Dagens næringsliv 2008 UiO

Fiva, Jon Hernes. 

Høy stønad frister. Aftenposten [Newspaper] 2006-07-29 NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes. 

Kniper på sosialhjelpen for å slippe tilflytting. Kommunal Rapport [Newspaper] 2006-03-29 NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes. 

Kommuner vil ikke ha «sosial» tilflytting. Adresseavisen [Newspaper] 2006-11-23 NTNU

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Fiva, Jon H.; Folke, Olle; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen. 

The Power of Parties: Evidence From Close Municipal Elections in Norway. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2017 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Smith, Daniel M.. 

Local Candidates and Voter Mobilization: Evidence from Historical Two-Round Elections in Norway. Electoral Studies 2017 ;Volume 45. p. 130-140 BI

Cox, Gary W.; Fiva, Jon H.; Smith, Daniel M.. 

The Contraction Effect: How Proportional Representation Affects Mobilization and Turnout. Journal of Politics 2016 ;Volume 78.(4) p. 1249-1263 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Folke, Olle. 

Mechanical and psychological effects of electoral reform. British Journal of Political Science 2016 ;Volume 46.(2) p. 265-279 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Halse, Askill Harkjerr. 

Local favoritism in at-large proportional representation systems. Journal of Public Economics 2016 ;Volume 143.(Nov.) p. 15-26 BI TØI UiO

Cools, Sara; Fiva, Jon H.; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannnessen. 

Causal Effects of Paternity Leave on Children and Parents. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2015 ;Volume 117.(3) p. 801-828 BI

Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Fiva, Jon H.; Natvik, Gisle J.. 

Voting when the stakes are high. Journal of Public Economics 2014 ;Volume 110. p. 157-166 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte; Syse, Astri. 

Access to Treatment and Educational Inequalities in Cancer Survival. Journal of Health Economics 2014 ;Volume 36. p. 98-111 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Natvik, Gisle J.. 

Do re-election probabilities influence public investment?. Public Choice 2013 ;Volume 157.(1-2) p. 305-331 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannnessen. 

Information Shocks and the Dynamics of the Housing Market. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2011 ;Volume 113.(3) p. 525-552 BI

Fiva, Jon H.; Hægeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte. 

Health Status After Cancer: Does It Matter Which Hospital You Belong To?. BMC Health Services Research 2010 ;Volume 10. p. - UiO

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Does welfare policy affect residential choices? An empirical investigation accounting for policy endogeneity. Journal of Public Economics 2009 ;Volume 93.(3-4) p. 529-540 UiO

Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rønning, Marte. 

The incentive effects of property taxation: Evidence from Norwegian school districts. Regional Science and Urban Economics 2008 ;Volume 38.(1) p. 49-62 NTNU

Fiva, Jon H.. 

Sentral finansiering av lokal offentligt tjenesteproduksjon: Bailout-problemet. Økonomisk forum 2007 (2) p. - UiO

Fiva, Jon H.; Rattsø, Jørn. 

Local Choice of Property Taxation: Evidence from Norway. Public Choice 2007 ;Volume 132.(3-4) p. 457-470 NTNU UiO

Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rattsø, Jørn. 

Local choice of property taxation: evidence from Norway. Public Choice 2007 ;Volume 132.(3-4) p. 457-470 NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes. 

New Evidence on the Effect of Fiscal Decentralization on the Size and Composition of Government Spending. Finanzarchiv 2006 ;Volume 62. p. 250-280 NTNU

Rattsø, Jørn; Fiva, Jon Hernes. 

Welfare Competition in Norway: Norms and Expenditures. European Journal of Political Economy 2006 ;Volume 22. p. 202-220 NTNU

Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rattsø, Jørn. 

Welfare competition in Norway: Norms and expenditures. European Journal of Political Economy 2005 ;Volume 22. p. 202-222 NTNU

POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Cools, Sara; Fiva, Jon H.; Kirkebøen, Lars Johannnessen. 

Pappaperm. Samfunnsøkonomen 2011 ;Volume 125.(9) p. 21-23 BI UiO

BOOKS

Fiva, Jon H.; Hagen, Terje P.; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen. 

Kommunal Organisering. Universitetsforlaget 2014 (ISBN 9788215022789) 232 p. BI UiO

Jon H. Fiva is a professor of economics at the Norwegian Business School (BI) working on political economics, labor economics and health economics. His past research has been published in the British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Journal of Health Economics, Journal of Public Economics, and other journals.