Leif Helland

He has previously held positions as Doctoral Fellow (1995-99) and Research Fellow (00-01) at the Department of Political science/University of Oslo, Post Doctoral Fellow (2002-03) at the Center of International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo (CICERO), and Senior Executive Officer (1992-95) in the Norwegian Ministry of Finance (Budget department).

Helland was Visiting Scholar at the Political Science Department/UC Berkeley 1996/97. In 2003-04 Helland had leave of absence from BI Norwegian Business School, to direct the secretariat of a white paper Commission on Party Finance. Helland was a member of the white paper commission on public subvention of cultural activities in 2007-2008.

Research areas

Applied Game Theory; Political economy; Experimental economics

Teaching areas

Game Theory; Negotiations

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 2001 University of Oslo Ph.D Dr. Polit.
• 1992 University of Oslo Master Cand. Polit.
• 1991 London School of Economics Master of Science

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2016 - Present Centre of Experimental Studies and Research (CESAR), BI Norwegian Business School Director
• 2006 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Professor
• 2003 - 2006 BI Norwegian Business School Associate Professor
• 2001 - 2002 CICERO (Center for International Climate and Environmental Research Oslo Post doctoral fellow
• 1995 - 2001 University of Oslo Doctoral fellow
• 1992 - 1995 Ministry of Finance Senior executive officer

RESEARCH REPORTS

Helland, Leif; Heggedal, Tom-Reiel. 

Ongoing quest for QWERTY. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2012 12 p. BI

Helland, Leif. 

Electoral agency in the lab: Learning to throw out the rascals. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2009 BI

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon; Monkerud, Lars Christian. 

Can exit prizes induce lame ducks to shirk less? Experimental evidence. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2009 AHUS BI CICERO

Helland, Leif; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen. 

Persistent rent extraction. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2009 BI

Monkerud, Lars Christian; Helland, Leif; Løyning, G. 

Parliamentarians and students in a lobbying experiment. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2009 AHUS BI

Sørensen, Rune Jørgen; Helland, Leif. 

Persistent rent-taking when voters are fully informed. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2009 BI

Helland, Leif. 

Political Heterogeneity, Electoral Surprise and the Growth in Unemployment: The Norwegian Partisan Cycle. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2008 BI

Helland, Leif; Asheim, Geir; Hovi, Jon; Høyland, Bjørn. 

Self-serving dictators. : Department of economics, UiO 2008 memoranda(26/2008) BI CICERO PRIO

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon. 

Non-Instrumental Behavior in an Environmental Public Good Game. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2008 BI CICERO

Helland, Leif; Monkerud, Lars Christian. 

Electoral agency in the lab. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2008 AHUS BI

Helland, Leif; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen. 

The Agency Costs of Partisan Dominance and Electoral Uncertainty. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2008 BI

Sørensen, Rune Jørgen; Helland, Leif. 

Hvorfor overlever politisk korrupsjon i representative demokratier?. : Handelshøyskolen BI 2008 BI

Helland, Leif; Saglie, Jo. 

Strategisk koordinering i fire stortingsvalg: 1909-1918. : Institutt for statsvitenskap, Universitetet i Oslo 1997 51 p. Forskningsrapport(03/97) UiO

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon; Aakre, Stine. 

Punishment under Anarchy. 8th Nordic Conference on behavioral and experimental economics; 2013-09-27 - 2013-09-27 BI UiO

Helland, Leif; Heggedal, Tom-Reiel. 

Coordination in two sided experimental markets. Konferanse i regi av Economic Science Association (ESA); 2012-06-21 - 2012-06-24 BI

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon; Monkerud, Lars Christian. 

Can contingent prizes induce lame ducks to shirk less? Experimental evidence. ECPR 2009; 2009-04-14 - 2009-04-19 AHUS BI CICERO

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon; Monkerud, Lars Christian. 

Can contingent prizes induce lame ducks to shirk less? Experimental evidence. 5th ECPR General Conference; 2009-09-10 - 2009-09-12 AHUS BI CICERO

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon; Monkerud, Lars Christian. 

Can contingent prizes induce lame ducks to shirk less? Experimental evidence. 4th Nordic Conference in behavioral and experimental economics; 2009-10-30 - 2009-10-31 AHUS BI CICERO

Helland, Leif; Monkerud, Lars Christian. 

Electoral agency in the lab. 3rd Nordic Conference on Behavioral and Experimental Economics; 2008-11-14 - 2008-11-15 AHUS BI

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon. 

Non Instrumental Behavior in a Public Goods Game: Experimental Evidence. IMA (Institute of Mathematics and its Applications) Conference on Conflict and its Resolutions; 2004-06-28 - 2004-06-28 BI

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon; Sælen, Håkon. 

Climate Leadership by Conditional Commitments. Oxford Economic Papers 2017 BI CICERO UiO

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

Aakre, Stine; Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon. 

When Does Informal Enforcement Work?. Journal of Conflict Resolution 2016 ;Volume 60.(7) p. 1312-1340 BI CICERO UiO

Helland, Leif; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen. 

Partisan bias, electoral volatility, and government efficiency. Electoral Studies 2015 ;Volume 39. p. 117-128 BI

Heggedal, Tom-Reiel; Helland, Leif. 

Platform selection in the lab. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 2014 ;Volume 99. p. 168-177 BI

Helland, Leif; Monkerud, Lars Christian. 

Electoral agency in the lab: Learning to throw out the rascals. Journal of Theoretical Politics 2013 ;Volume 25.(2) p. 214-233 BI

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon; Monkerud, Lars Christian. 

Can exit prizes induce lame ducks to shirk less? Experimental evidence. European Journal of Government and Economics 2012 ;Volume 1.(2) p. 106-125 BI UiO

Helland, Leif; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen. 

Persistent rent extraction. Public Choice 2012 ;Volume 153.(1-2) p. 205-213 BI

Helland, Leif. 

Partisan conflicts and parliamentary dominance: the Norwegian political business cycle. Public Choice 2011 ;Volume 147.(1-2) p. 139-154 BI

Jacobsen, Karin Johanne; Eika, Kari; Helland, Leif; Lind, Jo Thori; Nyborg, Karine. 

Are nurses more altruistic than real estate brokers?. Journal of Economic Psychology 2011 ;Volume 32.(5) p. 818-831 BI UiO

Helland, Leif. 

"... so that you never need to ask your question again". Homo Oeconomicus 2010 ;Volume 27.(3) p. 350-54 BI

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon. 

Non-instrumental behavior in an environmental public goods game. Homo Oeconomicus 2010 ;Volume 27.(3) p. 241-262 BI CICERO UiO

Helland, Leif; Sørensen, Rune J.; Thorkildsen, Åge. 

Forsvaret 1986-2005. Hvorfor partiene favoriserer de overrepresenterte valgdistriktene. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 2010 (4) p. 525-548 BI

Helland, Leif; Sørensen, Rune J.. 

Geographical redistribution with disproportional representation: a politico-economic model of Norwegian road projects. Public Choice 2009 ;Volume 139.(1-2) p. 5-19 BI

Helland, Leif; Sørensen, Rune J.. 

Hvorfor overlever politisk korrupsjon i representative demokratier?. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 2009 ;Volume 25.(3) p. 219-236 BI

Helland, Leif. 

Lobbying with conflicting interests: Norwegian local-central relations. European Journal of Political Research 2008 ;Volume 47.(2) p. 184-205 BI

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon. 

Renegotiation proofness and climate agreements some experimental evidence. Nordic Journal of Political Economy 2008 ;Volume 34. p. 1-26 BI CICERO UiO

Helland, Leif; Hovi, Jon. 

Renegotiation-profness and Climate Agreements: Experimental Evidence. Nordic Journal of Political Economy 2008 ;Volume 34.(2) p. 1-26 BI

Helland, Leif; Monkerud, Lars C.. 

Bare psykologi likevel? Et eksperiment i sekvensielle forhandlinger. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 2008 ;Volume 49.(2) p. 209-224 BI

Helland, Leif. 

Om full pensjonsreform tjener flertallet, vil den da bli vedtatt?. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 2006 (2) p. 142-158 BI

Helland, Leif. 

Minority-Rule Budgeting under a De Facto Constructive Vote of No Confidence: A Cure for the Norwegian Illness?. Scandinavian Political Studies 2004 ;Volume 27.(4) p. 391-401 BI

Helland, Leif; Saglie, Jo. 

Candidate competition and strategic coordination: evidence from four early Norwegian elections. Electoral Studies 2003 ;Volume 22.(4) p. 581-602 BI ISF

Helland, Leif; Saglie, Jo. 

Kandidatkonkurranse og strategisk koordinering i fire stortingsvalg: 1909-1918. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 1999 ;Volume 15.(2) p. 155-183 UiO

CHAPTERS

Helland, Leif. 

The median voter theorem. Why parties and decisions converge towards the center. I: Stein Ugelvik Larsen (ed.), Theory and Methods in Political Science. Columbia University Press 2005 ISBN 0-88033-998-5. BI

BOOKS

Helland, Leif. 

Årsak og tilfeldighet: Modeller, eksperimenter og adferd i samfunnsvitenskapene.. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2016 (ISBN 978-82-02-37930-8) 267 p. BI

Helland, Leif; Sørensen, Rune J.. 

Demokrati og effektivitet. Universitetsforlaget 2008 (ISBN 9788215011127) BI

MEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS

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

Helland, Leif; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen. 

Politisk korrupsjon - også i representative demokratier? svar til Jan-Erik Lanes kommentar. Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift 2010 ;Volume 26.(1) p. 59-64 BI

Leif Helland was associate professor at BI Norwegian Business School 2003-06. Full professor since 2006. He teaches game theory and negotiations. Helland is Dr. polit. (2001) and Cand. polit. (1992) from the University of Oslo, and M.Sc. (Econ) from the LSE (1991).