Popular economics

This page contains a selection of my (non-technical) popular writing, including podcasts and invited talks on relevant economic issues.

Policy papers, podcasts and talks - in English and Norwegian (where indicated)

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2024

• Keynote speaker at Center for Research in Energy (CoRE) Official Opening, Aarhus University, April 2024

• Invited speaker EIA Virtual Workshop Energy Markets and the World Economy: "Unveiling inflation: Oil Shocks, Supply Chain Pressure, and Expectations", March 2024. Slides

•  Kommuneøkonomikonferansen (2024) (in Norwegian)

2023

• Kenote and panel discussant at: "Monash Business School climate workshop: Navigating the energy transition" Melbourne,  November 2023. Slides from panel

• Panel discussant at the IMF/Norges Bank/IMFER Conference on “The Future of Macroeconomic Policy”, Norges Bank, June, 2023. Slides.

• Invited talk: Oslo Big data day 2023 “The use of (big) data for policy analysis and decision making”s: April, 2023. Slides

• KÅKÅnomics, Konferane for økonomisk politikk: Hvordan kan vi best møte internasjonale sjokk, Stavanger, October 2023 (in Norwegian)

• ​Statsbudsjettseminar, Handelshøyskolen BI  October 2023. Slides (in Norwegian)

• Digital Civitafrokost "Økonomisk styring i tider med uro og store omstillingsbehov", January 2023 (in Norwegian)

2022

• Invited talk: International Association for Energy Economics Webinars: DUTCH DISEASE IN NORWAY? September, 2022. Slides

• Invited speaker: ONS Foundation 2022, The macroeconomic effect of rising energy prices amid geopolitical developments, Stavanger, August 2022. Slides.

• Invited Speaker: European Central Bank (ECB) Forum on Central Banking, "The effect of rising energy prices amid geopolitical developments and supply disruptions", Sintra, June 27-29, 2022,

• NHOs årskonferanse 2022: NHOs økonomipanel: Verdien av stabilitet – når usikkerhet er normalen, April, 2022 (in Norwegian)

2021

• Oslo Business forum: #49 Hilde Bjørnland: Samfunnsøkonomen om pandemiens ringvirkninger, Desember 2021 (in Norwegian)

• Riksdagen i Sverige: Öppen utfrågning om penningpolitiken May 4, 2021, slides (in Norwegian)

• Møteserie i tre deler i regi av Abelia, Energi Norge, Rederiforbundet, Tekna og Norsk klimastiftelse om kunnskapsdeling og debatt om den store omstillingen av Norge. Del 2: Hva skal vi leve av? (Februar, 2021) (in Norwegian)

• Kåkånomics (2021) (in Norwegian)

2020

• Invited speaker: Australian National University - CAMA. Podcast: COVID-19 and policy choices, June 2020, Slides 

• BI debatt: Statsbudsjettet for 2021 (Oktober, 2020) (in Norwegian)

• Civita Frokostmøte (Juni, 2020) (in Norwegian)

• #PolyPod: Økonomiske konsekvenser av COVID-19 pandemien (April, 2020) (in Norwegian)

• Rapport og diskusjon av pengepolitikken i den svenske Riksdagen (Öppen utfrågning om Riksbankens rapport Redogörelse för penningpolitiken 2020).​

  • Slides

• Rapport fra Klimaomstillingsutvalget Oktober 2020  (in Norwegian)

  • Nyhet

• The Norwegian Government's extended expert group for evaluating economic effects of infection prevention related to Covid-19 (Holden utvalget).  (in Norwegian)

  • Report 22 May: Covid-19 – samfunnsøkonomisk vurdering av smitteverntiltak – andre rapport (Norwegian)

  • Report 27 May: Covid-19 – Analyse av økonomiske tiltak, insentiver for vekst og omstilling (Norwegian)

• Kåkånomics (2020) (in Norwegian)

2015-2019

• ​Invited speaker: Ministry of Finance: Should Norway establish a Fiscal Policy Council? MMU Seminar (Faglige råd og økonomisk politikk), December 2019. Slides

• Invited speaker: The gender equality conference, International Women's day at BI. Feminism in the 1970s - Foundations for the Norwegian oil wealth? December, 2019.

• "Should monetary policy pay attention to financial stability?" in ‘Erfaringer med inflasjonsmål for Pengepolitikken’, Finansdepartementet, Arbeidsnotat 2017/4, pages 77-83

  • The presentatin builds on a Paper first presented at The 8th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics (CFE 2014), Pisa, December 6 2014. Slides here

• Penningpolitiska utmaningar – att väga i dag mot i morgon, Ekonomisk Debatt 6/2017, Nationalekonomiska Forening, Sverige Ordförande: Peter Englund, Inledare: Stefan Ingves, riksbankschef, Kommentator: Hilde C Bjørnland, professor, BI Norwegian Business School, Övriga talare: Torbjörn Becker, Lars Feste, Hubert Fromlet, Lars E O Svensson och Marian Radetzki

• Invited speaker: The Norwegian industry: Challenges and new opportunities in the oil downturn, Statoil Future Energy Forum, Grieghallen, Bergen, April 2016.

• Invited speaker: Commodities, Energy and the Macroeconomy Workshop at the Brookings Institution, Washington DC, March 2016.

• Macroeconomic Challenges for Resource-rich Open  Economies, Roundtable at International Economic Forum of the Americas, Montreal, June 2015

• Swedish Fiscal Policy Council (Finanspolitiska rådet) Reports 2017, 2016, 2015.

• "NOU 2016:20 Aksjeandelen i Statens pensjonsfond utland" (Mork utvalget).
  • ​Nett-TV fra presentasjonen

  • Lysark brukt under utvalgets presentasjon

  • Utvalgets pressemelding

  • Kommentarer fra Bruno Gerard på presentasjon på BI 19 Oktober

• "NOU 2015:9 Finanspolitikk i en oljeøkonomi — Praktisering av handlingsregelen" (Thøgersen utvalget)

2005-2014

• Asia - driver of global growth and commodity prices - Implications for resource rich economies, The Norwegian Embassy, Beijing, May 2014.

• "Ringvirkninger - Norsk økonomi og olje", CME Working Paper 7, 2013, (coauthor Leif Anders Thorsrud). 

• An Independent Review of Monetary Policymaking in Norway" (coauthors: Bjørn-Roger Wilhelmsen), Norges Bank Watch Report 2011, Centre for Monetary Economics (CME), BI Norwegian Business School.

• "An Independent Review of Monetary Policymaking in Norway" (coauthors: Richard Clarida, Elisabeth Holvik and Erling Steigum), Norges Bank Watch Report 2010, Centre for Monetary Economics (CME), BI Norwegian Business School.

• NHOs Årskonferanse (2010, 2012). Slides 

  • Media E24. E24, DN, Finansavisen, Stavanger Aftenblad 

• Invited talk: Global inflation, monetary policy and turbulent financial conditions, Valutaseminaret, Sanderstølen, February 2008.

• ”Improving and evaluating short term forecasts at the Norges Bank” (coauthors: Anne Sofie Jore, Christie Smith and Leif Anders Thorsrud), Staff Memo No. 4 2008

• "An Independent Review of Monetary Policymaking in Norway" (coauthors: Thomas Ekeli, Petra M. Geraats and Kai Leitemo), Norges Bank Watch Report Series 5, 2004, Centre for Monetary Economics (CME), BI Norwegian School of Management.

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