Steinar Strøm (born 10 April 1942) is a Norwegian economist. He is currently a professor of economics at the

University of Turin The University of Turin (Italian language, Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public university, public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont (Italy), Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the List ...

, researcher at the Frisch Center and a partner and chairman of the board of directors of Vista Analysis. Strøm was Professor of Economics at the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

from 1976 to 2008. He is noted for his research on microeconometrics and

labour economics Labour economics seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the Market (economics), markets for wage labour. Labour (human activity), Labour is a commodity that is supplied by labourers, usually in exchange for a wage paid by demanding ...

, as well as

energy economics Energy economics is a broad scientific subject area which includes topics related to supply and use of energy in societies. Considering the cost of energy services and associated value gives economic meaning to the efficiency at which energy ...

and

environmental economics Environmental economics is a sub-field of economics concerned with environmental issues. It has become a widely studied subject due to growing environmental concerns in the twenty-first century. Environmental economics "undertakes theoretical ...

. He is a member of the National Wages Board, appointed by the Norwegian government in 2013.Oppnevning av Rikslønnsnemnda for ny periode
Government of Norway He is also a member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was establis ...

. He is also affiliated with the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research. He has chaired two governmental commissions, the Income Formation Commission (1988) and The Market for Pharmaceuticals Commission (1997), and was editor of ''

The Scandinavian Journal of Economics ''The Scandinavian Journal of Economics'' was established as the ''Ekonomisk Tidskrift'' (in Swedish) in 1899 by David Davidson. It became ''The Swedish Journal of Economics'' in 1965 (in English) and then ''The Scandinavian Journal of Economics ...

'' 1977–1981. He has been a scientific adviser to the Royal Ministry of Finance and

Statistics Norway Statistics Norway (, abbreviated to ''SSB'') is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All rele ...

. He has been a visiting professor at the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing and Shanghai, the

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, the

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, the

University of Heidelberg Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (; ), is a public university, public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1386 on instruction of Pope Urban VI, Heidelberg is List ...

, the

University of Venice Ca' Foscari University of Venice (), or simply Ca' Foscari, is a public research university and business school in Venice, Italy. Since its foundation in 1868, it has been housed in the Venetian Gothic palace of Ca' Foscari, from which it takes ...

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, and the

Center for Economic Studies The Center for Economic Studies (CES) is an independent institute within the Faculty of Economics of the University of Munich (LMU). It promotes the international exchange of knowledge and ideas in public finance and other areas of economics. CES ...

Selected publications

* ''Effektivitet, fordeling og økonomisk politikk'', with Jon Vislie, Universitetsforlaget (2007) * ''Økonomisk atferd, beslutninger og likevekt'', with Jon Vislie, Universitetsforlaget (2008)

External links

Steinar Strøms homepage

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Strom, Steinar 1942 births Living people Norwegian economists Academic staff of the University of Oslo Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters