Jørn Rattsø (born 27 September 1952 in

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) is a Norwegian professor of

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at the

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(NTNU) and chairman of Enova.

Biography

As a young adult (1975–1976) Rattsø was leader of Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the

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. He is a graduate of the

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, where he earned a cand.oecon. degree in 1978 and a

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degree in 1988. He worked as a researcher for the

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(1978 to 1979) and the

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(1980 to 1982). From 1982 to 1990 he was

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of economics at the

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, and was appointed professor in 1990. The university merged to form NTNU in 1996. His articles on economics have been cited extensively. Jørn Rattsø has also studied or been associated with Harvard, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge and Berkeley (California) Universities.This information is fro
Jørn Rattsø's CV (accessible here)
retrieved 2 January 2014.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rattsoe, Joern 1952 births Living people Norwegian economists Academic staff of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology University of Oslo alumni Liberal Party (Norway) politicians Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters People from Stjørdal