Vidar Christiansen (born 12 June 1948) is a Norwegian economist.
He was born in
Drammen
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and grew up in
Hokksund
Hokksund is a town in the counties of Norway, county of Buskerud in Eastern Norway. It is the largest population center and administrative center of the municipalities of Norway, municipality of Øvre Eiker.
The town is located upstream of the ...
.
After graduating with the
cand.oecon.
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The de ...
degree he was a
research fellow
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at the
University of Oslo
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from 1975, lecturer at the
Norwegian School of Economics
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from 1979 and at the University of Oslo from 1981.
[ He took his dr. oecon. degree at the Norwegian School of Economics in 1987.][ In 1989 he was awarded the David Davidsson Prize for best article in 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 ...
''. In 1991 he was hired as professor at the BI Norwegian Business School
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and from 1994 to his retirement he was a professor at the University of Oslo.[
He is a member of the ]Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
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History
The Royal Frederick University in Christiania was establis ...
and the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
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.[ He is also a fellow of the ]European Economic Association
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.
References
1948 births
Living people
People from Drammen
People from Øvre Eiker
Norwegian economists
Norwegian School of Economics alumni
Academic staff of the University of Oslo
Academic staff of the Norwegian School of Economics
Academic staff of BI Norwegian Business School
Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
Fellows of the European Economic Association
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