Can teacher students be nudged in the right direction?

Norwegians impolite? Forget it!

Good school buidlings make for better students

How does an increasing pay gap affect our attitudes?

The winner takes all – support riders get nothing

Media's power over science

Legacy more important than the enterprise

Indifference can make the world greener

Legalization of medical marijuana reduces crime

Stressed by technology

Patent trolls can increase innovation

Companies that secure patent rights only in order to claim licence fees have a bad reputation. However, research shows that patent trolls can make it easier for small innovators to make money

The drivers of economic growth in Europe

Europe's economic growth is driven by poorer countries and regions that are catching up to the wealthier areas.

Professor: Norway's wealth is mostly due to luck

Norway has experienced robust growth, low unemployment and stable inflation. Professor argues that the current situation is mostly due to luck.

Combating match-fixing with maths

Manual distribution of fixture dates and referees leads to suspicions of corruption and match-fixing in football. A mathematical model makes the process more transparent.

The key to success for entrepreneur companies

Funding from both local and international capitalists result in long-lasting success and makes it more likely to become a listed company. Particularly in developing countries.

Free choice of hospital may reinforce social differences

People with higher education, and people who live in areas with a low mortality rate, are overrepresented among users of the free choice of hospital system.

The female half of a crime duo is the smarter one

When a man and a woman are partners in crime, the woman is most likely to succeed. Researcher believes this is due to an attitude of discrimination.

Mergers mean less power to the trade unions

International mergers reduce the influence of trade unions and lead to lower pay for employees, according to research.

Giant hospitals neither cheaper nor better

Mergers in the hospital sector are based on a desire for better and cheaper hospitals. So far, few such effects have been seen, resercher believes.

Economists call Norway's climate policy hypocritical

More and more economists are critical of Norway's prevailing climate policy and believe that the country should stop exploiting North Sea oil.

Scarred by unemployment

Young people who have been unemployed are scarred by the experience. The younger they are, the more likely they are to be jobless later in life.

Investing with both our heads and our hearts

Do we listen to our heads or our hearts when investing? Researchers have investigated what motivates customers to invest in green funds.

Postponing climate measures is expensive

Researchers have developed a model that calculates the amount of carbon emissions that nature can tolerate. The later we implement climate measures, the more expensive they will be, they say.

"Robot trading on stock exchanges needs to be regulated"

Lightning-fast share trading by stock trading robots is increasing strongly on the world's stock exchanges. Now it is time to consider the socio-economic costs of a millisecond.

New tax scheme reduces emissions from vehicles

The more obvious is it to consumers how the taxes work, the better they respond, according to American economists who have studied vehicle taxes in Europe.

Female board members lead to stock market boom

Share prices indicate that the introduction of gender quotas in Norwegian boardrooms has had a positive effect on Oslo Stock Exchange.