Karl Ove Moene University of Oslo Department of Economics Box 1095, 0317 Oslo Norway
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Personal Born on October 29, 1949, Norway.
Academic Degrees Dr. Philos from the University of Oslo, 1984. Thesis: Investments and fluctuations. Optimal putty clay investments under uncertain business prospects. Cand. Oecon from the University of Oslo, 1977.
Positions Leader of the Centre of Equality, Social Organization and Performance (ESOP) at the University of Oslo, from 2007 Professor of Economics, University of Oslo, from late 1987 Group leader at PRIO, CSCW Scientific Advisor at the Center of Applied Research, Oslo, from 1987 Board member of the Norwegian Research Council, Environment/Development, 1992-2000 Editor of the Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 1992-1999 Panel member of Economic Policy, 1999-2000 Visiting professor in political science and economics, Northwestern University, 1998 Visiting scholar, UCLA, 1991 Visiting scholar, Stanford University, 1982-83
List of Publications Books Selected Works of Michael Wallerstein, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008. (co-edited with D. Austen-Smith, J. A. Frieden, M. A. Golden and A. Przeworski) Understanding Choice, Explaining Behaviour - Essays in Honour of Ole-Jørgen Skog, Oslo Academic Press, Oslo, 2006. (co-edited with Aa. Hylland, O. Gjelsvik and J. Elster) Likhet under Press. Utfordringer for den skandinaviske fordelingsmodellen (Equality under Pressure. Challenges for the Scandinavian Model of Distribution), Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo, 2003. (with E. Barth and M. Wallerstein) Trade Union Behaviour, Pay Bargaining and Economic Performance, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1993. (with R. Flanagan and M. Wallerstein) Marked uten kapitalisme: økonomisk demokrati med selveide bedrifter (Markets without capitalists), Ad Notam, Oslo, 1990. (with T. Ognedal) Alternatives to Capitalism, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989. (co-edited with J. Elster) Produksjonsteori (Theories of production), Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 1987. (with M. Hoel)
Submitted Articles “The Tyranny of International Index Rankings." Revise and resubmit, Journal of Development Economics. (with B. Høyland and F. Willumsen) “Opium en Masse? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan." Revise and resubmit, Economic Journal.(with J. L. Lind and F. Willumsen) “The Equality Multiplier." (with E. Barth) “Mineral rents and social development in Norway." (with H. Mehlum and R. Torvik) “Needs vs. Entitlements – an International Fairness Experiment." (with A. W. Cappelen, E. Ø. Sørensen and B. Tungodden) “King of the Hill. Positional Dynamics in Contests." (with H. Mehlum)
Publications in English “Are Good Policies Good Politics?" forthcoming in Governing the Global Economy: Politics, Institutions and Development. “Floating High - How the Nordic Model Combines Capitalist Dynamics and Worker Security," forthcoming in Olav Molven (ed.) Health Legislation in Norway, Oslo, Gyldendal Akademisk, 2010.
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“Miserly Developments," forthcoming in the Journal of Development Studies. (with J. T. Lind) “The Moral Sentiments of Wealth of Nations," Adam Smith Review 6, 2010. “Governance and Development," in Dani Rodrik and Mark Rosenzweig (eds.) Handbook of Development Economics, North Holland, Amsterdam, 2010. (with J.-M. Baland and J. Robinson) “Enforcement in Informal Saving Groups," Journal of Development Economics 90(1), 2009, 14–23. (with S. Anderson and J.-M. Baland) “Labor and the Nordic Model of Social Democracy," in David Austen-Smith, Jeffry A. Frieden, Miriam A. Golden, Karl Ove Moene and Adam Przeworski (eds.) Selected Works of Michael Wallerstein, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2008. (with M. Wallerstein) “Institutions and the Resource Curse," 40 Years of Rent Seeking, Berlin, Springer, 2008, 245–264. (with H. Mehlum and R. Torvik) “Cursed by Resources or Institutions?" World Economy 29(8), 2006, 1117–1131. Mehlum and R. Torvik)
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“On Mattering Maps," in Aanund Hylland, Olav Gjelsvik, Jon Elster and Karl Ove Moene (eds.) Understanding Choice, Explaining Behaviour, Unipub/Oslo Academic Press, 2006. (with G. Loewenstein) “Institutions and the Resource Curse," The Economic Journal 116, 2006, 1–20. (with H. Mehlum and R. Torvik) “The Scandinavian Model and Economic Development," Development Outreach (World Bank Institute), February 2006. (with M. Wallerstein) “Social Democracy as a Development Strategy," in Pranab Bardhan, Samuel Bowles and Michael Wallerstein (eds.) Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution, Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2006. “Parasites," in Samuel Bowles, Steven N. Durlauf and Karla Hoff (eds.) Poverty Traps, Princeton University Press/Russell Sage, 2006. (with H. Mehlum and R. Torvik) “Fighting Against the Odds," Economics of Governance 7(1), 2006, 75–87. (with H. Mehlum) “Crime Induced Poverty Traps," Journal of Development Economics 77, 2005, 325–340. (with H. Mehlum and R. Torvik) “Destructive Creativity," Nordic Journal of Political Economy 29(1), 2003, 77–83 (with H. Mehlum and R. Torvik) “Earnings Inequality and Welfare Spending: A Disagreggated Analysis," World Politics 55(4), 2003, 485–516. (with M. Wallerstein) “Legislation versus Bargaining Power: the Evolution of Scandinavian Labor Standards," in Kaushik Basu, Henrik Horn, Lisa Román and Judith Shapiro (eds.) International Labor Standards: History, Theory and Policy Options, Blackwell Publishing, Malden, 2003. (with M. Wallerstein) 3
“Does the Logic of Collective Action Explain the Logic of Corporativism?" Journal of Theoretical Politics 15(3), 2003, 271–297. (with M. Wallerstein) “Fiscal Corruption: A Vice or a Corruption? - A Comment," World Development 31(8), 2003, 1469–1472. (with S. Chand and D. Mookherjee) “Predator or Prey? Parasitic Enterprises in Economic Development," European Economic Review 47(2), 2003, 79–98. (with H. Mehlum and R. Torvik) “Battlefields and Marketplaces," Journal of Defense Economics 13(6), 2002, 485–496. (with H. Mehlum) “Market-Based Extortions," APSA-CP Newsletter of American Political Science Association 13(1), 2002, 8–10. (with H. Mehlum and R. Torvik) “Plunder & Protection Inc.," Journal of Peace Research 39(4), 2002, 447–459. (with H. Mehlum and R. Torvik) “Inequality, Social Insurance and Redistribution," American Political Science Review 95(4), 2001, 859–874. (with M. Wallerstein) “Implications of Ethnic Diversity," (Comments on Paul Collier) Economic Policy 16(32), 2001, 157–160. “Targeting and the Political Support for Welfare Spending," Economics of Governance 2(2), 2001, 3–24. (with M. Wallerstein) “Would You Like to Shrink the Welfare State? The Opinion of European Citizen," (Comments on Titi Boeri, Axel Bôrsch-Supan and Guido Tabellini) Economic Policy 32, 2001, 44–46. “Institutions, Inequality and Social Policy," Sosialøkonomen 54, 2000. (with M. Wallerstein) “Addiction and Social Interaction," in Jon Elster and Ole Jørgen Skog (eds.) Getting Hooked. Rationality and Addiction, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999. “Assets versus Income," in Erik Olin Wright (ed.) Recasting Egalitarianism. New Rules for Communities, States and Markets, Verso, London/New York, 1999. (with M. Wallerstein) “Controlling Fiscal Corruption," World Development 27(7), 1999, 1129–1140. (with S. Chand) “Measures to Improve Wage Formation in Sweden. Comments on proposals regarding mediation and conflict resolution," Report to the Commission on the Strengthening of the Mediation Authority in Sweden, led by Svante Öberg, 1999. (with S. Holden) “Breaking the Vicious Circle of the Predatory State," Nordic Journal of Political Economy 24, 1997, 21–30. (with S. Chand) “Full Employment as a Worker Disciplining Device," in John E. Roemer (ed.) Property Relations, Incentives and Welfare, Palgrave, Basingstoke, 1997. (with M. Wallerstein) “Pay Inequality," Journal of Labor Economics 15, 1997, 403–430. (with M. Wallerstein) 4
“Labor Market Friction and Unemployment," in Jon Erik Dølvik and Arild H. Steen (eds.) Making Solidarity Work?, Scandinavian University Press, Oslo, 1997. (with R. Nymoen and M. Wallerstein) “Redistribution of Assets versus Redistribution of Income. Comments on Efficient Redistribution by Bowles and Gintis," Politics and Society 24, 1996, 369–382. (with M. Wallerstein) “Growth and Rent Dissipation: the Case of Kenya," Journal of African Economics 5(2), 1996, 177–198. (with A. Bigsten) “Solidaristic Wage Bargaining," Nordic Journal of Political Economy 22, 1995, 79–94. (with M. Wallerstein) “Economic Integration and Unemployment in the EFTA Countries," in Barry Eichengreen, Jeffry Frieden and Jürgen von Hagen (eds.) Monetary and Fiscal Policy in an Integrated Europe, Springer, Berlin, 1995. (with M. Wallerstein) “Social Democratic Labor Market Institutions: A Retrospective Analysis," in Herbert Kitschelt, Peter Lange, Gary Marks and John D. Stephens (eds.) Continuity and Change in Contemporary Capitalism, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995. (with M. Wallerstein) “How Social Democracy Worked," Politics and Society 23, 1995, 185–211. (with M. Wallerstein) “The Economic Performance of Different Bargaining Institutions," Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft 19, 1993, 423–450. (with M. Wallerstein) “The Decline of Social Democracy," in Karl Gunnar Persson (ed.) The Economic Development of Denmark and Norway since 1870, Edward Elgar Publishing, Gloschester, 1993. (with M. Wallerstein) “Notes on Equality, Poverty and Development," in Arve Ofstad and Arne Wiig (eds.) Development Theory: Recent Trends. Proceedings of the NFU Annual Conference 1992, Chr. Michelsen Institute Report 6, 1993. “Bargaining Structure and Economic Performance," in Robert J. Flanagan, Karl Ove Moene and Michael Wallerstein (eds.) Trade Union Behaviour, Pay Bargaining and Economic Performance, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1993. (with M. Wallerstein in cooperation with M. Hoel) “Contested Power," in David Copp, Jean Hampton and John E. Roemer (eds.) The Idea of Democracy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993. “Collective Bargaining versus Cooperative Ownership," Journal of Comparative Economics 17, 1993, 628–645. (with M. Wallerstein) “What is Wrong with Social Democracy," in Pranab Bardhan and John E. Roemer (eds.) Market Socialism. The Current Debate, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1993. (with M. Wallerstein) “Unions versus Cooperatives," in Samuel Bowls, Herbert Gintis and Bo Gustafsson (eds.) Markets and Democracy: Participation, Accountability and Efficiency, Oxford University Press, 1993. (with M. Wallerstein) 5
“Poverty and Landownership," American Economic Review 82, 1992, 52–64. “Nobel Laureate – Trygve Haavelmo," Journal of Economic Perspectives 5, 1991, 175–192. (with A. Rødseth) “How Corruption May Corrupt," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 13, 1990, 63–76. (with J. Andvig) “Is Profit-Sharing a Cure for Unemployment in Less Developed Countries?" The Journal of Development Economics 33, 1990, 89–99. “Union Militancy and Plant Designs," in Masahiko Aoki, Bo Gustafsson and Oliver E. Williamson (eds.) The Firm as a Nexus of Treaties, Sage Publications Ltd, 1990. “Strong Unions or Worker Control," in Jon Elster and Karl Ove Moene (eds.) Alternatives to Captalism, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1989. “A Note on Mechanization and Wage Bargaining," Economics Letters 29(4), 1989, 379–381. “Profit-Sharing, Unions and Investments," Scandinavian Journal of Economics 90(4), 1988, 493– 505. (with M. Hoel) “A Reformulation of the Harris Todaro Mechanism with Endogenous Wages," Economics Letters 28(4), 1988, 387–390. “Union Threats and Wage Determination," The Economic Journal 98, 1988, 471–483. “Keynesian Unemployment and Overmanning," The Economic Journal 97, 1987, 740–746. “Types of Bureaucratic Interaction," Journal of Public Economics 29, 1986, 333–345. “A Note on Keynesian Unemployment as a Worker Disciplin Device," Economics Letters 18(1), 1985, 17–19. “On Weitzman‘s Recession Resistant Employee Compensation Arrangements," Economics Letters 19(4), 1985, 307–309. (with T. Ognedal) “Shopping for an Investment Good," International Economic Review 26,1985, 351–363. “Fluctuations and Factor Proportions. Putty Clay Investments under Uncertainty," in Finn Førsund, Michael Hoel and Svein Longva (eds.) Production, Multisectorial Growth and Planning, North Holland, Amsterdam, 1985.
Selected Publications in Norwegian “Konflikt og hovedavtale," in Trond Bergh (ed.) Avtalt spill, LO Media, Oslo, 2010. “Tocqueville og den nordiske modellen," in Rune Slagstad (ed.) and Jon Elster Elster og sirenenes sang, Pax, Oslo, 2010. “Små lønnsforskjeller og store velferdsstater," Søkelys på arbeidslivet 27(1-2), 2010, 77–86. (with E. Barth) 6
“Gnierindeksen - Et mål på verdens gjerrighet," (The Miser Index - A Measure of the World’s Avarice) in Beatrice Halsaa and Anne Hellum (eds.) Rettferdighet – en dyd av nødvendighet, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 2010. “Gir konkurranse monopol - og monopol konkurranse?" (Does Competition Lead to Monopolies - and do Monopolies Lead to Competition) in Olav Bjerkholt, Aanund Hylland, Bjørg Ofstad, and Kari Skrede (eds.) Rettferd og politikk. Festskrift til Hilde Bojer, Emilia forlag, Oslo, 2009. “Den skandinaviske modellen og økonomisk ulikhet," appendix to Fordelingsutvalget, NOU 2009:10, 2009. (with E. Barth, I. Krueger, J.T. Lind and H. Mehlum) “Paternalisme for liberalister," Minerva 3, 2009, 4–6. “Darwin og økonomene," (Darwin and the Economists) in Dag O. Hessen, Thore Lie and Nils Chr. Stenseth (eds.) Darwin. Verden ble aldri den samme, Gyldendal, Oslo, 2008. “Likhet og åpenhet," Tidsskrift for Velferdsforskning 1, 2008. (with E. Barth) “Tilbake til Democracy in America?" (Back to Democracy in America?) Samfunnsøkonomen 6, 2008. “Fordeling, effektivitet og grunnrente," (Distribution, Efficiency and Resource Rents) in Øyvind Østerud (ed.) Ressursmakt og grunnrente, Rapportserien nr. 44, Makt- og demokratiutredningen, 2002, 2–19. “Er lønnsforskjellene for små?" (Too Small Wage Differentials?) appendix to En strategi for sysselsetting og verdiskaping, NOU 2000:21 (Report to the Holden Commision on Wages and Employment), 2000. (with E. Barth) “Universitetene," (Universities) appendix to Frihet med ansvar – om høgre utdanning og forskning i Norge, NOU 2000:14 (Report to the Mjøs Commission on Higher Education), 2000. (with N.-H. M. von der Fehr) “Makt, marked og byråkrati," (Power, market and bureaucracy) in Øyvind Østerud (ed.) Maktutredningen til debatt - fem kommentarer, Rapportserien nr. 1, Makt- og demokratiutredningen, 1999, 41–55. “Den nordiske samfunnsmodellen," (The Nordic Model) Søkelys på Arbeidsmarkedet 1, 1999. “Hungersnød versus fattigdom," (Famine versus Poverty) Sosialøkonomen 3, 1999. “Nobelprisen til Amartya Sen," (The Nobel prize to Amartya Sen) Sosialøkonomen 9, 1998. “Fra full sysselsetting til varig ledighet?" (From Full Employment to Permanent Unemployment?) Nordisk Tiddsskrift för Politisk Ekonomi 27/28, 1992. (with Å. Cappelen and R. Nymoen) “Jordfordeling og fattigdom," (Poverty and the Allocation of Land) Nordisk Tidskrift för Politisk Ekonomi 23, 1989.
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“Arbeidsløshetens disiplinerende funksjon," (Unemployment as an Effort Inducing Device) Sosialøkonomen 1 ,1986. “Byråkrati og alternative organisasjonsformer," (Bureaucracy and Alternative Organizational Designs) Nordisk Tiddsskrift för Politisk Ekonomi 19, 1986. “Er andelsøkonomi et svar påproblemene i arbeidsmarkedet?" (The Share Economy as a Response to the Problems in the Labor Market) Sosialøkonomen 11, 1985. “Kan spillteori være en vei ut av bakevjen for radikal politisk økonomi?" (Game Teory as a Way out for Radical Political Economics) Nordisk Tidskrift för Politisk Ekonomi, 1985, 24–37. “Medarbeider-eie eller sterke fagforeninger. En teoretisk analyse," (Worker Ownership or Strong Unions. A Theoretical Analysis) Statsøkonomisk Tidsskrift 99(2), 1985, 85–105. “Arbeiderstyrte og kapitalstyrte bedrifter. Noen forskjeller i intern tilpasning," (Worker Managed and Capital Managed Firms. Some Behavioral Differences.) Nordisk Tidskrift för Politisk Ekonomi, 1982. “Klassisk eller keynesiansk arbeidsløshet," (Classical or Kenyesian Unemployment) Sosialøkonomen 5, 1980.
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