Olvar Bergland
@oobergland.bsky.social
Energy economics, industrial organization and econometrics. IAEE, IEEE.
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
We're pleased to announce vacancies in PhD specialisation in Economics. We are mainly looking for candidates in Industrial organisation, Macroeconomics, Behavioural economics and Labour economics. Application deadline is 15 January 2026.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
PhD Research Scholar positions - Department of Economics (290205) | NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Job title: PhD Research Scholar positions - Department of Economics (290205), Employer: NHH Norwegian School of Economics, Deadline: Thursday, January 15, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
December 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We're pleased to announce vacancies in PhD specialisation in Economics. We are mainly looking for candidates in Industrial organisation, Macroeconomics, Behavioural economics and Labour economics. Application deadline is 15 January 2026.
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
In this week's Energy Institute blog, Max Auffhammer's highly entertaining and also very serious take on redesigning electricity bills so customers can actually understand them. An important step in enabling demand flexibility. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/a...
A Small Beautiful Bill
It would be nice if I could understand my energy bill. This is the time of the year where we are gathered around tables – mostly with loving family and tasty food- and then someone says…
energyathaas.wordpress.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In this week's Energy Institute blog, Max Auffhammer's highly entertaining and also very serious take on redesigning electricity bills so customers can actually understand them. An important step in enabling demand flexibility. energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/12/01/a...
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
In addition to his resignation, note that “effective immediately, the AEA has imposed a lifetime prohibition on Mr. Summers' attending, speaking at, or otherwise participating in AEA-sponsored events or activities, including serving in any editorial or refereeing capacity for AEA journals.”
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
www.aeaweb.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
In addition to his resignation, note that “effective immediately, the AEA has imposed a lifetime prohibition on Mr. Summers' attending, speaking at, or otherwise participating in AEA-sponsored events or activities, including serving in any editorial or refereeing capacity for AEA journals.”
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
From shops stocking mince pies in September to festive songs entering the charts in November, festive ‘creep’ is on the rise. on.ft.com/4ivoKgh
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
From shops stocking mince pies in September to festive songs entering the charts in November, festive ‘creep’ is on the rise. on.ft.com/4ivoKgh
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
#Democracy thins at the edges when the state withdraws from places. #Hospitals closed, courthouses moved, what begins as an efficiency drive ends in alienation.
Fregoni & Leonardi's @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper links institutional retreat to #populism. doi.org/10.1080/0034...
Fregoni & Leonardi's @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper links institutional retreat to #populism. doi.org/10.1080/0034...
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
#Democracy thins at the edges when the state withdraws from places. #Hospitals closed, courthouses moved, what begins as an efficiency drive ends in alienation.
Fregoni & Leonardi's @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper links institutional retreat to #populism. doi.org/10.1080/0034...
Fregoni & Leonardi's @regionalstudies.bsky.social paper links institutional retreat to #populism. doi.org/10.1080/0034...
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
Would you look at that.
New: @theins.press saw the Witkoff-Dmitriev plan six months ago in draft form—except it was all Dmitriev. Bloomberg reports now Dmitriev told Ushakov he’d pass along a Russian plan and the Americans “can present it as their own”: theins.press/en/politics/...
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Would you look at that.
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
Examining the One Laptop Per Child program in Peruvian rural primary schools finds no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative ones on grade progression, from Cueto, Beuermann, Cristia, Malamud, and Pardo www.nber.org/papers/w34495
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Examining the One Laptop Per Child program in Peruvian rural primary schools finds no significant effects on academic performance but some evidence of negative ones on grade progression, from Cueto, Beuermann, Cristia, Malamud, and Pardo www.nber.org/papers/w34495
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
November 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
Dallas Burtraw at @rff.org has an excellent explainer on the climate and energy bills that passed the California legislature and were signed by Gov. Newsom in September. No blog could cover all the critical details, but Dallas hits the major points.
www.resources.org/common-resou...
www.resources.org/common-resou...
California’s Innovative Vision for Climate Policy and Energy Affordability
In late September, California passed a legislation package to help achieve the state’s climate neutrality goals. This blog post analyzes aspects of the legislation and describes how they work to reduc...
www.resources.org
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Dallas Burtraw at @rff.org has an excellent explainer on the climate and energy bills that passed the California legislature and were signed by Gov. Newsom in September. No blog could cover all the critical details, but Dallas hits the major points.
www.resources.org/common-resou...
www.resources.org/common-resou...
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
Aurélien Saïdi, @cescoeco.bsky.social & I have a new JEDC paper on Michel Juillard's contribution to macro, aka his role as architect & curator of open-source Dynare software—used worldwide to estimate and simulate DSGE models
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Aurélien Saïdi, @cescoeco.bsky.social & I have a new JEDC paper on Michel Juillard's contribution to macro, aka his role as architect & curator of open-source Dynare software—used worldwide to estimate and simulate DSGE models
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
It's important for 2 reasons:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
⚡ Europe’s electricity capacity mechanisms need to be better coordinated
🤝 How can the EU build consensus for greater cross-border coordination?
🖊️ By Pär Holmberg, @maurerchr.christophmaurer.de, Monika Morawiecka, Fabien Roques and @gzachmann.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/thcJkkR
#EconSky
🤝 How can the EU build consensus for greater cross-border coordination?
🖊️ By Pär Holmberg, @maurerchr.christophmaurer.de, Monika Morawiecka, Fabien Roques and @gzachmann.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/thcJkkR
#EconSky
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
⚡ Europe’s electricity capacity mechanisms need to be better coordinated
🤝 How can the EU build consensus for greater cross-border coordination?
🖊️ By Pär Holmberg, @maurerchr.christophmaurer.de, Monika Morawiecka, Fabien Roques and @gzachmann.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/thcJkkR
#EconSky
🤝 How can the EU build consensus for greater cross-border coordination?
🖊️ By Pär Holmberg, @maurerchr.christophmaurer.de, Monika Morawiecka, Fabien Roques and @gzachmann.bsky.social
🔗 buff.ly/thcJkkR
#EconSky
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
New working paper
econpapers.repec.org/paper/aplwpa...
econpapers.repec.org/paper/aplwpa...
EconPapers: A Meta-Analysis of SBC Contingent Valuation: Willingness to Pay Estimates, Determinants of Reliability and Replication of Split-Sample Hypothesis Tests
By John C. Whitehead, Tim Haab, Lynne Lewis, Leslie Richardson and Pete Schuhmann; Abstract: The single binary choice (SBC) question format, commonly used in contingent valuation studies and modeled a...
econpapers.repec.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New working paper
econpapers.repec.org/paper/aplwpa...
econpapers.repec.org/paper/aplwpa...
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
To my students: Lean into skills AI amplifies, not ones it bulldozes. Frame good questions, scope problems, interpret messy data, apply judgment, explain clearly. The bot can autocomplete; you bring curiosity, context, and ethics.
November 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
To my students: Lean into skills AI amplifies, not ones it bulldozes. Frame good questions, scope problems, interpret messy data, apply judgment, explain clearly. The bot can autocomplete; you bring curiosity, context, and ethics.
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
Update your syllabus and stay on the frontier - it will increase your students’ wages. Epic work by my colleagues @barbarabiasi.com and @profsongma.bsky.social #linkoftheday
www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
November 15, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Update your syllabus and stay on the frontier - it will increase your students’ wages. Epic work by my colleagues @barbarabiasi.com and @profsongma.bsky.social #linkoftheday
www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
www.barbarabiasi.com/uploads/1/0/...
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
Jeg skrev om den kompetansen man faktisk trenger i språkmodell-samfunnet (spoiler: det er ikke å være god til å prompte)
Du må kunne mye for å bruke KI
Den viktigste kompetansen barn og unge kan tilegne seg, er å forstå tekster i en gitt sammenheng.
www.dagsavisen.no
November 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Jeg skrev om den kompetansen man faktisk trenger i språkmodell-samfunnet (spoiler: det er ikke å være god til å prompte)
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
De rikeste bydelene i Oslo velger norgespris. De fattigste lar være. Energiministeren mener løsningen er bedre informasjon. Men er dette først og fremst et informasjonsproblem? Her er ukas «Kalddusj».
Et strømmarked som ekskluderer de svake - Filter Nyheter
Nye tall fra Elhub viser at de som mest trenger å spare på strøm, i minst grad velger fastprisordningen norgespris.
filternyheter.no
November 13, 2025 at 2:49 PM
De rikeste bydelene i Oslo velger norgespris. De fattigste lar være. Energiministeren mener løsningen er bedre informasjon. Men er dette først og fremst et informasjonsproblem? Her er ukas «Kalddusj».
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
We're hiring! Postdoc positions in environmental econ, political econ, microeconomic theory, U of Oslo: econjobmarket.org/positions/12.... Brilliant & friendly colleagues, lovely city, beautiful nature, family friendly norms, Oslo's best views from our lunch room!
EJM - Econ Job Market
econjobmarket.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
We're hiring! Postdoc positions in environmental econ, political econ, microeconomic theory, U of Oslo: econjobmarket.org/positions/12.... Brilliant & friendly colleagues, lovely city, beautiful nature, family friendly norms, Oslo's best views from our lunch room!
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
www.aeaweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
I have a @nytimes.com op-ed today on managing power demand growth. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward rate pressure (and avoid gas overbuild), if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
November 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I have a @nytimes.com op-ed today on managing power demand growth. Central point: load growth is an opportunity to *offset* upward rate pressure (and avoid gas overbuild), if we plan the system to make fuller use of infrastructure we’ve already paid for. 🔌💡 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
I am looking for a post-doc working on behavioral/environmental/urban/energy economics to join my group at the University of Copenhagen. Position is 2 years (possibly 3), good salary, free health insurance, one of the most livable cities in the world. Apply here: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Postdoctoral Position in Behavioral and Environmental Economics
jobportal.ku.dk
November 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I am looking for a post-doc working on behavioral/environmental/urban/energy economics to join my group at the University of Copenhagen. Position is 2 years (possibly 3), good salary, free health insurance, one of the most livable cities in the world. Apply here: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
Many thanks to all my readers for your support and notes of congratulations!
The Pulitzer Prizes in NYC
It's been a ride
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-pulitz...
The Pulitzer Prizes in NYC
It's been a ride
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-pulitz...
November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Many thanks to all my readers for your support and notes of congratulations!
The Pulitzer Prizes in NYC
It's been a ride
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-pulitz...
The Pulitzer Prizes in NYC
It's been a ride
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/the-pulitz...
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
Why did Elsevier drop Water Resources and Economics?
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Why did Elsevier drop Water Resources and Economics?
Reposted by Olvar Bergland
New article out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social ! In 2015–16, Russia’s FSB tested migration as a strategic tool in the High North, using state-orchestrated mobility to pressure neighbours, exploit humanitarian norms, and project influence short of war. Read the full article 👇
#OpenAccess
#hybridwarfare
#OpenAccess
#hybridwarfare
#OpenAccess from @ejisbisa.bsky.social -
Implementing a new tool: Russia’s strategic use of migrants towards Norway and Finland 2015/16 - https://cup.org/3WDCbAT
- @kaeggen.bsky.social & Jyri Lavikainen
#FirstView
Implementing a new tool: Russia’s strategic use of migrants towards Norway and Finland 2015/16 - https://cup.org/3WDCbAT
- @kaeggen.bsky.social & Jyri Lavikainen
#FirstView
November 3, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New article out in @ejisbisa.bsky.social ! In 2015–16, Russia’s FSB tested migration as a strategic tool in the High North, using state-orchestrated mobility to pressure neighbours, exploit humanitarian norms, and project influence short of war. Read the full article 👇
#OpenAccess
#hybridwarfare
#OpenAccess
#hybridwarfare