Erlend E Bø
@erlendebo-econ.bsky.social
Research economist at Statistics Norway. Urban and public economics.
Norwegian language opinions as @erlendebo.bsky.social
Web page: sites.google.com/site/erlendebo/
Norwegian language opinions as @erlendebo.bsky.social
Web page: sites.google.com/site/erlendebo/
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I'm going to try to put together a mini lit review on some of the recent institutional landlords papers. there are lots of papers, so I will be necessarily omitting many.
Mostly focused on impacts on prices, and whether institutional landlords are killing homeownership and driving up rents.
Mostly focused on impacts on prices, and whether institutional landlords are killing homeownership and driving up rents.
November 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I'm going to try to put together a mini lit review on some of the recent institutional landlords papers. there are lots of papers, so I will be necessarily omitting many.
Mostly focused on impacts on prices, and whether institutional landlords are killing homeownership and driving up rents.
Mostly focused on impacts on prices, and whether institutional landlords are killing homeownership and driving up rents.
I have a new publication out, about the assessment of housing values for tax purposes.
Written with my colleagues Nygård and Thoresen, it is about the current model used for valuing housing in the Norwegian wealth tax, and how to improve the model.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Written with my colleagues Nygård and Thoresen, it is about the current model used for valuing housing in the Norwegian wealth tax, and how to improve the model.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I have a new publication out, about the assessment of housing values for tax purposes.
Written with my colleagues Nygård and Thoresen, it is about the current model used for valuing housing in the Norwegian wealth tax, and how to improve the model.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Written with my colleagues Nygård and Thoresen, it is about the current model used for valuing housing in the Norwegian wealth tax, and how to improve the model.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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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
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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!
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🚨JOB ALERT🚨
We are hiring tenure-track assistant/associate professors in Economics at the University of Oslo.
Fields: macro, micro theory, international trade, development
Application deadline: November 30!
More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
We are hiring tenure-track assistant/associate professors in Economics at the University of Oslo.
Fields: macro, micro theory, international trade, development
Application deadline: November 30!
More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🚨JOB ALERT🚨
We are hiring tenure-track assistant/associate professors in Economics at the University of Oslo.
Fields: macro, micro theory, international trade, development
Application deadline: November 30!
More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
We are hiring tenure-track assistant/associate professors in Economics at the University of Oslo.
Fields: macro, micro theory, international trade, development
Application deadline: November 30!
More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...
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BI is hiring PhD candidates in economics.
We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
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We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
- access to very rich Norwegian microdata
- a competitive salary
- a strong track record in PhD placements.
Please share #EconSky 🙏🙏
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Handelshøyskolen BI Programområdet - Doktorgrad - PhD Candidate in Economics
PhD Candidate in Economics
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September 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
BI is hiring PhD candidates in economics.
We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
- access to very rich Norwegian microdata
- a competitive salary
- a strong track record in PhD placements.
Please share #EconSky 🙏🙏
bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/3539...
We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
- access to very rich Norwegian microdata
- a competitive salary
- a strong track record in PhD placements.
Please share #EconSky 🙏🙏
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Very interesting working paper on market concentration in housing supply by @leqonomics.bsky.social. Higher concentration among house builders gives lower construction, higher price volatility and lower construction volatility. Likely as relevant outside of the US.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
August 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Very interesting working paper on market concentration in housing supply by @leqonomics.bsky.social. Higher concentration among house builders gives lower construction, higher price volatility and lower construction volatility. Likely as relevant outside of the US.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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New, from me: A Trump official is concocting mortgage fraud claims to target opposition. It's a classic authoritarian trick.
Now they are doing it to Lisa Cook, the first Black female member of the Federal Reserve to push her to resign. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-uses...
Now they are doing it to Lisa Cook, the first Black female member of the Federal Reserve to push her to resign. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-uses...
Trump Uses Legal Threats to Push Federal Reserve Member To Resign
Trump administration's weaponization of the DOJ part of an authoritarian pattern
donmoynihan.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
New, from me: A Trump official is concocting mortgage fraud claims to target opposition. It's a classic authoritarian trick.
Now they are doing it to Lisa Cook, the first Black female member of the Federal Reserve to push her to resign. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-uses...
Now they are doing it to Lisa Cook, the first Black female member of the Federal Reserve to push her to resign. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-uses...
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THREAD: the Ways & Means bill creates new opportunities for tax avoidance and evasion, adds complexity to the tax system, and increases filing burdens for low- & moderate-income families.
My @taxlawcenter.org colleagues have more analysis coming, but here's a starter list (suggestions welcome):
My @taxlawcenter.org colleagues have more analysis coming, but here's a starter list (suggestions welcome):
May 13, 2025 at 8:14 PM
THREAD: the Ways & Means bill creates new opportunities for tax avoidance and evasion, adds complexity to the tax system, and increases filing burdens for low- & moderate-income families.
My @taxlawcenter.org colleagues have more analysis coming, but here's a starter list (suggestions welcome):
My @taxlawcenter.org colleagues have more analysis coming, but here's a starter list (suggestions welcome):
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🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵
May 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵
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Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
www.curbed.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
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Excited that our paper about the highly policy-relevant group of students on the margin between dropping out and completing high school is finally forthcoming in JOLE. @eckhoffandresen.bsky.social
Forthcoming in JOLE: "High School Dropout for Marginal Students: Early Career Consequences and Labor Market Outcomes" by
Martin Eckhoff Andresen and Sturla A K Løkken www.journals.uchicag... #EconSky
Martin Eckhoff Andresen and Sturla A K Løkken www.journals.uchicag... #EconSky
March 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Excited that our paper about the highly policy-relevant group of students on the margin between dropping out and completing high school is finally forthcoming in JOLE. @eckhoffandresen.bsky.social
I think this paper makes good arguments for using automatic valuation methods in property tax assessments.
Featured in the latest Digest: "Property Tax Assessments vs Market Values"
https://www.nber.org/digest/202503/property-tax-assessments-vs-market-values
https://www.nber.org/digest/202503/property-tax-assessments-vs-market-values
March 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I think this paper makes good arguments for using automatic valuation methods in property tax assessments.
Interesting on the strong influence of regulations on built form.
The second half of this article has a great overview of modern Chinese residential development worksinprogress.co/issue/chines...
Chinese towers and American blocks - Works in Progress
China builds towers in a park, while America, and nearly everyone else, builds squat mid-rise blocks. The difference comes down to regulation, not culture.
worksinprogress.co
March 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Interesting on the strong influence of regulations on built form.
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An administration serious about fixing the deficit would not fire the people who collect the money needed to fix the deficit.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
February 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
An administration serious about fixing the deficit would not fire the people who collect the money needed to fix the deficit.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-misma...
New working paper with two colleagues (Nygård & Thoresen). We look at how to value residential property for tax purposes.
There are several different taxes on residential property. Mostly, authorities want tax valuations to reflect market value of the property. 1/5 www.ssb.no/en/priser-og...
There are several different taxes on residential property. Mostly, authorities want tax valuations to reflect market value of the property. 1/5 www.ssb.no/en/priser-og...
January 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
New working paper with two colleagues (Nygård & Thoresen). We look at how to value residential property for tax purposes.
There are several different taxes on residential property. Mostly, authorities want tax valuations to reflect market value of the property. 1/5 www.ssb.no/en/priser-og...
There are several different taxes on residential property. Mostly, authorities want tax valuations to reflect market value of the property. 1/5 www.ssb.no/en/priser-og...
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Helping out America’s tax cheats. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
Trump singles out the I.R.S. work force in his hiring freeze executive order.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Helping out America’s tax cheats. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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My paper on the relationship between inequality aversion and non-discrimination has just been published in Economica onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The main result is that inequality aversion in tax policy is overestimated when horizontal equity is ignored.
The main result is that inequality aversion in tax policy is overestimated when horizontal equity is ignored.
Revealing inequality aversion from tax policy and the role of non‐discrimination
Governments have increasing access to individual information, but they exploit little of it when setting taxes. This paper shows how to reveal inequality aversion from observed tax policy choices of ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM
My paper on the relationship between inequality aversion and non-discrimination has just been published in Economica onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The main result is that inequality aversion in tax policy is overestimated when horizontal equity is ignored.
The main result is that inequality aversion in tax policy is overestimated when horizontal equity is ignored.
Finland has downgraded most MDPI and Frontiers journals to junk. Seems reasonable.
julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...
julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...
Changes to the classification
julkaisufoorumi.fi
January 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Finland has downgraded most MDPI and Frontiers journals to junk. Seems reasonable.
julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...
julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...
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U of Oslo hiring new Econ PhD students! Good salary, great work environment (English work language), brilliant colleagues, family-friendly norms, welfare benefits (paid parental leave, access to subsidized child care); great city by the fjord, hiking/skiing a short Metro ride away! shorturl.at/lETgr
PhD Research Fellowships in Economics (271488) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Research Fellowships in Economics (271488), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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December 17, 2024 at 7:26 PM
U of Oslo hiring new Econ PhD students! Good salary, great work environment (English work language), brilliant colleagues, family-friendly norms, welfare benefits (paid parental leave, access to subsidized child care); great city by the fjord, hiking/skiing a short Metro ride away! shorturl.at/lETgr
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Pretty striking findings! www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/app/uploads/...
December 5, 2024 at 1:21 AM
Pretty striking findings! www.parisschoolofeconomics.eu/app/uploads/...
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New working paper! How Business Income Measures Affect Income Inequality and the Tax Burden, with Aaberge, Francesconi and Vestad. Using Norwegian administrative data, we show that income inequality is much higher than commonly measured. Measurement matters! www.iza.org/publications...
November 26, 2024 at 9:10 AM
New working paper! How Business Income Measures Affect Income Inequality and the Tax Burden, with Aaberge, Francesconi and Vestad. Using Norwegian administrative data, we show that income inequality is much higher than commonly measured. Measurement matters! www.iza.org/publications...
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Our paper on local incentives for electric vehicles is finally published in JAERE. This is maybe the most solid piece of research that i have co-authored so far. I hope this will inspire more transport economic research based on administrative microdata.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
Local Incentives and Electric Vehicle Adoption | Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists: Vol 12, No 1
Abstract We study how the adoption of battery electric vehicles—a key technology for decarbonizing transportation—responds to two local incentives: road toll exemption and bus lane access. Combining r...
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November 26, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Our paper on local incentives for electric vehicles is finally published in JAERE. This is maybe the most solid piece of research that i have co-authored so far. I hope this will inspire more transport economic research based on administrative microdata.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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"We find an additional
$1 spent auditing taxpayers above the 90th income percentile yields more than
$12 in revenue, while audits of below-median income taxpayers yield $5."
$1 spent auditing taxpayers above the 90th income percentile yields more than
$12 in revenue, while audits of below-median income taxpayers yield $5."
Recently accepted by #QJE, “A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution,” by Boning, Hendren, Sprung-Keyser (@bsprungkeyser.bsky.social), and Stuart: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
A Welfare Analysis of Tax Audits Across the Income Distribution
Abstract. We estimate the returns to IRS audits of taxpayers across the income distribution. We find an additional ${\$}$1 spent auditing taxpayers above t
doi.org
November 19, 2024 at 7:08 AM
"We find an additional
$1 spent auditing taxpayers above the 90th income percentile yields more than
$12 in revenue, while audits of below-median income taxpayers yield $5."
$1 spent auditing taxpayers above the 90th income percentile yields more than
$12 in revenue, while audits of below-median income taxpayers yield $5."
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SaM 2025 conference
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SaM 2025 at Vilnius University. Submit your papers!
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