Knut Reidar Wangen, Associate professor (economics)

Research fields

• Addiction
• Corporate taxation
• Household consumption behavior
• Health economics
• Microeconometrics

Education

• Phd in economics (Dr. polit. degree) at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo, in 2002.Thesis 
• Cand.oecon. degree at the Department of Economics, University of Oslo, in 1996.

Professional experience

• Associate professor in economics, Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo. 2006-present.
• Research Fellow: Unit for Taxation, Inequality and Consumer Behaviour; Research Department, Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå). 2002-2007.
• Economist: Division of Microeconometrics, Research Department, Statistics Norway (Statistisk sentralbyrå). 1996-2002.

Publications in English:

• Bolkesjø TF, Solberg B, Wangen KR (2007): "Heterogeneity in nonindustrial private roundwood supply: Lessons from a large panel of forest owners." Journal of Forest Economics, 13:7-28. JFE.
• Wangen KR, Biørn E (2006): "How do consumers switch between close substitutes when price variation is small? The case of cigarette types." Spanish Economic Review, 8:239-253. SER
• Biørn E, Skjerpen T, Wangen KR (2006): "Can random coefficient Cobb-Douglas production functions be aggregated to similar macro functions?" in Baltagi BH "Panel data Econometrics":229-258, Elsevier, Amsterdam. Elsevier

Publications in Norwegian:

• Røed Larsen E, Wangen KR (2004): "Kunstig skille mellom god og dårlig deflasjon?" Økonomisk forum, 58, 3:4-5.ØF
• Wangen KR (2003): "En konsuments kvaler ved vanedannelse og nåtidsskjevhet." Økonomisk forum, 57, 4:30-33.ØF
• Wangen KR (2003): "Røyke eller ikke røyke - sigaretter eller rullings?" Økonomiske analyser, 3:25-30.ØA

Unpublished work:

• Wangen, KR (2005): An expenditure estimation of Britain's black economy revisited. Discussion papers, 414, Statistics  Norway, Oslo.SSB
• Wangen, KR (2004): Some fundamental problems in  Becker, Grossman and Murphy's implementation of rational addiction theory. Discussion papers, 375, Statistics Norway, Oslo. SSB
• Wangen, KR (2004): "How extensive is the self-employeds' tax evasion?" Rapport 71, Economic research programme on taxation, The Research Council of Norway, Oslo.NFR 
• Wangen KR, Biørn E (2001): Individual heterogeneity and price responses in tobacco consumption: a two-commodity analysis of unbalanced panel data. Discussion papers, 294, Statistics Norway, Oslo. SSB

Links:

• Research group on addiction