Jørn Rattsø
- Professor of economics
- Address: Department of
Economics, NTNU, N-7491
- Office:
- Telephone: +47 73 59 19 34
(direct line) +47 73 59 19 40 (department office)
- Fax: +47 73 59 69 54
- CV
(english version)
- CV
(norsk versjon)
Recent unpublished
papers
Public finance
*The political preferences of public
employees: Challenging the selection hypothesis, separate
tables (with Rune Sørensen, May 2013)
*Partial fiscal decentralization and
public-sector heterogeneity: Theory and evidence from Norway (with
Lars-Erik Borge and Jan Brueckner, August 2012)
* Political control of government
enterprises: Who controls whom? (with Rune Sørensen, January 2012)
* Local adjustment to temporary matching grant
programs: A dynamic analysis (with Lars-Erik Borge, September 2008)
* Young and old competing for public
welfare services (with Lars-Erik Borge, May 2007)
* Fiscal federation or confederation in the European
Union: The challenge of the common pool problem
Urban economics
*Urban wage premium and the role of education:
Identification of agglomeration effects for Norway (with Fredrik Carlsen
and Hildegunn Stokke, September 2012)
* Regional convergence of income and
education: Investigation of distribution dynamics (with Hildegunn Stokke,
January 2013)
* Regional income convergence, skilled
migration and productivity response: Explaining relative stagnation in the
periphery (with
Hildegunn Stokke, January 2009)
* Puzzles of convergence and catching up:
Regional income growth in Norway ( November 2008)
Development economics
* Looking abroad, but
lagging behind: How the world technology frontier affects South Africa
(with Torfinn Harding, April 2009)
Recent publications
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn
Rattsø) Capitalization of
property taxes in Norway, Public Finance Review, 2013
(forthcoming)
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn
E. Stokke) Population divergence and income
convergence: Regional distribution dynamics for Norway, Regional Studies, 2013
(forthcoming)
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn Stokke) Trade, skill biased technical change and
wage inequality in South Africa, Review of
International Economics, 2013 (forthcoming)
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn E.
Stokke) Trade policy in a growth model
with technology gap dynamics and simulations for South Africa, Journal of
Economic Dynamics and Control, 36, 2012, 1042-56
(Torfinn Harding and Jørn Rattsø) Industrial
labor productivities and tariffs in South Africa: Identification based on
multilateral liberalization reform, Economics of
Transition 18, 3, 2010, 459-485.
(Jørn Rattsø and Rune Sørensen) Grey power and public budgets: Family altruism
helps children, but not elderly, European
Journal of Political Economy 26,2, 2010, 222-234.
(Fredrik Carlsen, Bjørg Langset,
Jørn Rattsø og Lasse Stambøl) Using survey data to study capitalization of
local public services, Regional
Science and Urban Economics, 39, 6, 2009, 668-695.
(Matz Dahlberg, Eva Mörk,
Jørn Rattsø and Hanna Ågren) Using a discontinuous
grant rule to identify the effect of grants on local taxes and spending, Journal
of Public Economics, 92, 12, 2008, 2320-2335.
(Lars-Erik Borge og Jørn Rattsø) Property taxation as incentive for cost
control: Empirical evidence for utility services in Norway, European
Economic Review, 52, 2008, 1035-1054.
(Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn Ekroll Stokke) A growth model for South Africa, South Africa Journal
of Economics, 75, 4, 2007, 616-630.
(Jon H. Fiva and
(Xinshen Diao, Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn Ekroll
Stokke) Learning
by exporting and structural change: A Ramsey growth model for Thailand, Journal
of Policy Modeling, 28, 2006, 293-306.
(Jon H. Fiva and
(Fredrik Carlsen, Bjørg
Langset and Jørn Rattsø), The relationship
between firm mobility and tax level: Empirical evidence of fiscal competition
between local governments, Journal
of Urban Economics, 58, 2, September 2005, 273-288.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn
Rattsø), The relationships between
costs and user charges: The case of a Norwegian utility service, FinanzArchiv, 61, 1,
2005, 1-22.
(Xinshen Diao, Jørn Rattsø and Hildegunn Ekroll
Stokke) International spillovers, productivity
growth and openness in Thailand: An intertemporal general equilibrium analysis,
Journal
of Development Economics, 76, 2, 2005, 429-450
(Jørn Rattsø and Rune J.
Sørensen) Public Employees as Swing Voters:
Empirical Evidence on Opposition to Public Sector Reform, Public Choice, 119, 3-4,
June 2004, 281-310.
Fiscal Adjustment under Centralized Federalism: Empirical
Evaluation of the Response to Budgetary Shocks, FinanzArchiv, 60, 2, 2004, 240-261.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn
Rattsø) Income distribution and tax structure: Empirical
test of the Meltzer-Richard hypothesis,
European
Economic Review, 48, 4, 2004, 805-826.
(Ragnar Torvik and Jørn
Rattsø) Interactions Between Agriculture and
Industry: Theoretical Analysis of the Consequences of Discriminating
Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa, Review
of Development Economics, 7, 1, 2003, 138-151 (figures not available
here).
(Jørn
Rattsø and Hildegunn Ekroll Stokke) Learning and Foreign Technology
Spillovers in Thailand: Empirical Evidence on Productivity Dynamics, Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 29, 1, 2003, 47-66.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn
Rattsø), Spending Growth with Vertical
Fiscal Imbalance: Decentralized Government Spending in Norway 1880-1990, Economics and Politics,
14, 3, 2002, 351-373.
(Jørn Rattsø and Per Tovmo) Fiscal Discipline and Asymmetric Adjustment of
Revenue and Expenditures: Local Government Responses to Shocks in Denmark,
Public Finance
Review, 30, 3, 2002, 208-234, separate tables.
Aggregate Local Public Investments and Shocks:
Norway 1946-1990, Applied
Economics, 31, 5, 1999, 577-584|.
(Torberg Falch and Jørn
Rattsø) Local Public Choice of School Spending:
Disaggregating the Demand Function for Educational Services, Economics
of Education Review, 18, 1999, 361-373.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn
Rattsø) Local Government Resource Use under a Centralized System of Financing:
The Case of Norway, Local
Government Studies 25, 1, 1999, 35-54.
(Torberg Falch and Jørn
Rattsø) School Reforms and School Spending Growth,
Journal of
Policy Reform, 3, 1999, 195-227, separate
tables (figures not available here).
(Rob Davies, Jørn Rattsø
and Ragnar Torvik) Short-Run Consequences of
Trade Liberalization : A CGE Model of Zimbabwe, Journal
of Policy Modeling, 20, 3, 1998, 305-333.
(Jørn Rattsø and Ragnar
Torvik) Trade Liberalization in Zimbabwe: Ex
post Evaluation, Cambridge Journal
of Economics, 22, 1998, 325-346.
(Jørn Rattsø and Ragnar
Torvik) Economic Openness, Trade Restrictions
and External Shocks : Modelling the Effects in Sub-Saharan Africa, Economic
Modelling, 15, 1998, 257-286
(Torberg
Falch and Jørn Rattsø) Political Economic
Determinants of School Spending in Federal States: Theory and Time-Series
Evidence, European Journal of Political Economy, 13, 1997, 299-314.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn
Rattsø) Local Government Grants and Income Tax
Revenue: Redistributive Politics in Norway 1900-1990, Public Choice, 92,
1997, 181-197.
(Jorid Kalseth and Jørn
Rattsø) Political Control of
Administrative Spending : The Case of Local Governments in Norway, Economics and Politics,
10, 1997, 63-83.
Older publications (before 1997)
Public finance
Local government allocation
of labour and the grant system: An applied model analysis of local government
behaviour in Norway. Environment and
Planning C: Government and Policy, Vol 7, 1989, s 273-284.
(Lars-Erik
Borge and Jørn Rattsø) Dynamic responses to changing demand: A model of the
reallocation process in small and large municipalities in Norway. Applied Economics, 1993, 25, s 589-598.
(Hans Bonesrønning and Jørn Rattsø) Efficiency Variation Among the Norwegian High
Schools: The Consequences of Equalization Policy, Economics of Education Review Vol. 13, No. 4,
1994, 289-304.
(Lars-Erik Borge, Jørn Rattsø and
Rune Sørensen) Local Government Service
Production: The Politics of Allocative Sluggishness, Public Choice, No. 83, 1995, 135-157.
(Jorid Kalseth and Jørn Rattsø) Spending and Overspending in Local
Government Administration: The Minimum Requirement Approach Applied to Norway,
European Journal of Political Economy,
No. 11, 1995, 239-251.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn Rattsø) Demographic Shift, Relative Costs and the
Allocation of Local Government Consumption in Norway, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 25, 1995, 705-726.
(Torberg Falch and Jørn Rattsø) Sources
of Cost Expansion: Primary Education in Norway 1946-1990, Education Economics, 4, 2, 1996, 161-185.
Development economics
The macroeconomics of
India’s 6th five year plan, Economic
Modelling 3, 4, 1986, 269-282.
A note on social articulation, Journal of Development Economics 21,
2, 1986, 347-352.
The macroeconomic
performance in India 1980-85: An applied general equilibrium model analysis. Journal of Quantitative Economics, Vol
3, No 2, 1987, s 225-258.
Macroeconomic
adjustments in a dual economy under policy controlled domestic terms of trade. Indian Economic Review, Vol XXIII, No 1, 1988, s 45-59.
Macrodynamic
mechanisms in India. World Development,
Vol 16, No 8, 1988,s 959-973.
Macrodynamic adjustment mechanisms in a
dual semi-industraialized economy. Journal
of Development Economics, Vol 30, 1989, s 47-69.
The
asymmetric relation between Sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the world: a
theoretical analysis of the role of imports compression. Eastern Africa Economic Review, Vol 8, No 1, 1993, s 1-11.
Devaluation and Monetary Policy with
Import Compression, Open Economies Review,
Vol. 5, 1994, 159-175.
Medium Run Adjustment Under Import
Compression: Macroeconomic Analysis Relevant for Sub-Saharan Africa, Journal of Development Economics, Vol.
45, No. 1, 1994, 35-54.
(Rob Davies, Jørn Rattsø and Ragnar
Torvik) Macroeconomics of Zimbabwe in the 1980's - A CGE Model Analysis, Journal of African Economies, Vol. 3,
No. 2, 1994, 153-198.
(Rob Davies and Jørn Rattsø) Growth,
Distribution and Environment: Issues for Zimbabwe, World Development, 24, 2, 1996, 395-405.
Good old most cited
paper
Different
macroclosures of the original Johansen model and their impact on policy
evaluation, Journal of
Policy Modeling 4, 1982, 85-97.
Book chapters and
reviews
Book review: Lectures on
Urban Economics, by Jan K. Brueckner, MIT Press, in Urban Economics, 2012
Book review: Hamilton’s Paradox, the Promise
and Peril of Fiscal Federalism, by Jonathan Rodden, Cambridge University
Press, in Journal of Federalism, 2008
Economic General Report, Local tax financing in the Nordic countries, Yearbook for Nordic Tax Research 2005
(Robert Påhlsson, ed.), 33-50
The Macroeconomic Role of Speculative Assets
under Import Compression and Financial Repression, in A. Dutt and J. Ros (eds.), Development
Economics and Structuralist Macroeconomics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003,
p. 136-156.
Book review: The
Economic decline of Zimbabwe: Neither Growth nor Equity, by Carolyn Jenkins
and John Knight, Palgrave, in Journal of African Economies, 12,
2, 2003, p. 298-301
Vertical Fiscal Imbalance in a Welfare State:
Norway, in J. Rodden, G. Eskeland and J. Litvack (eds.), Fiscal
Decentralization and The Challenge of Hard Budget Constraints, Cambridge,
Mass.: MIT Press, 2003.|
(Halvor Mehlum, Jørn Rattsø
and Ragnar Torvik) Trade Liberalization and Investment Response in Zimbabwe, in
C. Mumbengegwi (ed.), Macroeconomic and Structural Adjustment Policies for
Zimbabwe, New York: Palgrave, 2002, p. 195-220.
(Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn
Rattsø) Local Government Budgeting and Borrowing: Norway, in B. Dafflon (ed.),
Local Public Finance: Balanced Budget and Debt Control in European
Countries, Cheltenham: Edvard Elgar, 2002, p. 191-207.
Fiscal Controls in Europe: A Summary, in
B. Dafflon (ed.), Local Public Finance: Balanced Budget and Debt Control in
European Countries, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2002, p. 277-290.
Income Distribution, Growth
and Protectionism in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Case of Zimbabwe, in S.
Storm and C. Naastepad (eds.), Globalization and Economic Development,
Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2001, p. 70-86.
(Rob Davies and Jørn
Rattsø) Zimbabwe: Economic Adjustment, Income Distribution and Trade
Liberalization, in L. Taylor (ed.), External Liberalization, Economic
Performance and Social Policy, Oxford: Oxford University Press,
2001, p. 365-386.
(Jørn Rattsø and Ragnar
Torvik) The Macroeconomics of Foreign Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa: Dutch Disease
Effects Reconsidered, in Kanhaya Gupta (ed.), Foreign Aid: New Perspectives,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
(Rob Davies and Jørn
Rattsø) Zimbabwe, in L. Taylor (ed.), The Rocky Road to Reform: Adjustment,
Income Distribution and Growth in the Developing World, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT
Press, 1993, p. 321-342.
Conflicting
claims and dynamic inflationary mechanisms in India. I Lance Taylor (red.):
Socially relevant policy analysis-structuralist computable eqiulibrium models
for the developing world. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1990, p. 241-269.
(Lance
Taylor, Hiren Sarkar and Jørn Rattsø) Macroeconomic adjustment in a general
equilibrium model for India, in M. Syrquin, Lance Taylor and Larry Westphal
(eds.), Economic Structure and Performance, Orlando, Florida: Academic Press,
1984, p. 493-514.
Book edited on
Scandinavian fiscal federalism
Jørn Rattsø (ed.), Fiscal
Federalism and State-Local Finance: The Scandinavian Perspective,
Committee report
produced for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway, in 2006 (Rattso report on
NGOs):
New roles for non-governmental
organizations in development cooperation
Keynote slides at
European Public Choice Society meeting in Rennes, April 2011
Local policy, agglomeration, and income
convergence
Publications in Norwegian
Jørn Rattsø og Rune Sørensen: Pengerikelighetens utfordringer i offentlig sektor , MAGMA 4/2008
Jørn Rattsø: Den besværlige offentlige sektor, Tidsskriftet Horisont 3/ 2004
Arild Hervik og Jørn Rattsø: Vil vi ha landsdelsregioner? , Økonomisk Forum nr. 9 2004
Jørn Rattsø og Lars Wilhelmsen: NOU 2004:13 En ny arbeids- og velferdsforvaltning , Økonomisk Forum nr. 6 2004
Terje P. Hagen og Jørn Rattsø: Norsk løsning på danske sykehusproblemer? Tidsskriftet Dagens Medicin, 8 mai 2004
Jørn Rattsø: Kommuner i veien for distriktspolitikk, Tidsskriftet Horisont 2/2003
Jørn Rattsø: Den idylliske tid er slutt (Kommune-konkurranse), Tidsskriftet Horisont 1/2003
Jørn Rattsø: Det er ikke penger som er problemet i norsk skole, Tidsskriftet Horisont 1/2002
Jørn Rattsø: Hvordan få mer glede ut av kommunene, Tidsskriftet Horisont 1/2001
Jorid Kalseth, Jørn Rattsø og Rune Sørensen: Ressursbruken i kommunal administrasjon. Hvor mye kan høstes ved færre småkommuner? Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning 1993, årgang 34, s 219-242.
Lars-Erik Borge og Jørn Rattsø: Kommunenes prioritering og omstilling av tjenestetilbudet: Analyse av forskjellene mellom ulike kommunetyper. Norsk Statsvitenskaplig Tidsskrift 1992, (8), 3: s 205-225.
Hans Bonesrønning og Jørn Rattsø: Effektivitetsforskjeller i videregående skole: Analyse av allmennfaglig studieretning i 34 skoler. Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift (NØT), årgang 106, 1992, s 211-242.
Lars-Erik Borge og Jørn Rattsø: Kommunenes prioriteringer før og etter inntektssystemet: Estimering av en dynamisk modell for kommunenes tilpasning. Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift (NØT), årgang 106, 1992, s 17-40
Jørn Rattsø: By mot land: makroøkonomisk analyse med utgangspunkt i debatten om "sakse-krisen" i Sovjetunionen. Nordisk Tidsskrift for Politisk Økonomi, Nr. 23, 1989, s 5-18.
Jørn Rattsø: En økonomisk analyse av pengefondets og verdensbankens strukturtilpasningsprogrammer. Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift (NØT), årgang 103, 1988, s 181-192.
Populist interventions in the public
debate (in Norwegian)
Lønn etter bosted, innlegg DN, 24/3/12
Statskommunene, innlegg DN, 13/2/12
Krisepengespillet, innlegg DN, 26/11/10
De elder taper på eldrebølgen (med Rune Sørensen), kronikk avvist i VG august 2009
Politikerne må rydde opp i bistandsindustrien (med Rune Jansen Hagen), kronikk Dagbladet, 14/5/09
Strategisk bistand (med Rune Jansen Hagen), kronikk VG, 15/4/09
Politikernes pengebruk, kronikk, Dagens Næringsliv, 4/9/07
Snu flyttestrømmen, kronikk, Dagens Næringsliv, 22/8/07
Utdelingspolitikk, kronikk, Dagens Næringsliv, 29/3/07
Frivillige organisasjoner i bistand (med Rune Jansen Hagen), økonomikommentar, Aftenposten, 19/4/07
Regioner gir svekket demokrati (med Rune Sørensen), kronikk VG, 11/4/07
Region søker oppgaver (med Rune Sørensen), utredning CIVITA, april 2007
Forståelig kritikk, innlegg, Bistandskaktuelt, september 2006
Region på jakt etter oppgave, innlegg, Adresseavisen, 9/9/06
Den harmoniske bistanden (med Per Selle), debattinnlegg, Dagbladet, 27/8/06
Bistandsreform, kronikk, VG, 22/8/06
Kommune-Norge i omstilling (med Arild Hervik), kronikk, Nationen, 13/6/05
Det nye store rikstrygdeverket (med Kåre Hagen), kronikk, Dagbladet, 4/4/05
Regionale luftslott (med Arild Hervik), kronikk, Aftenposten, 13/1/05
Trenger vi kommunene? (med Terje P. Hagen), Kronikk, Aftenposten, 1/7 2002
Brytningstid, Kommunal Rapport, november 2002
Standardstatsbarnehagen, Kommunal Rapport, september 2002
Sett pris på veien, Kommunal Rapport, juni 2002
Generalistkommunenes fall? Kommunal Rapport, april 2002
Offentlig fornyelse, igjen, Kommunal Rapport, februar 2002
Kommunestortingsvalgkampen, Kommunal Rapport, juni 2001
Kommunenes egen lille skatt, Kommunal Rapport, april 2001
OECD-gjennomsnittet, Kommunal Rapport, februar 2001
Ledig for oppdrag (fylkeskommunen), Kommunal Rapport, januar 2001
Editor: Kilroy was here Contact
address: Jorn.Rattso@svt.ntnu.no,
Updated: May 2013