Lars-Erik Borge

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Professor, Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Director, Center for Economic Research at NTNU (SØF)
Telephone: +47 73 59 19 41 (direct line) +47 73 59 19 40 (office)
Fax: +47 73 59 69 54
E-mail

Curriculum Vitae

Research interests

Local public finance
Fiscal federalism
Political economy

Recent working papers

Young and old competing for public welfare services, with Jørn Rattsø.
Centralized or decentralized financing of local governments: Consequences for efficiency and inequality of service provision.

Articles in international journals (since 2000)

Myopic or contrained by balanced-budget-rules? The intertemporal spending behavior of Norwegian local governments (WP version), FinanzArchiv, 654, 200-219, with Per Tovmo.
Efficiency potential and determinants of efficiency: An analysis of the care for the elderly sector in Norway, International Tax and Public Finance, 2009, 16, 468-486, with Marianne Haraldsvik.
Property taxation as incentive for cost control: Empirical evidence for utility services in Norway, European Economic Review, 2008, 52, 1035-1054, with Jørn Rattsø.
Public sector efficiency: The roles of political and budgetary institutions, fiscal capacity, and democratic participation, Public Choice, 2008, 136, 475-495, with Torberg Falch and Per Tovmo.
Efficiency potential and efficiency variation in Norwegian lower secondary schools, FinansArchiv, 2006, 62, 221-249, with Linn Renée Naper.
Strong politicians, small deficits: Evidence from Norwegian local governments, European Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 21, 325-344.
The relationships between costs and user charges: The case of a Norwegian utility service, FinanzArchiv, 2005, 61, 98-119, with Jørn Rattsø.
Public employment and regional risk sharing: Norway 1977-90, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2004, 106, 215-230, with Egil Matsen.
Income distribution and tax structure: Empirical test of the Meltzer-Richard hypothesis, European Economic Review, 2004, 48, 805-826, with Jørn Rattsø.
Spending growth with vertical fiscal imbalance: Norway 1880-1990, Economics and Politics, 2002, 14, 351-373, with Jørn Rattsø.
Aggregating spending preferences: An empirical analysis of party preferences in Norwegian local governments, Public Choice, 2002, 110, 225-243, with Rune J. Sørensen.
Charging for public services: The case of utilities in Norwegian local governments, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2000, 30, 703-718.

Chapters in international books (since 2000)

Norwegian economic national report, in R. Påhlsson (Ed.) Yearbook of Nordic Tax Research 2005: Local Taxation, Universitetsforlaget, 2005, 127-136.
Local government budgeting and borrowing: Norway, in B. Dafflon (Ed.) Local Public Finance in Europe: Balancing the Budget and Controlling Debt, Edward Elgar, 2002, 191-208, with Jørn Rattsø.

Norwegian publications (since 2000)

Gir mer penger bedre velferd?, Horisont, 2006, 7(1), 10-16, med Rune J. Sørensen.
Eiendomsskatten: Statlig eller kommunal? Obligatorisk eller frivillig?, Økonomisk forum 2004, 58(9), 16-21.
Utbyggingsavgifter: Effektiv finansiering av kommunal infrastruktur?, Økonomisk forum, 2002, 56(7), 30-35, med Torberg Falch.
Lokal beskatningsfrihet i det norske styringsopplegget for kommunesektoren, Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning, 2001, 42, 163-189, med Fredrik Carlsen og Jørn Rattsø.
Forholdet mellom staten og kommunesektoren: Er konsultasjoner veien å gå?, Sosialøkonomen, 2000, 54(4), 17-21.

Reports from Centre for Economic Research at NTNU (in Norwegian)

Ressurser og resultater i grunnopplæringen, Rapport 04/08, med Hans Bonesrønning, Marianne Haraldsvik og Bjarne Strøm.
Effektivitet og effektivitetsutvikling i kommunesektoren: Sluttrapport, Rapport 07/06, med Kjell J. Sunnevåg.
Empirisk analyse av handlingsplanen for eldreomsorgen, Rapport 06/06, med Marianne Haraldsvik.
Effektivitetsforskjeller og effektiviseringspotensial i pleie- og omsorgssektoren, Rapport 03/06, med Marianne Haraldsvik.
Effektivitet og effektivitetsutvikling i kommunesektoren: Rapportering for 2005, Rapport 02/06, med Marianne Haraldsvik, Linn Renée Naper og Kjell J. Sunnevåg.
Ressursbruk i grunnopplæringen, Rapport 01/06, med Linn Renée Naper.
Ressurssituasjonen i grunnskolen 2002-2004, Rapport 06/05, med Linn Renée Naper.
Effektivitet og effektivitetsutvikling i kommunesektoren: Rapportering for 2004, Rapport 05/05, med Kjell J. Sunnevåg.
Kommunenes økonomiske tilpasning til tidsavgrensede statlige satsinger, Rapport 03/05, med Jørn Rattsø.
Ressursbruk og tjenestetilbud i institusjons- og hjemmetjenesteorienterte kommuner, Rapport 01/05, med Marianne Haraldsvik.

Updated: 30.09.2009