Arbetsområden: collective economic decisions, social choice theory, house prices, MPCs

Short Bio

Carl Andreas has been at the Riksbank since 2008. He has previously worked at Norges Bank (central bank of Norway) the Norwegian Ministry of Finance and Agder University (Norway). He has also been advisor to the Bank of Albania.

 

His research covers various fields, including Political Economy, Social Choice and Decision Theory. More recently his research has focused on decision-making in Monetary Policy Committees.


CV

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Education

  • Ph.D., University of Oslo, Norway, March, 2003.
  • Diploma, Advanced Studies Program in International Economic Policy Research, Kiel Institute of World Economics, Germany, June 1996.
  • Cand.Oecon (Higher degree in economics), University of Oslo, Norway, January 1993.

Publications in refereed journals

“Monetary Policy Committees - Comparing Theory and "Inside" Information from MPC Members” (with Mikael Apel, Petra Gerlach-Kristen, Petra Lennartsdotter and Øistein Røisland), International Journal of Central Banking, vol. 11(4), 2015, pages 47-89.

 

"Explaining interest rate decisions when the MPC members believe in different stories" (with Øistein Røisland), International Journal of Central Banking, vol.11(2), 2015, pages 41-64.

 

"The Discursive Dilemma in Monetary Policy" (with Øistein Røisland), Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol 116(3), 2014 pages 702 – 733.  

 

"Are Swedish Houses Overpriced"?, International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis, vol 6(2), 2013, pages 180 - 196.

 

"Overconfidence, Monetary Policy Committees and Chairman Dominance" (with Egil Matsen, Øistein Røisland & Ragnar Torvik), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol 81(2), 2012, pages 699 - 711.

 

"A Quantitative Discursive Dilemma" (with Øistein Røisland), Social Choice and Welfare, vol. 35(1), 2010, pages 49-64.

 

"Majority Voting Leads to Unanimity" (with Geir Asheim & Tore Nilssen), International Journal of Game Theory, vol. 35(1), 2006, pages 91-110.

 

"On the Dynamic Consistency of Reform and Compensation Schemes", Journal of Policy Reform, vol. 5(3), 2002, pages 133-144.

 


Other publications

Nivån på inflationsmålet – en problemöversikt (med Hanna Armelius and Mikael Apel), Penning- och valutapolitik 2:2017 

 

”Inflation targets and intervals – an overview of the issues,” (with Mikael Apel), Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review 1:2017

 

Alternatives to Inflation Targeting,” (with Björn Andersson), Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review 1:2017

 

"What monetary policy committees should vote on", VoxEU Column 14 May 2015.

 

"Monetary policy, interest rates and risk-taking" (with Mikael Apel), Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review 2012:2, pages 68-83.

 

"A Macroeconomic Analysis of House Prices in Sweden" (with Magnus Jonsson and Björn Lagerwall ), The Riksbank’s Commission of Inquiry Into Risks on the Swedish Housing Market, Chapter II.1, 2011, pages 67-96.

 

"Tools and Institutions for Influencing House Prices and Household Debt" (with Tom Andersson, Björn Lagerwall and Pär Torstensson), The Riksbank’s Commission of Inquiry Into Risks on the Swedish Housing Market, Chapter III.3, 2011, pages 297-352.

 

"The Executive Board of the Riksbank and its Work on Monetary Policy – Experiences From the First Ten Years" (with Mikael Apel and Petra Lennartsdotter), Sveriges Riksbank Economic Review 2010:1, pages 84-111.

 

"Comparing monetary policy transparency. The Eijffinger and Geraats index - a comment", Norges Bank Staff Paper No. 10 2008.

 

"Monetary Policy Frameworks – Norges Bank in the Light of the Literature and International Practice" (with Morten Jonassen and Nina Langbraaten), Norges Bank Economic Bulletin vol. 78(4), 2007, pages 154-163.

 

"Comment on Assessing public Liabilities", in Public Debt, proceedings from Banca D'Italia workshop, April 2004. 

 

“Hva sier økonomisk teori om sammensetningen av pengepolitiske komiteer?” (with Øistein Røisland, and Sigrid Hynne ), Økonomisk Forum, no. 2/2004.

 

"Deflasjon?", Penger og Kreditt, 2/03, Norges Bank 2003.

 

“Det amerikanske miraklet - heldige omstendigheter eller «ny økonomi»?", Penger og Kreditt, 99/4, Norges Bank 1999.

 

 

Unpublished working papers

"Picking the Brains of MPC Members" (with Mikael Apel & Petra Lennartsdotter), Sveriges Riksbank Working Paper Series no. 237, 2010.

 

"Collective Economic Decisions and the Discursive Dilemma" (with Øistein Røisland), Norges Bank Working paper no. 3/2005.

 

"Four Essays on the Political Economy of Economic Reform", Doctoral Dissertations in Economics, Norges Bank, 2003.

 

"Persistent Inefficient Redistribution", Norges Bank Working paper no. 11/2002.

 

 "Explaining the Low US Inflation - Coincidence or ‘New Economy’? Evidence Based on a Wage-Price Spiral" (with Karsten Stæhr), Norges Bank Working paper no. 02/2001.

 

"Banking Efficiency in the Nordic Countries: A Multi-Output Analysis" (with Sigbjørn Atle Berg and Finn R. Førsund, Norges Bank Working paper no. 3/1993.


Referee

Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Financial Stability, International Journal of Central Banking, Oxford Economic Papers