News about Economy

Reducing the VAT is an inefficient way to compensate consumers for higher prices

Jakob Egholt Søgaard to TV2 News: Lower VAT on fruit and vegetables sounds simple, but leads to more bureaucracy.

Growth Strategies and Welfare Reforms in Denmark

In a new chapter Christian Lyhne Ibsen and Jette Steen Knudsen analyze the development of Denmarks balanced export-led growth strategy and the role of industrial relations and social policy reforms.

Are People Systematically Inactive Across Financial Decisions?

Henrik Yde Andersen, Camilla Skovbo Christensen, Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Søren Leth-Petersen

Do Mothers Anticipate the Career Impact of Childbirth?

Andrew Caplin, Søren Leth-Petersen, Christopher Tonetti

Opposition by Imitation: The Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism

New book by Assistant Professor Christina Jerne

Implementation and enforcement of labour clauses

In a new article in Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research Jens Arnholtz and colleagues examines the challenges that can arise when labour clauses are implemented in public procurement.

Good deals - bad for the climate: Supermarket volume discounts lead to food waste

A new study reveals an unfortunate effect of supermarkets' popular “2 for 1” offers: Not only do they make us buy more, these offers also lead to food waste at home.

Good deals - bad for the climate: Supermarket volume discounts lead to food waste

A new study reveals an unfortunate effect of supermarkets' popular “2 for 1” offers: Not only do they make us buy more, these offers also lead to food waste at home.

Christina Gravert has been appointed to the Scientific Advisory Council for the CEO of Société Générale

The purpose of the Scientific Advisory Council is to provide Société Générale's General Management with science-based advice on key emerging trends that will influence the Group’s business and activities in the future.…

Economists: Long-term investments can become more equitable

Two economists have developed a new way of looking at equity between later and earlier generations in the long-term investments we make as a society in areas such as climate change. The new theoretical framework could…

Conflict and coordination in the cost-of-living crisis

Christian Lyhne Ibsen et al. has written the introduction to a special issue on how European states and social partners have handled the inflation crisis in 2021-2023.

External CEBI member Stefanie Stantcheva receives the John Bates Clark medal

The John Bates Clark medal is one of the most prestigious and eagerly anticipated AEA awards.

Marat Karatayev

Dr. Marat Karatayev is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow researching energy transitions, climate change, and sustainability, with a focus on policy, innovation, and the water-energy-food nexus.

Claus T. Kreiner invited to speak in the series of talks, “The World Tried to Explain"

The title of the talk is "The overlooked key to financial success? Patience"

VAT adjustments could save 170,000 lives a year in Europe

170,000 deaths a year could be avoided if European countries were to increase value-added tax (VAT) rates on meat and dairy products, while reducing them on fruits and vegetables. Such changes would also reduce Europe’s…

Export support is of great help to Danish companies

Support from export advisors significantly increases Danish companies' sales in international markets. This is according to a new study conducted by researchers from the University of Copenhagen.

Grandmothers experience a significant income drop when the first grandchild arrives

When women have grandchildren, their connection to the labour market weakens – and with it their income. Grandfathers are largely spared. This is according to a new study from the University of Copenhagen and the London…

Taxing the Wealth of the Poor

Niels Johannesen, Johan Sæverud & Emmanuel Saez' working paper Taxing the Wealth of the Poor: Evidence from the Danish Old-Age Support Asset Test featured on the NBER website.

Does the child penalty strike twice?

Mette Gørtz, Sarah Sander and Almudena Sevilla' paper published in European Economic Review

We hesitate with energy-efficient solutions - economist aims to discover why

Associate Professor in economics Christina Gravert will uncover the psychological barriers preventing widespread adoption of energy-efficient technologies in households.

Christina Gravert receives Carlsberg’s Semper Ardens Accelerate grant

for her research project “Behavioral foundations of Technology Adoption: Bridging the Energy-Efficiency gap (BeTA-BEE)”

Niels Thygesen's Scholarship for Economics Students Established

On the occasion of Professor Niels Thygesen's 90th birthday, a group of Niels' former students and his family have established a scholarship for economics students at the University of Copenhagen.

Researchers: If Power-to-X is to be a real climate solution, the state needs to use the stick

Despite the massive hype surrounding Power-to-X (PtX), most of the world's announced green hydrogen projects lack financing. The market is deemed far too risky by stakeholders. And, there are many potential pitfalls.…

Economist wants to shed light on corporate waste

How is a company's waste production and recycling affected by owners, managers, employees and lenders? Professor Morten Bennedsen will investigate this in a new project supported by Independent Research Fund Denmark.