Professor of Economics, University of Stavanger
Ph.D. in Economics, University of Oslo, 2002
Recent Award:
Outstanding Young Investigator(Yngre fremragende forsker). Awarded by the Norwegian Research Council (9.8 million NOK). Project Title: The Effects of Labor Force Participation on Spouses, Children and Peers, 2008-2012.
International Publications:
Rege, M, K. Telle and M. Votruba, 2011, “Parental Job Loss and Children’s School Performance”, The Review of Economic Studies, forthcoming.
Cooper, D. and M. Rege, 2011, “Social Interaction Effects and Choice Under Uncertainty: An Experimental Study”, Games and Economic Behavior, forthcoming.
Kalil, A., M. Mogstad, M. Rege and M. Votruba, 2011, ”Divorced Fathers’ Proximity and Children’s Long Run Outcomes: Evidence from Norwegian Registry Data”, Demography, forthcoming.
Rege, M., K. Telle and M. Votruba, 2009, “The Effect of Plant Downsizing on Disability Pension Utilization”, Journal of the European Economic Association, 7(4), p. 754-785.
Rebitzer, J.B, M. Rege and C. Shepard, 2008, “Influence, information Overload and Information Technology in Health Care”, Advances in Health Economics and Health Services Research, 19, p. 43- 69.
Rege, M., 2008, “Why do People Care about Social Status?”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 66(2), 233-242.
Brekke K.A, K. Nyborg and M. Rege, 2007, “The Fear of Exclusion: Individual Effort when Group Formation is Endogenous”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 109 (3), p. 531-550.
Brekke K.A. and M. Rege, 2007, “Advertising as Distortion of Social Learning”, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics: Topic in Theoretical Economics, 7(1).
Rege, M. and K. Telle, 2006, “Unaffected Strangers Affect Contributions”, Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 32(2).
Rege, M. and K. Telle, 2004, “The Impact of Social Approval and Framing on Cooperation in Public Good Situations”, Journal of Public Economics, 88 (7-8), p. 1625-1644.
Rege, M., 2004, “Social Norms and Private Provision of Public Goods”, Journal of Public Economic Theory, 6 (1), p. 65-77.
Nyborg, K. and M. Rege, 2003, “On Social Norms: The Evolution of Considerate Smoking Behavior”, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 52 (3), p. 323-340.
Nyborg, K. and M. Rege, 2003, “Does Public Policy Crowd Out Private Contributions to Public Goods?”, Public Choice, 115(3),
p. 397-418.
Rege, M., 2000, “Strategic Policy and Environmental Quality: Helping the Domestic Industry to Provide Credible Information”, Environmental and Resource Economics, 14(3), 279-296.
Working Papers:
Rege, M, T. Skardhamar, K. Telle and M. Votruba, 2009, Job Loss and Crime: Evidence from Plant Closure, revise and resubmit from Journal of Labor economics.
Rege, M, K. Telle and M. Votruba, 2007, Plant Closure and Marital Dissolution, Research Department, Statistics Norway, Discussion Papers No. 514.
Rege, M, K. Telle and M. Votruba, 2007, Social Interaction Effects in Disability Pension Participation: Evidence from Plant Downsizing, Research Department, Statistics Norway, Discussion Papers No. 496, revise and resubmit from Scandinavian Journal of Economics.
Solli, I.F, Rege, M, 2010, The Impact of Paternity Leave on Long-term Father Involvement. CESWifo working paper No. 3130.
