Ola Kvaløy is dean and professor of economics at the University of Stavanger School of Business and Law. He received his PhD from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in 2003, and is currently affiliated with NHH as adjunct professor.
Bio
Kvaløy specializes in the field of organizational economics and behavioral economics. He has worked extensively on incentive theory and contract theory, in particular trust-based relational contracts. He has also done experimental work on incentives, motivation and investment behavior.
Kvaløy has been principal investigator in several large research projects funded by the Norwegian Research Council, and has published his research in leading international journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of Labor Economics, Management Science and Review of Finance.
Kvaløy is an op-ed columnist in the Norwegian business newspaper, Dagens Næringsliv, and sits in the editorial board of the economics festival Kåkånomics. He is also currently member of two governmental expert committees on taxation and climate change, respectively.
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Publications
Publications by Ola Kvaløy.
Balanced scorecards: A relational contract Approach, Journal of Accounting Research, 2022 (with Trond E. Olsen)
Fair Advice (with Kristoffer W. Eriksen, Sebastian Fest and Oege Dijk) Journal of Banking & Finance, 2022, 106571
Investing other People’s Money (with Sascha Füllbrunn and Wolfgang Luhan). 2022. Handbook of Experimental Finance, Edward Elgar Publishing.
Leadership styles and labor-market conditions (with Robert Dur and Anja Schöttner). Management Science, vol 68, 2022, 3150-3168
How (not) to motivate online workers: Two controlled field experiments on leadership in the gig economy (with Sebastian Fest, Petra Nieken and Anja Schöttner), The Leadership Quarterly vol 32, 2021, 101514
Effort provision in a game of luck (with Mads N. Arnestad, Kristoffer W. Eriksen and Bjørnar Laurila). Frontiers in Psychology, 2021, 12, 1-10.
Conspiracy against the public – An experiment on collusion (with Åshild A. Johnsen). Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, vol 94, 2021, 101742
Risk-taking on behalf of others, Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, vol. 26, 2020,100283 (with Kristoffer W. Eriksen and Miguel Luzuriaga)
Gjedrem, William Gilje; Kvaløy, Ola (2020) Relative performance feedback to teams, Labour Economics ISSN 0927-5371. Volum 66. DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101865
Relational contracts, multiple agents and correlated outputs, Management Science, 2019, 65(11):5360-5370 (with Trond E. Olsen)
Produktivitet og insentiver i offentlig sektor, BETA Tidsskrift for bedriftsøkonomi , 2018, 32 (2), s. 148–164 (with Klaus Mohn)
A Trust game in loss domain, Experimental Economics vol. 20, 2017, 860–877 (with Miguel Luzuriga and Trond Olsen)
No guts, no glory: An experiment on excessive risk-taking, Review of Finance vol. 21, 2017, 1327–1351 with Kristoffer W. Eriksen)
Incentive provision when contracting is costly, Economica, vol. 83, 2016 741–767 (with Trond E. Olsen)
Does strategic kindness crowd out prosocial behavior?Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 132, 2016, 1–11 (with Åshild Auglænd Johnsen)
Incentives to Motivate, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 116, 2015, 26–42 (with Anja Schöttner)
Hidden Benefits of Reward: A Field Experiment on Motivation and Monetary Incentives, European Economic Review, vol. 76, 2015, 188–199 (with Petra Nieken and Anja Schöttner)
The Tenuous Relationship Between Effort and Performance Pay, Journal of Public Economics, vol. 121, 2015, 32–39 (with Trond E. Olsen).
Playing the Trust Game with Other People’s Money, Experimental Economics, vol. 17, 2014, 615–630 (with Miguel Luzuriaga).
Myopic Risk-taking in Tournaments Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 97, 2014, 37–46, (with Kristoffer W. Eriksen).
The Rise of Individual Performance PayJournal of Economics & Management Strategy, vol. 21, 2012, 493–518 (with Trond E. Olsen).
An Empirical Study of Performance Appraisal and Career Opportunities International Journal of Business and Management, vol. 7, 2012, 22–35, (with Arngrim Hunnes and Klaus Mohn)
Tournaments with Prize-Setting Agents, Scandinavian Journal of Economics vol. 113, 2011, 729–753 (with Kristoffer W. Eriksen and Trond E. Olsen).
Performance Pay and Dynamic Social Preferences, Journal of Economic Psychology, vol. 31, 2010, 698–704
Myopic Investment Management, Review of Finance, vol. 14, 2010, 521–542 (with Kristoffer W. Eriksen).
Do Financial Advisors Exhibit Myopic Loss Aversion?, Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, vol. 24, 2010, pp. 159–170 (with Kristoffer W. Eriksen).
Endogenous Verifiability and Relational Contracting, American Economic Review vol. 99, 2009, 2193–2208 (with Trond E. Olsen). (working paper version)
Cooperation in Knowledge-Intensive Firms, Journal of Human Capital, vol. 2, 2008, 410–440 (with Trond E. Olsen)
Relative Performance Evaluation, Agent Hold-Up, and Firm Organization. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (special issue), vol. 22, 2008, 229–241 (with Trond Olsen).
Do Norms Matter for Firm Boundaries? Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 37, 2008, 969–975.
Cost Structure and Vertical Integration Between Farming and Processing, Journal of Agricultural Economics, vol. 59, 2008, 296–311 (with Ragnar Tveterås).
Asset Specificity and Vertical Integration. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 109, 2007, 551–572
Team Incentives in Relational Employment Contracts. Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 24, 2006, 139–169 (with Trond E. Olsen).
Self-enforcing Contracts in Agriculture, European Review of Agricultural Economics, vol. 33, 2006, 73-92. (EAAE award for best European paper in Agricultural Economics, 2006)
The Economic Organization of Specific Assets in the Offshore Industry. The Changing World of Oil: An Analysis of Corporate Change and Adaptation (J. Davis et. al. eds), 2006, Ashgate.
Op-Ed Columnist
Articles in the Norwegian financial newspaper, Dagens Næringsliv.
Vi bør ikke tukle med skjermingsreglene, Dagens Næringsliv, 23 januar, 2023
Fornuft og følelser i skattepolitikken, Dagens Næringsliv, 13 januar, 2023
Eierskap i feil retning, Dagens Næringsliv, November 4, 2022
Vi trenger mer midlertidig ansettelse i offentlig sektor, Dagens Næringsliv September 9, 2022
Bokbransjen bør lære av musikkbransjen, Dagens Næringsliv, July 15, 2022
Fra eiermakt til ledermakt, Dagens Næringsliv, July 23, 2021
Når forskerer ikke forstår hverandre, Dagens Næringsliv, May 28, 2021
Når økonomien blir misjon, Dagens Næringsliv, April 23, 2021
Der alle tenker nytt, Dagens Næringsliv, March 9, 2021
Stat, kapital og samrøre, Dagens Næringsliv, March 5, 2021
Bobler til besvær. Dagens Næringsliv, January 15, 2021
Velfungerende markeder gir bedre ledelse. Dagens Næringsliv, October 9, 2020
Den samfunnskritiske blårussen, Dagens Næringsliv, August 21, 2020
Urovekkende oppstasing av middelmådige Equinor-resultater, Dagens Næringsliv, July 3, 2020
Koronagenerasjonen kan bli mer opptatt av penger, Dagens Næringsliv, May 15, 2020
Koronabekjempelsen: Derfor tar vi for hardt i, debattinnlegg i Dagens Næringsliv, March 30, 2020
Hvorfor er norske lærere lønnstapere? Dagens Næringsliv, March 13, 2020
Tid for de nære ting, Dagens Næringsliv, January 23, 2020
Markedets synlige hånd, Dagens Nærinsliv, November 8, 2019
Jo raskere ting endrer seg, Dagens Næringsliv, September 13, 2019
Den nye rockonomien, Dagens Næringsliv, July 19, 2019
Farvel profittmaksimering, Dagens Næringsliv, May 24, 2019
Lokalsamfunnet 3.0, Dagens Næringsliv, Mars 22, 2019
De heldige sjefene. Dagens Næringsliv, January 25, 2019
Byråkratenes agenda. Dagens Næringsliv, November 30, 2018
Betingelsesløst og universelt. Dagens Næringsliv, October 5, 2018
Meningsfull profitt, Dagens Næringsliv, August 17, 2018
Også penger motiverer. Dagens Næringsliv, June 15. 2018
Venstresidens plan B. Dagens Næringsliv, May 4, 2018
Økonomer tar ledelse. Dagens Næringsliv, March 9, 2018
#viogså. Dagens Næringsliv, January 19, 2018
Glassklippen. Dagens Næringsliv, November 24, 2017
Flokken eller individet? Dagens Næringsliv, October 6, 2017
Likheten har sin pris, Dagens Næringsliv, August 18, 2017
Kan vi stole på robotene?, Dagens Næringsliv, June 30, 2017
Innvandrerregnskapet står til stryk, Dagens Næringsliv, May 5, 2017
Lykkelig uvitende, Dagens Næringsliv, March 16, 2017
Tvilsomme motiver, Dagens Næringsliv, January 27, 2017
Sjakken og økonomien, Dagens Næringsliv, November 25, 2016
Den gode historien, Dagens Næringsliv, October 14, 2016
Realfagshysteriet, Dagens Næringsliv, August 26, 2016
Sviktende oppfatninger, Dagens Næringsliv, July 15, 2016
Løgnens økonomi, Dagens Næringsliv, May 27, 2016
Staten og kapitalen, Dagens Næringsliv, April 15, 2016
Tilbake til fremtiden, Dagens Næringsliv, February 19, 2016
Det perfekte problem, Dagens Næringsliv, December 11, 2015
Opprett en dultepatrulje, Dagens Næringsliv, October 23, 2015
Kommunale følelser, Dagens Næringsliv, September 4, 2015
Syndere i sommersol, Dagens Næringsliv, July 17, 2015
Selvtillit banker selvinnsikt, Dagens Næringsliv, June 6, 2015
Flaks lønner seg, Dagens Næringsliv, April 17, 2015
Tillit og frihet, Dagens Næringsliv, February 20, 2015
Tillit i det 21. århundre, Dagens Næringsliv, January 2, 2015
Tenk på et tall, Dagens Næringsliv, November 7, 2014
Motivasjonsindustrien, Dagens Næringsliv, October 10, 2014
Tilgjengelig og tvetydig, Dagens Næringsliv, August 15, 2014
Vinnerens forbannelse, Dagens Næringsliv, June 27, 2014
Lat og motivert, Dagens Næringsliv, May 9, 2014
Offer for egen suksess, Dagens Næringsliv, March 21, 2014
Kontroll eller gulrot, Dagens Næringsliv, January 31, 2014
Økonomenes jul, Dagens Næringsliv, December 13, 2013
Solbergs privatsaker, Dagens Næringsliv, November 1, 2013
Op-ed articles in the period 2008–2013:
- Kampen mot byråkratiet, Dagens Næringsliv, September 13, 2013
- Ikke jordbærplukkere, Dagens Næringsliv, July 19, 2013
- Svikt i tiggemarkedet?, Dagens Næringsliv, June 7, 2013
- Forandring fryder ikke, Dagens Næringsliv, April 19, 2013
- Ugunstig utvalg, Dagens Næringsliv, March 1, 2013
- Overdrevne ambisjoner, Dagens Næringsliv, January 18, 2013
- Feite katter, Dagens Næringsliv, December 7, 2012
- Organisasjonssvikt, Dagens Næringsliv, October 12, 2012
- Risikoelskerne, Dagens Næringsliv, August 24, 2012
- Mental regnskapsføring, Dagens Næringsliv, July 13, 2012
- Velgjørende strømminger, Stavanger Aftenblad, June 18, 2012
- Vekstens velsignelser, Stavanger Aftenblad, April 30, 2012
- Når middelmådighet lønner seg, Stavanger Aftenblad, March 5, 2012
- Forbrytelse og straff, Stavanger Aftenblad, January 23, 2012
- Begeistringsplikten, kommentar, Rogalands Avis, December 3, 2011
- Nyrikdommens kommunale ansikt, Stavanger Aftenblad, November 28, 2011
- Kvalitetsmusikk - en nåverdibetraktning, Morgenbladet, November 25, 2011
- Enerne krever bonus, Dagens Næringsliv, November 1, 2011
- Økonomer og magefølelsen, Stavanger Aftenblad, October 17, 2011
- Kampen om medianvelgeren, Stavanger Aftenblad, September 5, 2011
- Argumenter på anbud, Stavanger Aftenblad, June 20, 2011
- Dyre planleggingsdager, Stavanger Aftenblad, May 9, 2011
- Tillit under press, Stavanger Aftenblad March 21, 2011
- For mange flinke folk i finans, Stavanger Aftenblad, February 7, 2011
- Incentiver til Besvær, Dagens Næringsliv, May 21, 2010
- Andres penger (with Kristoffer Eriksen), Stavanger Aftenblad, September 14, 2009
- Incentiver under lupen (with Klaus Mohn), Dagens Næringsliv, February 3, 2009
- Trenger vi psykologi for å forklare finanskrisen? Forskning.no, December 5, 2008
- Hvordan forklare finanskrisen? Morgenbladet, November 28, 2008
- Valutalån for risikoelskere, Stavanger Aftenblad, October 29 , 2008
Discography
Any Other Life, Elektrolüd Records, 2022
Laughing Days (with The Rent Seekers), Whaleisland Records, 2019
Besides (with Lano Places), CCAP, 2011
Walk Again (with Lano Places), CCAP 2002
Everyone likes to be lonely (with Lano Places), CCAP 2001