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Jørn Rattsø is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway and has contributed extensively to the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Social Sciences. Their research falls predominantly within the subfields of Economics and Econometrics and Sociology and Political Science, with additional work touching on Safety Research, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Aerospace Engineering.

The researcher's work primarily covers topics such as labor market dynamics and wage inequality, regional economics and spatial analysis, fiscal policy and economic growth, the nonprofit sector and volunteering, taxation and compliance studies, urban, neighborhood, and segregation studies, and experimental behavioral economics studies.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Jørn Rattsø include:

  • Private-public wage gap and return to experience: Role of geography, gender and education (2020), published in Regional Science and Urban Economics
  • Public sector wage compression and wage inequality: gender and geographic heterogeneity (2023), published in Oxford Economic Papers
  • Airports and regional development: the expansion of the Norwegian air network, 1950-2019 (2024), published in Journal of Economic Geography

Additional notable papers where Rattsø is a co-author or part of collaborative research include:

  • Assortative labor matching, city size, and the education level of workers (2022), Regional Science and Urban Economics
  • Strategic interaction in the market for charitable donations: The role of public funding (2024), Journal of Public Economic Theory

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Jørn Rattsø include:

  • Hildegunn E. Stokke
  • Rune Jansen Hagen
  • Stefan Leknes
  • Nicholas Sheard

Jørn Rattsø's work has been published across a variety of venues, notably:

  • Regional Science and Urban Economics
  • Oxford Economic Papers
  • Journal of Public Economic Theory
  • Journal of Economic Geography
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Best Publications

  • USING A DISCONTINUOUS GRANT RULE TO IDENTIFY THE EFFECT OF GRANTS ON LOCAL TAXES AND SPENDING

    Matz Dahlberg;Eva Mörk;Jørn Rattsø;Hanna Ågren

  • Different macroclosures of the original Johansen model and their impact on policy evaluation

    Jørn Rattsø

  • Demographic shift, relative costs and the allocation of local public consumption in Norway

    Lars-Erik Borge;Jørn Rattsø

  • POLITICAL CONTROL OF ADMINISTRATIVE SPENDING: THE CASE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN NORWAY*

    Jorid Kalseth;Jørn Rattsø

  • Income distribution and tax structure: Empirical test of the Meltzer–Richard hypothesis

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  • International spillovers, productivity growth and openness in Thailand: an intertemporal general equilibrium analysis

    Xinshen Diao;Jørn Rattsø;Hildegunn Ekroll Stokke

  • Partial fiscal decentralization and demand responsiveness of the local public sector: Theory and evidence from Norway

    Lars-Erik Borge;Jan K. Brueckner;Jorn Rattsø

  • The relationship between firm mobility and tax level: Empirical evidence of fiscal competition between local governments

    Fredrik Carlsen;Bjørg Langset;Jorn Rattso

  • Spending and overspending in local government administration: A minimum requirement approach applied to Norway

    Jorid Kalseth;Jørn Rattsø

  • Efficiency variation among the Norwegian High Schools: Consequences of equalization policy

    Hans Bonesrønning;Jørn Rattsø

  • Political economic determinants of school spending in federal states: Theory and time-series evidence

    Torberg Falch;Jørn Rattsø

  • SPENDING GROWTH WITH VERTICAL FISCAL IMBALANCE: DECENTRALIZED GOVERNMENT SPENDING IN NORWAY 1880-1990

    Lars–Erik Borge;Jørn Rattsø

  • Local Choice of Property Taxation : Evidence from Norway

    Jon H. Fiva;Jørn Rattsø

  • Fiscal Discipline and Asymmetric Adjustment of Revenues and Expenditures: Local Government Responses to Shocks in Denmark

    Jørn Rattsø;Per Tovmo

  • Young and old competing for public welfare services

    Lars-Erik Borge;Jorn Rattso

  • THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COSTS AND USER CHARGES: THE CASE OF A NORWEGIAN UTILITY SERVICE*

    Lars-Erik Borge;Jørn Rattsø

  • Fiscal Federalism and State–local Finance

    Jorn Rattso

  • Local public choice of school spending: disaggregating the demand function for educational services

    Torberg Falch;Jørn Rattsø

  • Welfare competition in Norway: Norms and expenditures

    Jon H. Fiva;Jørn Rattsø

  • The Macroeconomics of Zimbabwe in the 1980s: A CGE Model Analysis

    Rob Davies;Jørn Rattsø;Ragnar Torvik

  • Using a Discontinuous Grant to Identify the Effect of Grants on Local Taxes and Spending

    Matz Dahlberg;Matz Dahlberg;Eva Moerk;Eva Moerk;Jørn Rattsø;Hanna Agren

  • International spillovers, productivity growth and openness in Thailand

    Xinshen Diao;Jorn Rattso;Hildegunn Stokke

Frequent Co-Authors

Ragnar Torvik
Ragnar Torvik Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Xinshen Diao
Xinshen Diao International Food Policy Research Institute
Jan K. Brueckner
Jan K. Brueckner University of California, Irvine
Amihai Glazer
Amihai Glazer University of California, Irvine

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