Hidden ownership in suspicious transactions - experimental evidence on anti-money laundering reporting priorities in Norway Concealing illicit funds through hidden ownership is a well-known money laundering method. This paper analyzes whether non-transparent ownership recei…

Non-transparent ownership may receive insufficient attention by anti-money laundering professionals.

My paper, co-authored w/Anne Marthe Bjønness, is now published.

#AML #MoneyLaundering #BeneficialOwnership

@politihogskolen.bsky.social @nhhnor.bsky.social

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Hidden ownership in suspicious transactions - experimental evidence on anti-money laundering reporting priorities in Norway Concealing illicit funds through hidden ownership is a well-known money laundering method. This paper analyzes whether non-transparent ownership recei…

Non-transparent ownership may receive insufficient attention by anti-money laundering professionals.

My paper, co-authored w/Anne Marthe Bjønness, is now published.

#AML #MoneyLaundering #BeneficialOwnership

@politihogskolen.bsky.social @nhhnor.bsky.social

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Emerging market partners and reputational risk in the petroleum industry Research Summary This paper analyzes how reputational risk of petroleum companies from industrialized economies is affected by partnerships with companies from emerging markets with weaker regulator...

Collaboration with companies from corrupt countries increases reputational risk.

New article out in the Global Strategy Journal.

@nhhnor.bsky.social @cmi.no

#pollution #petroleum #reputation

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Wrote a bit on Habermas and my unease with some parts of his thinking (while I admire others): crookedtimber.org/2026/03/18/h...

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

I just #QuitGPT.

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#EffectiveAltruism #Charity #DomesticBias

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 We'll be hosting the 24th Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE) in Växjö, Sweden, on June 16-17, 2026. Keynote speakers: @hjortj.bsky.social & Rohini Somanathan 🤩 Submit your papers here (deadline February 28): axacoair.se/go?py3X14W0

Impacts of Effective Altruism on Donor Behaviour: A Randomised Discrete Choice Experiment In a pre-registered randomised online experiment, we test the effect of an effective altruism information treatment on donations to non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Donor behaviour is measure...

#EffectiveAltruism does not reduce donor attention to institutional, systemic, and political issues. Our incentivized, online experiment out now in the Journal of Development Studies.

@nhhnor.bsky.social @cmi.no

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Impacts of Effective Altruism on Donor Behaviour: A Randomised Discrete Choice Experiment In a pre-registered randomised online experiment, we test the effect of an effective altruism information treatment on donations to non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Donor behaviour is measure...

#EffectiveAltruism does not reduce donor attention to institutional, systemic, and political issues. Our incentivized, online experiment out now in the Journal of Development Studies.

@nhhnor.bsky.social @cmi.no

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢Call for nominations: Chr. Michelsen Prize 2026

Awarded to researchers under 40, based in Norway, with an outstanding peer-reviewed article within development research from the last 2 years.

Send nominations to epost@chrmichelsenspris.no by 1 Feb 2026.

More info: www.chrmichelsenspris.no

How does exposure to EITI member countries affect extractive industry conduct? The literature on the effectiveness of the international governance initiatives has predominantly focused on effects on government conduct or country-level outcomes rather than companies. We analys...

How does exposure to #EITI member countries affect extractive industry conduct? Our article is now online at @ripejournal.bsky.social

#transparency #accountability #businessethics @cmi.no‬ @nhhnor.bsky.social

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How does exposure to EITI member countries affect extractive industry conduct? The literature on the effectiveness of the international governance initiatives has predominantly focused on effects on government conduct or country-level outcomes rather than companies. We analys...

How does exposure to #EITI member countries affect extractive industry conduct? Our article is now online at @ripejournal.bsky.social

#transparency #accountability #businessethics @cmi.no‬ @nhhnor.bsky.social

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Intergroup Interaction and Attitudes to Migrants | The Journal of Politics In a preregistered randomized experiment, we test the impact of interaction with migrants on host community members’ attitudes toward migrants. In three treatments, host community members were paired ...

Intergroup contact works, but maybe not for the reason you think...

Our paper now available online at the Journal of Politics @thejop.bsky.social

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Nordic Conference in Development Economics - NCDE 2025 Welcome to the 23rd Nordic Conference in Development Economics.

Submit your papers to NCDE 2025, deadline February 28. Open to all, and very friendly! www.oslomet.no/en/about/eve...