Department of Finance

The department currently has about twenty faculty members. The department recruits faculty internationally from some of the world’s best schools (University of Chicago, University of Southern California, Berkeley, UCLA, Brown University, among others). Based on the number of publications in top-tier academic finance journals, the department was ranked in the top five in Europe and number 78 in the world (University of Dallas UTD ranking, 1996-2007).

Faculty publish their research regularly in the top journals of finance as well as in top field journals, such as the Journal of Finance, Review of Financial Studies, Journal Financial Economics, and Journal of Political Economy. Faculty actively participates in international scientific conferences and invited seminars at universities around the world.

The department runs an active research seminar series where academics from the worlds’ top schools are invited each week to present their research giving faculty and PhD candidates an opportunity to discuss their ideas and current research with speakers and visitors.

Research data bases

The Department has developed three data bases that can be used for research purposes by BI faculty and students.

1. The CCGR data set contains accounting statements and corporate governance data for all Norwegian firms with limited limited (AS and ASA firms) over the period 1994-2009. More on CCGR data extraction here.
2. The VPS data base holds detailed ownership structure data for all Norwegian ASA firms (i.e., all public firms and about 500 large private firms). Yearly data from 1989 to 1992, and monthly data from 1993 to 2007. 
3. The OBI data base, which covers public ASA firms, has daily stock price data for the period 1980-2007.

Faculty background and interest