Professor of economics Michael Svarer, Aarhus BSS at Aarhus University, will head an expert group tasked with presenting different scenarios for the taxation of CO2 emissions.

Bliv opdateret på den økonomiske situation i Danmark efter et år med nedlukninger, hjælpepakker og genåbning. Og få historien om tre Aarhus BSS-økonomer, der blev bedt om at rådgive Folketinget om en økonomisk situation, som ingen havde oplevet før.

Det var med stor sorg, at vi modtog meddelelsen om, at vores kære kollega, Professor Kim Allan Andersen pludselig var afgået ved døden den 20. januar 2021 i en alder af blot 64 år.

Professor of Economics Torben M. Andersen at Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University has received a grant of DKK 5,619,013 from the Rockwool Foundation for a project entitled “Ageing and Pensions”.

Associate Professor Stefan Hirth has received a DKK 2.8 million grant from The Independent Research Fund Denmark. In his new project, he will investigate the strategic interaction between a firm seeking financing and its potential investors.

Aarhus BSS’ Centre for Integrated Register-based Research, CIRRAU, is among the participants of a large project, which will establish a new multi generation register in Denmark. The new register combines data from hand-written church books and data from the Danish Civil Registration System. The Novo Nordisk Foundation has funded the project with a donation of DKK 38 million.

Corporate culture is crucial for an organisation’s ability to identify, assess and manage risks. However, an efficient risk culture cannot be dictated, but develops through a combination of leadership behaviour and active employee involvement. This is the conclusion of a new research project from Aarhus BSS.

Michael Svarer and Torben M. Andersen, professors of economics, will be assisting the Danish government in evaluating and validating the quality of a new corona warning system for businesses and society.

Mikkel Bennedsen and John Kennes have received almost DKK 3 million each from Independent Research Fund Denmark’s special pool for research on development of the economic principles. Torben M. Andersen, Michael Svarer and Jonas Maibom are members of a large interdisciplinary research project, which has received a DKK 8 million grant from the same pool.

Researchers from the Department of Economics and Business Economics at Aarhus BSS are strongly represented in a new commission appointed by the government. The commission is headed by Professor Nina Smith, and Professor Philipp Schröder is a member.