Agnar_Sandmo

Agnar Sandmo

Agnar Sandmo

Norwegian economist (1938–2019)

Agnar Sandmo (9 January 1938 – 31 August 2019[1]) was a Norwegian economist at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH). He made a series of important contributions in the study of disparities, redistribution, insurance arrangements and tax systems.

He has written and published many economic articles throughout his career. From 1976 to 1980, he was a member of the Petroleum Price Board of the Swedish Government's Economic Commission and, from 1996 to 1997, of the Government Committee on Priorities in Health Care. He served as chairman of the Government Expert Committee on Investment Policies of the Petroleum Fund in 2004. Sandmo was affiliated with the SNF, a prominent research firm, he mainly did work on public economics and taxation. His research is not limited to but includes the overarching fields of economics of uncertainty, public economics, environmental economics and the history of economic thought. His articles have appeared in many prominent Economic journals. He had various positions, such as honorary doctor, at various universities.

Awards, fellowships

References

  1. [1]
    Moene, Kalle (2019-09-01). "En bauta er borte". Dagens Næringsliv. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
  2. [2]
    "The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences: Agnar Sandmo". Retrieved 2009-05-01.
  3. [3]
    "Gruppe 7: Samfunnsfag (herunder sosiologi, statsvitenskap og økonomi)" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2009.


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