Hege Medin
Senior Research Fellow (part time)Hege Medin earned her PhD in economics at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in 2013. Her main research field is international economics (trade and direct investments in particular), but she also has an interest in economic geography, labour, welfare, health and environmental economics.
Medin has conducted considerable research on company internationalization processes and the effects of various types of trade costs. She has undertaken analyses of Norway’s food trade, especially seafood export; and has worked on trade agreements, including the negotiations concerning a trade and investment partnership between the EU and the USA (TTIP). Her research frequently involves statistical analyses of register data.
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: Report
Premien for utenlandske eierskap i Norge: Opprinnelseslandskarakteristika og Kina-effekten.
2021Many studies from a number of different countries show that there is a premium for foreign ownership; Foreign-controlled enterprises (UKFs) are larger and more productive than domestic-controlled enterprises. In the article, I use register data to show that this also applies to Norway. UKF has particularly... -
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: Report
Utenlandske direkteinvesteringer og eierskap i Norge
Foreign investment is an important component of the economy of many countries. This is the case for Norway too, where foreign-controlled enterprises employ 21 percent of the workers in the (private) business sectors. We know that foreign investment flows are changing, with increased activity from countries... -
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: Op-ed
Hvem eier i Norge?
We have checked how good the overview of foreign ownership in Norway is. We found some shortages. -
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: Academic article
Why do firms import via merchants in entrepôt countries rather than directly from the source?
2021An increasing share of world trade happens indirectly via merchants in third countries, so-called entrepôts. This article uses an exhaustive and highly disaggregated dataset for Norwegian firms’ import transactions to study the motives for importing through such merchants rather than directly from the... -
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: Report
Utenlandsk eierskap i eiendom i Norge: informasjonskilder og mulige oversikter
The report reviews central sources to information about foreign ownership in real estate in Norway. It describes possible steps for improving the overview of such ownership interests. -
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: Report
Veier til informasjon om utenlandsk eierskap i Norge: kilder og metoder
The report reviews central sources to information about foreign ownership in Norway, mainly ownership control and ownership shares in enterprises. The report also provides assessments of some international sources and information tools, and discusses possible steps for improving the overview of ownership... -
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: Editorial
Tale er gull
2013A large group of people are out of work because they can not type on a computer. This is completely unnecessary because technology exists for dictating text and controlling computers using voice, so-called speech recognition. -
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: Editorial
Avsporing fra Arbeidsdepartementet
2013The social benefit of developing speech recognition in Norwegian is obvious. -
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: Op-ed
Hvem er gått ut på dato
2014Will the EU-US trade agreement lead to losses rather than economic gains? The basis for such claims is weak. -
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: Op-ed
Dyrt å eksportere
2014Sunk costs are an entry barrier for enterprises that want to start export. -
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: Op-ed
Uforståelig påstand
2015While it is important to have an academic and political debate on the effects of an EU-US trade agreement (TTIP), it is too easy to write off the contributions you do not like as "outdated". -
News
NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week
07.12.2020NUPI has produced ten hours of high quality radio about foreign policy and international relations. The programs will air on NRK P2 during week 50, Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 11.00. Tune in! -
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: Academic article
Customs brokers as intermediaries in international trade
2020Recent studies suggest that intermediaries like merchants facilitate international trade by reducing fixed trade costs for producers that trade through them instead of exporting or importing directly. This study argues that customs brokers–a type of intermediary rarely studied in economics before–play... -
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: Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Utenlandsinvesteringer i sjømatnæringen og norsk tilknytning til EU
This chapter discusses foreign direct investments in the seafood industry and the Norwegian relationship with the EU. While ownership in harvesting is mainly national, the aguaculture industry is characterised by multinational firms. Norway and many EU countries alike, have regulations that limit foreign... -
News
NUPI replaces NRK P2's 'Ekko' this week
07.12.2020NUPI has produced ten hours of high quality radio about foreign policy and international relations. The programs will air on NRK P2 during week 50, Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 11.00. Tune in! -
Research project
Responsible Innovation and Happiness: A New Approach to the Effects of ICTs (HAPPY)
2015 - 2020 (Completed)The project intends to contribute to the responsible innovation literature by carrying out a set of conceptual and empirical studies on the socio-economic effects of ICTs, considering positive impacts as well as potential risks.NUPI is responsible for work package 3; on Income-mediated effects: International...
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: Academic article
Preferential tariffs and development of Norwegian rose import from Africa
2020Purpose Imports of cut roses increased after Norway implemented a preferential tariff scheme for the Least Developed Countries in 2002. When the scheme was extended to more countries in 2008 – among them Kenya – imports exploded. This article studies the subsequent changes in supply channels, import... -
Research project
Consequences of Investments for National Security (COINS)
2019 - 2023 (Ongoing)How can liberal open societies reap the benefits of open economies, but at the same time protect their legitimate security interests? In the project “Consequences of Investments for National Security” (COINS) we are examining how liberal economies can attract foreign investments whilst at the same time...
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Free trade agreements increasingly important for Norway
29.01.2020The EEA Agreement is Norway’s most significant free trade agreement by far. However, free trade agreements with other countries are becoming increasingly important, notes NUPI Senior Research Fellow Hege Medin. -
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: Academic article
Free trade agreements in a small, open country: The case of Norway
2019Negotiating free trade agreements (FTAs) has been a high political priority for Norway. Today it has agreements with 41 countries outside the European Union (EU) / the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), resulting one the world’s most extensive FTA networks. FTAs cover about 10% of Norway’s trade...