Agnar Sandmo (9 January 1938 – 31 August 2019) was a

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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

*Fellow,

Econometric Society The Econometric Society is an international society of academic economists interested in applying statistical tools to their field. It is an independent organization with no connections to societies of professional mathematicians or statisticians. ...

*Member of the

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. *Member of the

Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters ( no, Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi, DNVA) is a learned society based in Oslo, Norway. Its purpose is to support the advancement of science and scholarship in Norway. History The Royal Frederick Unive ...

References

External links

Professor Sandmo's homepage

Press release: Professor Agnar Sandmo wins Møbius 2002
1938 births 2019 deaths 21st-century Norwegian economists 20th-century Norwegian economists Norwegian School of Economics faculty Fellows of the Econometric Society Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences {{Norway-academic-bio-stub