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Mathias Ekström

NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics

Assistant Professor

Helleveien 30

N-5035 Bergen

Norway

Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN)

Box 55665

Grevgatan 34, 2nd floor

Stockholm, SE-102 15

Sweden

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

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Scholarly Papers (7)

1.

Exercise Improves Academic Performance

NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 08/2017
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 08 Sep 2017
NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management and NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics
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Like What You Like or Like What Others Like? Conformity and Peer Effects on Facebook

IFN Working Paper No. 886
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2014
Johan Egebark and Mathias Ekström
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics
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Herding Behavior, Conformity, Peer Effects, Field Experiment

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Fairness in Winner-Take-All Competitions


Number of pages: 80 Posted: 08 May 2018 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2026
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) - Department of Economics and NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics
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Winner-take-all competitions, winning margin, merit, fairness, income inequality, redistributive policies

Fairness in Winner-Take-All Markets

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7045
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Jul 2018
University of Zurich - Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics and NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics
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winner-take-all reward structures, fairness, income inequality

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Can Indifference Make the World Greener?

IFN Working Paper No. 975
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 13 Sep 2013
Johan Egebark and Mathias Ekström
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN) and NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics
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default option, resource conservation, natural field experiment

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The (Un)Compromise Effect

NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 10/2018
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 May 2018
Mathias Ekström
NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics
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Compromise effect; Consumer choice; Field experiments; Charitable giving

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Creating Pro-Environmental Behavior Change: Economic Incentives or Norm-Nudges?

NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 15/2024, The paper has appeared in NHH Discussion Paper Series: https://openaccess.nhh.no/nhh-xmlui/handle/11250/3154481
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Sep 2024 Last Revised: 20 Jun 2025
Mathias Ekström, Kjetil Bjorvatn and Hallgeir Sjåstad
NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration and NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Strategy and Management
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economic incentives, nudges, behavior change, norm-nudge

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Seasonal Social Preferences.

NHH Dept. of Economics Discussion Paper No. 4/2017
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 23 Mar 2017
Mathias Ekström
NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Department of Economics
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Altruism; Charitable giving; Christmas; Social preferences