October, 2014 Alexander W. Cappelen Curriculum Vitae NHH Norwegian School of Economics Phone: (+47) 55 95 95 77 Department of Economics Mobile: (+47) 93 63 01 79 Helleveien 30, E-mail: alexander.cappelen@nhh.no 5045 Bergen, Homepage: www.nhh.no Norway Research Interests Behavioral Economics, Experimental Economics, Public Economics, Business Ethics, Social Choice Theory, Political Philosophy and Distributive Justice. Academic Position Vice-chair, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics, 2013- present Professor, Norwegian School of Economics, 2006 - Present. Associate Professor, Norwegian School of Economics, 2005-2006. Senior researcher (Forsker II), Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration, 2004-2005. Post doctoral fellow, University of Oslo 2002 2004. Researcher, Norwegian Centre for Research in Organization and Management (LOSsenteret), 2001 2002. Doctoral student, Norwegian School of Economics, 1996-2000. Other Professional Activities Head of centre for ethics and economics, Norwegian School of Economics, 2001 present. Co-director, The Choice Lab, Norwegian School of Economics, 2011-present
Program director, Centre for applied research at NHH, 2008 present Associate Editor, Management Science, 2014 - present Member of editorial board Economics and Philosophy, 2007 present Member of the editorial board Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 2007 present Associated researcher, Centre for the Study of Equality, Social Organization and Performance at the University of Oslo, 2007 present Coordinator of the web-site The Equality Exchange, 2005 present Member of the board of Stiftelsen Raftoprisens Fond, 2008 present Associated researcher, Centre for the Study of Mind in Nature at the University of Oslo, 2007 2012. Co-Editor of Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2004 2010. Member of the government committee appointed to combat tax flight from poor countries, 2008 2009. Senior Advisor on corporate governance; The Bank of Norway 2005 2008. Member of The National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (NESH), 2003 2009. Member of the ethics council at the Confederation of Norwegian Business and Industry (NHOs Etikkutvalg), 2003 2008 Member of the government committee appointed to propose ethical guidelines for the Norwegian Government Petroleum Fund (Graverutvalget), 2002 2003. Member of the program committee for research on corporate social responsibility in the Norwegian Research Council. 2002 2003. Education 2000: Dr.oecon. Norwegian School of Economics 1993: Mphil in Economics. Oxford University 1991: Siviløkonom, Norwegian School of Economics 1988/1995: Grunn/mellomfag in philosophy, University of Bergen Visiting Researcher University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2009 and Spring 2010. University of Munich, CESifo, Fall 2007. Harvard University, Harvard University Program in Ethics and Health, Fall 2005.
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Summer 2003. Columbia University, Department of Philosophy, Fall 2000. Refereeing American Economic Review, Brain and Behavioral Science, Developmental Psychology, Economica, Economics and Philosophy, Econometrica, Economic Journal, Ethics and International Affairs, European Economic Review, European Journal of Political Economy, Experimental Economics, Games and Economic Behavior, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizations, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Economic Psychology, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, Management Science, Nordic Journal of Political Economy, Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Review of Income and Wealth, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Social Choice and Welfare, World Development, Major research grants (as project leader) Research Grant from NORFACE, 2014 (Research project: Fairness, personal responsibility and the welfare state) Research Grant from the Norwegian Research Council (VAM), 2014 (Research project: The welfare state and fairness in markets) Research Grant from the Norwegian Research Council (VAM), 2009 (Research project: Moral Preferences, Labor Markets and Welfare Policy) Research Grant from the Norwegian Research Council (ISPSAM), 2009 (PhD project: Individual generosity and socio-economics characteristics). Research Grant from the Norwegian Research Council (FRISAM), 2007 (Research project: Responsibility, individual choice, and redistributive policy). Research Grant from the Norwegian Research Council (FUGE), 2003 (Research project: From circumstances to choice: implications of the new genetics for social justice and health policy) Publications in international refereed journals
1. Equity theory and fair inequality: a neuroeconomic study, (co-authors Tom Eichele, Kenneth Hughdahl, Karsten Specht, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), forthcoming in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. 2. An experimental study of pro-social behavior among prisoners, (co-authors Sigbjørn Birkeland, Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), forthcoming in Experimental Economics. 3. Efficiency, equality and reciprocity in social preferences: A comparison of students and a representative population, (co-authors Knut Nygaard, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), forthcoming in Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 4. Do non-enforceable contracts matter? Evidence from an international lab experiment, (co-authors Rune Jansen Hagen, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), in Review of Income and Wealth, 60(1), 100-113, 2014. 5. When do we lie?, (co-authors Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), forthcoming in, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organizations, 93, 258-265, 2013. 6. Just Luck: An Experimental Study of Risk Taking and Fairness, (co-authors James Konow, Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), forthcoming in American Economic Review, 103(4), 1398-1413, 2013. 7. Give and Take in Dictator Games, (co-authors Ulrik Haagen Nielsen, Erik Ø. Sørensen, Bertil Tungodden and Jean-Robert Tyran), forthcoming in Economics Letters, 118(2), 280-283. 8. Heterogeneity in fairness views: A challenge to the mutualistic approach?, (coauthors Bertil Tungodden), forthcoming in Brain and Behavioral Science, 36(1): 84-85, 2013. 9. Fair tax evasion, (co-authors Erling Barth and Tone Ognedal), in Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 38, 1-16, 2013. 10. Rich meet poor an international experiment, (co-authors Karl Ove Moene, Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), forthcoming in Journal of the European Economic Association, 11(3), 574-598, 2013. 11. The importance of framing and self-reported data in a dictator game with production, (co-authors Astri Drange Hole, Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), in Social Choice and Welfare, 36(1), 105-120, 2011.
12. Measuring unfair inequality. Theory and evidence from Norwegian data, (co-authors Ingvild Almås, Jo Thori Lind, Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), Journal of Public Economics (2011), 488-499. 13. Distributive interdependencies in liberal egalitarianism, (co-author Bertil Tungodden), Social Choice and Welfare (2011), volume 36 (1), 35-47. 14. Demand for childhood vaccination: Insights from behavioural economics, (coauthors Ottar Mæstad and Bertil Tungodden), Forum for Development Studies, 2010, volume 37, Issue 3, 349 364. 15. Disability, freedom and responsibility, (co-authors Ole F. Norheim and Bertil Tungodden), Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 2010, volume 9, issue 4, 411-423. 16. Fairness and the development of inequality acceptance, (co-authors Ingvild Almås, Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), Science, 2010, 328 (5982): 1176-1178. 17. The challenge of a rising skill premium for redistributive taxation, (co-author Kjetil Bjorvatn), International Tax and Public Finance, 2010, volume 17, Number 1, 15-24. 18. Responsibility for what? An experimental approach to responsibility and fairness, (co-authors Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), European Economic Review 2010, 54(3), 429-441. 19. Rewarding Effort, (co-author Bertil Tungodden), Economic Theory, 2009, 39(3): 425-441. 20. Genomics and Equal Opportunity Ethics, (co-authors Ole Frithjof Norheim and Bertil Tungodden), Journal of Medical Ethics, 2008, volume 34, 361-364. 21. The Pluralism of Fairness Ideals: An Experimental Approach, (co-authors Astri D. Hole, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), American Economic Review, 2007, 97(3): 818-827. 22. National responsibility and the just distribution of debt relief, (co-authors Rune J. Hagen and Bertil Tungodden), Ethics and International Affairs, 2007, volume 21. 23. Redistribution and marginal productivity reward, (co-author Bertil Tungodden), Research on Economic Inequality, 2007, volume 15, 1-6. 24. Local autonomy and interregional equality, (co-author Bertil Tungodden), Social Choice and Welfare, 2007, 28(3): 443-460. 25. The liberal egalitarian paradox', (co-author Bertil Tungodden), Economics and Philosophy, 2006, 22(3): 393-408.
26. Responsibility, fairness and rationing in health care, (co-author Ole Frithjof Norheim), Health Policy, 2006, volume 76, 312-319. 27. Relocating the responsibility cut: Should more responsibility imply less redistribution, (co-author Bertil Tungodden), Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 2006, 3: 353-362. 28. Redistribution and the nature of altruism, (co-author Kjetil Bjorvatn), Economics of Governance, 2005, volume 7, 133-142. 29. Responsibility in health care a liberal egalitarian approach, (co-author Ole Frithjof Norheim) in Journal of Medical Ethics, 2005, 31, 476-480. a. Reprinted in Ethical Issues In Modern Medicine, (eds. Arras, J. D. et al), McGraw Hill, 2007. 30. Two approaches to stakeholder identification in Journal for Business, Economics and Ethics, nr 3, 2004. 31. Inequality, Segregation, and Redistribution, (co-author Kjetil Bjorvatn) in Journal of Public Economics, 2003, volume 87, number 7-8. 32. Reward and responsibility how should we be affected when others change their effort, (co-author Bertil Tungodden) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 2003, 2 (2): 191-211. 33. Redistributive Tax Policies and Inequality: An Assessment of Recent Country Comparative Studies, (co-author Kjetil Bjorvatn) DICE report 1/2003. 34. Redistribution and Reward, (co-author Bertil Tungodden) in Finanzarchiv N. F. 2002, volume 59: 120-140. 35. The Moral Rationale for International Fiscal Law, Ethics and International Affairs, vol. 15, nr 1, 2001. 36. National and International Distributive Justice in Bilateral Tax Treaties, Finanzarchiv N. F., Bd. 56, 1999, pp. 424 442. Invited resubmissions in international refereed journals 37. Leadership and incentives, (co-authors Bjørn Atle Reme, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), invited resubmission Management Science. 38. Face-saving or fair-minded: what motivates moral behavior?, (co-authors Trond Halvorsen, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), invited resubmission Journal of the European Economic Association.
39. Certification and ethical production, (co-author Tone Ognedal), invited resubmission in Economics of Governance. Work in Progress 40. The freedom to choose undermines the willingness to redistribute, (co-authors Sebastian Fest, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), NHH Discussion Paper 27/2014. 41. You ve got mail: a randomized field experiment on tax evasion, (co-authors Kristina Bott, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), NHH department of Economics Discussion Paper 26/2014 42. Fairness is intuitive, (co-authors Ulrik H. Nielsen, Bertil Tungodden, Jean-Robert Tyran, Erik Wengström, NHH Discussion Paper 09/2014 43. Willingness to compete: family matters, (co-authors Ingvild Almås, Kjell G. Salvanes, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), NHH Discussion Paper 03/14. 44. Is there a Development Gap in Rationality, (co-authors Shachar Kariv, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), NHH department of Economics Discussion paper 07/2014, 45. Willingness to compete in a gender equal society, (co-authors Ingvild Almås, Kjell G. Salvanes, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), NHH Discussion Paper 24/12. 46. Tax policy and fair inequality, (co-author Bertil Tungodden), NHH Discussion Paper 03/12. 47. Fairness. Desert versus Neutrality, (co-author Bertil Tungodden). 48. Fairness in bankruptcy situations: an experimental study, (co-authors Roland Luttens, Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden). 49. Modeling Individual Choices in Experiments: Random utility versus random behavior, (co-authors Astri Drange Hole, Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden). NHH Discussion Paper 07/09. 50. Fairness and the proportional principle, (co-author Bertil Tungodden), NHH Discussion Paper 31/07. 51. Segregation, radicalization and the protection of minorities: National versus regional policy, (co-author Kjetil Bjorvatn), SNF working paper 10/06. Contributions to books
52. Pension funds, Sovereign-Wealth Funds and Intergenerational Justice, (co-author Runa Urheim), in Spheres of Global Justice (ed. Merle, Jean Christophe), 2013, Springer. 53. Responsibility and international distributive justice, in Real World Justice, Pogge T. and A. Føllesdal eds. (2005), Kluwer. 54. Attracting the Winners - the competitiveness of five European maritime countries, with Erik W. Jacobsen et al, Kolofon, 2003 55. Redistribution in a Divided World, i Årbok for Nordisk Skatteforskning 2001, Universitetsforlaget. Publications in Norwegian refereed journals 56. Rettferdighet på hjernen, (co-authors Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden) in Magma (2), 34-39, 2014. 57. Rettferdig flaks, (co-authors Erik Ø. Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden), in Samfunnsøkonomen 127(6), 43-44 2013. 58. Adferdsøkonomi og økonomiske eksperimenter, (co-author Bertil Tungodden), Magma, nr 5, s. 26-30, 2012. 59. Insentiver og innsats, (co-author Bertil Tungodden), Magma, nr 5, s. 38-44, 2012. 60. Effektivitet og etikk tanken om en moralsk arbeidsdeling, (co-author Bertil Tungodden, Praktisk Økonomi og Finans, volume 4, 2006. 61. Helsepolitikk og individuelt ansvar, Tidsskrift for Velferdsforskning, volume 5, nr. 2, 2005. 62. Etiske retningslinjer for petroleumsfondet, in Norsk Økonomisk Tidsskrift, volume 118, 2004. 63. Revisors samfunnsansvar, Revisjon og Regnskap, volume 5, 2004. 64. Likhet, ansvar og skattepolitikk, RØST nr 2, 2004. 65. Etikk i petroleumsfondet, Økonomisk Forum nr 7, oktober 2003. 66. Rawls, Økonomisk Forum nr 5, juni 2003. 67. Bedriftslederes samfunnsansvar, Magma - tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse, nr. 5, 2001. 68. Hvem skal skattelegge hvem? en normativ analyse av retten til å skattelegge, Norsk Statsvitenskaplig Tidsskrift 02/2001.
69. Allmenningens Allmenninteresse, Magma tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse, nr. 1, 1999.