Victor D. Norman

Victor Danielsen Norman (born July 18, 1946 in Risør) is a Norwegian economist, politician for the Conservative Party and newspaper columnist. He is currently professor of economics at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) and Chairman of the Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration. [cite web |url=http://www.snf.no/c2/index_frame.asp?LanguageCode=9&strUrl=//applications/system/publish/view/showobject.asp?infoobject=1000306 |title=Om SNF |author=Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration |accessdate=2008-05-27]

Academics

Victor Norman earned his bachelor's degree from Yale University and his PhD from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1972. Among his academic advisers were Charles P. Kindleberger, Paul A. Samuelson and Jagdish N. Bhagwati.

His book co-authored with Avinash K. Dixit, Theory of International Trade : A Dual, General Equilibrium Approach, ISBN 0-521-29969-1, is an application of the microeconomic principle of duality to trade theory, which William J. Baumol has called a clear, detailed, important contribution to the academic understanding of international trade. [William J. Baumol (2000) "What Marshall "Didn't" Know: On the Twentieth Century's Contributions to Economics", "Quarterly Journal of Economics" Vol. 115, No. 1, pp ***-***, p. ***.] He was appointed professor of economics at NHH in 1975. [cite web |url=http://www.nhh.no/about-nhh/history/past-rectors-at-nhh/victor-norman.aspx |title=Victor Norman |author=Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration |accessdate=2008-05-27]

Victor Norman served as rector at NHH from August 1999 till October 2001. He was preceded in this position by Carl Julius Norstrøm and succeeded by Per Ivar Gjærum. [cite web |url=http://www.nhh.no/about-nhh/history/past-rectors-at-nhh.aspx |title=Past rectors at NHH |author=Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration |accessdate=2008-05-27]

Politics

From October 19, 2001 to March 8, 2004 he served as Minister of Labour and Government Administration in the second cabinet Bondevik. [cite web |url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/The-Government/Previous-governments/The-Structure-of-the-Registry/Governments/modern-times/governments-since-1945/kjell-magne-bondeviks-second-government-.html?id=438739 |title=Kjell Magne Bondevik's Second Government |author=Government Administration Services |accessdate=2008-05-27] Among the issues he passed in his term was the removal of point accrual on frequent flyer programs for domestic flights. [cite web |url=http://www.dn.no/arkiv/article30618.ece |title=Avviser bonus-klage |author=Dagens Næringsliv |date=2002-06-07]

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