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Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås

Position: Adjunct Professor School/office: Örebro University School of Business

Email: hildegunn.kyvik-nordas@oru.se

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Research subject

Economics

Research environments

Economics and Statistics

About Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås

Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås is visiting professor at Handelshögskolan vid Örebro universitet and senior economist and project leader at the Trade and Agriculture Directorate at the OECD in Paris. Her research interests are international trade in services, its determinants, natural and policy-induced barriers, and the role of services in production and employment. She has worked extensively on services in the digital economy, with a number of publications analysing the services economy from a theoretical, empirical and policy point of view.

Active projects

Labour market effects of artificial intelligence: A study of knowledge-intensive business services

Completed projects

Jean Monnet TIISA Network (The Trade and Investment in Services Associates Network)

Research teams

The economics of Entrepreneurship, Family business, Globalization and Institutions (EFGI)

Publications

Articles in journals

Kyvik Nordås, H. & Klügl, F. (2021). Drivers of Automation and Consequences for Jobs in Engineering Services: An Agent-Based Modelling Approach. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8.
Johannesson, L. & Kyvik Nordås, H. (2021). Services Trade: The Great Gender Equaliser?. Foreign Trade Review, 56 (3), 341-363.
Kyvik Nordås, H. (2021). Special Issue: Trade in Services Going Digital Introduction. Foreign Trade Review, 56 (3), 235-237.
Kyvik Nordås, H. (2020). Make or Buy: Offshoring of Services Functions in Manufacturing. Review of Industrial Organization, 57, 351-378.
Benz, S. , Ferencz, J. & Kyvik Nordås, H. (2020). Regulatory barriers to trade in services: A new database and composite indices. The World Economy, 43 (11), 2860-2879.
Nordås, H. K. (2019). Frankel and Romer revisited. International Economics, 159, 26-35.
Kyvik Nordås, H. (2018). What drives trade in services?: Lessons from the Nordics. Applied Economics, 50 (33), 3532-3545.
Kyvik Nordås, H. (2017). India: The next growth miracle?. Capital Finance International (Summer), 188-189.
Benz, S. , Anupam, K. & Nordås, H. K. (2017). Services and Performance of the Indian Economy: Analysis and Policy Options. OECD Trade Policy Papers (196), 1-55.
Nordås, H. K. & Rouzet, D. (2017). The Impact of Services Trade Restrictiveness on Trade Flows. The World Economy, 40 (6), 1155-1183.
Nordås, H. K. (2016). Does mutual recognition of qualifications stimulate services trade?: The case of the European Union. Applied Economics, 48 (20), 1852-1865.
Grosso, M. G. , Gonzales, F. , Miroudot, S. , Nordås, H. K. , Rouzet, D. & Ueno, A. (2015). Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Scoring and Weighting Methodology. OECD Trade Policy Papers (177), 1-90.
Nordås, H. K. (2015). Servicios de pymes en el comercio internacional: oportunidades y desafíos. Puentes, 16 (5).
Nordås, H. K. & Rouzet, D. (2015). The Impact of Services Trade Restrictiveness on Trade Flows: First Estimates. OECD Trade Policy Papers (178), 1-40.
Nordås, H. K. , Lejárraga, I. , Miroudot, S. , Gonzales, F. , Grosso, M. G. , Rouzet, D. & Ueno, A. (2014). Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Audio-visual Services. OECD Trade Policy Papers (174), 1-38.
Nordås, H. K. , Grosso, M. G. , Gonzales, F. , Lejárraga, I. , Miroudot, S. , Ueno, A. & Rouzet, D. (2014). Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Computer and Related Services. OECD Trade Policy Papers (169), 1-23.
Grosso, M. G. , Lejárraga, I. , Nordås, H. K. , Gonzales, F. , Miroudot, S. , Ueno, A. & Rouzet, D. (2014). Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Construction, Architecture and Engineering Services. OECD Trade Policy Papers (170), 1-52.
Ueno, A. , Grosso, M. G. , Lejárraga, I. , Nordås, H. K. , Miroudot, S. , Gonzales, F. & Rouzet, D. (2014). Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Distribution Services. OECD Trade Policy Papers (173), 1-27.
Rouzet, D. , Nordås, H. K. , Gonzales, F. , Grosso, M. G. , Lejárraga, I. , Miroudot, S. & Ueno, A. (2014). Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Financial Services. OECD Trade Policy Papers (175), 1-51.
Grosso, M. G. , Nordås, H. K. , Gonzales, F. , Lejárraga, I. , Miroudot, S. , Ueno, A. & Rouzet, D. (2014). Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Legal and Accounting Services. OECD Trade Policy Papers (171), 1-35.
Nordås, H. K. , Grosso, M. G. , Gonzales, F. , Lejárraga, I. , Lesher, M. , Miroudot, S. , Ueno, A. & Rouzet, D. (2014). Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Telecommunication Services. OECD Trade Policy Papers (172), 1-33.
Grosso, M. G. , Nordås, H. K. , Ueno, A. , Gonzales, F. , Lejárraga, I. , Miroudot, S. & Rouzet, D. (2014). Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): Transport and Courier Services. OECD Trade Policy Papers (176), 1-98.
Lanz, R. , Miroudot, S. & Nordås, H. K. (2013). Offshoring of Tasks: Taylorism Versus Toyotism. The World Economy, 36 (2), 194-212.
Nordås, H. K. (2013). Services and competitiveness in manufacturing: the case of textiles and clothing. Capital Finance International (Summer), 20-24.
Nordås, H. K. & Kim, Y. (2013). The Role of Services for Competitiveness in Manufacturing. OECD Trade Policy Papers (148), 1-57.
Nordås, H. K. (2013). Why Do Countries Regulate Differently and How Does It Affect Trade?. Capital Finance International (Autumn), 22-24.
Lanz, R. , Miroudot, S. & Nordås, H. K. (2011). Trade in Tasks. OECD Trade Policy Papers (117), 1-41.

Books

Nordås, H. K. , Rouzet, D. , Benz, S. , Ferenz, J. , Gonzales, F. , Grosso, M. G. , Miroudot, S. & Spinelli, F. (2017). Services trade policies and the global economy.. OECD Publishing.

Chapters in books

Kyvik Nordås, H. (2019). Services trade restrictiveness index, methodology and application: The Indian context. In: D. Chakraborty and Nag, B., India's Trade Analytics: Patterns and Opportunities. New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Kyvik Nordås, H. , Lodefalk, M. & Tang, A. (2019). Utrikeshandel, löner och rörlighet. In: Lotta Stern, En dynamisk arbetsmarknad55). Stockholm: Dialogos Förlag.
Nordås, H. K. & Rouzet, D. (2016). Services trade policy and trade performance: The case of India. In: D. Chakraborty and J. Mukherjee, Trade, Investment and Economic Development in Asia: Empirical and policy issues. . Routledge.
Nordås, H. K. (2014). Domestic regulation: What are the costs and benefits for international trade in services?. In: Aik Hoe Lim, Bart De Meester, WTO Domestic Regulation and Services Trade: Putting Principles into Practice (pp. 47-62). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Kowalski, P. , Nordås, H. K. , Buge, M. , De Backer, K. , Goldstein, A. , Herd, R. , Hill, S. , Klein, R. T. & et al. (2012). China’s 10 Years in the WTO: Sustaining Openness-based Growth into the Future. In: China in Focus: Lessons and Challenges (pp. 50-71). Paris: OECD Publishing.
Gonzales, F. , Jensen, J. B. , Kim, Y. & Nordås, H. K. (2012). Globalisation of services and jobs. In: Policy Priorities for International Trade and Jobs (pp. 175-192). . OECD Publishing.
Lanz, R. , Miroudot, S. & Nordås, H. K. (2012). Trade in tasks. In: Lippoldt, D., Policy Priorities for International Trade and Jobs (pp. 237-248). Paris: OECD Publishing.

Conference papers

Klügl, F. & Kyvik Nordås, H. (2023). Modelling Agent Decision Making in Agent-based Simulation - Analysis Using an Economic Technology Uptake Model. In: AAMAS '23 Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. Paper presented at 22nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2023), London, United Kingdom, May 29 – June 2, 2023. (pp. 1903-1911). International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems.
Nordås, H. K. (2008). Transport Time as a Trade Barrier. In: Benefiting from globalisation Transport sector contribution and policy challenges. Paper presented at 17th International ITF/OECD Symposium on Transport Economics and Policy, Berlin, Germany, October 25-27, 2006. (pp. 37-63). OECD.

Other

Nordås, H. K. (2016). OECD: 21st Century Trade Agreements & Regulatory Coherence. Capital Finance International.(Cfi.co)
Nordås, H. K. (2015). Services SMEs in International Trade: Opportunities and Constraints. Geneva, Switzerland: International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD).

Reports

Drake-Brockman, J. , Gari, G. , Harbinson, S. , Hoekman, B. , Kyvik Nordås, H. & Stephenson, S. (2021). Digital trade: Top trade negotiation priorities for cross-border data flows and online trade in services.. (Task Force 3: Trade, Investment and Growth ).
Gonzales, F. , Kyvik Nordås, H. & Lioussis, M. (2021). Measuring competition in services markets with pass-through and speed of adjustment. Paris: OECD Publishing (OECD Trade Policy Papers 258).
Kyvik Nordås, H. , Lodefalk, M. & Wernberg, J. (2021). The EU Digital Market Regulations: Rule-Maker or Deal-Breaker?.. TIISA (TIISA Network Working Paper ).
Borchert, I. , Cory, N. , Drake-Brockman, J. , Fan, Z. , Findlay, C. , Kimura, F. , Kyvik Nordås, H. , Lodefalk, M. & et al. (2020). Digital Technologies, Services and the Fourth Industrial Revolution.. TIISA (TIISA Network Working Paper 2020-02).
Kyvik Nordås, H. (2019). Is Skype a telecommunications company: and why does it matter?. Belgium: Trans European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) (TEPSA Briefs – December 2019 ).
Kyvik Nordås, H. (2019). Make or buy: offshoring of services functions in manufacturing.. European University Institute (EUI Working Paper RSCAS 2019/90).
Kyvik Nordås, H. (2019). Offshoring of services functions and labour market adjustments. Paris: OECD Publishing (OECD Trace Policy Papers 226).
Kyvik Nordås, H. , Lodefalk, M. & Tang, A. (2019). Trade and jobs: a description of Swedish labor market dynamics. Örebro: Örebro University, School of Business (Working Papers, School of Business 2/2019).
Nordås, H. K. (2018). Frankel and Romer revisited. Örebro: Örebro University (Working Papers, School of Business 2018:4).
Lodefalk, M. & Nordås, H. K. (2017). Trading firms and trading costs in services: The case of Sweden. Örebro, Sweden: Örebro University School of Business (Working Papers, School of Business 2017:4).
Nordås, H. K. (2017). What drives trade in services?: Lessons from the Nordics. Örebro, Sweden: Örebro University School of Business (Working Papers, School of Business 3).
Nordås, H. K. (2016). Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI): The Trade Effect of Regulatory Differences. Paris: OECD Publishing (OECD Trade Policy Paper 189).