Niels Christian Nielsen  Niels Christian Nielsen
Professor
Department of Finance
Copenhagen Business School
Solbjerg Plads 3, stairway A, 5th floor
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark
TEL: +45 3815 3615
FAX: +45 3815 3600
E-mail: ncn.fi@cbs.dk


CV

Books

Public Reports

 

Curriculum Vitae

Primary research areas:
Incentives structures, corporate governance, corporate finance and financial markets.

Education:
Dr. polit., Copenhagen University, 1977
Ph.D. degree in business administration (finance), Stanford University, 1974
M.S. in statistics (emphasis on econometrics and stochastic processes), Stanford University, 1973
Master degree in economics and business administration, University of Aarhus (cand.oecon.), 1967

Academic Positions:
1979-               Professor in finance and economics, Copenhagen Business School
1974-1979       Associate professor in finance, Copenhagen Business School
1970-1973       Ford Foundation Doctoral Fellowship in Management Education (Stanford)
1968-1970       A
ssistant professor in finance, Copenhagen Business School
1965-1967      
Teaching assistant in economics, University of Aarhus, Denmark 

Teaching activities: A broad spectrum of finance and economics courses.

Selected publications:
Publications in English include articles in The Journal of Banking and Finance, The Journal of Finance, The Journal of Monetary Economics, The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, International Tax Journal, and The Swedish Journal of Economics.
Recent books: Du og din pension (with Michael Møller), Nyt Nordisk Forlag, 2006. Din økonomi – en bog om tid og penge, (with Michael Møller), Børsens Forlag, 2005. Den kapitalmarkedsstyrede virksomhed, Handelshøjskolens Forlag, 2004. Kunst – økonomisk set (with Michael Møller), Gyldendal, 1999.   

 

Other selected activities:
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1980-2003 head of the Department of Finance. Member of the business and economics faculty board 1974-1983. Member of Konsistorium (the board of the Copenhagen Business School) 1984-1989 and 1993-1995.
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Assessment committees: Approximately 20 professorships (chairs) and in addition associate professorships, dissertations, etc.
-  Received Jorck’s Award for Research.
- Visiting Berkeley University (1978/1979), Oxford University (1985) and visiting professor at Management Center for Economic Cadres, Beijing, China (1987).

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Have been associate editor at the Scandinavian Journal of Economics, board member of European Finance Association, chairman of the Danish Economic Association (Nationaløkonomisk Forening), chairman of "Forum for Industrial Development" (a Think Tank), chairman of the Nordic Economic Research Council, deputy chairman of The Danish National Research Foundation, and chairman of the Danish "depositor guarantee fund" (a deposit insurance scheme for bank and saving bank deposits). Member of ATV (The Academy for the Technical Sciences). Non-executive board member of several corporations (Danske Bank, Grundfos, Otto Mønsted, Oticon Foundation, Cowi Foundation).
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Have been involved in public service as a member of a number of governmental committees: A governmental committee on capital income taxation ("Renteskatteudvalget"), a committee organized and financed by the Association of Saving Banks to develop a tax reform proposal, chairman of a governmental committee on wealth taxation, one of three members appointed by the Minister of Energy to examine the Danish natural gas project, a committee appointed by the Minister of Agriculture to evaluate the regulation of the Danish agricultural sector (financing, ownership structure etc.), member of the advisory council for tax legislation (Skattelovrådet), have for the Minister of Housing developed a "policy proposal" for improved rent regulation in business rent contracts, member of The Energy Advisory Board, chairman of a governmental committee on industrial injury insurance, and member of a governmental committee on the optimal regulation of the market for rented housing and rented business premises.


Books

Public reports (betænkninger o.lign.)

Betænkning nr. 949:             Den skattemæssige behandling af renter og andet kapitalafkast, København 1982. 331 p.

Betænkning nr. 1050:           Kursgevinster og kurstab. Skattelovrådets udtalelse om den skattemæssige behandling af afkast af investeringer i finansielle fordringer. København 1985. 144 p. 

Betænkning nr. 1101:           Skat ved konkurs og akkord. Skattelovrådets udtalelse om de skattemæssige regler i forbindelse med konkurs og akkord m.v. København 1987. 163 p. 

Betænkning nr. 1136:           Formueskat. Betænkning om beskatning af formue afgivet af det af skatteministeren nedsatte udvalg. Ministeriet for skatter og afgifter, Skattedepartementet, marts 1988. 378 p. (formand). 

Betænkning nr. 1137:           Lettelse af landbrugets rentebyrde. Delrapport 1 fra udvalget vedrørende struktur, finansiering og ejerforhold i landbruget. Landbrugsministeriet, april 1988. 146 p. 

Betænkning nr. 1152:           Struktur og ejerformer. Delrapport 2 fra udvalget vedrørende struktur, finansiering og ejerforhold i landbruget. Landbrugsministeriet, november 1988. 212 p. 

Betænkning nr. 1186:           Landbrugets finansiering – realkredit og etablering. Delrapport 3 fra udvalget vedrørende struktur, finansiering og ejerforhold i landbruget. Landbrugsministeriet, oktober 1989. 132 p. 

Betænkning nr. 1221:           Driftsomkostninger. Skattelovrådets udtalelser om det skattemæssige driftsomkostningsbegreb og forslag til ændring heraf. København, 1991. 215 p. 

Betænkning nr. 1282:           Arbejdsskadeforsikring m.v. Socialministeriet, København 1994. 481 p. (formand). 

Betænkning nr. 1331:           Lejeforhold. Lejelovskommissionens betænkning, Boligministeriet, februar 1997. 514 p.

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Danmarks Sparekasseforening: Et debatoplæg om en skattereform. Danmarks Sparekasseforening, København, juni 1984. 44 p. 

Finansrådet: Danmark og den Økonomiske og Monetære Union. Rapport udarbejdet af et uafhængigt ekspertpanel i Finansrådets regi. Finansrådet, april 1995. 122 p. 

Finansrådet: Opsparing og fremtidig velfærd. Rapport udarbejdet af et uafhængigt ekspertpanel i Finansrådets regi. Finansrådet, september 1998. 115 p. 

Møller, Michael og Niels Chr. Nielsen: Ekonomisk generalrapport. I: Den skattemässiga behandlingen av kursgevinster och kursförluster på fordringar och skulder. Nordiska skattevetenskapliga forskningsrådets skriftserie, NSFS 16, Stockholm, 1986. p. 107-127. 

Nielsen, Niels Chr.: En økonomisk vurdering af erhvervslejelovgivningens udformning. Redegørelse afgivet til boligministeren den 2. marts 1988. 124 p.