Geir Høidal Bjønnes

Dr Bjønnes is primarily interested in Market Microstructure, Fixed Income, Treasury Auctions and International Finance. His current research focuses on (i) dealer behavior in foreign exchange markets (e.g. one paper is forthcoming in the Journal of Financial Economics), (ii) the behavior and determination of exchange rates and its relationship to aggregate order flow, (iii) volatility and speculative attacks in foreign exchange markets, and (iv) bidder behavior in Treasury auctions.

Teaching areas

At BI Norwegian School of Management Dr. Bjønnes has been teaching courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Fixed Income, Market Microstructure, Public Economics, International Economics and Finance. In addition to BI Norwegian School of Management, he is affiliated with the Stockholm Institute for Financial Research.

ACADEMIC DEGREES

• 2001 BI Norwegian Business School Ph.D.
• 1996 Norwegian School of Economics Master of Science in Business
• 1992 BI Norwegian Business School Master of Management

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2003 - Present BI Norwegian Business School Associate Professor
• 2001 - 2003 Stockholm Institute for Financial Research Research Fellow
• 2001 - 2001 BI Norwegian Business School Lecturer
• 1996 - 2000 BI Norwegian Business School Research Fellow
• 1993 - 1993 BI Norwegian Business School Research Assistant

BOOKS

Korsvold, Pål E.; Høidal, Geir Bjønnes. 

Finansiell Risikostyring. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 (ISBN 978-82-02-31207-7) 267 p. BI

Korsvold, Pål E.; Høidal, Geir Bjønnes. 

Oppgaver og løsninger. Cappelen Damm Akademisk 2012 (ISBN 978-82-02-37534-8) 53 p. BI

Isachsen, Arne Jon; Bjønnes, Geir Høidal. 

Hjelper til globale penger. Gyldendal Akademisk 2005 100 p. BI

Isachsen, Arne Jon; Bjønnes, Geir Høidal. 

Globale Penger. Gyldendal Akademisk 2004 (ISBN 8205329249) BI

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal; Jørgensen, Kjell. 

"Empirical Evidence on Algorithmic Trading: Strategies and Liquidity Provision". Infiniti 2011; 2011-06-13 - 2011-06-14 BI

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal. 

Asymmetric Information in the Interbank Foregin Exchange Market. Annual workshop; 2009-05-21 BI

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal. 

Asymmetric Information in the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market. 3th EMG Workshop on Microstructure of Financial Markets; 2009-05-01 BI

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal. 

The impact of different players on the volume-volatility relation in the foreign exchange market. Infinity Conference on International Finance; 2009-06-08 - 2009-06-09 BI

CHAPTERS

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal; Rime, Dagfinn; Solheim, Haakon O. Aa. 

Volume and volatility in the FX market: Does it matter who you are?. I: Exchange Rate Modelling: Where do we Stand? / Paul De Grauwe, ed. MIT Press 2005 ISBN 0-262-04222-3. BI

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal; Rime, Dagfinn; Solheim, Haakon. 

The Role of Foreign Speculators in Speculative Attacks. The Case of 1998. I: Sandrine Lardic and Valérie Mignon (eds.): Recent Developments on Exchange Rates. New York: Palgrave Macmillan 2004 BI

SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Saakvitne, Jo Albertsen; Bjønnes, Geir Høidal. 

Hva skjer med det nordiske kraftderivatmarkedet om aktørene ikke får stille sikkerhet gjennom bankgarantier?. Magma - Tidsskrift for økonomi og ledelse 2015 ;Volume 8. p. 39-48 BI

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal; Holden, Steinar; Rime, Dagfinn; Solheim, Haakon O. Aa. 

'Large' vs. 'Small' Players: A Closer Look at the Dynamics of Speculative Attacks. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics 2014 ;Volume 116.(2) p. 506-538 BI UiO

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal; Rime, Dagfinn. 

Dealer behavior and trading systems in foreign exchange markets. Journal of Financial Economics 2005 ;Volume 75.(3) p. 571-605 BI

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal; Rime, Dagfinn; Solheim, Haakon O. Aa. 

Liquidity provision in the overnight foreign exchange market. Journal of International Money and Finance 2005 ;Volume 24.(2) p. 175-196 BI

Bjønnes, Geir. 

Forventningsdannelse i futuresmarkeder for råolje og oljeprodukter. Beta. Scandinavian Journal of Business Research 1999 (2) BI

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal; Isachsen, Arne Jon; Stoknes, Svein. 

Den store gjettekonkurransen. ? 1998 (11) BI

RESEARCH REPORTS

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal. 

Volume and volatility in the FX-market: Does it matter who you are?. : 2003 (786) BI

POPULAR SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES

Bjønnes, Geir Høidal; Rime, Dagfinn. 

Electronic FX Trading -- influencing dealer behaviour?. e-FOREX 2004 (July) p. 60-62 BI