Atle Guttormsen

Atle Guttormsen

Professor of Economics

Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

My research spans aquaculture economics, energy economics, labor economics, and sport science. Current work includes resource rent taxation, talent allocation in collegiate athletics, youth athlete development and dropout, and the economics of salmon farming and energy markets.

Latest publication

Longitudinal Performance Development in Youth Track and Field: A Population-Level Study

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, forthcoming (2026)

Latest working paper

Is the Resource Rent Tax Neutral? Restructuring and Investment in Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture

Guttormsen, A., Guttormsen, S. & Misund, B.

Latest chronicle

Økonomisk teori og normpriser på laks

Dagens Næringsliv, juni 2026

Publications

Peer-reviewed articles and book chapters

2026

Spatial market integration of pangasius in Bangladesh: A cointegration analysis of regional price dynamics

Alam, M.A. & Guttormsen, A.G.

Aquaculture Economics & Management, pp. 1-12

2013

Moving beyond the fished or farmed dichotomy

Klinger, D.H., Turnipseed, M., Anderson, J.L., Asche, F., Crowder, L.B., Guttormsen, A.G., Halpern, B.S., O'Connor, M.I., Sagarin, R., Selkoe, K.A. et al.

Marine Policy, 38, 369-374

2010

Sustainability and global seafood

Smith, M.D., Roheim, C.A., Crowder, L.B., Halpern, B.S., Turnipseed, M., Anderson, J.L., Asche, F., Bourillón, L., Guttormsen, A.G., Khan, A. et al.

Science, 327(5967), 784-786

Working Papers

Research in progress

2026

Is the Resource Rent Tax Neutral? Restructuring and Investment in Norwegian Salmon Aquaculture

Guttormsen, A., Guttormsen, S. & Misund, B.

Submitted
2026

When the Battery Is Full: Reservoir Headroom and the State-Dependent Cannibalization of Wind Power

Guttormsen, A. & Guttormsen, S.

Submitted
2026

Interconnector Expansion, Price Coupling, and Welfare Redistribution: Synthetic-Control Evidence from Southern Norway

Guttormsen, A. & Guttormsen, S.

Submitted
2026

Prices and Prevention: Decomposing the Norwegian Salmon Cost Explosion, 2016–2024

Guttormsen, A.

Submitted
2026

Stable Risk, Shifting Margins: Production Risk and Firm Exit in Norwegian Salmon Farming, 2008–2024

Guttormsen, A.

Submitted
2026

Dropped out before they ever competed: a populationwide registry analysis of the relative age effect in Norwegian track and field from age 10 to 25

Guttormsen, A.

Submitted
2026

Make or Buy? Talent Recruitment and Development in College Track and Field

Guttormsen, A.

Submitted
2026

Playing Moneyball in Collegiate Track and Field: A Portfolio Approach to Talent Allocation under Resource Constraints

Guttormsen, A.

Submitted
2026

Permanent Repricing or Temporary Shock? Market Reactions to Resource Rent Taxation

Guttormsen, A., Guttormsen, S. & Yahya, M.

Submitted
2026

Cross-championship reaction-time discrepancies undermine the 0.100 s false-start rule (2017-2025)

Guttormsen, A. & Guttormsen, S.

Submitted
2026

Super Shoes and Track Performance: Evidence from Collegiate Leaderboards

Guttormsen, A. & Guttormsen, S.

Submitted
2026

Salmon Futures after Two Decades: A Retrospective Assessment of the Fish Pool Market

Guttormsen, A. & Guttormsen, S.

Submitted
2026

Cross-Hedging Carbon Risk in European Equity Portfolios with EUA Futures

Guttormsen, A., Trønnes, K.E., Aarnes, G.R. & Rosendahl, K.E.

Submitted
2026

How Fast Is Thin Air? Empirical Altitude Adjustments for Indoor Track and Field Performance

Guttormsen, A. & Guttormsen, S.

Submitted
2026

A feed ingredient cost index for Norwegian Atlantic salmon aquaculture, 1996-2024

Guttormsen, A.

Submitted
2026

Constrained Development: Event-Specific Physiological Ceilings Shape Post-Adolescent Performance Trajectories in Track and Field

Guttormsen, A. & Guttormsen, S.

Submitted
2026

Germany's Dunkelflaute Challenge: Renewable Energy Droughts and the Limits of Regional Interconnection

Guttormsen, A., Guttormsen, S. & Kjus, T.

Submitted
2026

Tail Risk Spillovers Across Global Futures Markets: A Tail-Event Network and Frequency-Domain Analysis

Yahya, M., Shi, J., Uddin, G.S., Guttormsen, A. & Park, D.

Submitted
2026

Pulling back before dropout: Behavioral disengagement precedes youth-sport exit by years in a 14-year register study

Guttormsen, A.

Submitted

Kronikker

Commentary and debate in Norwegian media

juli 2018

Mer rør fra WWF

Atle Guttormsen, Thore Johnsen & Petter Osmundsen · Dagens Næringsliv

juli 2018

Bare rør

Atle Guttormsen, Thore Johnsen & Petter Osmundsen · Dagens Næringsliv

okt. 2017

Konkurransedyktighet

Petter Osmundsen, Thore Johnsen & Atle Guttormsen · Dagens Næringsliv

mars 2015

Norges største husdyr

Frank Asche & Atle Guttormsen · Nationen

nov. 2011

Genmodifisert lakselus?

Atle Guttormsen · Intrafish

des. 2010

Fire fisker dominerer det moderne markedet

Atle Guttormsen · Fiskeribladet Fiskaren

nov. 2010

Intrafish kronikk

Atle Guttormsen & Frank Asche · Intrafish

nov. 2010

Slurv med genlaks

Frank Asche & Atle Guttormsen · Dagens Næringsliv

mars 2010

Rema er bra for bøndene

Frank Asche & Atle Guttormsen · Dagens Næringsliv

des. 2009

2009 et tidskille

Atle Guttormsen · Intrafish

juni 2009

Vær redelig Rege

Atle Guttormsen · Aftenposten

mai 2009

Selvmordsrate der og her

Atle Guttormsen · Dagens Næringsliv

sep. 2008

Bachelor i akvakultur ikke liv laga

Atle Guttormsen · Intrafish

juni 2005

På topp for å bli

Frank Asche, Ragnar Tveterås & Atle Guttormsen · Dagens Næringsliv

mars 2005

Når laksenæringen blir presset

Frank Asche & Atle Guttormsen · Aftenposten

sep. 2000

Auksjoner ut laksekonsesjonene

Frank Asche & Atle Guttormsen · Dagens Næringsliv

Teaching

Current and recent courses

Projects

Educational tools and platforms