Curriculum Vitae

Himāl Gautam
Updated September 2026
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Education

PhD in Finance
BI Norwegian Business School

Affiliated to the Centre for Corporate Governance Research (CCGR). Advisors: Bogdan Stacescu and Charlotte Østergaard.

08/2020 - Present
Oslo, Norway
Master of Science in Finance
BI Norwegian Business School
08/2018 - 07/2020
Oslo, Norway

Academic Employment

Guest Researcher, Research Department
Norges Bank
08/2024 - Present
Oslo, Norway
PhD Internship, Financial Stability Department
Norges Bank
03/2024 - 03/2025
Oslo, Norway

Job Market Paper

Enterprising Up the Ladder: Family Origins and Wealth Mobility
2026

Working Papers

Entrepreneurs of Circumstance: Labour Market Distress and Entrepreneurship
2023

Policy Publications

The driving forces behind households' accumulation of consumer debt

with Ella Getz Wold, Magnus A. H. Gulbrandsen, and Plamen T. Nenov

Norges Bank Staff Memo 8/2024 • 2024

Work in Progress

Entrepreneurs’ Allocation of Wealth Inside and Outside the Firm: Life-Cycle Effects and Responses to Home-Value Shocks

with Charlotte Ostergaard, Amir Sasson, and Bent E. Sørensen

Family Wealth and Family Firm Employment

with Janis Berzins, Salvatore Miglietta, and Bogdan Stacescu

Buying In, Borrowing More: Consumer Debt around First-Time Home Purchase

with Magnus A. H. Gulbrandsen, Plamen T. Nenov, and Ella Getz Wold

Beautiful CEOs

with Asja Bosnic

Presentations

2026
WEFI Fellows ConferenceNew YorkNordic Finance Network (PhD Nordic Finance Workshop)Lund, SwedenBI Finance Department Research DaysOslo, Norway
2024
American Finance Association (PhD Poster Session)San Antonio, Texas
2023
Nordic Finance Network (PhD Nordic Finance Workshop)Levi, FinlandWorld Finance ConferenceKristiansand, Norway
2022
BI Finance Department SeminarOslo, Norway

Service

Co-organizer
WEFI Student Workshop
Fall 2023 - Fall 2025

Activities

WEFI Fellow
PhD Workshop in Entrepreneurial Finance and Innovation; Prof. Michael Ewens, Columbia Business School
05/2023 - Present
Entrepreneurship Research Bootcamp
NBER Summer Institute
07/2024

Grants & Awards

EFA Travel Grant
European Finance Association
2025
AFA Travel Grant
American Finance Association
2024
Best Student Award
BI Norwegian Business School
2020

Languages

English (bilingual), Norwegian (intermediate), Nepali (native)