Curriculum Vitae

Himāl Gautam

Updated April 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

Working Papers

Enterprising up the ladder: Are some entrepreneurs more upwardly mobile than others?
2026
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 Nenov
Norges Bank Staff Memo 8/2024 • 2024

Work in Progress

Family wealth and family firm employment
with Janis Berzins, Salvatore Miglietta, and Bogdan Stacescu
2026

Presentations

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)