To the surprise of many last week, the Norwegian government chose to introduce a natural resource tax, or "ground rent tax," on salmon farming last week.

About the author:

Gisle Natvik is a professor of economics at the Norwegian Business School (BI). His main research interests are within macro economics, monetary economics and political economy. His work has been published in European Economic Review, International Economic Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Public Economics, and other journals.