Education
Born in Oslo, he graduated with a siv.øk. After a couple of years in business, he started his Doctor of Philosophy studies in the spring semester of 1962 at Carnegie Mellon University. After he had finished his Doctor of Philosophy he returned to NHH where he in 1968 was tenured professor
Career
Degree from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in 1959. One of the papers in his doctoral dissertation was a very important contribution (1966) to the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). At Carnegie Mellon he was, among others, awarded the Alexander Henderson Award for 1968 for this contribution.
During his time at NHH, Mossin was visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley (1969–1970), New York University (1973–1974), Columbia University (1976), the University of Texas, Austin (1978–1979) and the University of Washington, Seattle (1983–1984).
Mossin was elected fellow of the Econometric Society in 1973. The Economic Efficiency of Financial Markets, 1977, Lexington.
Politics
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"Aspects of Rational Insurance Purchasing", Journal of Political Economy, 76, 1968, pp. 460–471.
"Security Pricing and Investment Criteria in Competitive Markets", American Economic Review, 59, 1969, pp.