Hirsch (1976) suggested that as consumption grows, an increasing proportion of the benefits people derive from consumption is due to a status effect. Status is a relative concept that cannot be increased on average; thus ...

Abstract: It is sometimes claimed that individuals’ contributions to public goods are not motivated by economic costs and benefits alone, but that people also have a moral or norm-based motivation. A number of studies ...

The report discusses possible logical structures and content of a set of environmental indicators for Norway. The emphasis is on structure; proposals for specific indicators and data presented are of a more preliminary nature.

Quite a few economists have recently suggested that net national product should be adjusted for the value of environmental damages. One of the aims of such corrections is to establish a national income measure which is ...

Nytte-kostnadsanalyse er en metode der fordeler og ulemper ved offentlige prosjekter sammenliknes ved at alle virkninger verdsettes i kroner og øre. Det viser seg imidlertid at interessene til bestemte grupper blir tillagt ...

Abstract: Do households' recycling efforts represent a social cost, which should be taken into account in cost-benefit analyses of alternative waste treatment systems? Some argue that it should not, since recycling efforts ...

Vi har spilt et uhøytidelig tallspill i tre sentrale norske økonom-miljøer: Finansdepartementet, Norges Bank og Statistisk sentralbyrå. Bare 16 prosent av deltakerne avga et svar som var konsistent med spillets Nash-likevekt. ...

There is no consensus on how to measure interpersonally comparable, cardinal utility. Despite of this, people repeatedly make welfare evaluations in their everyday lives. However, people do not always agree on such ...

This paper studies the formation of social norms for considerate smoking behavior. Being considerate gives smokers a higher social approval from non-smokers, but imposes an inconvenience cost. A non-smoker's disapproval ...