• Commodity tax competition – purchases of spirits in the Scandinavian countries 

      Nygård, Odd Erik (Discussion Papers;592, Working paper, 2009)
      A simulation model consisting of a representative consumer for each Scandinavian country is constructed and calibrated, in which consumers consume two goods: spirits and 'other goods'. Spirits is exposed to cross-border ...
    • Controlling for fixed effects in studies of income underreporting 

      Nygård, Odd Erik; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
    • Distributional implications of joint tax evasion 

      Nygård, Odd Erik; Slemrod, Joel; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-05-21)
      Both buyers and sellers of goods and services may benefit from letting their economic transactions go unrecorded for tax purposes. The supplier reduces his tax burden by underreporting income and sales, whereas the consumer ...
    • Er skattesystemet mer omfordelende nå? 

      Lian, Bård; Nesbakken, Runa; Thoresen, Thor Olav; Jia, Zhiyang; Nygård, Odd Erik; Vattø, Trine Engh (Rapporter;2019/30, Report, 2019-10-10)
      I denne rapporten er ambisjonen å besvare spørsmålet om skattesystemet i 2019 er mer eller mindre omfordelende enn skattesystemet i 2013. Dette spørsmålet besvares ved å anvende skattesystemer i tidsperioden 2013–2019 på ...
    • LOTTE-Konsum - en mikrosimuleringsmodell for fordelingsvirkninger av indirekte skatter 

      Nygård, Odd Erik; Aasness, Jørgen (Rapporter;2013/3, Report, 2013-01)
      Endringer i inntekts- og formueskatt vil påvirke inntektsfordelingen direkte. I tillegg til endringer i disse direkte skattene, vil også de indirekte skattene kunne påvirke husholdningene i ulik grad og derfor ha ...
    • Optimal indirect taxation and the uniformity debate: A review of theoretical results and empirical contributions 

      Nygård, Odd Erik; Revesz, John T. (Discussion papers;809, Working paper, 2015-05)
      A review of the theoretical literature on optimal indirect taxation reveals that analytical arguments in favor of uniform indirect taxation seem weak and rather unrealistic; hence determining the optimal tax structure ...
    • Revenue functions and Dupuit curves for indirect taxes with cross-border shopping 

      Aasness, Jørgen; Nygård, Odd Erik (Discussion Papers;573, Working paper, 2009)
      The partial revenue from each indirect tax and the total revenue from all indirect taxes on consumer goods are derived as functions of all commodity prices, the tax rates of each commodity, total expenditure and demographic ...
    • Særavgifter, grensehandel og modellen KONSUM-G 

      Nygård, Odd Erik; Aasness, Jørgen (Rapporter;2013/2, Report, 2013-01)
      Høye norske priser på for eksempel alkoholvarer medfører en skattelekkasje i form av omfattende grensehandel, tax-free handel og til dels også smugling. Når man skal vurdere endringer i særavgiftene på slike varer og de ...
    • A wealth tax at work 

      Thoresen, Thor Olav; Ring, Marius A. K.; Nygård, Odd Erik; Epland, Jon (Discussion Paper;No. 960, Working paper, 2021-08)
      Over the past decade, the question of whether and how to tax household wealth has risen to the forefront of policy debates across the world. Norway belongs to only a handful of countries that (still) levy an annual net ...
    • De økte utgiftene for husholdningene i 2022 – hvem rammes mest? 

      Lian, Bård; Nygård, Odd Erik; Thoresen, Thor Olav; Vattø, Trine Engh (Rapporter;2022/46, Research report, 2022-11-09)
      Det er betydelig interesse for hvordan prisendringene i 2022 påvirker husholdningenes økonomi. Denne rapporten vurderer hvordan husholdninger på ulike inntektsnivåer rammes av det «økonomiske sjokket» i 2022. Det beregnes ...