• Exit dynamics of start-up firms. Does profit matter? 

      Golombek, Rolf; Raknerud, Arvid (Discussion papers;706, Working paper, 2012-10)
      While little attention has been paid to the role of profitability in the empirical literature on firm exit, we employ a detailed recently established database of Norwegian manufacturing firms to identify the extent to which ...
    • Exit dynamics with adjustment costs 

      Golombek, Rolf; Raknerud, Arvid (Discussion Papers;No. 442, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: We use the Stock and Wise approximation of stochastic dynamic programming in order to identify the extent to which profitability can explain exit behavior. In our econometric model, heterogeneous firms engage ...
    • Exit dynamics with rational expectations 

      Raknerud, Arvid; Golombek, Rolf (Discussion Papers;No. 291, Working paper, 2000)
      Abstract: We develop an econometric model for firm exit, using stochastic dynamic programming (SDP) as a starting point. According to SDP, the value of an operating firm can be written as the sum of (i) the net present ...
    • Expectations in export price formation tests using cointegrated VAR models 

      Boug, Pål; Cappelen, Ådne; Swensen, Anders Rygh (Discussion Papers;No. 283, Working paper, 2000)
      The formation of export prices is an area in which the linear quadratic adjustment cost (LQAC) model under rational expectations may be relevant in practice. This paper evaluates the empirical performance of the LQAC-model ...
    • Expectations, substitution, and scrapping in a putty clay model 

      Frenger, Petter; Biørn, Erik (Discussion Papers;No. 17, Working paper, 1986-08-15)
      The paper presents a putty-clay framework for analyzing the effect of changing expectations about future prices on a firm's choice of technique, and on its anticipated scrapping of capital equipment. Particular attention ...
    • Expected service lives and depreciation profiles for capital assets. Evidence based on a survey of Norwegian firms 

      Barth, Nini; Cappelen, Ådne; Skjerpen, Terje; Todsen, Steinar; Åbyholm, Thom (Discussion Papers;No. 840, Working paper, 2016-05-12)
      In the Norwegian national accounts, as in many other countries, it is quite common to use information on depreciation rates and profiles based on studies from the US, Canada and the Netherlands due to a lack of national ...
    • Experience and schooling : substitutes or complements? 

      Hægeland, Torbjørn (Discussion Papers;No. 301, Working paper, 2001)
      Abstract: This paper investigates whether returns to experience and seniority vary between workers with different levels of education and between different types of firms. Using a large administrative dataset for Norwegian ...
    • Explaining experience curves for LNG liquefaction costs: Competition matter more than learning 

      Greaker, Mads; Sagen, Eirik Lund (Discussion Papers;No. 393, Working paper, 2004)
      Abstract: In this paper we seek to identify different driving forces behind the fall in LNG liquefaction unit costs. Our focus is on organizational learning including process specific R&D, but we also seek to account for ...
    • Explaining residential clustering of fertility 

      Bergsvik, Janna; Cools, Sara; Hart, Rannveig Kaldager (Discussion Paper;No. 939, Working paper, 2020-10)
      Numerous studies have shown that fertility behavior is spatially clustered. In addition to pure context effects, two causal mechanisms could drive this pattern. First, neighbors may influence each other’s fertility behavior, ...
    • Explaining Residential Clustering of Large Families 

      Bergsvik, Janna; Cools, Sara; Hart, Rannveig Kaldager (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Numerous studies have shown that fertility behavior is spatially clustered. In addition to pure contextual effects, two causal mechanisms could drive this pattern. First, neighbors may influence each other's fertility and ...
    • Explaining the change in skill structure of labour demand in Norwegian manufacturing 

      Lindquist, Kjersti-Gro; Skjerpen, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 293, Working paper, 2000)
      Abstract: In most OECD-countries, labour demand has shifted from unskilled to skilled over time. Many analyses of this phenomenon focus on either the effect of technical change, capital-skill complementarity or labour-labour ...
    • Exploring the change in skill structure of labour demand in Norwegian manufacturing 

      Lindquist, Kjersti-Gro; Skjerpen, Terje (Documents;2003/9, Working paper, 2003)
      In most OECD-countries, labour demand has shifted from unskilled to skilled over time. Many analyses of this phenomenon focus either on technical change, capital-skill complementarity or mutual labour substitution. ...
    • Exporting pollution? : Calculating the embodied emissions in trade for Norway 

      Straumann, Robert (Rapporter;2003/17, Report, 2003-09-03)
      Economic activity causes to varying degree pollution to air, soil and water. The pollution that is caused by the production of a single unit of a certain commodity can be said to be embodied in the commodity. This ...
    • Factoring the environmental Kuznets curve evidence from Norway 

      Bruvoll, Annegrete; Medin, Hege (Discussion Papers;No. 275, Working paper, 2000)
      The environmental Kuznets curve theory suggests that economic growth may reduce environmental problems. In this article, we analyze the changes in environmentally damaging emissions to air in Norway from 1980 to 1996. In ...
    • Facts about entrepreneurship in Norway. Who become entrepreneurs and how do they perform? 

      Fjærli, Erik; Iancu, Diana; Raknerud, Arvid (Rapporter;2013/52, Report, 2013-11)
      The report focuses on the identification of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial firms from registry data. We provide characteristics of new firms: their distribution by cohort, industry and size: their survival, growth and ...
    • Fakta om 18 innvandrergrupper i Norge 

      Henriksen, Kristin (Rapporter;2007/29, Report, 2007-08-16)
      Den rapporten er en samling av statistikk om 18 store innvandrergrupper med ikke-vestlig bakgrunn. Den er delvis en oppdatering av rapport 2004/10 "Fakta om 10 innvandrergrupper i Norge", men i tillegg er det kommet til ...
    • Fakta om ti innvandrergrupper i Norge 

      Lie, Benedicte (Rapporter;2004/14, Report, 2004-08-11)
      Den rapporten er en samling av statistikk om ti store innvandrergrupper med ikke-vestlig bakgrunn. Gruppene som er valgt ut er blant de største innvandrergruppene med ikke-vestlig bakgrunn i Norge; Pakistan, Vietnam, Irak, ...
    • Faktorer bak prisutviklingen på importerte klær 

      Moe, Mona Vibeke (Journal article, 2002-04)
      Prisveksten på importerte konsumvarer har vært lav de seneste årene, og lav prisvekst ved import av klær har vært en viktig faktor bak denne utviklingen: Importprisene for klær var i 2001 lavere enn for ti år siden. Flere ...
    • Faktoretterspørsel i transportproduserende sektorer 

      Brendemoen, Anne (Rapporter;1993/2, Report, 1993)
    • Familie og jobb i ulike kvinnegenerasjoner : barn, familie og jobb - holdninger og praksis gjennom 30 år 

      Lappegård, Trude; Noack, Turid (Journal article, 2009)
      Mann og barn er fortsatt en del av livet for de aller fleste kvinner, selv om takt og form har endret seg. Dagens unge kvinner har langt større valgfrihet i forhold til både kvinnerollen og morsrollen enn hva deres mødre ...