• The Volatility of Oil Wealth under Uncertainty about Parameter Values 

      Brekke, Kjell Arne; Børing, Pål (Discussion papers;110, Working paper, 1994-04)
      Aslaksen et al. (1990) concluded that the petroleum wealth of Norway, and hence the permanent income from petroleum extraction, was as uncertain as the yearly oil revenues. Their conclusion was based on wealth estimates ...
    • Utilitarism, Equivalence Scales and Logarithmic Utility 

      Brekke, Kjell Arne (Discussion papers;118, Working paper, 1994-05)
      It is shown that if social welfare is the sum of logarithmic utility function, the optimal income distribution and the welfare effect of any income redistribution is independent of the equivalence scales. In optimum all ...
    • Valuation of social capital and environmental externalities 

      Aslaksen, Iulie; Brekke, Kjell Arne (Discussion Papers;No. 277, Working paper, 2000)
      The transition from more traditional to modern modes of production has large implications for time allocation, accumulation of social capital, market and non-market production, consumption, as well as for the environmental ...
    • Viser reduserte blyutslipp at økonomisk vekst er bra for miljøet? 

      Telle, Kjetil; Brekke, Kjell Arne (Journal article, 2001)
      Blyutslippene til luft har falt dramatisk de siste 20 årene. Samtidig har vi hatt økonomisk vekst. Betyr det at den økonomiske veksten har forårsaket de reduserte utslippene, og at økonomisk vekst er bra for miljøet, slik ...