Browsing Statistics Norway's Open Research Repository (SNORRe) by Author "Bye, Brita"
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SIMEN. Studies of industry, environment and energy towards 2000
Bye, Brita; Bye, Torstein; Lorentsen, Lorents (Discussion Paper;No. 44, Working paper, 1989-08)This paper describes an attempt to analyze the question of how to control air pollution, without hampering further economic growth. The analytical framework is a macroeconomic planning model, extended with a submodel for ... -
SNOW-modellen for Norge. Dokumentasjon av framskrivningsmodellen for norsk økonomi og utslipp
Rosnes, Orvika; Bye, Brita; Fæhn, Taran (Notater / Documents;2019/1, Working paper, 2019-01-11)Dette notatet dokumenterer den rekursivt dynamiske versjonen av SNOW-modellen for norsk økonomi (SNOW-NO). Denne versjonen av SNOW-NO kan brukes til å framskrive norsk økonomi fra et kalibrert basisår til en tenkt ... -
Sære avgifter? : anbefalinger fra Særavgiftsutvalget
Bye, Brita; Hagem, Cathrine; Kverndokk, Snorre (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)Det norske systemet for særavgifter skal bidra til å skaffe staten inntekter og korrigere for eksterne virkninger. For miljørelaterte avgifter er den største svakheten ved dagens system at avgiftene ofte er differensierte, ... -
Targeted carbon tariffs: Carbon leakage and welfare effects
Böhringer, Christoph; Bye, Brita; Fæhn, Taran; Rosendahl, Knut Einar (Discussion papers;805, Working paper, 2015-03)Climate effects of unilateral carbon policies are undermined by carbon leakage. To counteract leakage and increase global cost-effectiveness carbon tariffs can be imposed on the emissions embodied in imports from non-regulating ... -
Taxation, unemployment and growth: dynamic welfare effects of "green" policies
Bye, Brita (Discussion Papers;No. 183, Working paper, 1996)This paper analyses the effects of so-called "green" tax reforms on a small, open economy producing an imperfect substitute for foreign goods, using an intertemporal general equilibrium model. The labour market is characterised ... -
Teknologiutvikling, klima og virkemiddelbruk
Bye, Brita; Fæhn, Taran; Heggedal, Tom-Reiel; Hatlen, Liv Mari (Rapporter;2009/28, Report, 2009)Omfattende teknologisk endring er avgjørende dersom vi skal klare å begrense utslippene av klimagasser. Denne rapporten belyser hvilken rolle teknologipolitikk kan ha på klimaområdet både internasjonalt og nasjonalt, men ... -
The impact of public R&D support on firms’ patenting
Bye, Brita; Klemetsen, Marit Elisabeth; Raknerud, Arvid (Discussion papers;911, Working paper, 2019-07)We examine the impact of both R&D tax credits and direct R&D subsidies on Norwegian firms' patenting. Whereas direct subsidies are aimed at projects with low private and high social return, tax credits do not discriminate ... -
The impacts of alternative policy instruments on environmental performance. A firm level study of temporary and persistent effects
Bye, Brita; Klemetsen, Marit Elisabeth (Discussion papers;788, Working paper, 2014-10)We study the effects of various environmental regulations on environmental performance measured as emission intensity. Moreover, we aim to test whether any such effects are persistent or only temporary. Conventional theory ... -
The role of human capital in structural change and growth in an open economy Innovative and absorptive capacity effects
Bye, Brita; Fæhn, Taran (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021) -
The welfare effects of carbon policies: grandfathered quotas versus differentiated taxes
Bye, Brita; Nyborg, Karine (Discussion Papers;No. 261, Working paper, 1999)Recently, it has been demonstrated that pre-existing distortionary taxes can substantially increase the costs of market-based instruments which do not raise revenue, such as non-auctioned emissions quotas. Revenue-raising ... -
The welfare effects of housing taxation in a distorted economy: A general equilibrium analysis
Bye, Brita; Åvitsland, Turid (Discussion Papers;No. 306, Working paper, 2001)Abstract: Efficient capital taxation has been one of the most important objectives for large tax reforms implemented in several countries during the last decades. The Norwegian Tax reform of 1992 took a large step towards ... -
Virkninger av merverdiavgiftsreformen og fjerningen av investeringsavgiften
Bye, Brita; Åvitsland, Turid (Journal article, 2002)En merverdiavgiftsreform ble gjennomført i Norge i løpet av 2001. Reformen innebar i praksis at noen flere tjenester ble merverdiavgiftspliktige. Den generelle momssatsen ble økt fra 23 til 24 prosent. For næringsmidler ble ... -
Virkninger på samfunnsøkonomisk effektivitet av en flat skattereform. Betydningen av generelle likevektseffekter
Bye, Brita; Holmøy, Erling; Strøm, Birger (Rapporter;1999/26, Report, 1999-08) -
Welfare and growth impacts of innovation policies in a small, open economy. An applied general equilibrium analysis
Bye, Brita; Fæhn, Taran; Heggedal, Tom-Reiel (Discussion Papers;No. 510, Working paper, 2007)We explore how innovation incentives in a small, open economy should be designed in order to achieve the highest welfare and growth, by means of a computable general equilibrium model with R&D-driven endogenous technological ... -
Welfare effects of VAT reforms: A general equilibrium analysis
Bye, Brita; Strøm, Birger; Åvitsland, Turid (Discussion Papers;No. 343, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: Indirect taxes such as value added taxes (VAT) generate a substantial part of tax revenue in many countries. This paper analyses welfare effects of different reforms in the Norwegian system of indirect taxation. ...