• Discrimination in Europe : evidence from the rental market 

      Beatty, Timothy K.M.; Sommervoll, Dag Einar (Discussion Papers;No. 547, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: This paper considers statistical discrimination in rental markets, using a rich data set on rental contracts from Norway. We find that tenants born abroad pay a statistically significant and economically important ...
    • Driven to drink : sin taxes near a border 

      Beatty, Timothy K.M.; Larsen, Erling Røed; Sommervoll, Dag Einar (Discussion Papers;No. 507, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: This paper investigates household purchasing behavior in response to differing alcohol and tobacco taxes near an international border. Our study suggests that large tax differentials near borders induce economically ...
    • Measuring the price of housing consumption for owners in the CPI 

      Beatty, Timothy K.M.; Larsen, Erling Røed; Sommervoll, Dag Einar (Discussion Papers;No. 427, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: Measuring change in the price of housing is an important and notoriously difficult task for national statistical agencies. Different approaches have been attempted, but suffer from known weaknesses. This article ...