Browsing Statistics Norway's Open Research Repository (SNORRe) by Author "Vatne, Bjørn Helge"

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    • A dynamic supply side game applied to the european gas market 

      Brekke, Kjell Arne; Gjelsvik, Eystein; Vatne, Bjørn Helge (Discussion Paper;No. 22, Working paper, 1987-07-16)
      This paper discusses optimal investment plans for large gas exporters to Western Europe. We discuss market power on the supply side, while assuming price taker behaviour on the demand side. A static game approach is ...

    • How do banks' funding costs affect interest margins? 

      Raknerud, Arvid; Vatne, Bjørn Helge; Rakkestad, Ketil (Discussion Papers;No. 665, Working paper, 2011)
      Abstract: We use a dynamic factor model and a detailed panel data set with quarterly accounts data on all Norwegian banks to study the effects of banks' funding costs on their retail rates. Banks' funds are categorized ...

    • Is the distribution of income compatible with s stable distribution? 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Vatne, Bjørn Helge (Discussion Papers;No. 246, Working paper, 1999)
      Mandelbrot (1961) proposed to apply the class of Pareto-Levy distributions - which belong to the Stable distributions - as a framework for modelling income distributions. He also presented theoretic arguments in favor ...

    • The relations between bank-funding costs, retail rates, and loan volumes. Evidence form Norwegian microdata 

      Raknerud, Arvid; Vatne, Bjørn Helge (Discussion papers;742, Working paper, 2013-05)
      In this paper, we examine two questions: i) how changes in the funding costs of banks affect retail loan rates and ii) how changes in relative loan rates between banks affect their market shares. To do so, we estimate a ...