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A conflict of interests in electricity taxation? A micro econometric analysis of household behaviour
(Discussion Papers;No. 338, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: In conducting economic policy, governments generally face conflicts in various objectives, e.g. between efficiency and equity. In Norway, one objective of energy politics has been to reduce electricity consumption, ... -
A framework for empirical modelling of consumer demand with latent quality attributes
(Discussion Papers;No. 229, Working paper, 1998)This paper discusses a particular approach to empirical consumer demand modelling when products are differentiated and the product attributes are unobservable. In contrast to the traditional approach to this problem, see ... -
A Statistical Model for Simple, Fast and Reliable Measurement of Poverty. A revised version of DP 415
(Discussion Papers;No. 415, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: The primus inter pares of the UN-approved Millennium Development Goals is to reduce poverty. The only internationally accepted method of estimating poverty requires a measurement of total consumption based on ... -
Accounting for differences in choice opportunities in analyses of energy expenditure
(Discussion Papers;No. 400, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: Zero expenditure poses several challenges when estimating demand systems. Zero expenditure on energy goods occur due to limited opportunity to consume the good or because the household chooses not to use all ... -
Are predicted lifetime consumption profiles robust with respect to model specifications?
(Discussion Papers;No. 308, Working paper, 2001)Abstract: Structural models of lifetime labour supply and consumption require functional specifications of preferences as well as other assumptions that can be difficult to assess a priori. Misspecifications of the model ... -
Car Ownership and Private Car Use. A Microeconometric Analysis Based on Norwegian Data
(Discussion papers;113, Working paper, 1994-04)In this paper we analyze household's car ownership and private car use decisions in a model proposed by de Jong (1990). The model, which incorporates variable and fixed costs of car use, can be used to predict the effects ... -
Car ownership decisions in Norwegian Households
(Discussion papers;116, Working paper, 1994-05)In this paper, household's decisions regarding how many private cars to own are analyzed. The analysis is based on a particular multinominal logit type formulation that is consistent with a Stone-Geary utility function. ... -
Commodity tax competition – purchases of spirits in the Scandinavian countries
(Discussion Papers;592, Working paper, 2009)A simulation model consisting of a representative consumer for each Scandinavian country is constructed and calibrated, in which consumers consume two goods: spirits and 'other goods'. Spirits is exposed to cross-border ... -
Consumer demand and unobservable product attributes
(Discussion Papers;No. 223, Working paper, 1998)Traditional approaches to consumer demand modelling ignores the problem associated with product heterogeneity where important product characteristics are latent. The point of departure in the present study is a particular ... -
Consumption inequality in Norway in the 80s and 90s
(Discussion Papers;No. 325, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: This article describes the consumption model and inequality study of Chapter 2 in the author's unpublished Ph.D. dissertation submitted at the Dept. of Economics, University of California, Berkeley. The Norwegian ... -
Distributional and environmental effects of taxes on transportation
(Discussion Papers;No. 321, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: This article studies environmental and distributional effects from a differentiated tax system on a set of disaggregated transportation goods. Empirical examination on Norwegian data indicates that higher tax ... -
Distributional effects of environmental taxes on transportation. Evidence from engel curves in the United States
(Discussion Papers;No. 428, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: Indirect taxes on transportation activities that pollute can correct externalities and close the gaps between private and social costs. However, policy makers often find such Pigou taxes difficult to implement ... -
Does the CPI mirror costs-of-living? Engel's law suggests not in Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 368, Working paper, 2004)There is considerable interest in identifying the magnitude of the difference between increases in CPI and costs-of-living, and this article uses the technique proposed by Hamilton (2001) to measure this discrepancy for ... -
Effects of family policy reforms in Norway. Results from a joint labor supply and child care choice microsimulation analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 450, Working paper, 2006)Mothers of preschool children represent one part of the population that might be able to increase its labor supply. We discuss effects of family policy changes that encourage the labor supply of these mothers, as child ... -
Effects of norms, warm-glow and time use on household recycling
(Discussion Papers;No. 389, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: The aim of this paper is to quantify the relative importance of motivations based on warm-glow, social and moral norms and cost of time used recycling on household recycling efforts. We also test for crowding-out ... -
Engel elasticities, pseudo-maximum likelihood estimation and bootstrapped standard errors : a case study
(Discussion Papers;No. 532, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: Estimation of standard errors of Engel elasticities within the framework of a linear structural model formulated on two-wave panel data is considered. The complete demand system is characterized by measurement ... -
Estimating consumption and changes in stock applying micro expenditure data
(Discussion Papers; 575, Working paper, 2009)The consumption of storable goods does not necessarily equal purchases during a period because of changes in stock. In many cases, we have information about expenditures only, not consumption. A method is developed to ... -
Estimating latent total consumption in a household
(Discussion Papers;No. 324, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: This article presents a new way of estimating latent total consumption in a household that may improve the accuracy of studies into permanent income and consumption inequality. While the frequently used total ... -
From data to levy design : the five stages of implementing housing taxes
(Discussion Papers; 596, Working paper, 2009)Taxes on housing consumption have attractive features. They can enhance overall efficiency, function as automatic stabilizers, and work progressively. Implementation, however, requires a careful balance between economic ... -
Gambling with the family silver. Household consumption and saving responses to fiscal uncertainty
(Discussion papers;913, Working paper, 2019-08)In the early 2000s, eight Norwegian energy producing municipalities sold up to ten years of future electricity earnings and let two brokers from Terra Securities make investments on their behalf. In the wake of the 2007 ...