Browsing Statistisk sentralbyrås publikasjonsserier / Published by Statistics Norway by Subject "JEL classification: H23"
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Means-testing the child benefit
(Discussion Papers;No. 262, Working paper, 1999)Improving the distributional impact of transfers may be costly if it reduces labour supply. In this paper we show how effects of changes in the design of the child benefit programme can be examined by deriving information ... -
On the meaning and measurement of redistribution in cross-country comparisons
(Discussion Papers;No. 649, Working paper, 2011)Abstract: Empirical findings on the relationship between income inequality and redistribution from a cross-country perspective are not conclusive. One reason may be that observers have in mind different concepts of ... -
On the measurement of environmental taxes
(Discussion Papers;599, Working paper, 2009)The purpose of environmental taxes is to correct the market when it fails to take environmental damages into account, i.e. to internalize the Pigouvian element. In addition, fiscal taxes are levied on both polluting and ... -
On the price and volume effects from green certificates in the energy market
(Discussion Papers;No. 351, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: We present a model for an energy market that includes a green certificate for suppliers of energy from renewables and a purchaser commitment to buy these certificates. We show that price and volume effects in ... -
Optimal oil exploration under climate treaties
(Discussion Papers;No. 245, Working paper, 1999)In this paper we focus on how an international climate treaty will influence the exploration of oil in Non-OPEC countries. We present a numerical intertemporal global equilibrium model for the fossil fuel markets. The ... -
Price and welfare effects of emission quota allocation
(Discussion Papers;No. 661, Working paper, 2011)Abstract: We analyze how different ways of allocating emission quotas may influence the electricity market. Using a large-scale numerical model of the Western European energy market, we show that different allocation ... -
Price versus tradable quantity regulation : uncertainty and endogenous technology choice
(Discussion Papers;No. 643, Working paper, 2011)Abstract: This paper shows that tradable emissions permits and an emissions tax have a risk-related technology choice effect. We first examine the first- and second-order moments in the probability distributions of optimal ... -
Prices vs. quantities : technology choice, uncertainty and welfare
(Discussion Papers;677, Working paper, 2012)This paper shows that tradable emissions permits and an emissions tax affect the firms' technology choice differently under uncertainty. A tax encourages the most flexible technology if and only if stochastic costs and ... -
Promoting renewables and discouraging fossil energy consumption in the European Union
(Discussion Papers;610, Working paper, 2010)The European Union (EU) identified some positive and negative externalities related to energy production and consumption when adopting its Renewable Energy and Climate Change Package. Given these externalities, we derive ... -
Promotion rat race and public policy
(Discussion papers (Statistisk sentralbyrå. Forskningsavdelingen);No. 686, Working paper, 2012)This study investigates whether excess effort to climb a career ladder justifies policy interventions. The answer depends on whether the government is able to levy a higher tax burden on career workers than on non-career ... -
Smart hedging against carbon leakage
(Discussion papers;920, Working paper, 2019-11)Policy makers in the EU and elsewhere are concerned that unilateral carbon pricing induces carbon leakage through relocation of emission-intensive and trade-exposed industries to other regions. A common measure to mitigate ... -
Stabilisation of CO2 concentrations: Mitigation scenarios using the Petro model
(Discussion Papers;No. 267, Working paper, 2000)How to stabilise the CO2 consentration in the atmophere depends crucially on baseline assumptions of future economic growth, energy demand and supply techlogies etc. In this paper we investigate how different assumptions ... -
Subsidising carbon capture : effects on energy prices and market shares in the power market
(Discussion Papers;595, Working paper, 2009)This paper examines how ambitious climate policies and subsidies to carbon capture may affect international energy prices and market shares in the power market. A detailed numerical model of the international energy markets ... -
The capital constraining effects of the norwegian wealth tax
(Discussion papers;724, Working paper, 2012-12)This paper investigates if the Norwegian wealth tax imposes capital constraints on small privately held businesses. A panel of 31,428 Norwegian firms from 2005 to 2009 is used to estimate two models of capital constraints. ... -
The impacts of alternative policy instruments on environmental performance. A firm level study of temporary and persistent effects
(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 ... -
Welfare effects of proportional taxation: empirical evidence from Italy, Norway and Sweden
(Discussion Papers;No. 171, Working paper, 1996)This paper employs a particular labor supply model to examine the welfare effects from replacing current tax systems in Italy, Norway and Sweden by proportional taxation on labor income. The results show that there are ...