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    • Wealth effects on consumption in financial crises: the case of Norway 

      Jansen, Eilev S. (Discussion Papers;No. 616, Working paper, 2010)
      ABSTRACT: A dynamic consumption function, where consumption in the long run is determined by households’ disposable income and wealth, has been superior to the Euler equation in explaining the development of Norwegian ...

    • 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 proportional taxation: empirical evidence from Italy, Norway and Sweden 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Colombino, Ugo; Strøm, Steinar (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 ...

    • Welfare effects of trade liberalisation in distorted economies : a dynamic general equilibrium assessment for Norway 

      Fæhn, Taran; Holmøy, Erling (Discussion Papers;No. 251, Working paper, 1999)
      A disaggregated intertemporal CGE model is used to simulate the welfare effects in Norway of the recently implemented trade reforms including the WTO agreement, the EEA treaty, the EFTA fishery agreement and an anticipated ...

    • 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. ...

    • What are the options for non-OPEC producing countries? 

      Berger, Kjell; Bjerkholt, Olav; Olsen, Øystein (Discussion Paper;No. 26, Working paper, 1987)
      This paper discuss medium- and long term strategies for non-OPEC oil producing countries highly dependent on petroleum revenues. First a picture of the international oil market of the 1990s is outlined. Then we look at ...

    • When is mighty Gazprom good for Russia? 

      Tsygankova, Marina (Discussion Papers;No 526, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: In the late 1990s, several proposals for a structural reform that would bring competition and market prices to the Russian gas industry were intensely debated. Splitting up Russian gas monopolist Gazprom into ...

    • When subsidized R&D-firms fail, do they still stimulate growth? Tracing knowledge by following employees across firms 

      Møen, Jarle (Discussion Papers;No. 399, Working paper, 2004)
      Public R&D subsidies aim to target particularly risky R&D and R&D with large externalities. One would expect many such projects to fail from a commercial point of view, but they may still produce knowledge with social ...

    • Why some corporations pay more tax than necessary 

      Aarbu, Karl Ove; MacKie-Mason, Jeffrey K. (Discussion Papers;No. 211, Working paper, 1998)
      It has been noticed in several countries that many corporations do not claim all of their allowable tax depreciation deductions, despite incurring a higher tax cost. There are several possible explanations. First, the ...

    • Will it float? The New Keynesian Phillips curve tested on OECD panel data 

      Bjørnstad, Roger; Nymoen, Ragnar (Discussion Papers;No. 463, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: Galí, Gertler and Lòpez-Salido (2005), GGL, assert that the hybrid New Keynesian Phillips curve, NPC, is robust to different choices of estimation procedure and so some forms of specification bias. Specifically, ...

    • Will the Norwegian pension reform reach its goals? : an integrated micro-macro assessment 

      Holmøy, Erling; Stensnes, Kyrre (Discussion Papers;No. 557, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: The Norwegian pension reform of 2006 intends to (1) improve long run fiscal sustainability by reducing the growth in public old-age expenditures, (2) strengthen labour supply incentives, and (3) maintain the ...

    • Willingness to pay for dental fear treatment : is supplying fear treatment socially beneficial? 

      Halvorsen, Bente; Willumsen, Tiril (Discussion Papers;No. 334, Working paper, 2002)
      Abstract: The aim of this paper is to discuss the social desirability of a treatment program for patients with dental fear. The program consisted of three different fear treatments, cognitive therapy, applied relaxation ...

    • Årlig og kronisk fattigdom i Norge. En empirisk analyse av perioden 1993-2001 

      Galloway, Taryn Ann; Mogstad, Magne (Rapporter;2006/20, Report, 2006)
      Hovedformålet med denne studien er å kartlegge omfanget av kronisk og årlig fattigdom i Norge fra perioden 1993- 2001. Dessuten ønsker vi å studere i hvilken grad individer som har lav inntekt i en kort periode er utsatt ...

    • Økonomi, miljø og levekår i Arktis 

      Glomsrød, Solveig; Aslaksen, Iulie; Holtsmark, Bjart (Journal article, 2007)
      Nordområdene er sterkt påvirket av både den globale økonomiske utviklingen og klimaproblemene. Klimaproblemene gir sterkere utslag på høyere breddegrader og forventes å endre natur og levevilkår i Arktis langt utover de ...