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The Norwegian tax reform : distributional effects and the high-income response
(Discussion Papers;No. 207, Working paper, 1997)Are we better or worse off after the Norwegian tax reform of 1992 and how has the reform influenced the income sizes and the distribution of total income? This question denotes our twofold analysis in this paper. We first ... -
The pattern of household savings during a hyperinflation : The case of urban China in the late 1980s
(Discussion Papers;No. 217, Working paper, 1998)This paper presents evidence on household savings in urban regions of the Chinese provinces Sichuan and Liaoning based on data from the State Statistical Bureau's Urban Household Survey for the late 1980s. In this period ... -
The political economy of global warming : from data to decision
(Discussion Papers;No. 322, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: This article studies the process from data acquisition to policy decision in relation to an optimum policy on global warming. Policymakers must be reasonably skeptical before proposing remedies to curb warming, ... -
The political man and contingent valuation : motives do count
(Discussion Papers;No. 180, Working paper, 1996)In addition to his role as a consumer pursuing his own interests, an individual may also regard himself as an ethical observer, judging matters from society's point of view. It is not clear which of these possibly conflicting ... -
The relationship between altruism and equal sharing. Evidence from inter vivos transfer behavior
(Discussion Papers;No. 439, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: Several studies reject the implications of the altruism model. In this study it is argued that parents who transfer resources to their children both are altruistic and influenced by an equal division fairness ... -
The relationship between firm mobility and tax level: Empirical evidence of fiscal competition between local governments
(Discussion Papers;No. 424, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: The mobility of the tax base may influence fiscal outcomes. The many theoretical contributions about the role of mobility are not matched by empirical evidence. Existing studies address strategic interaction ... -
The relationship between the Norwegian R&D tax credit scheme and other innovation policy instruments
(Reports;2007/45, Report, 2007)We first study how participation in the Norwegian R&D tax credit scheme affects the probability of receiving other R&D and innovation subsidies. We find no evidence suggesting that using the R&D tax credit increase the ... -
The response by the Norwegian aluminium industry to changing market structure
(Discussion Papers;No. 237, Working paper, 1998)This paper analyses how changes in market structure have affected the margins (measured by the Lerner index) of Norwegian aluminium plants. Instead of showing the expected negative trend, due to increased competition ... -
The role of heterogeneous demand for temporal and structural aggregation bias
(Discussion Papers;No. 537, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: Differences in estimated parameters depending on the frequency of aggregate data have been reported in several fields of economic research. Some differences are due to seasonal variations in demand, but temporal ... -
The social contingency of wants implications for growth and the environment
(Discussion Papers;No. 227, Working paper, 1998)Economic models typically assume that individual wants are determined by forces exogenous to the economic system. Social psychology and consumer research, in contrast, support the view that the perceived benefits of ... -
The Social cost of government spending in an economy with large tax distortions. A CGE decomposition for Norway
(Discussion Papers;No. 396, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: We use a CGE model to estimate the social cost of a marginal increase in public expenditure in Norway. Norway exemplifies an economy with high taxes. Distortionary taxes imply wedges between the market prices ... -
The substitution bias of the consumer price index
(Discussion Papers;No. 451, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: The paper uses elementary consumer theory to propose an inflation independent ratio definition of the substitution bias of the Laspeyres consumer price index, and derives an approximate substitution bias which ... -
The welfare cost of market power : accounting for intermediate good firms
(Discussion Papers;No. 502, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: The market power of firms in intermediate good markets is found to generate a substantial welfare cost. Markup pricing of intermediate good firms contributes to increase the wedge between the marginal product ... -
The welfare effects of carbon policies: grandfathered quotas versus differentiated taxes
(Discussion Papers;No. 261, Working paper, 1999)Recently, it has been demonstrated that pre-existing distortionary taxes can substantially increase the costs of market-based instruments which do not raise revenue, such as non-auctioned emissions quotas. Revenue-raising ... -
The welfare effects of housing taxation in a distorted economy: A general equilibrium analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 306, Working paper, 2001)Abstract: Efficient capital taxation has been one of the most important objectives for large tax reforms implemented in several countries during the last decades. The Norwegian Tax reform of 1992 took a large step towards ... -
"The worth of a wildflower" : precautionary perspectives on the environmental risk of GMOs
(Discussion Papers;No. 476, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: How much is a wildflower worth? Inspired by “The worth of a songbird” by Funtowicz and Ravetz (1994) we use the value of a wildflower as symbol of the complexity of evaluating environmental qualities and risks. ... -
Tilbud og etterspørsel etter arbeidskraft etter utdanning, 1986-2025
(Rapporter;2008/29, Report, 2008)Som i de fleste andre OECD-land, har Norge opplevd en betydelig økning i behovene for utdannet arbeidskraft gjennom de siste tiårene. Dette gjelder både arbeidskraft med utdanning fra universitet og høyskoler og arbeidskraft ... -
Time-differentiated pricing and direct load control of residential electricity consumption
(Discussion Papers;No. 461, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: Time-of-use and real-time spot pricing tariffs in conjunction with direct load control of water heaters was offered to residential electricity consumers in a large-scale demand response experiment. Hourly data ... -
Timing of innovation policies when carbon emissions are restricted : an applied general equilibrium analysis
(Discussion Papers;No. 536, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: This paper studies the timing of subsidies for environmental research and development (R&D) and how innovation policy is influenced by the costs of emissions. We use a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) ... -
To what extent do fiscal regimes equalize opportunities for income acquisition among citizens?
(Discussion Papers;No. 272, Working paper, 2000)This project employs the theory of equality of opportunity, described in Roemer’s book (Equality of Opportunity, Harvard University Press, 1998), to compute the extent to which tax-and-transfer regimes in ten countries ...