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An analysis of a demand charge electricity grid tariff in the residential sector
(Discussion Papers;574, Working paper, 2009)This paper analyses the demand response from residential electricity consumers to a demand charge grid tariff. The tariff charges the maximum hourly peak consumption in each of the winter months January, February and ... -
Households' self-selection of a dynamic electricity tariff
(Discussion Papers;No. 446, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: Offering electricity consumers time-differentiated tariffs may increase demand responsiveness, thereby reducing peak consumption. However, one concern is that time-differentiated tariffs may also attract ... -
Labor supply of retiring couples and heterogeneity in household decision-making structure
(Discussion Papers;No. 404, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: This paper analyzes the labor market participation behavior of retiring couples in Norway. To account for the unobserved heterogeneity in decision-making structure within the household, I formulate a mixed ... -
Labour Supply models
(Discussion papers;807, Working paper, 2015-04)This paper is published as Chapter 7 of Handbook of Microsimulation Modelling edited by Cathal O’Donoghue, and issued in the series Contributions to Economic Analysis by Emerald Publishing Group. The purpose of the paper ... -
Markets where buyers also are sellers : how realized home equity may work as an accelerator of house prices
(Discussion Papers;No. 618, Working paper, 2010)Abstract: The house price level is a function of buyers’ realized home equity, and buyers’ realized home equity is a function of the house price level. This interdependence follows from the fact that buyers are sellers ... -
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 ... -
Using Engel curves to estimate purchasing power parity : a case study of the computation of the exchange rate between the Norwegian krone and the U.S. dollar
(Discussion Papers;580, Working paper, 2009)Standard practice of estimating purchasing power parities (PPP) involves using prices, in domestic currencies, of a common basket of goods and services, then calculating the price-equalizing exchange rate. In this article, ... -
Utilitarism, Equivalence Scales and Logarithmic Utility
(Discussion papers;118, Working paper, 1994-05)It is shown that if social welfare is the sum of logarithmic utility function, the optimal income distribution and the welfare effect of any income redistribution is independent of the equivalence scales. In optimum all ...