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    • Can a carbon permit system reduce Spanish unemployment? 

      Fæhn, Taran; Gómez-Plana, Antonio G.; Kverndokk, Snorre (Discussion Papers;No. 410, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: This paper addresses the frequently articulated worry for the unemployment impacts of abating CO2 emissions. The Spanish economy is ridden by unemployment rates well above the EU average. At the same time the ...

    • Depletion of Fossil Fuels and the Impacts of Global Warming 

      Kverndokk, Snorre (Discussion papers;107, Working paper, 1994-02)
      This paper combines the theory of optimal extraction of exhaustible resources with the theory of greenhouse externalities, to analyse problems of global warming when the supply side is considered. The optimal carbon tax ...

    • Exit dynamics with rational expectations 

      Raknerud, Arvid; Golombek, Rolf (Discussion Papers;No. 291, Working paper, 2000)
      Abstract: We develop an econometric model for firm exit, using stochastic dynamic programming (SDP) as a starting point. According to SDP, the value of an operating firm can be written as the sum of (i) the net present ...

    • Good girl–bad boy : making identity statements when answering a questionnaire 

      Halvorsen, Bente (Discussion Papers;609, Working paper, 2010)
      Environmental policy analyses often draw on stated preferences, with most humans having strong preferences with respect to how we view ourselves and how we would like others to perceive us. This may create systematic ...

    • Maximizing the discounted tax revenue in a mature oil province 

      Lindholt, Lars (Discussion Papers;No.544, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: Using a partial equilibrium model for the global oil market, we search for the producer tax that maximizes the government’s discounted tax revenue in Norway. The oil market model explicitly accounts for reserves, ...

    • Netback pricing as a remedy for the Russian gas deficit 

      Tsygankova, Marina (Discussion Papers;No. 554, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: This descriptive study discusses the effects of increases in domestic gas prices on the Russian gas market. Domestic natural gas prices have remained below their long-run marginal cost for more than a decade ...

    • Norwegian gas sales and the impacts on European CO2 emissions 

      Berg, Elin; Boug, Pål; Kverndokk, Snorre (Discussion Papers;No. 199, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper studies the impacts on Western European CO2 emissions of a reduction in Norwegian gas sales. The impacts are due to changes in energy demand and energy supply, but environmental and political regulations also ...

    • On the value of households' recycling efforts 

      Bruvoll, Annegrete; Nyborg, Karine (Discussion Papers;No. 316, Working paper, 2002)
      Abstract: Do households' recycling efforts represent a social cost, which should be taken into account in cost-benefit analyses of alternative waste treatment systems? Some argue that it should not, since recycling efforts ...

    • Russian natural gas exports to Europe. Effects of Russian gas market reforms and the rising market power of Gazprom 

      Sagen, Eirik Lund; Tsygankova, Marina (Discussion Papers;No. 445, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: Gazprom, the dominant gas company in Russia, is widely believed to be the key supplier of gas to Europe in the foreseeable future. However, there are numerous uncertainties and challenges within the Russian ...

    • The export of Russian gas to Europe: breaking up the monopoly of Gazprom 

      Tsygankova, Marina (Discussion Papers;No. 494, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: Having exports from more than one Russian gas producer has been an important issue in the Russian–EU energy dialogue during the last decade. Nevertheless, in June 2006, Russian Federal law legalized the de ...