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    • Child care in the welfare state : a critique of the Rosen model 

      Aslaksen, Iulie; Koren, Charlotte (Discussion Papers;No. 269, Working paper, 2000)
      A recent study of the welfare state in Sweden, Rosen (1995, 1996, 1997), concludes that child care subsidies may lead to substantial deadweight losses that may impede economic growth and the future of the welfare state. ...

    • 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 ...

    • International emissions trading with endogenous taxes 

      Godal, Odd; Holtsmark, Bjart (Discussion Papers;No. 626, Working paper, 2010)
      Abstract: Motivated by the climate problem, this paper examines some effects of international cap & trade when national quotas result from strategic choice. In contrast to the fairly optimistic tone of closely related ...

    • Promoting renewables and discouraging fossil energy consumption in the European Union 

      Hagem, Cathrine (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 ...

    • Strategic investment in climate friendly technologies: the impact of permit trade 

      Greaker, Mads; Hagem, Cathrine (Discussion Papers;No. 615, Working paper, 2010)
      Abstract: Our point of departure is that a group of developed countries invest in the development of greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement technologies both at home and in developing countries. Such investments reduce the cost ...

    • The Assumption of equal marginal utility of income : how much does it matter? 

      Medin, Hege; Nyborg, Karine; Bateman, Ian (Discussion Papers;No. 241, Working paper, 1998)
      In most applied cost-benefit analyses, individual willingness to pay is aggregated without using explicit welfare weights. This can be justified by postulating a utilitarian social welfare function, along with the assumption ...

    • Valuation of social capital and environmental externalities 

      Aslaksen, Iulie; Brekke, Kjell Arne (Discussion Papers;No. 277, Working paper, 2000)
      The transition from more traditional to modern modes of production has large implications for time allocation, accumulation of social capital, market and non-market production, consumption, as well as for the environmental ...