• Aggregate industry behaviour in a monopolistic competition model with heterogeneous firms 

      Holmøy, Erling (Discussion Papers;No. 352, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: The paper analyses how a tractable representation of productivity heterogeneity among firms modifies the standard Dixit-Stiglitz (DS) model of monopolistic competition. The properties of the asymmetric model are ...
    • Are high oil prices profitable for OPEC in the long run? 

      Aune, Finn Roar; Glomsrød, Solveig; Lindholt, Lars; Rosendahl, Knut Einar (Discussion Papers;No. 416, Working paper, 2005)
      High oil prices are favourable for OPEC in the short run, but may undermine its future revenues. We search for the optimal oil price level for the producer group, using a partial equilibrium model for the oil market. The ...
    • Emissions leakage and subsidies for pollution abatement. Pay the polluter or the supplier of the remedy? 

      Fischer, Carolyn; Greaker, Mads; Rosendahl, Knut Einar (Discussion papers;708, Working paper, 2012-10)
      Asymmetric regulation of a global pollutant between countries can alter the competitiveness of industries and lead to emissions leakage. For most types of pollution, abatement technologies are available for firms to produce ...
    • Industry restructuring, OPEC response – and oil price formation 

      Aune, Finn Roar; Mohn, Klaus; Osmundsen, Petter; Rosendahl, Knut Einar (Discussion Papers;No. 511, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: Increased focus on shareholder returns, capital discipline and return on capital employed (RoACE) caused a slowdown in investment rates and production growth among international oil companies around the turn of ...
    • 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 Nash equilibrium in prices in an oligopolistic market with demand characterized by a nested multinomial logit model and multiproduct firm as nest 

      Liu, Gang (Discussion Papers;No. 454, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: This note provides a proof on existence and uniqueness of Nash equilibrium in prices in a market where the demand side is characterized by a nested multinomial logit model with multiproduct firm as nest and ...
    • The clean development mechanism versus international permit trading: the effect on technological change 

      Hagem, Cathrine (Discussion Papers;No. 521, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: The clean development mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol may induce technological change in developing countries. As an alternative to the clean development mechanism regime, developing countries may accept a ...
    • 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 ...
    • The market power of OPEC 1973-2001 

      Hansen, Petter Vegard; Lindholt, Lars (Discussion Papers;No. 385, Working paper, 2004)
      Abstract: We apply a multi-equation dynamic econometric model on monthly data to test if the behaviour of OPEC as a whole or different sub-groups of the cartel is consistent with the characteristics of dominant producers ...
    • 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 ...