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    • Sources of Business Cycles in Energy Producing Economies – The case of Norway and United Kingdom 

      Bjørnland, Hilde Christiane (Discussion papers;179, Working paper, 1996-08)
      This paper analyses the sources of business cycles in economies that have an important energy producing sector. Especially, I investigate the effects of oil and gas extractions (energy booms) on the manufacturing sector, ...

    • Spatial trade-offs in national landbased wind power production in times of biodiversity and climate crises 

      Grimsrud, Kristine; Hagem, Cathrine; Haaskjold, Kristina; Lindhjem, Henrik; Nowell, Megan (Discussion Paper;No. 992, Working paper, 2022-10)
      Energy generated from land-based wind power is expected to play a crucial role in the decarbonisation of the economy. With the looming biodiversity and nature crises, spatial allocation of wind power cannot, however, any ...

    • Specification of consumer demand models 

      Biørn, Erik (Discussion Papers;No. 10, Working paper, 1985-05-24)

    • Spending the night. Provider incentives, capacity constraints and patient outcomes 

      Huitfeldt, Ingrid (Discussion papers;889, Working paper, 2018-11)
      Healthcare providers’ response to payment incentives may have consequences for both fiscal spending and patient health. This paper studies the effects of a change in the payment scheme for hospitals in Norway. In 2010, ...

    • Spillover bias in multigenerational income regressions 

      Modalsli, Jørgen; Vosters, Kelly (Discussion Paper;No. 897, Working paper, 2019-02-08)
      Intergenerational persistence estimates are susceptible to several well-documented biases arising from income measurement, and it has become standard practice to construct income measures to mitigate these. However, ...

    • Spousal influence on early retirement behavior 

      Jia, Zhiyang (Discussion Papers;No. 406, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: In this paper, we use a binary choice panel data model to analyze married individuals.retirement behavior in Norway when a new option, AFP early retirement becomes available. We focus our study on the influence ...

    • Stabilisation of CO2 concentrations: Mitigation scenarios using the Petro model 

      Kverndokk, Snorre; Lindholt, Lars; Rosendahl, Knut Einar (Discussion Papers;No. 267, Working paper, 2000)
      How to stabilise the CO2 consentration in the atmophere depends crucially on baseline assumptions of future economic growth, energy demand and supply techlogies etc. In this paper we investigate how different assumptions ...

    • Stabilization of emissions of CO2: A computable general equilibrium assessment 

      Glomsrød, Solveig; Vennemo, Haakon; Johnsen, Torgeir (Discussion Paper;No. 48, Working paper, 1990-04)
      Using a multisector applied general equilibrium model, the paper studies economic development perspectives in Norway under limits to emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2 ). A wide range of effects are discussed, including ...

    • Status preferences and economic growth 

      Howarth, Richard B.; Brekke, Kjell Arne (Discussion Papers;No. 240, Working paper, 1998)
      This paper examines the implications of status-seeking behavior for long-term growth in a competitive economy. We explore the intuitive hypothesis that the quest for enhanced economic status leads to excessive levels of ...

    • A stochastic model for the utility of income 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Strøm, Steinar; Jia, Zhiyang (Discussion Papers;No. 358, Working paper, 2003)
      Abstract: In this paper we discuss a general framework for analyzing labor supply behavior in the presence of complicated budget- and quantity constraints of which some are unobserved. The point of departure is that an ...

    • Stochastic properties and functional forms in life cycle : models for transitions into and out of employment 

      Dagsvik, John K.; Aaberge, Rolf (Discussion Papers;No. 24, Working paper, 1987)
      The paper discusses a justification for a particular econometric framework for analysing transitions into and out of employment in an intertemporal context with uncertainty. The analysis extends the models found in the ...

    • Strategic climate policy in small, open economies 

      Greaker, Mads; Rosendahl, Knut Einar (Discussion Papers;No. 448, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: According to environmental interests groups governments should use their climate policy strategically in order to provide for a faster introduction of new, cleaner technologies. Strategic use of climate policy ...

    • 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 ...

    • Strategic partitioning of emissions allowances : under the EU Emission Trading Scheme 

      Böhringer, Christoph; Rosendahl, Knut Einar (Discussion Papers;No. 538, Working paper, 2008)
      Abstract: The EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) is breaking new ground in the experience with emission trading regimes across multiple jurisdictions. Since the EU ETS covers only some industries, it implies a hybrid emission ...

    • Structural adjustment and soil degration in Tanzania : A CGE-model approach with endogenous soil productivity 

      Aune, Jens B.; Glomsrød, Solveig; Iversen, Vegard; Wiig, Henrik (Discussion Papers;No. 189, Working paper, 1997)
      In this paper, a model of the nitrogen cycle in the soil is incorporated in a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of the Tanzanian economy, thus establishing a two way link between the environment and the economy. ...

    • Structural adjustments and deforestation in Nicaragua 

      Glomsrød, Solveig; Monge A., Maria Dolores; Vennemo, Haakon (Discussion Papers;No. 193, Working paper, 1997)
      This paper investigates the impact of structural adjustment policies on deforestation taking place when the agricultural frontier advances into forest reserves in Nicaragua. A computable general equilibrium model incorporating ...

    • Structural break in the Norwegian LFS due to the 2021 redesign 

      Hungnes, Håvard; Skjerpen, Terje; Hamre, Jørn Ivar; Jansen, Xiaoming Chen; Pham, Dinh Quang; Sandvik, Ole (Discussion Paper;No. 987, Working paper, 2022-08)
      The labour force surveys (LFSs) on all Eurostat countries underwent a substantial redesign in January 2021. To ensure coherent labour market time series for the main indicators in the Norwegian LFS, we model the impact ...

    • Structural Labour Supply Models and Microsimulation 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Colombino, Ugo (Discussion Papers;No. 877, Working paper, 2018-06-04)
      The purpose of the paper is to provide a discussion of the various approaches for accounting for labour supply responses in microsimulation models. The paper focus attention on two methodologies for modelling labour ...

    • THE STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC INEQUALITY AMONG HOUSEHOLDS LIVING IN URBAN SICHUAN AND LIAONING, 1990 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Chen, Xiaojie; Li, Jing; Li, Xuezeng (Discussion Paper;No. 70, Working paper, 1992-04)
      This paper presents the results from a descriptive analysis of economic inequality among households living in urban regions of two Chinese provinces, Sichuan and Liaoning, in 1990. The results refer to distributions of ...

    • Subsidising carbon capture : effects on energy prices and market shares in the power market 

      Aune, Finn Roar; Liu, Gang; Rosendahl, Knut Einar; Sagen, Eirik Lund (Discussion Papers;595, Working paper, 2009)
      This paper examines how ambitious climate policies and subsidies to carbon capture may affect international energy prices and market shares in the power market. A detailed numerical model of the international energy markets ...