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Gains from cartelisation in the oil market
(Discussion Papers;No. 181, Working paper, 1996)In this paper we ask whether OPEC still gains from cartelisation in the oil market despite low producer prices and a modest market share. We apply two intertemporal equilibrium models of the global oil market; one consisting ... -
Gambling with the family silver. Household consumption and saving responses to fiscal uncertainty
(Discussion papers;913, Working paper, 2019-08)In the early 2000s, eight Norwegian energy producing municipalities sold up to ten years of future electricity earnings and let two brokers from Terra Securities make investments on their behalf. In the wake of the 2007 ... -
Gas power generation in Norway: Good or bad for the climate? Revised version
(Discussion Papers;No. 286, Working paper, 2000)Abstract: Norway has abundant gas resources in the North Sea. The Norwegian gas production accounts for 2 percent of the world production and 17 percent of the European gas production. Despite huge gas production and ... -
Gas trade and demand in Northwest Europe: Regulation, bargaining and competition
(Discussion Paper;No. 45, Working paper, 1989-08)The paper investigates the present role of the gas transmission companies and possible effects of a deregulation of the European gas market by 1992, i.e. the introduction of the principle of common carriage or open access ... -
Gender equality in the family and childbearing
(Discussion papers;759, Working paper, 2013-10)This study focuses on the possible effect of gender equality and equity in the family on the transition to first, second and third births. The analysis includes the division of housework and childcare as well as the ... -
Gender or class – What determines voting? Lessons from expanding the suffrage in early 1900s Norway
(Discussion Paper;No. 988, Working paper, 2022-09)Previous literature has found that extending the suffrage to both females and poorer voters increases the supply of public goods. This paper investigates whether the difference in voting between men and women can be ... -
Gini’s nuclear family
(Discussion Papers;Nr. 491, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to justify the use of the Gini coefficient and two close relatives for summarizing the basic information of inequality in distributions of income. To this end we employ a specific ... -
The Global Effects of Subglobal Climate Policies
(Discussion Papers;634, Working paper, 2010)Individual countries are in the process of legislating responses to the challenges posed by climate change. The prospect of rising carbon prices raises concerns in these nations about the effects on the competitiveness of ... -
Global per capita CO2 emissions - stable in the long run?
(Discussion Papers;No. 438, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: Global per capita CO2 emissions have been relatively stable during the last decades. It has been suggested that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and its scenario makers have ignored this ... -
Globalisation of natural gas markets : effects on prices and trade patterns
(Discussion Papers;No. 559, Working paper, 2008)Abstract: The regional natural gas markets are expected to gradually become more integrated. The major driving forces are lower LNG costs, more spot trade, and increased need for imports into the US and other key markets. ... -
Good girl–bad boy : making identity statements when answering a questionnaire
(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 ... -
"Green National Product": Good Intentions, Poor Device?
(Discussion papers;103, Working paper, 1993-11)Quite a few economists have recently suggested that net national product should be adjusted for the value of environmental damages. One of the aims of such corrections is to establish a national income measure which is ... -
Green serves the dirtiest : on the interaction between black and green quatas
(Discussion Papers;581, Working paper, 2009)Tradable black (CO2) and green (renewables) quotas gain in popularity and stringency within climate policies of many OECD countries. The overlapping regulation through both instruments, however, may have important adverse ... -
Green technology policies versus carbon pricing: An intergenerational perspective
(Discussion Paper;No. 965, Working paper, 2021-10)Technology policy is the most widespread form of climate policy and is often preferred over seemingly efficient carbon pricing. We propose a new explanation for this observation: gains that predominantly accrue to households ... -
Greenhouse gas emissions in Norway : do carbon taxes work?
(Discussion Papers;No. 337, Working paper, 2002)Abstract: During the last decade, Norway has carried out an ambitious climate policy. The main policy tool is a relatively high carbon tax, which was implemented already in 1991. Data for the development in CO2 emissions ... -
Gross and net capital, productivity, and the form of the survival function some norwegian evidence
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Growth policy in a small, open economy : domestic innovation and learning from abroad
(Discussion Papers;572, Working paper, 2008)Research and development (R&D) play a pivotal role for innovation and productivity growth, and knowledge spillovers can make the case for public support to private R&D. In small and open economies, absorption of foreign ... -
Has growth in supply of educated persons been important for the composition of employment?
(Discussion Papers;No. 187, Working paper, 1997)In the Norwegian fabricated metal industry there has been a shift in demand from unskilled to skilled workers during the period 1972 to 1990, and relative demand for white collar employees has also increased. The paper ... -
Have inflation targeting and EU labour immigration changed the system of wage formation in Norway
(Discussion papers;No.824, Working paper, 2015-10)Collective agreements have played a central role in the system of wage formation in Norway for more than fifty years. Although the degree of coordination achieved has been variable, pattern wage bargaining has been a ... -
Health status after cancer : does It matter which hospital you belong to?
(Discussion Papers;590, Working paper, 2009)Survival rates are widely used to compare quality of health care. In this paper we introduce post-illness employment as a supplemental indicator of successful treatment of serious diseases. Utilizing rich register based ...