• Official forecasts and management of oil windfalls 

      Harding, Torfinn; Ploeg, Frederick van der (Discussion papers (Statistisk sentralbyrå. Forskningsavdelingen);No. 676, Working paper, 2012)
      Official forecasts for oil revenues and the burden of pensioners are used to estimate forward-looking fiscal policy rules for Norway and compared with permanent-income and bird-in-hand rules. The results suggest that ...
    • Oil consumption subsidy removal in OPEC and other Non-OECD countries Oil market impacts and welfare effects 

      Aune, Finn Roar; Grimsrud, Kristine; Lindholt, Lars; Rosendahl, Knut Einar; Storrøsten, Halvor Briseid (Discussion Papers;No. 846, Working paper, 2016-09-19)
      This paper studies the oil market effects of phasing out oil consumption subsidies in the transport sector. Welfare effects in different countries are also examined. We investigate potential feedback mechanisms of oil ...
    • Oil dependency of the Russian economy: an econometric analysis 

      Benedictow, Andreas; Fjærtoft, Daniel; Løfsnæs, Ole (Discussion Papers;No. 617, Working paper, 2010)
      Abstract: A macro econometric model of the Russian economy is developed, containing 13 estimated equations – covering major national account variables, government expenditures and revenues, interest rates, prices and the ...
    • The Oil market as an oligopoly 

      Berger, Kjell; Hoel, Michael; Holden, Steinar; Olsen, Øystein (Discussion Paper;No. 32, Working paper, 1988-03)
      This paper treats the oil market as an oligopoly with a competitive fringe. The oligopoly is assumed to consist of Egypt, Oman, Mexico, Malaysia and Norway plus all OPEC members. The remaining oil producing countries are ...
    • Older or Wealthier? : the Impact of Age Adjustments on the Wealth Inequality Ranking of Countries 

      Almås, Ingvild; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion Papers;583, Working paper, 2009)
      Differences in individual wealth holdings are widely viewed as a driving force of economic inequality. However, as this finding relies on cross-section data, we may confuse older with wealthier. We propose a new method to ...
    • On dispersion preserving estimation of the mean of a binary variable from small areas 

      Zhang, Li-Chun (Discussion Papers;No. 285, Working paper, 2000)
      Abstract: Over-shrinkage is a common problem in small area (or domain) estimation. It happens when the estimated small-area parameters have less between-area variation than their true values. To deal with this problem, ...
    • On Equity and Public Pricing in Developing Countries 

      Mohn, Klaus (Discussion papers;123, Working paper, 1994-08)
      With address to developing countries, this paper derives some formulae for the optimal price structure for publicly provided private goods. A general equilibrium model is examined, which makes it possible to incorporate ...
    • On general versus emission saving R&D support 

      Bye, Brita; Jacobsen, Karl (Discussion Papers;584, Working paper, 2009)
      We analyse welfare effects of supporting general versus emission saving technological development when carbon emissions are regulated by a carbon tax. We use a computable general equilibrium model with induced technological ...
    • On measuring the contribution from fi rm turnover to aggregate productivity growth: Selection on profitability and not productivity 

      Brasch, Thomas von (Discussion papers;819, Working paper, 2015-10)
      Foster et al. (2001) outline a framework that is commonly used to identify the contribution from firm turnover to aggregate productivity growth. The framework is not derived from economic theory and it implies that ...
    • 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 ...
    • On natural resource rent and the wealth of a nation: a study based on National Accounts in Norway 1930-95 

      Lindholt, Lars (Discussion Papers;No. 281, Working paper, 2000)
      National wealth can be divided into real capital, financial capital, human capital and natural resource wealth. We use the National Accounts measures to illustrate the development of the wealth from 1930 to 1995, with ...
    • On R&D anf the undersupply of emerging versus mature technolgies 

      Heggedal, Tom-Reiel (Discussion Papers;571, Working paper, 2008)
      An important policy question is whether research and development (R&D) in new, emerging technologies should be more subsidized than R&D in other more mature technologies. In this paper I analyze if innovation externalities ...
    • On some common practices of systematic sampling 

      Zhang, Li-Chun (Discussion Papers;No. 456, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: Systematic sampling is a widely used technique in survey sampling. It is easy to execute, whether the units are to be selected with equal probability or with probabilities proportional to auxiliary sizes. It ...
    • On the definition and measurement of chronic poverty 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion Papers;No. 497, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: As an alternative to the conventional methods for measuring chronic poverty, this paper proposes an interpersonal comparable measure of permanent income as a basis for defining and measuring chronic poverty. ...
    • On the effects of linking voluntary cap-and-trade systems for CO2 emissions 

      Weitzman, Martin L.; Holtsmark, Bjart (Discussion Papers;no. 883, Working paper, 2018-09-05)
      Linkage of cap-and-trade systems is typically advocated by economists on a general analogy with the beneficial linking of free-trade areas and on the specific grounds that linkage will ensure cost effectiveness among the ...
    • On the importance of R&D and ownership for productivity growth: Evidence from Norwegian Micro-Data 1976-85 

      Klette, Tor Jakob (Discussion Paper;No. 60, Working paper, 1991-02)
      The first part of this paper develops a semi-parametric growth accounting framework, which permits a simultaneous study of productivity changes, scale economies and market power, extending the approach developed by Hall ...
    • On the meaning and measurement of redistribution in cross-country comparisons 

      Lambert, Peter J.; Nesbakken, Runa; Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 649, Working paper, 2011)
      Abstract: Empirical findings on the relationship between income inequality and redistribution from a cross-country perspective are not conclusive. One reason may be that observers have in mind different concepts of ...
    • On the measurement of environmental taxes 

      Bruvoll, Annegrete (Discussion Papers;599, Working paper, 2009)
      The purpose of environmental taxes is to correct the market when it fails to take environmental damages into account, i.e. to internalize the Pigouvian element. In addition, fiscal taxes are levied on both polluting and ...
    • On the measurement of long-run income inequality: Empirical evidence from Norway, 1875-2013 

      Modalsli, Jørgen; Aaberge, Rolf; Atkinson, Anthony B. (Discussion Papers;No. 847, Working paper, 2016-10-04)
      In seeking to understand inequality today, a great deal can be learned from history. However, there are few countries for which the long-run development of income inequality has been charted. Many countries have records ...
    • On the measurement of long-term income inequality and income mobility 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Mogstad, Magne (Discussion Papers;No. 622, Working paper, 2010)
      Abstract: This paper proposes a two-step aggregation method for measuring long-term income inequality and income mobility, where mobility is defined as an equalizer of long-term income. The first step consists of aggregating ...