Blar i Discussion Papers på forfatter "Aslaksen, Iulie"
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Are the Dixit-Pindyck and the Arrow-Fisher-Henry-Hanemann option values equivalent?
Aslaksen, Iulie; Synnestvedt, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 390, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: The relationship between the concept of option value in the literature on environmental preservation and the financial theory of option value is discussed by Fisher (2000), suggesting an equivalence between ... -
Birds of a feather flock together : the impact of choice of spouse on family labor income inequality
Aslaksen, Iulie; Wennemo, Tom; Aaberge, Rolf (Discussion Papers;No. 276, Working paper, 2000)This paper discusses the effects of the substantial rise in labor force participation of married women on the level, structure and trend in family labor income inequality. An interesting question is to what extent the rise ... -
Certainty equivalence procedures in decision making under uncertainty: an empirical application
Aslaksen, Iulie; Bjerkholt, Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 5, Working paper, 1985-03-25) -
Certainty euivalence procedures in the macroeconomic planning of an oil economy
Aslaksen, Iulie; Bjerkholt, Olav (Discussion Papers;No. 1, Working paper, 1985-03-10) -
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. ... -
Corporate environmental protection under uncertainty
Aslaksen, Iulie; Synnestvedt, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 355, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: Investment in pollution prevention technologies are often made under significant uncertainty about the future pay-off from the investments. However, as time passes some of the uncertainties may be resolved by ... -
Decomposition of the gini coefficient by income components : various types of applications and interpretations
Aaberge, Rolf; Aslaksen, Iulie (Discussion Papers;No. 182, Working paper, 1996)This paper aims at clarifying the notion "overall distributive effect" of an income component or a policy proposal and moreover discusses various approaches for assessing the distributional impact of the components of total ... -
Ecology and economy in the Arctic : uncertainty, knowledge and precaution
Aslaksen, Iulie; Glomsrød, Solveig; Myhr, Anne Ingeborg (Discussion Papers;No. 525, Working paper, 2007)Abstract: Climate change impacts in the Arctic require that complex relationships between the economy, the environment, and the living conditions of indigenous and local people be taken into account. While traditional ... -
Environmental risk and the precautionary principle. “Late lessons from early warnings” applied to genetically modified plants
Aslaksen, Iulie; Natvig, Bent; Nordal, Inger (Discussion Papers;No. 398, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: The environmental risk associated with genetically modified organisms (GMO) implies that new approaches to risk assessment, risk management and risk communication are needed. In this paper we discuss the role ... -
It pays to be green - a premature conclusion?
Telle, Kjetil; Aslaksen, Iulie; Synnestvedt, Terje (Discussion Papers;No. 394, Working paper, 2004)It has been claimed that good environmental performance can improve firms’ economic performance. However, because of e.g. data limitations, the methods applied in most previous quantitative empirical studies of the ... -
Optimal sequencing of hydroelectric and thermal power generation under energy price uncertainty and demand fluctuations
Aslaksen, Iulie; Bjerkholt, Olav; Brekke, Kjell Arne (Discussion Paper;No. 39, Working paper, 1988-10)The choice between hydro and thermal power in electricity supply is analyzed under stochastic demand and stochastic fuel cost. The first formulation gives rise to an optimal stopping problem, where the investment in hydro ... -
Plausible futures for the Norwegian Offshore Energy Sector: Business as Usual, Harvest or Rebuild?
Stoknes, Per Espen; Aslaksen, Iulie; Goluke, Ulrich; Randers, Jørgen; Garnåsjordet, Per Arild (Discussion Paper;No. 958, Working paper, 2021-08)The global energy transition from fossil to low-carbon energy challenges the future of the Norwegian petroleum sector, a major factor in the country’s economy, now facing financial climate risk and longterm declining demand, ... -
"The worth of a wildflower" : precautionary perspectives on the environmental risk of GMOs
Aslaksen, Iulie; Myhr, Anne Ingeborg (Discussion Papers;No. 476, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: How much is a wildflower worth? Inspired by “The worth of a songbird” by Funtowicz and Ravetz (1994) we use the value of a wildflower as symbol of the complexity of evaluating environmental qualities and risks. ... -
Urban Green. Integrating ecosystem extent and condition as a basis for ecosystem accounts. Examples from the Oslo region
Garnåsjordet, Per Arild; Steinnes, Margrete; Cimburova, Zofie; Nowell, Megan; Barton, David Nicholas; Aslaksen, Iulie (Discussion Paper;No. 941, Working paper, 2020-11)The article enhances the knowledge base for assessment of urban ecosystem services, within UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA EEA), which is based on spatial extent ... -
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 ...