Browsing Discussion Papers by Author "Bowitz, Einar"

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    • Business cycles and fiscal policy: Norway 1973-93 

      Bowitz, Einar; Hove, Stein Inge (Discussion papers;178, Working paper, 1996-08)
      Effects of fiscal policy on macroeconomic variables during 1973-93 are analysed using a disaggregated macroeconometric model of the Norwegian economy. Fiscal policy is measured as deviations from estimated trends for ...

    • Fiscal expansion, the budget deficit and the economy: Norway 1988-91 

      Bowitz, Einar; Rødseth, Asbjørn; Storm, Erik (Discussion Paper;No. 91, Working paper, 1993-08)
      From 1989 fiscal policy in Norway has been expansionary. With the aid of the econometric model MODAG we estimate the size of the change in policy from 1988 to 1991, its final effect on the central government budget, and ...

    • Incomes policies and the Norwegian economy 1973-93 

      Bowitz, Einar; Cappelen, Ådne (Discussion Papers;No. 192, Working paper, 1997)
      During the second half of the 1970s there was massive government interference in wage and price formation in Norway. Incomes policies changed in the first half of the 1980s - the hey days of "dynamic tax policies" in Norway ...

    • Transitory adjustment costs and long term welfare effects of an EU-membership: the Norwegian case 

      Bowitz, Einar; Fæhn, Taran; Grünfeld, Leo A.; Mourn, Knut (Discussion papers;150, Working paper, 1995-08)
      We employ a large scale macroeconometric model to study transitory adjustment problems and long term welfare effects of a Norwegian EU-membership. Compared to the present European Economic Area (EEA) treaty, accession would ...

    • Unemployment and the growth in the number of recipients of disability benefits in Norway 

      Bowitz, Einar (Discussion Paper;No. 82, Working paper, 1993-03)
      The paper contains an analysis of factors behind the increases in the number of disability recipients in Norway. Entry rate functions for disability benefit are estimated using grouped time series data for entry rates by ...

    • Will restrictive demand policy improve public sector balances? 

      Bowitz, Einar; Storm, Erik (Discussion Paper;No. 66, Working paper, 1991-10)
      A policy simulation on the Norwegian macroeceometric model MODAG indicates that there are large automatic stabilizers in the system of government revenues and expenditure in Norway, especially in the short and medium term. ...