Blar i Discussion Papers på forfatter "Larsson, Jan"
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Capacity utilization in a generalized Malmquist index including environmental factors : a decompostion analysis
Bye, Torstein; Bruvoll, Annegrete; Larsson, Jan (Discussion Papers;No. 473, Working paper, 2006)Abstract: Productivity measures ignoring environmental effects may give misleading information on total productivity growth. Further, business cycles in the form of capacity utilization may also significantly influence ... -
Consequences of the IPPC-directive’s BAT requirements for abatement costs and emissions
Larsson, Jan; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 411, Working paper, 2005)Abstract: The Integration Pollution and Prevention Control (IPPC) directive from the European Union implies that the regulatory emission caps should be set in accordance with each industry’s Best Available Techniques ... -
Do environmental regulations hamper productivity growth? How accounting for improvements of firms' environmental performance can change the conclusion
Telle, Kjetil; Larsson, Jan (Discussion Papers;No. 374, Working paper, 2004)Abstract: Many economists maintain that environmental regulations hamper productivity growth. However, recently, an opposing view has gained advocates. Indeed, it has been suggested that the empirically detected inverse ... -
Technological changes in the pulp and paper industry and the role of uniform versus selective environmental policy
Bruvoll, Annegrete; Bye, Torstein; Larsson, Jan; Telle, Kjetil (Discussion Papers;No. 357, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: Although environmental regulations may imply a cost increase on firm's conventional input factors, such regulations could stimulate the incentives to improve factor productivity. Productivity measures including ... -
Testing the multiproduct hypothesis on Norwegian aluminium industry plants
Larsson, Jan (Discussion Papers;No. 350, Working paper, 2003)Abstract: Although most production activities involve multiple outputs, econometric models of production or cost functions normally involve only one single homogeneous output. The aim of this paper is to test the hypothesis ...