• Counterfactual Analyses of Oil Price Shocks using a World Model 

      Barrell, Ray; Magnussen, Knut A. (Discussion papers;177, Working paper, 1996-07)
      Oil price shocks have played a dominant role in the macroeconomic development of the world economy over the last twenty five years. In this paper a large, estimated, macro-economic world model with time varying trade ...
    • Did Norway gain from the 1979-85 oil price shock? 

      Eika, Torbjørn; Magnussen, Knut A. (Discussion Papers;No. 210, Working paper, 1998)
      Macroeconomic effects of the high oil prices in the period 1979-85 for the Norwegian economy are considered. An alternative low oil price scenario is developed and effects of the oil shock are calculated as the deviation ...
    • Precautionary Saving and Old-Age Pensions 

      Magnussen, Knut A. (Discussion papers;108, Working paper, 1994-02)
      A precautionary saving model is extended to include old-age pensions and provides the framework for an empirical analysis of the relation between old-age pensions and private consumption. Norwegian macrodata for socioeconomic ...