Blar i Discussion Papers på forfatter "Nyborg, Karine"

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    • An Economic model of moral motivation 

      Brekke, Kjell Arne; Kverndokk, Snorre; Nyborg, Karine (Discussion Papers;No. 290, Working paper, 2000)
      Abstract: In this paper, we present an economic model of moral motivation. Consumers prefer regarding themselves as socially responsible individuals. Voluntary contributions to public goods are motivated by this preference. ...

    • Are there social limits to growth? 

      Brekke, Kjell Arne; Howarth, Richard B.; Nyborg, Karine (Discussion Papers;No. 239, Working paper, 1998)
      Hirsch (1976) suggested that as consumption grows, an increasing proportion of the benefits people derive from consumption is due to a status effect. Status is a relative concept that cannot be increased on average; thus ...

    • Cost-benefit analysis and the democratic ideal 

      Nyborg, Karine; Spangen, Inger (Discussion Papers;No. 205, Working paper, 1997)
      In traditional cost-benefit analyses of public projects, every citizen’s willingness to pay for a project is given an equal weight. This is sometimes taken to imply that cost-benefit analysis is a democratic method for ...

    • Does public policy crowd out private contributions to public goods? 

      Nyborg, Karine; Rege, Mari (Discussion Papers;No. 300, Working paper, 2001)
      Abstract: It is sometimes claimed that individuals’ contributions to public goods are not motivated by economic costs and benefits alone, but that people also have a moral or norm-based motivation. A number of studies ...

    • Environmental indicators 

      Alfsen, Knut H.; Brekke, Kjell Arne; Brunvoll, Frode; Lurås, Hilde; Nyborg, Karine; Sæbø, Hans Viggo (Discussion Paper;No. 71, Working paper, 1992-04)
      The report discusses possible logical structures and content of a set of environmental indicators for Norway. The emphasis is on structure; proposals for specific indicators and data presented are of a more preliminary nature.

    • "Green National Product": Good Intentions, Poor Device? 

      Nyborg, Karine; Aaheim, Asbjørn (Discussion papers;103, Working paper, 1993-11)
      Quite a few economists have recently suggested that net national product should be adjusted for the value of environmental damages. One of the aims of such corrections is to establish a national income measure which is ...

    • On the value of households' recycling efforts 

      Bruvoll, Annegrete; Nyborg, Karine (Discussion Papers;No. 316, Working paper, 2002)
      Abstract: Do households' recycling efforts represent a social cost, which should be taken into account in cost-benefit analyses of alternative waste treatment systems? Some argue that it should not, since recycling efforts ...

    • Project evaluations and decision processes 

      Nyborg, Karine (Discussion papers;137, Working paper, 1995-02)
      Cost-benefit analysis have been attacked by many critics because of its implicit ethical assumptions. The normative content of the method is at odds with the common attitude that economists should analyze how to reach given ...

    • Some Norwegian politicians' use of cost-benefit analysis 

      Nyborg, Karine (Discussion Papers;No. 169, Working paper, 1996)
      Members of the Norwegian Parliament were interviewed about the decision process concerning national road investments. Most of them found cost-benefit analysis useful, but apparently not as a device for ranking projects. ...

    • Sufficient Welfare Indicators. Allowing Disagreement in Evaluations of Social Welfare 

      Brekke, Kjell Arne; Lurås, Hilde; Nyborg, Karine (Discussion papers;119, Working paper, 1994-06)
      There is no consensus on how to measure interpersonally comparable, cardinal utility. Despite of this, people repeatedly make welfare evaluations in their everyday lives. However, people do not always agree on such ...

    • The Assumption of equal marginal utility of income : how much does it matter? 

      Medin, Hege; Nyborg, Karine; Bateman, Ian (Discussion Papers;No. 241, Working paper, 1998)
      In most applied cost-benefit analyses, individual willingness to pay is aggregated without using explicit welfare weights. This can be justified by postulating a utilitarian social welfare function, along with the assumption ...

    • The Evolution of considerate smoking behavior 

      Nyborg, Karine; Rege, Mari (Discussion Papers;No. 279, Working paper, 2000)
      This paper studies the formation of social norms for considerate smoking behavior. Being considerate gives smokers a higher social approval from non-smokers, but imposes an inconvenience cost. A non-smoker's disapproval ...

    • The political man and contingent valuation : motives do count 

      Nyborg, Karine (Discussion Papers;No. 180, Working paper, 1996)
      In addition to his role as a consumer pursuing his own interests, an individual may also regard himself as an ethical observer, judging matters from society's point of view. It is not clear which of these possibly conflicting ...

    • The welfare effects of carbon policies: grandfathered quotas versus differentiated taxes 

      Bye, Brita; Nyborg, Karine (Discussion Papers;No. 261, Working paper, 1999)
      Recently, it has been demonstrated that pre-existing distortionary taxes can substantially increase the costs of market-based instruments which do not raise revenue, such as non-auctioned emissions quotas. Revenue-raising ...