Browsing Statistisk sentralbyrå by Document Types "Working paper"

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    • 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 ...

    • Testing the rational expectations hypothesis - Using Norwegian microeconomic data 

      Svendsen, Ingvild (Discussion Paper;No. 90, Working paper, 1993-10)
      The rational expectations hypothesis (REH) is tested directly using Norwegian microeconomic data on firms' expectations of the prices of own products in domestic and export markets and expectations of demand for own products ...

    • Testing the split of economic ownership for petroleum resources in Norway 

      Liu, Gang (Notater/Documents;2023/24, Working paper, 2023-05)
      Based on the Norwegian experiences, a long-term average pattern is identified as regards the distribution of resource rent due to petroleum activities, which can be used to split the economic ownership of oil and gas ...

    • The Achilles heel of the dual income tax : the Norwegian case 

      Alstadsæter, Annette (Discussion Papers;No. 474, Working paper, 2006)
      Abstract: The dual income tax provides the self-employed individual with large incentives to participate in tax minimizing income shifting. The present paper analyses the income shifting incentives under the Norwegian ...

    • The Anatomy of electricity demand: A CGE decomposition for Norway 

      Holmøy, Erling (Discussion Papers;No. 426, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: The paper derives a general equilibrium demand function for electricity by imposing a specific closure rule on a large CGE-model of the Norwegian economy. By a decomposition technique it quantifies the ...

    • 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 barrier model of productivity growth: South Africa 

      Harding, Torfinn; Rattsø, Jørn (Discussion Papers;No. 425, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: The barrier model of productivity growth suggests that individual country productivity is related to the world technology frontier disturbed by national barriers. We offer a country study of the barrier ...

    • The capital constraining effects of the norwegian wealth tax 

      Edson, Chris (Discussion papers;724, Working paper, 2012-12)
      This paper investigates if the Norwegian wealth tax imposes capital constraints on small privately held businesses. A panel of 31,428 Norwegian firms from 2005 to 2009 is used to estimate two models of capital constraints. ...

    • The clean development mechanism versus international permit trading: the effect on technological change 

      Hagem, Cathrine (Discussion Papers;No. 521, Working paper, 2007)
      Abstract: The clean development mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol may induce technological change in developing countries. As an alternative to the clean development mechanism regime, developing countries may accept a ...

    • The commodity currency puzzle 

      Bjørnland, Hilde Christiane; Hungnes, Håvard (Discussion Papers;No. 423, Working paper, 2005)
      Abstract: This paper addresses the purchasing power parity (PPP) puzzle for commodity currencies. A substantial part of the literature on commodity currencies has found that, despite controlling for the effect of commodity ...

    • The consumer price index of Mozambique. A short term mission 13-31 March 2000 

      Johannessen, Randi (Documents;2000/9, Working paper, 2000-06-22)

    • The consumption Euler equation or the Keynesian consumption function? 

      Boug, Pål; Cappelen, Ådne; Jansen, Eilev S.; Swensen, Anders Rygh (Discussion papers;904, Working paper, 2019-04)
      We formulate a general cointegrated vector autoregressive (CVAR) model that nests both a class of consumption Euler equations and various Keynesian type consumption functions. Using likelihoodbased methods and Norwegian ...

    • The cost-of-living index with trade barriers. Theory and evidence 

      von Brasch, Thomas (Discussion papers;751, Working paper, 2013-09)
      The standard cost-of-living index hinges on the assumption that there is free trade. Applying it to situations where trade barriers are present yields biased results with respect to a true cost-of-living index. Import price ...

    • The costs of taxation in the presence of inequality 

      Valseth, Åsmund Sunde; Holtsmark, Bjart; Holtsmark, Katinka (Discussion papers;908, Working paper, 2019-06)
      This paper provides a new and improved measure of the marginal cost of public funds (MCF). It is based on a benchmark tax which is distributionally neutral and non-distortive. This is in contrast to the MCF-measure used ...

    • The demand for labour and the Lucas critique : evidence from Norwegian manufacturing 

      Unknown author (Discussion Papers;No. 256, Working paper, 1999)
      This paper uses neoclassical theory as a foundation for modelling labour demand in Norwegian manufacturing. Applying the Johansen (1988,1991) methodology, we obtain a single cointegrating vector between employment, production, ...

    • The distributional impact of public services in European countries 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Lindgren, Petter Y. (Discussion papers;746, Working paper, 2013-06)
      The purpose of this paper is to study the impact of including the value of public health care, longterm care, education and childcare on estimates of income inequality and financial poverty in 23 European countries. The ...

    • The distributional impact of the Norwegian tax reform measured by disproportionality 

      Thoresen, Thor Olav (Discussion papers;146, Working paper, 1995-06)
      This paper focuses on the measurement of progressivity and the distributional effect of the Norwegian tax reform of 1992. Progressivity is measured by the degree of disproportionality, which implies that the burden of taxes ...

    • The division of housework : does regional context matter? 

      Lappegård, Trude; Kjeldstad, Randi; Skarðhamar, Torbjørn (Discussion papers (Statistisk sentralbyrå. Forskningsavdelingen);No. 689, Working paper, 2012)
      Sammendrag Denne studien ser på sammenhengen mellom deling av husarbeid og local kjønnslikestillingskontekst. Vi bruker data fra den norske Generations and Gender survey 2007 i kombinasjon med med ulike makromål på ...

    • The double dividend in the presence of abatement technologies and local external effects 

      Bjertnæs, Geir Haakon; Tsygankova, Marina; Martinsen, Thomas (Discussion Papers;No. 691, Working paper, 2012)
      Denne studien analyserer om det eksisterer en netto velferdsgevinst forbundet med å øke en uniform skatt på utslipp av klimagasser i kun den Norske økonomien utover en internasjonal kvotepris. Studien påviser et moderat ...

    • The dual approach for measuring multidimensional deprivation and poverty 

      Aaberge, Rolf; Peluso, Eugenio; Sigstad, Henrik (Discussion papers;820, Working paper, 2015-10)
      This paper is concerned with the problem of ranking and quantifying the extent of deprivation exhibited by multidimensional distributions, where the multiple attributes in which an individual can be deprived are represented ...