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Economic consequences of a large oil spill for the cod and herring fisheries in Northern Norway
(Master thesis, 2010)The rich and valuable fish stocks of the Northeast Arctic cod and the Norwegian spring-spawning herring spawn in the waters in and around Lofoten and Vesterålen. Seismic data suggests that the same areas contain large ... -
Economic geography and development
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Economic growth and income convergence : impact of European integration
(Master thesis, 2010)This thesis analyzes and explains international patterns of income growth among European countries and evaluates influence of European integration on income convergence among its member states. In the first part of the ... -
Economic integration and the relationship between profit and wage taxes
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-08)This paper analyzes the development of the ratio of corporate taxes to wage taxes using a simple political economy model with workers and capitalists that own internationally mobile and immobile firms. Among other results, ... -
Economic reasons behind the decline of the Ottoman empire
(Master thesis, 2009)This study addresses the economic reasons of the decline and fall of the Ottoman Empire. On the contrary to the previous researches, by undertaking both global and domestic developments, the paper examines the decline ... -
Economics for peace : Léon Walras and the Nobel peace prize
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-02)This paper is an account of the history of the attempt by Léon Walras to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 1906. It describes Walras’ moves to get three of his Lausanne colleagues to nominate him for the Prize, the ... -
Education and family background : mechanisms and policies
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-05)In every society for which we have data, people’s educational achievement is positively correlated with their parents’ education or with other indicators of their parents’ socioeconomic status. This topic is central in ... -
Education and fertility : evidence from a natural experiment
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-04)In many developed countries a decline in fertility has occurred. This development has been attributed to greater education of women. However, establishing a causal link is difficult as both fertility and education have ... -
Education and mobility
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-09)We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based on a quasi-exogenous staged Norwegian school reform, and register data on the whole population. Based ... -
The effect of market structure on banks’ interest rate spreads : an empirical analysis of the Norwegian bank market
(Master thesis, 2010)In this study we investigate how market structure affect the interest rate spread of banks that provide lending for commercial entities in Norway. We delineate the Norwegian bank market into local commuter belts, and define ... -
The effect of ownership structure on firm performance : a study of Norwegian listed firms
(Master thesis, 2009)This paper empirically investigates the relationship between ownership structure and firm performance, treating ownership concentration and owner identity as separate, but dependent dimensions of ownership structure. We ... -
The effects of changes in EU emission trading scheme on the value of a gas fired power plant in Norway
(Master thesis, 2011)The purpose of this thesis was to study how changes in the carbon market influences the present value of the gas fired power plant operated by Naturkraft AS. The changes in focus here are the ones introduced in EU’s Emission ... -
The effects of different strategic variables in non-cooperative fisheries games
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-10)In this paper we use stock size, harvest quantity and fishing effort, respectively, as strategic variables. We model a two agent (nations) non-cooperative fishery game, where the agents harvest a common fish stock. The ... -
Effects of flat tax reforms on economic growth in the OECD countries
(Master thesis, 2008)This master thesis explores how a transition from progressive tax schemes to flat tax schemes in OECD countries affects economic growth in terms of output, focusing on the period from 1997 to 2007. I present and compare ... -
Effects of flat tax reforms on economic growth in the OECD countries
(Working paper, Working paper, 2011-06)This paper explores how a transition from a progressive to a flat tax scheme would affect economic growth in the OECD countries on the period from 1997 to 2007. A meta-regression analysis on eighteen calibration studies ... -
The effects of variety and bundling on choice and satisfaction: Applications to new telecommunication and media services
(Working paper, Working paper, 2009-11)The purpose of this working paper is twofold; 1)to review consumer behavior literature on how assortment variety and bundling influence choice related variables, and 2)to apply this review on an analysis of telecommunication ... -
Effekten av produktkunnskap på informasjonssøking ved forbrukerkjøp
(Doctoral thesis, 1986) -
Effekter ved en liberalisering av det norske postmarkedet
(Rapport, Research report, 2009-03)Denne rapporten inneholder en diskusjon av konsekvensene ved en liberalisering av postmarkedet, hvor Posten Norges enerett på omdeling av adressert brevpost under 50 gram oppheves. Rapporten er skrevet på oppdrag av ... -
Effektivitetsanalyse av norske børsnoterte sparebanker 2005-2009
(Master thesis, 2010)Denne utredningen analyserer effektiviteten til norske børsnoterte sparebanker i perioden 2005-2009. Effektivitetsanalysen vart gjennomført ved en Data Envelopment Analysismodell. Et av formålene med utredningen har vært ... -
Efficiency enhancing taxation in two-sided markets
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-01)This paper examines the efficient provision of goods in two-sided markets and characterizes optimal specific and ad-valorem taxes. We show that (i) a monopoly may have too tight output compared to the social optimum; (ii) ...