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Licensing technology and foreclosure
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-12)We consider an industry where one firm with a superior technology competes for market shares with several rivals. The owner of the superior technology (the dominant firm) can license or transfer the source of its dominance ... -
Life cycle earnings, education premiums and internal rates of return
(Discussion paper;24/2014, Working paper, 2014-06)What do the education premiums look like over the life cycle? What is the impact of schooling on lifetime earnings? How does the internal rate of return compare with opportunity cost of funds? To what extent do progressive ... -
Life-cycle bias and the returns to schooling in current and lifetime earnings
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Life-cycle patterns in male/female differences in job search
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-01)We investigate whether women search longer for a job than men and whether these differences change over the life cycle. Our empirical analysis exploits German register data on highly attached displaced workers. We apply ... -
Like father, like son? : a note on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-09)More able parents tend to have more able children. While few would question the validity of this statement, there is little large-scale evidence on the intergenerational transmission of IQ scores. Using a larger and more ... -
Liquidity : concepts, ideas and the financial crisis
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LNG-fueled vessels in the Norwegian short-sea market : a cost-effective response to environmental regulation
(Master thesis, 2010)The objective of this thesis is to assess the environmental and economic advantages of using LNG as fuel for ships. Air emissions from ships are an increasing environmental concern. Since the shipping sector can ... -
Local content development : experiences from oil and gas activities in Norway
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-02)In the paper industrial development connected to upstream oil and gas activities in Norway is discussed. Several factors explain the success of Norway in this respect. Some of these factors are of a kind that only rarely ... -
Lokalisering av flyavganger: en empirisk undersøkelse av avgangstidsmønsteret i det norske luftfartsmarkedet i perioden 2000 – 2008
(Master thesis, 2010)I denne mastergradsutredningen skal jeg undersøke graden av samlokalisering på det norske stamrutenettet som følge av at Norwegian etablerte seg i markedet i 2002. Oppgaven er inspirert av to tidligere studier. Salvanes ... -
Long term care and hospital length of stay for elderly patients
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-04)The proportion of elderly people in the population is increasing and old patients’ bed occupancy rate in hospitals increases as a fraction of total bed occupancy. Because old patients, on average, are frailer than other ... -
Long-term sustainable and optimal management of multispecies stochastic fisheries
(Working papers;01/14, Working paper, 2014-02)Multispecies fisheries management is the first step towards ecosystem-based fisheries management. Multispecies management accounts for a number of species and their physical, biological, and economic interactions. These ... -
Losers, winners and prisoner's dilemma in international subsidy wars
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-10)Two central results in the strategic trade literature are that governments shall support winners and that there is a policy prisoner dilemma in international subsidy wars (i.e.: countries have incentives to support local ... -
Losers, winners and prisoner’s dilemma in international subsidy wars
(Working paper, Working paper, 2006-10)Two central results in the strategic trade literature are that governments shall support winners and that there is a prisoner’s dilemma in international subsidy wars (i.e.: countries have incentives to support local firms ... -
Luck, choice and responsibility
(Discussion paper;6/2014, Working paper, 2014-03)We conduct a laboratory experiment where third-party spectators can redistribute resources between two agents, thereby offsetting the consequences of controllable and uncontrollable luck. Some spectators go to the limits ... -
Luksuriøs kosmetikk : følelser, kvalitet og sosial identitet : et studie av kvinners oppfattelse og meninger om kjøp og bruk av luksuriøs kosmetikk
(Master thesis, 2009)Spørsmålet som denne oppgaven skal svare på er følgende: Hva er kvinnens oppfatninger og meningsdannelser om kjøp og bruk av luksuriøs kosmetikk? Forbruksfeltet som denne masteroppgaven omfatter er det tidligere forsket ... -
De lønnsomme arbeiderne : en samfunnsøkonomisk analyse av varig tilrettelagt arbeid
(Master thesis, 2011)Denne utredningen analyserer den samfunnsøkonomiske gevinsten ved sysselsetting av uførepensjonister gjennom arbeidsmarkedstiltaket varig tilrettelagt arbeid. I tillegg gir den en vurdering av tiltakets økonomiske og ... -
Made in China, sold in Norway : local labor market effects of an import shock
(Discussion paper;25/2014, Working paper, 2014-06)We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by exposure to import competition from China. We find negative employment effects for low-skilled workers, and observe that low-skilled workers tend to be pushed ... -
Main factors behind the substantial increase of FDI in Bulgaria : 2003-2007
(Master thesis, 2009)Since 2003 FDI inflows to Bulgaria have been growing steadily. This paper addresses the question which the main factors determining this significant increase are. The analysis is based on a large amount of macroeconomic ... -
Making sense of market delineation with the aggregate diversion ratio
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-08)The US Merger Guidelines leave it an open question if the SSNIP test requires an increase in one, some or all prices in the candidate market. We argue that the characteristics of the candidate market in question should be ...