Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Bjorvatn, Kjetil"
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Adverse selection into competition: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment in Tanzania
Almås, Ingvild; Berge, Lars Ivar; Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Somville, Vincent; Tungodden, Bertil (DP SAM;19/2020, Working paper, 2020-09)An influential literature has shown that women are less willing to compete than men, and the gender gap in competition may contribute to explaining gender differences in educational choices and labor market outcomes. This ... -
Business Training in Tanzania: From Research-driven Experiment to Local Implementation
Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal; Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Juniwaty, Kartika Sari; Tungodden, Bertil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Field experiments documenting positive treatment effects have a strong policy message: scale up! However, such experiments are typically implemented under close supervision of the research group in charge of the study. In ... -
The challenge of a rising skill premium for redistributive taxation
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Cappelen, Alexander W. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-02)The present paper analyses the challenge to redistribution programs posed by an increase in skill premium. The increase in skill premium, which we observe in most OECD countries, affects taxation through its effect on ... -
The challenge of a rising skill premium for redistributive taxation
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Cappelen, Alexander W. (Working paper, Working paper, 2006-02)The present paper analysis the challenge to redistribution programs posed by an increase in skill premium. The increase in skill premium, which we observe in most OECD countries, affects taxation through its effect on ... -
Competitive in the lab, successful in the field?
Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal; Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Pires, Armando; Tungodden, Bertil (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)A number of lab experiments in recent years have analyzed people’s willingness to com-pete. But to what extent is competitive behavior in the lab associated with field choicesand outcomes? We address this question in a ... -
Competitive in the lab, successful in the field?
Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal; Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Pires, Armando José Garcia; Tungodden, Bertil (Working paper;02/15, Working paper, 2015-01)A number of lab experiments in recent years have analyzed people’s willingness to compete. But to what extent is competitive behavior in the lab associated with field choices and outcomes? We address this question in a ... -
Corruption and competition for resources
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Søreide, Tina (Discussion paper;18/2012, Working paper, 2012-09)An increasing share of world FDI is carried out by multinationals from developing countries. These investors may have objectives and constraints that differ from their developed country counterparts. In this paper we ... -
Corruption and market reform
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Søreide, Tina (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-05)Market reforms in developing and transition economies have sometimes failed to deliver the desired welfare effects. Corruption may be an important reason for the inefficiency of market reforms, such as privatization ... -
Decentralization and the fate of minorities
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Cappelen, Alexander W. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-12)This paper analyses the welfare effects of a change from centralized to decentralized political authority. The potential disadvantage with decentralization in our model is that local dominant groups with rather “extreme” ... -
Destructive competition : factionalism and rent-seeking in Iran
Selvik, Kjetil; Bjorvatn, Kjetil (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-02)Empirical evidence shows that countries richly endowed with natural resources like oil and gas tend to have slower economic growth than resource poor countries. The present paper focuses on rentseeking as a source of ... -
Destructive competition : oil and rent seeking in Iran
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Selvik, Kjetil (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2005-04)In countries with poorly developed institutions, rent seeking may impose serious costs for the economy. Our analysis demonstrates how rent seeking distorts the economy through two channels. First, there is the direct ... -
Economic geography and development
Bjorvatn, Kjetil (Doctoral thesis, 1996) -
Economic integration and the profitability of cross-border mergers and acquisitions
Bjorvatn, Kjetil (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-08)The 1990s was a decade of increased economic integration. The decade also witnessed a sharp increase in cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&As). From a theoretical perspective, the increase in M&As in more integrated ... -
Empowering people with disabilities in developing countries : an evaluation of two group saving programs in Northern Uganda
Sandnes, Elias (Master thesis, 2020)People with disabilities are overrepresented among those in the world who live below the poverty line, and being disabled they face additional barriers to empowerment in an already challenging environment. Providing ... -
Empowering the disabled through savings groups: Experimental evidence from Uganda.
Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Tungodden, Bertil (DP SAM;5/2018, Working paper, 2018-03)We report from the first randomized controlled trial of a development program targeting people with disabilities: a village savings‐ and loans program in rural Uganda. We find that it has had a strong, positive impact ... -
En nudge for å hjelpe unge videre i livet : små dytt for å endre handlinger, vaner og holdninger
Tystad, Anne-Linn; Kvamsdal, Andrea S. (Master thesis, 2018)Formålet med denne utredningen har vært å undersøke om nudge i form av plan og påminnelser kan få unge raskere ut i arbeid. Utredningen er skrevet som del av forskningsprosjektet «Planlegging og påminnelser: Små dytt for ... -
En nudge for likestilling: små grep for en mer balansert fordeling av foreldrepengeperioden
Mjøen, Aksel Landsem; Singstad, Mari (Master thesis, 2017)Nudging er en metode som benyttes for å påvirke individers atferd og beslutninger, uten å frata individene valgmuligheter. Formålet med denne masterutredningen har vært å kartlegge om nudging kan være med å påvirke hvordan ... -
Ethnically Biased? Experimental Evidence from Kenya
Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal; Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Galle, Simon; Miguel, Edward; Posner, Daniel; Tungodden, Bertil; Zhang, Kelly (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019) -
FDI in LDCs : facts, theory and empirical evidence
Bjorvatn, Kjetil (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-11)One of the most striking signs of globalization is the strong growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the last two decades, and particularly since the second half of the 1980s. The present paper describes recent ... -
Gender Gaps in Leadership: The Case of Savings Groups in Uganda: How can gender gaps in leadership positions be measured and explained? Are there gender differences in the perceptions of which leaders are influential?– A Literature Review and Investigation of Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) in Uganda
Mairi, Judith (Master thesis, 2022)Village saving and loans associations (VSLAs) play critical roles in many countries, including Uganda, towards financial inclusion overall. VSLAs are critical in working towards two key components to financial inclusion: ...