Browsing NHH Brage by Subject "trade"
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A carbon footprint proportional to expenditure : a case for Norway?
(Discussion paper;16/14, Working paper, 2014-04)Assuming that emissions originate from the consumption of goods and services, we study the relationship between consumption-based per capita carbon footprint and per capita expenditure for Norway, using 2007 data. A ... -
Economic integration and the profitability of cross-border mergers and acquisitions
(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 ... -
Industrial clusters : equilibrium, welfare, and policy
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-08)This paper studies the size and number of industrial clusters that will arise in a multi-country world in which one sector has a propensity to cluster because of increasing returns to scale. It compares the equilibrium ... -
On the profitability of cross-border mergers
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-10)A horizontal merger is unlikely to be profitable unless it involves the large majority of firms in an industry. This well established result was developed by Salant et al (1983) in a closed economy setting. The present ... -
R&D policies, trade and process innovation
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-11)We set up a simple trade model with two countries hosting one firm each. The firms invest in cost-reducing R&D, and each government may grant R&D subsidies to the domestic firm. We show that it is optimal for a government ... -
R&D policies, trade and process innovation
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-11)We set up a simple trade model with two countries hosting one firm each. The firms invest in cost-reducing R&D, and each government may grant R&D subsidies to the domestic firm. We show that it is optimal for a government ... -
Relative wages and trade-induced changes in technology
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-09)We develop a model where trade liberalization leads to skill-biased technological change, which in turn raises the relative return to skilled labor. When firms get access to a larger market, the relative profitability of ... -
Trade and development : is south-south co-operation a feasible strategy?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 1998-10)The first part of this article gives a brief overview of the main problems facing the developing countries in the present international trading system, and reviews the debate on import substitution vs. export promotion. ... -
Trade and multinationals : the effect of economic integration on taxation and tax revenue
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-12)The rising importance of multinationals in the world economy has been accompanied by a rise in trade between affiliates of multinationals located in different countries, and by profits being shifted to low tax countries. ...