Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Mæstad, Ottar"
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The international coal trade pattern
Mæstad, Ottar; Strandenes, Siri Pettersen (Report, Research report, 2003-11)Climate policies may reduce the coal demand in some of the major coal importing countries (e.g., Western Europe and Japan). This paper analyses how a shift in the import demand for coal will affect the trade pattern in the ... -
The Kyoto Protocol and the fossil fuel markets under different emission trading regimes
Holtsmark, Bjart; Mæstad, Ottar (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-07)The consequences of the Kyoto Protocol for the fossil fuel markets depend on which policy instruments that are used in order to reach the emission targets. This paper uses a numerical model to assess the significance of ... -
Market power in the market for greenhouse gas emission permits : the interplay with the fossil fuel markets
Hagem, Cathrine; Mæstad, Ottar (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-12)Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol is likely to leave Russia and other Eastern European countries with market power in the market for emission permits. Ceteris paribus, this will raise the permit price above the competitive ... -
Market power with interdependent demand : sale of emission permits and natural gas from the former Soviet Union
Hagem, Cathrine; Kallbekken, Steffen; Mæstad, Ottar; Westskog, Hege (Working paper, Working paper, 2004-01)With implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, the Former Soviet Union countries, and Russia in particular, will most likely be able to exert market power in the emission permit market. However, it can be argued that since ... -
Pay-for-performance reduces bypassing of health facilities: evidence from Tanzania
Chiksa, Sosina Bezu; Binyaruka, Peter John; Mæstad, Ottar; Somville, Vincent (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Many patients and expectant mothers in low-income countries bypass local health facilities in search of betterquality services. This study examines the impact of a payment-for-performance (P4P) scheme on bypassing practices ... -
Timber trade restrictions and tropical deforestation : a forest mining approach
Mæstad, Ottar (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-04)Timber trade restrictions have been proposed as a means to reducing tropical deforestation. This paper analyses the consequences of such trade interventions, emphasising the effects on logging behaviour and the allocation ...