• Intergenerational risk sharing by means of pay-as-you-go programs : an investigation of alternative mechanisms 

      Thøgersen, Øystein (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-06)
      A pay-as-you-go (paygo) pension program may provide intergenerational pooling of risks to individuals’ labor and capital income over the life cycle. By means of illuminating closed form solutions we demonstrate that the ...
    • Intergenerational risk sharing by means of pay-as-you-go programs : an investigation of alternative mechanisms 

      Thøgersen, Øystein (Report, Research report, 2006-05)
      A pay-as-you-go (paygo) pension program may provide intergenerational pooling of risks to individuals’ labor and capital income over the life cycle. By means of illuminating closed form solutions we demonstrate that the ...
    • Internasjonale spill-over effekter av finanspolitikk 

      Thøgersen, Øystein (Rapport, Research report, 2003-12)
      Et hovedtema i den økonomiske debatten i hele OECD-området er virkningene av offentlig budsjettpolitikk sett i sammenheng med sterkt økende byrder i finansieringen av de offentlige pensjonssystemene og tilhørende behov for ...
    • On the ability of the current government to influence its successor’s actions : a note 

      Thøgersen, Øystein (Report, Research report, 2002-07)
      An incumbent policy-maker can influence his successors' actions if current policies alter a state variabel that determines the opportunity set of the successor. Existing literature suggests that public debt is an important ...
    • Pengepolitikk og boligpriser : en analyse av styringsrentens påvirkning på boligprisutvikling og bidrag til finansiell stabilitet 

      Hæreid, Ingrid; Helsvig, Mari (Master thesis, 2017)
      Denne oppgaven tar for seg sammenhengen mellom pengepolitikk og utvikling i boligpriser de siste 20 årene. Pengepolitikk og karakteristikker ved boligmarkedet i Norge sammenlignes med Tyskland, Spania, Storbritannia og ...
    • Pengepolitikkens evolusjon 

      Thøgersen, Øystein (;2011:36, Working paper, 2011-12)
      Denne artikkelen vil diskutere aspekter ved norsk pengepolitikks omfattende utvikling i de senere ti-år. Et hovedpoeng er at denne har et evolusjonært preg. Endringer i økonomiens virkemåte og opplevde nye utfordringer så ...
    • The risk sharing effects of social security and the stochastic properties of income growth 

      Thøgersen, Øystein (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-05)
      Time-series analyses suggest that income shocks are fairly persistent. This has implications for the intergenerational risk-sharing effects of pay-as-you- go (paygo) social security programs. By means of a simple stochastic ...
    • The risk sharing effects of social security and the stochastic properties of income growth 

      Thøgersen, Øystein (Report, Research report, 2002-12)
      Time-series analyses of output and productivity data suggest that shocks are fairly persistent. This has implications for the intergenerational risk-sharing effects of pay-as-you-go (paygo) social security programs. By ...
    • Saving and Bequest in China: An Analysis of Intergenerational Exchange. 

      Almås, Ingvild; Freddi, Eleonora; Thøgersen, Øystein (SAM;10/2016, Working paper, 2016-05-31)
      Particularly high saving rates among the elderly in both rural and urban China call for an investigation of the involved bequest motive. Utilizing unique survey data from a diverse group of Chinese households, we document ...
    • Social security and future generations 

      Thøgersen, Øystein; Fehr, Hans (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-12)
      We survey the effects of social security in the form of mandatory public pension programs on the intergenerational distribution of tax burdens, income, various risks and welfare. The first part considers basic theoretical ...
    • Social security reforms and early retirement 

      Fehr, Hans; Sterkeby, Wenche Irén; Thøgersen, Øystein (Report, Research report, 2000-09)
      In order to stimulate labor market participation and improve the financial viability of the social security systems, many recent reform proposals in various OECD economies suggest to scale down the non-actuarial parts of ...
    • Social security reforms and early retirement 

      Fehr, Hans; Sterkeby, Wenche Irén; Thøgersen, Øystein (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-09)
      In order to stimulate labor market participation and improve the financial viability of the social security systems, many recent reform proposals in various OECD economies suggest to scale down the non-actuarial parts ...
    • Synspunkter på den økonomiske politikken i lys av nasjonalbudsjettet for 2003 

      Klovland, Jan Tore; Schjelderup, Guttorm; Thøgersen, Øystein (Rapport, Research report, 2002-10)
      Fremleggelsen av forslaget til statsbudsjett for 2003 og regjeringens drøfting av norsk økonomi og økonomisk politikk i det tilhørende nasjonalbudsjettet (Stortingsmelding nr. 1, 2002-2003) utgjør en god anledning til å ...
    • Synspunkter på den økonomiske politikken i lys av statsbudsjettet for 2004 

      Klovland, Jan Tore; Schjelderup, Guttorm; Thøgersen, Øystein (Rapport, Research report, 2003-10)
      Regjeringens presentasjon av forslaget til statsbudsjett for 2004 og dens drøfting av norsk økonomi og økonomisk politikk i det tilhørende nasjonalbudsjettet (Stortingsmelding nr. 1, 2003-2004) danner utgangspunktet for ...
    • Taylor rules and monetary policy in the Eurozone 

      Haug, Sverre Wiseth; Nesse, Martin Bergsholm (Master thesis, 2016)
      In this thesis, we analyse the monetary policy in the Eurozone since the origin of the euro. The aim of the thesis is to assess whether, and to what extent, the common monetary policy of the Eurozone has contributed to ...
    • Terminstrukturen i Brent-futures markedet 

      Brudvik, Pål; Henriksen, Espen R.; Thøgersen, Øystein (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2000-05)
      Terminstrukturen for en råvare har stor betydning for hensiktsmessigheten av ulike prissikringsstrategier. I dette notatet studerer vi prisbildet i markedet for Brent-futures i perioden 1988-1998. Sentrale begreper når ...
    • The Global Saving Glut in the light of demographic developments : a numerical simulation of the developments in China and the US 

      Pettersen, Malin Karlberg; Håland, Marianne (Master thesis, 2016)
      The objective of this thesis is to predict how demographic developments will affect the Global Saving Glut. The thesis examines how the changes in the age structure in China and the US are affecting their respective ...
    • The perfect wave: an estimate of a Norwegian petroleum supercycle 

      Devold, Kristine A.; Wiksnes, Runar (Master thesis, 2015)
      Over the last decades, the relationship between natural resource discoveries on macroeconomic development has been thoroughly debated. The importance of maintaining a sustainable development in mainland industries has ...
    • To what extent is capital really internationally mobile? : assessments from a Norwegian perspective 

      Matsen, Egil; Thøgersen, Øystein (Report, Research report, 2002-07)
      While evidence of smooth international interest rate arbitrage suggests that financial centers in various industrial countries are well integrated, it is still not clear whether investment and consumption patterns as well ...