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    • Missing in Action? Speed optimization and slow steaming in maritime shipping 

      Assmann, Lisa; Andersson, Jonas; Eskeland, Gunnar S. (Discussion paper;13/15, Working paper, 2015-03-12)
      This paper analyzes the claim, made by both academics and by industry insiders, that vessels speed up under conditions of high freight rates and low bunker prices. The rationale for the claim is that a ship should move ...
    • Missing Work is a Pain: The Effect of Cox-2 Inhibitors on Sickness Absence and Disability Pension Receipt 

      Buetikofer, Aline; Skira, Meghan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      How does medical innovation affect labor supply? We analyze how the availability of Cox-2 inhibitors, pharmaceuticals used for treating pain and inflammation, affected the sickness absence and disability pension receipt ...
    • Misspecifications due to aggregation of data in models for journeys-to-work 

      Gitlesen, Jens Petter; Thorsen, Inge; Ubøe, Jan (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-10)
      In this paper we develop a new simulation procedure that can be used to examine validity of model extensions. Our testing regime is carried out on a number of different trip distribution models. We test the models on ...
    • Mixed contracts for the newsvendor problem with real options 

      Jörnsten, Kurt; Nonås, Sigrid Lise; Sandal, Leif Kristoffer; Ubøe, Jan (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2011-04)
    • Mixed Member Proportional with faithful accounting 

      Stensholt, Eivind (Discussion paper;5/21, Working paper, 2021-03-15)
      With present (2021) tally rules, the number of seats in the Bundestag is highly volatile. In 2017 it got 709 seats, 111 of them extra-ordinary. The rules may double the influence of a voter who splits the ballot, contrary ...
    • Mixed Member Proportional; equal influence and assembly size 

      Stensholt, Eivind (Discussion paper;10/20, Working paper, 2020-08-31)
      With the present (2020) tally rules, the number of seats in the Bundestag is highly volatile. In 2017 it got 709 seats, 111 of them extra-ordinary. The tally rules may double the influence of a voter who splits the vote; ...
    • MMP-elections and the assembly size 

      Stensholt, Eivind (Discussion paper;15/19, Working paper, 2019-10-30)
      MMP (Mixed Member Proportional) elections for legislatures have ballots with one vote in a local single seat tally and one vote for a party list in a multi-seat tally. In Germany, the multi-seat tally occasionally violated ...
    • MMP-Elections: Equal Influence and Controlled Assembly Size 

      Stensholt, Eivind (Discussion paper;6/23, Working paper, 2023-05-31)
      In an MMP election (Mixed Member Proportional) of a legislature, a QP-ballot supports party Q in a single-seat constituency and a list of candidates from P. With ꙍ(j) constituency seats won and list support in z(Pj) ballots, ...
    • Mobilbetaling: holdninger til sikkerhet og bekvemmelighet blant norske millennials 

      Plo-Sørensen, Mathilde; Rasmussen, Margrethe Shields (Master thesis, 2018)
      Det norske markedet for digitale mobilbetalingsløsninger har hittil vært begrenset til hovedsakelig vennebetalinger. Endringer i lovverk og nytt datadirektiv legger nå til rette for at tredjepartsaktører kan tre inn i ...
    • Mobile internet services : integration models and structural determinants 

      Gressgård, Leif Jarle; Methlie, Leif B.; Stensaker, Inger G. (Report, Research report, 2003-10)
      The overall purpose of this report is to contribute in developing theory related to the supply side of mobile and electronic commerce. We explore how mobile services are organized and which factors explain different choices ...
    • Mobile lommebøker : en eksplorativ studie av dagens konkurransesituasjon og fremtidig utvikling 

      Stefanovic, Anja Methlie; Ribe, Anna Cecilie (Master thesis, 2017)
      Betalingsmarkedet i 2017 er preget av kontinuerlig endring og stor usikkerhet. Teknologisk fremgang og bevegelser i forbrukervaner er sentrale drivere bak utviklingen av nye betalingsmetoder. Stadig flere forbrukere ...
    • A model of deferred callability in defautable debt 

      Mjøs, Aksel; Persson, Svein-Arne (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-05)
    • Modeling an integrated market for sawlogs, pulpwood and forest bioenergy 

      Kong, Jiehong; Rönnqvist, Mikael; Frisk, Mikael (Discussion paper;2011:11, Working paper, 2011-06)
      Traditionally, most applications in the initial stage of forest supply chain deal with sawlogs to sawmills, pulpwood to pulp or paper mills and forest residues to heating plants. However, in the past decades, soaring ...
    • Modeling and computational techniques in bioeconomics 

      Ussif, Al-Amin M. (Doctoral thesis, 2000)
    • Modeling credit risk for small and medium-sized enterprises : evidence from Norway 

      Cheraghali, Hamid (Master thesis, 2018)
      Primarily, this paper investigates the determining factors of default in the Norwegian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Using logit regressions on a database comprises over 280,000 Norwegian firms (with sales ...
    • Modeling demand for fishmeal using a heterogeneous estimator for panel data 

      Tveterås, Ragnar; Tveterås, Sigbjørn; Sissener, Elin Helene (Working Paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2003-12)
      Increased livestock and aquaculture production can put pressure on the fishmeal market, and thus industrial fisheries stocks, since both of these sectors use fishmeal in their feeds. Data indicate that fishmeal supply has ...
    • Modeling freight markets for coal 

      Andersson, Jonas; Jörnsten, Kurt; Strandenes, Siri Pettersen; Ubøe, Jan (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-12)
      In this paper we study bulk shipping of coal between the central regions in the world. We compare the performance of cost-minimizing models with a gravity model approach. The main nding in the paper is that cost minimizing ...
    • Modeling Freight Markets for Coal 

      Ubøe, Jan; Andersson, Jonas; Jörnsten, Kurt; Strandenes, Siri Pettersen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      In this paper we study bulk shipping of coal between the central regions in the world. We compare the performance of cost-minimizing models with a gravity model approach. The main finding in the paper is that cost minimizing ...
    • Modeling heterogeneity in trip-distributions with partial information 

      Jörnsten, Kurt; Kleppe, Gisle; Thorsen, Inge; Ubøe, Jan (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007)
      In this paper we propose a modified gravity model that takes into account that a population generally consists of heterogeneous groups, and we suggest a new statistical test for heterogeneity. We apply our new model to two ...
    • Modeling individual choices in experiments : reply to Conte and Moffatt 

      Cappelen, Alexander W.; Hole, Astri Drange; Sørensen, Erik Ø.; Tungodden, Bertil (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-07)
      In a comment to Cappelen, Hole, Sørensen, and Tungodden (2007b), Conte and Moffatt (2009) challenge our use of a random utility model when studying individual choices in a fairness experiment. They propose an alternative ...