• Allocation of specific assets, relationship duration, and contractual safeguarding in buyer-seller relationships 

      Buvik, Arnt; Haugland, Sven Arne (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-12)
      This study explores the interaction effect of bilateral dependency and relationship duration on contractual safeguarding. In particular, the study compares how the allocation of specific assets, unilateral or mutual, affects ...
    • Allocation of tradable emission permits in a global economy 

      Mæstad, Ottar (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-09)
      This paper discusses the question of how a national government should design a system of tradable emission permits when goods or production factors are internationally mobile. Emphasis is on the principles for the allocation ...
    • Alternative research strategies in the knowledge movement : from macro bias to micro-foundations and multi-level explanation 

      Foss, Nicolai Juul (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-01)
      The emergence over the last two decades or so of “knowledge” as an important part of the explanatory structure of management research is an intellectual breakthrough that is comparable in terms of its transforming ...
    • An alternative way to model merit good arguments 

      Schroyen, Fred (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-10)
      Besley (1988) uses a scaling approach to model merit good arguments in commodity tax policy. In this paper, I question this approach on the grounds that it produces ’wrong’ recommendations—taxation (subsidisation) of ...
    • An alternative way to model merit good arguments 

      Schroyen, Fred (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002)
      Besley (1988) uses a scaling approach to model merit good arguments in commodity tax policy. In this paper, I question this approach on the grounds that it produces ’wrong’ recommendations—taxation (subsidisation) of ...
    • An alternative way to model merit good arguments 

      Schroyen, Fred (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-11)
      Besley (1988) uses a scaling approach to model merit good arguments in commodity tax policy. In this paper, I question this approach on the grounds that it produces wrong recommendations-taxation (subsidisation) of merit ...
    • Amateur or professional? : a new look at 19th century patentees in Norway 

      Basberg, Bjørn L. (Discussion paper;12/2012, Working paper, 2012-05)
      The paper analyses Norwegian 19th century patentees. A special focus is on the affiliation or relationship of the patentees to the manufacturing industries, business and the wider economy. A main question is whether the ...
    • Ambiguity Attitudes in the Loss Domain: Decisions for Self versus Others. 

      Xu, Yilong; Xu, Xiaogeng; Tucker, Peter (DP SAM;11/2018, Working paper, 2018-05)
      We study whether people’s ambiguity attitudes differ when deciding for themselves or for others in the loss domain. We find no differences in ambiguity attitudes between self- and other-regarding decision-making. Our results ...
    • American derivatives : a review 

      Aase, Knut K. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 1997-12)
      The paper gives an overview over the theory of pricing and hedging financial derivatives that can be exercised at any time during a fixed time interval [0, T]. The analysis makes use of the theory of optimal stopping, and ...
    • American option pricing with transaction costs 

      Zakamouline, Valeri I. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-10)
      In this paper we examine the problem of finding investors’ reservation option prices and corresponding early exercise policies of American-style options in the market with proportional transaction costs using the utility ...
    • An analysis of the interplay among the dimensions of the business model and their effects on performance 

      Methlie, Leif B.; Haugland, Sven Arne (;2011:35, Working paper, 2011-12)
      he main research issue raised in this paper is the relationship between business model conduct and performance. We have in this paper developed and discussed a business model framework based on a literature review of ...
    • An analysis of the two-bidder all-pay auction with common values 

      Chi, Chang Koo (DP SAM;17/2018, Working paper, 2018-08)
      This paper studies a symmetric two-bidder all-pay auction where the bidders compete for a prize whose unknown common value is either high or low. The bidders’ private signals (or types) are discrete and affiliated through ...
    • An Economic Analysis of Debarment 

      Auriol, Emmanuelle; Søreide, Tina (Discussion paper;23/15, Working paper, 2015-09-17)
      With a view to reducing the consequences of corruption in public procurement, many governments have introduced debarment of suppliers found guilty of corrup- tion and some other forms of crime. This paper explores the ...
    • An economic analysis of the portuguese fisheries sector 1960-2011 

      Bjørndal, Trond; Lappo, Alena; Ramos, Jorge (Working paper;22/13, Working paper, 2013-08)
      This paper undertakes an economic analysis of the Portuguese fisheries sector and fish markets for the period 1960-2011. In this period the Portuguese economy has undergone a transformation as well as been subject to ...
    • Analyse av konkurransen i det norske bladmarkedet 

      Methlie, Jannicke Schancke (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2005-11)
      Formålet med oppgaven har vært å belyse to forhold i det norske bladmarkedet. For det første tar oppgaven for seg den kraftige økningen i antall titler på markedet og for det andre analyseres bladforlagenes valg av ...
    • Analysing flexible load contracts in the energy market 

      Lund, Arne-Christian; Ollmar, Fridthjof (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-11)
      In this paper we analyse flexible load contracts (FLC), a type of "swing" option. This contract type has existed in energy markets for a long time and has proved to be challenging to value. The term swing refers to the ...
    • An analysis of a combinatorial auction 

      Bjørndal, Mette; Jörnsten, Kurt (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001)
      Our objective is to find prices on individual items in a combinatorial auction that support the optimal allocation of bundles of items, i.e. the solution to the winner determination problem of the combinatorial auction. ...
    • An analysis of a combinatorial auction 

      Bjørndal, Mette; Jörnsten, Kurt (Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-05)
      Our objective is to find prices on individual items in a combinatorial auction that support the optimal allocation of bundles of items, i.e. the solution to the winner determination problem of the combinatorial auction. ...
    • Analysis of cost of production in North Atlantic fisheries 

      Lappo, Alena (Working paper;11/13, Working paper, 2013-05)
      The purpose of this report is to analyse the cost of production in North Atlantic pelagic fisheries – Atlantic mackerel, Atlantic herring and blue whiting. The analysis is undertaken for various fleets from Norway, the ...
    • Analyzing learning effects in the newsvendor model by probabilistic methods 

      Andersson, Jonas; Jörnsten, Kurt; Lillestøl, Jostein; Ubøe, Jan (Discussion paper;13/19, Working paper, 2019-10-11)
      In this paper, we use probabilistic methods to analyze learning effects in a behavioral experiment on the newsvendor model. We argue why we should believe that suggested orders follow a multinomial logit distribution, and ...