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Why Europe should love tax competition - and the U.S. even more so
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-04)Is global competition for mobile capital harmful (less public goods) or beneficial (less government waste)? This paper combines both aspects within a generalized version of the comparative public finance model (Persson, ... -
Why is economic growth lagging behind in former Comecon republics?
(Master thesis, 2019)Since 1990, former Comecon countries have been poorer than their neighbors in Western Europe and, over the past 30 years, convergence has been weak. Economic theory and previous research suggest that the region should ... -
Why is on-net traffic cheaper than off-net traffic?
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-04)Received literature have shown that if competing Telecom networks are restricted to linear pricing and are unable to discriminate between on- and off-net calls, high access charges can be a device for facilitating collusion. ... -
Why is the adoption rate of real options valuation low among practitioners? : a multiple case study
(Master thesis, 2018)Real options valuation has been advocated as an appropriate valuation method for high-risk projects. Despite its popularity in literature, adoption among practitioners continues to be low. This paper researches why the ... -
Why is the Chinese Saving Profile Upside-Down? : a LCH study of Chinese household savings
(Master thesis, 2011)This master thesis estimates the saving profiles of Chinese households in 1995 and 2002 and discusses possible explanations for the high and increasing saving rates among the young and old generation in China. The high ... -
Why local loop unbundling fails?
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-12)The paper examines why local loop unbundling (LLU) mostly fails. Unbundling, in principle, makes the local loop (subscriber line) available to competing operators and enables the development of complementary network devices ... -
Why potential entry may increase platform sponsors’ profit
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2005-09)In this paper we analyze the incentives for platform sponsors to open up their networks for independent rivals. We show that open access may increase the platform sponsors’ profit levels and enhance quality improving investments. -
Why the apple doesn't fall far: Understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. Why is this? There are a number of possible explanations. One is a pure selection story: the type of parent who has more education and earns ... -
Why the apple doesn’t fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
(Working paper, Working paper, 2005)Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, ... -
Why the apple doesn’t fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-10)Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education ... -
Why there? a decomposition of the choice of target industry
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008)This paper provides a quantitative quantitative characterization of how diversifying firms chose target industry, with an emphasis on target market and resource-/capability characteristics. We seek to improve on the ... -
Why there? Decomposing the choice of target industry
(Working papers;34/13, Working paper, 2013-12)How do diversifying firms chose their target industries? We explore target-industry choice empirically by focusing on the relative importance of target-market characteristics and the focal firm’s resources and capabilities. ... -
Why volunteer? : a case study of volunteers in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship 2011 Oslo, Holmenkollen
(Master thesis, 2011)This thesis is a case study conducted on the volunteers in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship 2011 in Oslo, Holmenkollen. The focus has been to study why the volunteers are motivated. I have investigated this through ... -
Why was the Great Depression not so great in the Nordic countries? : economic policy and unemployment
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-08)The present paper seeks to examine why the Nordic countries performed better than most other Western countries during the 1930s, when they at the same time experienced high unemployment levels. The conclusions drawn here ... -
Why women still can’t have it all : a causal analysis of the reduction in the paternity quota on mothers’ labor participation and career prospects
(Master thesis, 2017)The Norwegian paternity quota was reduced from 14 to 10 weeks in 2014. This resulted in an immediate fall in the average length of fathers’ parental leave. In this paper, we investigate what effect this has had on mothers’ ... -
Will a factor-based Markowitz implementation beat the market?
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis, we look at whether a factor-based implementation of the Markowitz (1952) framework beats the market. Different sets of factors are used in the framework, to see whether this choice affects the results. ... -
Will a Norwegian EU membership be a benefit for Lerøy Seafood Group ASA?
(Master thesis, 2009)Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (LSG) is based in Bergen and is one of Norway’s largest exporters of fish. LSG operates companies worldwide, both inside and outside the EU. The company has been growing strongly over the last ... -
Will cross-ownership reestablish market power in the nordic power market?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2000-10)The integration of the power markets in Norway and Sweden in 1996 significantly constrained the major power companies' ability to exercise market power within their national borders. In recent years, however, mergers and ... -
Will robots replace us? : an Empirical analysis of the impacts of robotization on employment in the Norwegian manufacturing industry
(Master thesis, 2017)Rapid advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies have introduced renewed concern that labor will become redundant. The aim of this thesis is to assess whether there exists a relationship ... -
Will Saudi Arabia run out of money? : “they talk the talk, but can they walk the walk?”
(Master thesis, 2015)We examine when and if Saudi Arabia run out of money in order to predict if Saudi Arabia will change their oil policy due to the low oil price we are facing today. This is done by running different static analyses, time ...