• Climate, competition and the management of shared fish stocks 

      Miller, Kathleen; Munro, Gordon R.; Bjørndal, Trond (Working Paper, Working paper, 2004-07)
      Long-term climate regime shifts have profound impacts on ocean temperature and circulation patterns, and on the dynamics of fish populations. Climate regime shifts can disrupt otherwise satisfactory international management ...
    • Domestic labour markets and foreign direct investment 

      Haaland, Jan Ingvald Meidell; Wooton, Ian (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-06)
      We study how the labour market and industry uncertainty affect the investment decisions of multinational enterprises (MNEs). In an uncertain business climate, MNEs must take account of the future in deciding where to ...
    • Domestic labour markets and foreign direct investment 

      Haaland, Jan Ingvald Meidell; Wooton, Ian (Working Paper, Working paper, 2005-12)
      We study how the labour market and industry uncertainty affect the investment decisions of multinational enterprises (MNEs). In an uncertain business climate, MNEs must take account of the future in deciding where to locate ...
    • Gas storage valuation : price modelling v. optimization methods 

      Bjerksund, Petter; Stensland, Gunnar; Vagstad, Frank (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-10)
      The existence of a financial gas market motivates the analysis of gas storage as a separate asset, using the market value context for utilization and valuation. In the recent literature, gas storage is typically analysed ...
    • Multinational firms : easy come, easy go? 

      Haaland, Jan Ingvald Meidell; Ian, Wooton (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-10)
      Although many countries welcome inward investments by multinational firms (MNEs), it is often perceived that MNEs readily close down production in bad times. We study the choice of an MNE in deciding whether to establish ...
    • Multinational firms : easy come, easy go? 

      Haaland, Jan Ingvald Meidell; Wooton, Ian (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)
      Although many countries welcome inward investments by multinational firms (MNEs), it is often perceived that MNEs readily close down production in bad times. We study the choice of an MNE in deciding whether to establish ...
    • Multinational investment, industry risk, and policy competition 

      Haaland, Jan Ingvald Meidell; Wooton, Ian (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-12)
      In an uncertain business climate, multinational enterprises must take account of future exit costs in deciding where to locate a branch plant. We study how differences in national labour-market conditions between countries ...
    • The Nash bargaining solution vs. equilibrium in a reinsurance syndicate 

      Aase, Knut K. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-05)
      We compare the Nash bargaining solution in a reinsurance syndicate to the competitive equilibrium allocation, focusing on uncertainty and risk aversion. Restricting attention to proportional reinsurance treaties, we find ...
    • A new method for robustness in rolling horizon planning 

      Bredström, David; Rönnqvist, Mikael (Report, Research report, 2008-11)
      In this paper we describe a new method to solve Linear Programming (LP) problems with uncertain parameters. We apply this to planning problems where a rolling planning horizon is used. The method is based on a decomposition ...
    • Optimal income taxation with a risky asset : the triple income tax 

      Schindler, Dirk (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-06)
      We show in a two-period world with endogenous savings and two assets, one of them exhibiting a stochastic return that an interest adjusted income tax is optimal. This tax leaves a safe component of interest income tax ...
    • Sequential exporting 

      Albornoz, Facundo; Calvo Pardo, Héctor F.; Corcos, Gregory (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      Many new exporters give up exporting very shortly, despite substantial entry costs; others shoot up foreign sales and expand to new destinations. We develop a model based on experimentation to rationalize these and other ...
    • The issue of design in managerial decision making: Leadership and human resources perspectives. 

      Selart, Marcus; Patokorpi, Erkki (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)
      It is argued that the design of decisions is a process that in many ways is shaped by social factors such as identities, values, and influences. To be able to understand how these factors impact organizational decisions, ...
    • To invest or not to invest : a real options approach to FDIs and tax competition 

      Panteghini, Paolo M.; Schjelderup, Guttorm (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-01)