Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Kolstad, Ivar"
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Comparison of a country’s corruption level and delays in ports : a study of the effects corruption has on delays in ports
Klausen, Kristoffer Sanden; Ashourlou, Daniel Nima (Master thesis, 2019)The second-best theory of corruption includes predictions that corruption may be introduced as a second-best option in dealing with burdensome bureaucracy, leading to more efficiency. One of the predictions in the theory ... -
Effekten av produktmarkedskonkurranse på korrupsjon : En empirisk analyse av industri- og servicebedrifter i Slovenia
Stub, Nora; Reini, Malin Ellseth (Master thesis, 2021)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å undersøke effekten av produktmarkedskonkurranse på korrupsjon. Eksisterende litteratur gir motstridende resultater på dette forholdet, noe som gjør det til et empirisk spørsmål. Det har ... -
Essays on evolutionary game theory
Kolstad, Ivar (Doctoral thesis, 2003) -
How do host–migrant proximities shape attitudes toward internal climate migrants?
Lujala, Päivi; Bezu, Sosina; Kolstad, Ivar; Mahmud, Minhaj; Wiig, Arne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Climate change is predicted to cause voluntary and forced internal migration on an unprecedented scale in the coming decades. Yet, research on host communities that will be on the front lines in receiving the climate migrants ... -
How has the EU ship recycling regulation affected European shipbreaking?
Stevens, Ingrid E.; Johannessen, Sander H. (Master thesis, 2020) -
Social origins of a work ethic : norms, mobility and urban unemployment
Kolstad, Ivar (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-03)Neighbourhood effects and worker mobility have been proposed as explanations for the pattern of employment in cities. This paper presents a the oretical framework within which the joint impact of these two factors can ... -
Viscosity and dispersion in an evolutionary model of learning
Kolstad, Ivar (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-03)A two-population evolutionary model of learning is proposed where there is a conflict of interests between populations, and where interaction ranges from complete viscosity to complete dispersion. The long run stochastically ... -
What constitutes a convention? : implications for the coexistence of conventions
Kolstad, Ivar (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-03)A model of repeated play of a coordination game, where stage games have a location in social space, and players receive noisy signals of the true location of their games, is reviewed. Sugden (1995) suggests that in such ... -
Within-group heterogeneity and group dynamics: Analyzing exit of microcredit groups in Angola
Kolstad, Ivar; Pires, Armando José Garcia; Wiig, Arne (Working paper;03/15, Working paper, 2015-01)The effect of within-group heterogeneity on the survival of social groups is theoretically ambiguous. A greater diversity of ideas, experience, and networks can have a positive effect on members’ benefits from group ...