Surveying available evidence at the current stage (April 2002), this report argues that the effects of the terror attacks in September 2001 on global business cycle conditions, trade and economic growth were essentially ...

We develop and econometrically estimate a model of the location of industries across countries. The model combines factor endowments and geographical considerations, and shows how industry and country characteristics ...

This paper addresses the outcome of international tax competition in the presence of multinationals that use transfer pricing for strategic purposes as well as to reduce their tax burden. We examine how economic integration ...

This paper seeks to explain regional income inequalities in Norway. Similar to the EU countries, Norway is characterized by substantial income disparities. I use sub-regional NUTS 4 data for the Norwegian manufacturing ...

We test for internal and external economies of scale in European manufacturing employing a more disaggregated data set than what has been used in earlier analyses, and aim to separate externalities from common business ...

Potensielle samvirkegevinster mellom de maritime næringene har vært et sentralt spørsmål i norsk politisk debatt. Gjennom flere studier har forskere forsøkt å kartlegge eksistens og form av mulige samvirkegevinster. Forskning ...

This paper analyses industrial policy in a high wage open economy hosting an agglomeration consisting of vertically linked upstream and downstream firms. We show that optimal policy towards upstream industries typically ...

Models with imperfect competition and intra-industry trade have become widely accepted as appropriate frameworks within which to analyze the impact of trade liberalization on industrial agglomeration. This paper makes ...

Det norske maritime miljøet har gjennom det siste tiår vært gjenstand for betydelig oppmerksomhet og utredning. Alle deler har imidlertid ikke vært like mye i fokus. Et av segmentene som har fått relativt mindre oppmerksomhet ...