Blar i NHH Brage på forfatter "Nilsen, Øivind A."
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Bank consolidation, interest rates, and risk: A post-merger analysis based on loan-level data from the corporate sector
Juranek, Steffen; Nilsen, Øivind A.; Ulsaker, Simen A. (SAM DP;20/2021, Working paper, 2021-11-29)In this paper we analyse the bank merger between DnB and Gjensidige Bank in 2003, ranked by market share as number one and number three in the Norwegian bank market. Focusing on loans to firms, our difference-in-differences ... -
Competition and risk taking in local bank markets: evidence from the business loans segment
Canta, Chiara; Nilsen, Øivind A.; Ulsaker, Simen A. (SAM DP;10/2023, Working paper, 2023-05-18)This paper studies empirically the relationship between competition and risk taking in banking markets. We exploit an unique dataset providing information about all bank loans to Norwegian firms over several years. Rather ... -
Dynamics of First-Time Patenting Firms
Nilsen, Øivind A.; Raknerud, Arvid (SAM DP;11/2022, Working paper, 2022-08)This paper investigates firm dynamics in the period before, during, and after an event consisting of a first published patent application. The analysis is based on patent data from the Norwegian Industrial Property Office ... -
Households’ responses to price changes of formal childcare.
Andersland, Leroy; Nilsen, Øivind A. (DP SAM; 20, Working paper, 2016-12)The current understanding about how households respond to price changes in formal childcare is not extensive. This study examines this response through a 1998 reform in Norway that introduced a money transfer to families ... -
Intermittent Price Changes in Production Plants: Empirical Evidence using Monthly Data.
Nilsen, Øivind A.; Vange, Magne (DP SAM;22, Working paper, 2016-12)The price-setting behaviour of manufacturing plants is examined using a large panel of monthly surveyed plant- and product-specific prices. The sample shows a high frequency of zero changes, relatively small price changes, ... -
The Labor Market in Norway: 2000-2018
Nilsen, Øivind A. (DP SAM;04/2020, Working paper, 2020-04-06)Norway has a rather high labor force participation rate and a very low unemployment rate. Part of the reason for this fortunate situation is the so-called “tripartism”: a broad agreement among unions, employers and government ... -
Price Change Synchronization within and between Firms
Nilsen, Øivind A.; Skuterud, Håvard; Webster, Ingeborg Munthe-Kaas (SAM DP;15/2021, Working paper, 2021-08)This paper provides evidence on price rigidity at the product- and firm-level in Norway. A strong within-firm synchronization is found supporting the theory of economies of scope in menu costs. The industry synchronization ... -
Price Changes - Stickiness and Internal Coordination in Multiproduct Firms.
Letterie, Wilko; Nilsen, Øivind A. (DP SAM;21, Working paper, 2016-12)We assess empirically the micro-foundations of producers’ sticky pricing behaviour. We account for various functional forms of menu costs. The focus is on the analysis of multiproduct plants, and the menu costs therefore ...