Besley (1988) uses a scaling approach to model merit good arguments in commodity tax policy. In this paper, I question this approach on the grounds that it produces ’wrong’ recommendations—taxation (subsidisation) of ...

Besley (1988) uses a scaling approach to model merit good arguments in commodity tax policy. In this paper, I question this approach on the grounds that it produces wrong recommendations-taxation (subsidisation) of merit ...

In this thesis, I estimate a Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System using Swiss household expenditure data from 2006-2017. To control for the censored budget share variable of alcohol, I implemented a two-step Heckman-type ...

Using survey data and the instrument developed by Barsky et al. (1997), we estimate the distribution of attitudes towards income risk in a country where many employment and health-related risks are generously covered by a ...

Should health care provision be public, private, or both? We look at this question in a setting where people differ in their earnings capacity and face some illness risk. We assume that illness reduces a person's time ...

In this thesis, we investigate a municipal heat pump subsidy. We examine the subsidy in two ways: how demand and price is affected, and whether the subsidy achieves its goal of reduced energy consumption. Through interviews ...

We assess the extent to which Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) and R&D on this abatement technology are part of a socially efficient solution to the problem of climate change. For this purpose, we extend the intertemporal ...

Oppgaven forsøker å belyse hvilke mekanismer som påvirker sykefravær. Det legges selvsagt til grunn at hovedårsaken er sykdom, og at noe fravær er uunngåelig. Likevel skal jeg se nærmere på enkelte økonomiske faktorer ...

In the past few decades, there has been a considerable increase in real house prices in Norway. It is therefore important to understand what this increase is based upon. In this study, we analyse the relationship between ...

In this paper, I consider a consumer with a concave utility function over n commodities and trace out the consequences of quantity constraints on product markets for the consumer's aversion towards income risk. I show ...