Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Wiig, Arne"
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Assessing the economic gains of free market access for the least developed countries in the QUAD
Hagen, Rune Jansen; Mæstad, Ottar; Wiig, Arne (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-11)The purpose of this study is to evaluate the economic impact on the least developed countries (LDCs) of reduced trade barriers in their export markets. 48 countries are currently designated as “least developed” by the ... -
Economic impacts on the least developed countries of the elimination of import tariffs on their products
Hagen, Rune Jansen; Mæstad, Ottar; Wiig, Arne (Report, Research report, 2001-05)Several initiatives aimed at reducing trade barriers for Least Developed Countries have been proposed recently. These include the EU decision to provide duty-free and quota-free access on an autonomous basis for all ... -
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 ... -
Marketing barriers facing developing countries : essays on product differentiation, discrimination and brand naming in the market for clothing
Wiig, Arne (Doctoral thesis, 1995)Based on a statistical discrimination approach, in Market distortions due to compulsory labelling of origin, it is argued that labelling improves the match between consumers and producers to the extent that country of ... -
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 ...