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An alternative way to model merit good arguments
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002)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 ... -
Amateur or professional? : a new look at 19th century patentees in Norway
(Discussion paper;12/2012, Working paper, 2012-05)The paper analyses Norwegian 19th century patentees. A special focus is on the affiliation or relationship of the patentees to the manufacturing industries, business and the wider economy. A main question is whether the ... -
Ambiguity Attitudes in the Loss Domain: Decisions for Self versus Others.
(DP SAM;11/2018, Working paper, 2018-05)We study whether people’s ambiguity attitudes differ when deciding for themselves or for others in the loss domain. We find no differences in ambiguity attitudes between self- and other-regarding decision-making. Our results ... -
An analysis of the two-bidder all-pay auction with common values
(DP SAM;17/2018, Working paper, 2018-08)This paper studies a symmetric two-bidder all-pay auction where the bidders compete for a prize whose unknown common value is either high or low. The bidders’ private signals (or types) are discrete and affiliated through ... -
An empirical analysis of health effects from electrification : evidence from Norway 1900-1921
(Master thesis, 2016)Does access to electricity from hydroelectricity plants affect the health of a population? The aim of this thesis is to analyze the health effects from hydroelectricity at a time when electrification was more or less ... -
An evasive topic: theorizing about the hidden economy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)This paper reviews some central issues that arise in theorizing about tax evasion decisions and the hidden economy. It starts from the Allingham-Sandmo (1972) modelling of the tax evasion decision as a choice under ... -
An experimental study of prosocial motivation among criminals
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The fact that criminal behavior typically has negative consequences for others provides a compelling reason to think that criminals lack prosocial motivation. This paper reports the results from two dictator game experiments ... -
Analytical environments
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Anatomy of cartel contracts
(Discussion paper;25/2012, Working paper, 2012-12)We study cartel contracts using data on 18 contract clauses of 109 legal Finnish manufacturing cartels. One third of the clauses relate to raising profits; the others deal with instability through incentive compatibility, ... -
Antarctic Tourism and Maritime Heritage
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Maritime activities in the Antarctic region date back to the eighteenth century. They evolved from exploration and discoveries to commercial enterprises, especially sealing, whaling and fishing. Antarctic tourism is a much ... -
Antarctic tourism and the maritime heritage
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-09)Maritime activity in the Antarctic region goes back to the 18th Century. It evolved from exploration and discoveries to commercial activities, especially sealing and whaling. Antarctic tourism is a more recent phenomenon, ... -
Any non-welfarist method of policy assessment violates the Pareto principle : a comment
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Appendix 1: The effects of the oil price shocks on shipbuilding in the 1970s
(Work around the globe: historical comparisons and connections;, Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017) -
Approximate Bayesian inference for spatial econometrics models
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)In this paper we explore the use of the Integrated Laplace Approximation (INLA) for Bayesian inference in some widely used models in Spatial Econometrics. Bayesian inference often relies on computationally intensive ... -
Are all of the good men fathers? The effect of having children on earnings
(Discussion paper;11/2014, Working paper, 2014-04)This study reconsiders the empirical question of whether men’s earnings increase because of children. Large Norwegian register data are used for brother and twin pairs who are followed over their life cycle from their ... -
Are income tax preferences a moral or a selfish choice? : an experimental approach
(Master thesis, 2013)An understanding of personal preferences and attitudes is crucial in order to design an income tax system that people find fair. We have examined, by means of an economic experiment, how selfishness, risk preferences and ... -
Are we more rational when it matters more? : a study of decision-making under risk among university students in Dar Es Salaam
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis explores whether there is a difference in the rationality of the decisions at high- and low-stake levels. The rationality of the decisions are measured in two dimensions, the quality of individual decisions, ... -
Assessing the effects of early retirement programs
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-04)We investigate induced retirement effects of the Norwegian early retirement program ”AFP” and emphasize effects caused by relocations of some individuals from disability pension to AFP. Our theoretical model predicts ... -
Asset bubbles in shipping? : an analysis of recent history in the drybulk market
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-03)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the hypothesis that the supercycle in the drybulk freight market between 2003 and 2005 caused asset values in the second -hand market to deviate from underlying fundamentals. ... -
Asymmetric cost transmission and market power in retail gasoline markets
(DP SAM;08/2024, Working paper, 2024-05-30)Estimating non-linear autoregressive distributed lag models, we establish shortrun cost pass-through in the Swedish retail gasoline market. Our findings reveal a slower correction of disequilibrium error in volume-adjusted ...