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A note on upward pricing pressure : the possibility of false positives
(Discussion paper;11/2012, Working paper, 2012-05)Farrell and Shapiro proposed a simple test of the possible upward pricing pressure (UPP) following a merger. They showed that the test may give false negatives, that is, indicate that a merger may not give an UPP, while ... -
A note on upward pricing pressure: the possibility of false positives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Joseph Farrell and Carl Shapiro proposed a simple test of the possible upward pricing pressure (UPP) following a merger. They showed that the test may give false negatives—that is, indicate that a merger may not give an ... -
Acceptance of inequality between children: Large-Scale Experimental Evidence from China and Norway
(SAM DP;10/2022, Working paper, 2022-07)In a novel experimental design with nearly 10,000 adults and children, we study how adults in two societies characterized by very different levels of income inequality, Shanghai (China) and Norway, make real distributive ... -
Access pricing, quality degradation, and foreclosure in the Internet
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-03)Access to both a local and a global network is needed in order to get complete connection to the Internet. The purpose of this article is to examine the interplay between those two networks and how it affects the domestic ... -
Accountability and taxation: Experimental evidence
(DP SAM;24/2018, Working paper, 2018-11)The Rentier State Hypothesis states that taxation promotes government accountability. The argument is that citizens demand more accountability for spending of tax revenue than for spending of windfall revenue (e.g., natural ... -
Adam Smith and modern economics
(Discussion paper;13/2014, Working paper, 2014-04)In his Wealth of Nations (1776) Adam Smith created an agenda for the study of the economy that is reflected in the structure of modern economics. This paper describes Smith’s contributions to four central areas of economic ... -
Adapt or withdraw? :evidence on technological changes and early retirement using matched worker-firm data
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-08)Older workers typically possess older vintages of skills than younger workers, and they may suffer more from technological change. Experienced workers never the less have accumulated human capital that make them suitable ... -
Adferdsøkonomi og økonomiske eksperimenter F
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Adjusting for age effects in cross-sectional distributions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Income and wealth differ over the life cycle. In cross-sectional distri- butions of income or wealth, classical inequality measures such as the Gini, could therefore find substantial inequality even if everyone have the ... -
Adverse selection into competition: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment in Tanzania
(DP SAM;19/2020, Working paper, 2020-09)An influential literature has shown that women are less willing to compete than men, and the gender gap in competition may contribute to explaining gender differences in educational choices and labor market outcomes. This ... -
After "Raising the Bar'': applied maximum likelihood estimation of families of models in spatial econometrics.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Elhorst (2010) shows how the recent publication of LeSage and Pace (2009) in his expression “raises the bar” for our fitting of spatial econometrics models. By extending the family of models that deserve attention, Elhorst ... -
After “Raising the Bar”: applied maximum likelihood estimation of families of models in spatial econometrics
(Discussion Papers;22/2011, Working paper, 2011-11)Elhorst (2010) shows how the recent publication of LeSage and Pace (2009) in his expression “raises the bar” for our fitting of spatial econometrics models. By extending the family of models that deserve attention, Elhorst ... -
Agglomeration effects : studying agglomeration effects from Norwegian hydroelectricity plants
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis aims to answer the research question "To what extent did the shocks to eco- nomic activity and population following openings of Norwegian hydroelectricity plants in the early 20th century lead to long run ... -
Agglomeration, tax competition and local public goods supply
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-07)In this paper we develop a framework for studying tax competition and local public goods supply in a setting where real and fiscal externalities interact with local democracy. We use the framework (a) to analyse if there ... -
All the bottles in one basket? Evaluating the effect of intra-industry diversification on risk
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper develops a framework using Monte Carlo simulation to examine risk/return properties of intra-industry product portfolio composition and diversification. We use product-level data covering all Swedish sales of ... -
All-pay auctions with affiliated values
(DP SAM;13/2017, Working paper, 2017-08)This paper analyzes all-pay auctions where the bidders have affiliated values for the object for sale and where the signals take binary values. Since signals are correlated, high signals indicate a high degree of competition ... -
An alternative way to model merit good arguments
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-10)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 ... -
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 ...