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Competition between bank regulators
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-11)This paper examines competition between bank regulators in open economies. We use a model where credit demand of firms is endogenous and show any tendency for downward competition in regulation policy is limited by the ... -
Competition, complementarity and compatibility in the internet
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Competitive in the lab, successful in the field?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)A number of lab experiments in recent years have analyzed people’s willingness to com-pete. But to what extent is competitive behavior in the lab associated with field choicesand outcomes? We address this question in a ... -
Competitiveness, gender and handedness: a large-sample intercultural study
(DP SAM;02/2020, Working paper, 2020-01)We conduct a large-scale intercultural experiment to elicit competitiveness and ask whether individual and gender differences in competitiveness are partially determined by nature. We use being a “lefty” (i.e., having ... -
Computing the Jacobian in Gaussian Spatial Autoregressive Models: An Illustrated Comparison of Available Methods
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)When estimating spatial regression models by maximum likelihood using spatial weights matrices to represent spatial processes, computing the Jacobian, ln(|I - lW|), remains a central problem. In principle, and for smaller ... -
Computing the Jacobian in spatial models : an applied survey
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-08)Despite attempts to get around the Jacobian in fitting spatial econometric models by using GMM and other approximations, it remains a central problem for maximum likelihood estimation. In principle, and for smaller data ... -
Conclusion - Shipping and Globalization in the Post-War Era
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019) -
The Consequences of Inequality: Beliefs and Redistributive Preferences
(DP SAM;17/2023, Working paper, 2023-10)What matters for individuals’ preferences for redistribution? In this paper we show that consequentialist beliefs about inequality – beliefs about how economic inequality changes the crime rate or the quality of democratic ... -
Consumer price indices for the Scandinavian countries 1815-1913
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-07)The present article examines consumer price development in the three Scandinavian countries, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, 1815-1913. A consumer price index (CPI) is constructed for Norway. It is based on consumer prices ... -
The contribution of foreign entrants to employment and productivity growth
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-08)We compare employment and productivity dynamics in foreign and domestic entrants, exitors, survivors and acquisitions in Norwegian manufacturing from 1979- 2000. All types of foreign plants are on average more productive ... -
Convergence between the Baltic and the Nordic economies: Some reflections based on new data for the Baltic countries
(DP SAM;05/2024, Working paper, 2024-04-18)This short paper uses recent estimates of GDP per capita for the Baltic countries for the 1919-2020(22) period to test for convergence between the Baltic and the Nordic economies. Drawing from the methodology used in Bernard ... -
Corporate tax systems and cross country profit shifting : formula apportionment vs. separate accounting
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-09)This paper shows in a symmetric tax competition model that a formula apportionment system can attain the first best welfare optimum without any political pre-agreed harmonization or coordination of tax bases and tax ... -
Corporate tax systems, multinational enterprises, and economic integration
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-07)Multinational firms are known to shift profits and countries are known to compete over shifty profits. Two major principles for corporate taxation are Separate Accounting (SA) and Formula Apportionment (FA). These two ... -
Corruption and competition for resources
(Discussion paper;18/2012, Working paper, 2012-09)An increasing share of world FDI is carried out by multinationals from developing countries. These investors may have objectives and constraints that differ from their developed country counterparts. In this paper we ... -
Corruption and market reform
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-05)Market reforms in developing and transition economies have sometimes failed to deliver the desired welfare effects. Corruption may be an important reason for the inefficiency of market reforms, such as privatization ... -
Crime and punishment : when tougher antitrust enforcement leads to higher overcharge
(Discussion paper;4/2013, Working paper, 2013-02)The economics of crime and punishment postulates that higher punishment leads to lower crime levels, or less severe crime. It is however hard to get empirical support for this intuitive relationship. This paper offers ... -
A crisis that never came : the decline of the European Antarctic whaling industry in the 1950s and -60s
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Crisis? What crisis? : the expansion of Norwegian shipping in the interwar period
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Cross-border mergers and domestic wages: integrating positive 'spillover' effects and negative 'bargaining' effects
(Discussion papers;10/2011, Working paper, 2011-06)The existing literature concerning the impact of cross-border merger activity on domestic wages can be split into two camps: 1) those focusing on positive ‘spillover’ effects; 2) those focusing on negative ‘bargaining’ ... -
Currency gifts, convergence and divergence in two neighbouring economies : draft
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-01)Currency gifts have proven to be a mixed blessing, as positive income shocks are often followed by financial problems and slow economic growth rates. Norway has twice been granted significant currency gifts: Firstly, ...