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Give and take in dictator games
(Discussion paper;14/2012, Working paper, 2012-07)It has been shown that participants in the dictator game are less willing to give money to the other participant when their choice set also includes the option to take money. We examine whether this effect is due to the ... -
Global income inequality and cost-of-living adjustment : the Geary–Allen world accounts
(Discussion paper;20/2012, Working paper, 2012-10)Standard ways of measuring real income are known to be inconsistent with consumer preferences. We provide preference-consistent estimates of real income, based on the income-specific price indices that are consistent ... -
Global public economics : public goods and externalities
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-10)This paper extends the normative analysis of public goods and externalities to an international setting. The first part considers the optimal allocation of a global public good. Whether global production efficiency is ... -
Global uro og norsk idyll: Makroøkonomiske lærdommer og utfordringer etter finanskrisen
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Artikkelen diskuterer hvordan finanskrisen som startet i 2007, påvirket verdensøkonomien generelt og Norge spesielt. En utfordring for innhenting etter krisen er høy offentlig og privat gjeld i mange land, noe som er et ... -
Globalisation and maritime labour in Norway after World War II
(Discussion paper;17/2014, Working paper, 2014-05)This paper looks at how "Globalisation" – narrowly defined as the causes and effects of increased international economic integration – has influenced the demand for and supply of maritime products and services, with a ... -
Globalisation and the mix of wage and profit taxes
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-02)This paper analyses the development of the ratio of corporate taxes to wage taxes using a simple political economy model with internationally mobile and immobile firms. Among other results, our model predicts that countries ... -
Globalisation and the welfare state : more inequality – less redistribution?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-02)This paper considers the possible connection between globalisation and inequality in Western welfare states. There are a number of theoretical reasons why increased trade and factor mobility should lead to more inequality ... -
Globalisation, inequality and redistribution
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-06)The present paper seeks to explain the pattern of income redistribution in a globalised world of increased market income inequality and lower costs of factor mobility. In some countries, larger market income inequality ... -
Globalization, industrial policy and clusters
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-12)This paper analyses industrial policy in a high wage open economy hosting an agglomeration consisting of vertically linked upstream and downstream firms. We show that optimal policy towards upstream industries typically ... -
Going Fast or Going Green? Evidence from Environmental Speed Limits in Norway
(DP SAM;17/2019, Working paper, 2019-10-03)This paper studies the impact of speed limits on local air pollution using a series of datespecific speed limit reductions in Oslo over the 2004-2011 period. We find that lowering the speed limit from 80 to 60 km/h reduces ... -
Going Fast or Going Green? Evidence from Environmental Speed Limits in Norway
(DP SAM;12/2017, Working paper, 2017-08)This paper studies the impact of speed limits on local air pollution, using a series of datespecific speed limit reductions in Oslo over the 2004-2015 period. We find that lowering the speed limit from 80 to 60 km/h reduces ... -
Good skills in bad times : cyclical skill mismatch and the long-term effects of graduating in a recession
(Discussion paper;16/2012, Working paper, 2012-08)We show that cyclical skill mismatch, defined as mismatch between the skills supplied by college graduates and skills demanded by hiring industries, is an important mechanism behind persistent career loss from graduating ... -
Growth in public finances as tool for control : Norwegian development 1850-1950
(Discussion paper;15/2014, Working paper, 2014-05)By drawing on information from public accounts from the nineteenth and twentieth century the present paper aims at mapping the development of key financial indicators for the Norwegian central government sector. It ... -
Guided through the "Red tape"? : information sharing and foreign direct investment
(Discussion paper;3/2013, Working paper, 2013-02)What drives the observed tendency of new FDI, other things equal, to be attracted to locations where many other foreign investors are located? One explanation in the literature on FDI location is that expected bene ts ... -
Habit formation, strategic extremism and debt policy
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-12)We suggest a probabilistic voting model where voters’ preferences for alternative public goods display habit formation. Current policies determine habit levels and in turn the future preferences of the voters. This allows ... -
Har kvaliteten på lærere falt over tid?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Bekymringer om opptakskravene til lærerstudiet er et tilbakevendende tema i offentlig debatt, og myndighetene har også forsøkt ulike tiltak for å bedre rekrutteringen. Det er derfor interessant å studere de lange linjene ... -
Has job stability decreased in Norway?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-08)A widespread belief in the popular press is that job stability has declined across Western economies over the last 15 years. However, little support for this is found in the empirical literature. We use an extensive ... -
Having a Daughter Reduces Male Violence Against a Partner
(DP SAM;24/2019, Working paper, 2019-12-28)In a global sample of around 310,000 couples, men whose firstborn child is a girl (instead of a boy) are 10 percent less likely to strangle their partner each year. The probability that they kick, punch, or slap her also ... -
Health insurance coverage for low-income households : consumption smoothing and investment
(Discussion Papers;16/2013, Working paper, 2013-10)I estimate the e ects of public health insurance on consumption smoothing and investigate the extent to which the public insurance interacts with private arrangements of self-insurance. Exploiting a dramatic expansion ... -
Healthy(?), Wealthy, and Wise Birth Order and Adult Health.
(SAM;03/2016, Working paper, 2016-02-12)While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children’s outcomes such as education, IQ scores, and earnings, the evidence for effects on health is more limited. This paper uses a large dataset on ...