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The power of money : wealth effects in contests
(Discussion Papers;13/2013, Working paper, 2013-06)Two wealth effects typically arise in any contest: i) wealth decreases the marginal cost of effort, but also ii) decreases the marginal benefit of winning the contest. In this paper, we introduce three types of strategic ... -
The principal problem in political economy : income distribution in the history of economic thought
(Discussion Papers;15/2013, Working paper, 2013-09)The paper considers the history of theories of income distribution, from the time of Adam Smith until the 1970s. It is divided into two main parts. Part I considers the positive theory of income distribution, beginning ... -
The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism the Haugian way
(Discussion paper;1/2012, Working paper, 2012-02)On the basis of availabale sources the present paper seeks to map entrepreneural industrial activities the Norwegian puritan revivalist Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771- 1824) was involved in and quantify his financial activities. ... -
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism: Entrepreneurship of the Norwegian Puritan Leader Hans Nielsen Hauge.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)The present paper deals with Max Webers hypothesis on the linkage between protestant ethics and the development of capitalism and entreprenaurship. It does so by study industrial entrepreneurship the great Norwegian puritan ... -
The Public Economics of Climate Change
(SAM;27/2015, Working paper, 2015-11-19)This paper considers the challenges to the field of public economics that arise from the issue of global warming. It outlines the argument for viewing the global climate as a public good and describes the problems that ... -
The public procurement of information systems: dialectics in requirements specification
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)When acquiring information systems, public entities face a dilemma. On the one hand, they want to procure the system that best suits their needs, which often requires lengthy dialogues with vendors. At the same time, they ... -
The Role of Parenthood on the Gender Gap among Top Earners
(DP SAM;9/2018, Working paper, 2018-04)Is the wage penalty due to motherhood larger among highly qualified women? In this paper, we study the effect of parenthood on the careers of high-achieving women relative to high-achieving men in a set of high-earning ... -
The Supply of Skill and Endogenous Technical Change: Evidence From a College Expansion Reform
(DP SAM;16/2018, Working paper, 2018-08)We examine the labor market consequences of an exogenous increase in the supply of skilled labor in several cities in Norway, resulting from the construction of new colleges in the 1970s. We find that skilled wages ... -
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth : the English Corn Returns as a data source in economic history, 1770-1914.
(Discussion paper;9/2013, Working paper, 2013-04)From 1770 to 1914, the British Government collected weekly price and quantity data for all types of grain traded in many market towns; these ‘Corn Returns’ were published in the London Gazette. We computerised the data ... -
The tyranny of non-aggregation versus the tyranny of aggregation in social choices: a real dilemma
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Can a tiny gain to sufficiently many well-off justify imposing a much larger sacrifice on the worst-off? We show that if one answers negatively to such a question and endorses replication invariance, one is forced to accept ... -
The theory of tax evasion : a retrospective view
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-12)The paper gives an overview of some main themes in the theory of tax evasion, starting from Allingham and Sandmo (1972). It reviews the comparative statics of the original model of individual behaviour where the tax ... -
Three chapters in industrial organization
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THREE CHAPTERS ON FAIRNESS PREFERENCES
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Three Economic Essays on Victimization and Social Policies from Childhood to Retirement
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Tiltrekker lav lønn bedre ledere?
(Master thesis, 2014)Formålet med denne utredningen har vært å forsøke å avdekke hvorvidt lavere lønnsnivå vil tiltrekke seg ledere som i gjennomsnitt har større tilbøyelighet for prososial adferd, enn hva høyt lønnsnivå vil gjøre. Dette er ... -
Time-Dependency in Producers’ Price Adjustments: Evidence from Micro Panel Data.
(DP SAM;12/2018, Working paper, 2018-06)Existing micro evidence of firms’ price changes tends to show a downward sloping hazard rate – the longer the price of a product has remained the same, the less likely it is that the price will change. Using a panel of ... -
The Timing of Parental Job Displacement, Child Development and Family Adjustment
(SAM DP;12/2022, Working paper, 2022-09)This paper examines if the effect of parental labor market shocks on child development depends on the age of the child at the time of the shock. To address this question, we leverage rich Norwegian population-wide register ... -
To invest or not to invest : a real options approach to FDIs and tax competition
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To peg or not to peg? : a simple model of exchange rate regime choice in small economies
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-10)The choice of an exchange rate peg often points to a trade-off between gaining credibility and losing flexibility. We show that the flexibility loss may be reduced if domestic and foreign shocks are correlated and more ... -
Too young to leave the nest ? : the effects of school starting age
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-06)Does it matter when a child starts school? While the popular press seems to suggest it does, there is limited evidence of a long-run effect of school starting age on student outcomes. This paper uses data on the population ...