Blar i Discussion papers (SAM) på forfatter "Grytten, Ola Honningdal"
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The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism the Haugian way
Grytten, Ola Honningdal (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. ... -
Two centuries of economic growth: Norwegian GDP 1816-2020
Grytten, Ola Honningdal (DP SAM;10/2020, Working paper, 2020-06)Existing historical GDP series for Norway do not always coincide with our historical knowledge of the economic development. This is to a large extent a result of lack of calculations from the production side and in addition ... -
The Wealth of a Nation: Norways Road to Prosperity
Grytten, Ola Honningdal (DP SAM;17/2020, Working paper, 2020-09)The present paper discusses Norway’s way to prosperity during the two last centuries. The main reason for its wealth seems to have been the ability to meet international demand by utilizing its rich natural resources, ... -
Weber revisited: A literature review on the possible Link between Protestantism, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth
Grytten, Ola Honningdal (DP SAM;08/2020, Working paper, 2020-06)The present paper looks at the Weber-Tawney thesis on the positive link between Protestant ethic and economic growth. Both scholars observed that Protestant areas in the Western world seemed to gain faster and more wealth ... -
What money can buy? : three centuries of Norwegian wage and price development
Grytten, Ola Honningdal (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-10)On the basis of newly utilized data from one of the largest manual historical archives on wages and prices internationally and unpublished data from Statistics Norway this article offers new wage and price series for ... -
Why was the Great Depression not so great in the Nordic countries? : economic policy and unemployment
Grytten, Ola Honningdal (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-08)The present paper seeks to examine why the Nordic countries performed better than most other Western countries during the 1930s, when they at the same time experienced high unemployment levels. The conclusions drawn here ...