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Price discrimination and three part tariffs in a duopoly
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-03)The paper studies how second degree price discrimination can be implemented in a duopoly with differentiated products. Two firms serve consumers having heterogeneous willingness to pay for the good, willingness to pay ... -
The Price of Cost-effectiveness Thresholds
(SAM DP;04/2023, Working paper, 2023)Health systems around world are increasingly adopting cost-effectiveness (CE) analysis to inform decisions about access and reimbursement. We study how CE thresholds imposed by a health plan for granting reimbursement ... -
The price of decentralisation
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-07)This paper develops a model for analysing problems related to centralisation and decentralisation. The model is of the new economic geography type, in which there are agglomeration gains in cities but not in rural areas. ... -
Price patterns resulting from different producer behavior in spatial equilibrium
(Discussion paper;5/2012, Working paper, 2012-03)We are concerned with economic analyses of markets from the perspective of supporting a decision maker selling in the market. The competitive pressure and the price formation are central issues. The goal of this paper ... -
Price stability and inflation persistence during the international gold standard : the Scandinavian case
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-06)In the 1870s the three Scandinavian countries Denmark, Norway and Sweden formed the Scandinavian Currency Union. Both the adoption of gold and the monetary union were supposed to lead to price stability in and between ... -
Price-dependent profit sharing as an escape from the Bertrand paradox
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-01)In this paper we show how an upstream firm can prevent destructive competition among downstream firms producing relatively close substitutes by implementing a price-dependent profit-sharing rule. The rule also ensures ... -
Price-dependent profit-sharing as a channel coordination device
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-07)We show how an upstream firm by using a price-dependent profit-sharing rule can prevent destructive competition between downstream firms that produce relatively close substitutes. With this rule the upstream firm induces ... -
Pricing of an interruptible service with financial compensation and rational expectations
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-08)This paper proposes a pricing framework that combines the occurrence of supply interruptions with financial compensations. Consumers post ex ante demands for a designated period. These demands are met if ex post supply ... -
Prison, Mental Health and Family Spillovers
(SAM DP;19/2021, Working paper, 2021-11)Does prison cause mental health problems among inmates and their family members? Correlational evidence reveals that the prevalence of mental health problems is much higher among inmates than among the general population, ... -
Private labels, price rivalry, and public policy
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-06)The article examines how the existence of a retailer owned brand, private label, affects the price setting of a national brand. We find that the potential for a private label introduction may lead to price concessions ... -
Pro-poor price trends and inequality - the case of India.
(SAM;01/2016, Working paper, 2016-02-08)It is well known that people's consumption patterns change with income. Relative price changes therefore affect rich and poor consumers differently. Yet, the standard price indices are not income-specific and hence, the ... -
Productivity and Firm Selection: Quantifying the "New" Gains from Trade
(Discussion Papers;17/2011, Working paper, 2011-09)We discuss how standard computable equilibrium models of trade policy can be enriched with selection effects. This is achieved by estimating and simulating a partial equilibrium model that accounts for a number of real ... -
Property rights and economic growth: evidence from a natural experiment
(Discussion Papers;20/2011, Working paper, 2011-11)In 1795 the British took control of the Cape colony (South Africa) from the Dutch; and in 1843 they exogenously changed the legal basis of landholding, giving more secure property rights to landholders. Since endowments ... -
Public coverage of dental care: universal or targeted?
(DP SAM;02/2025, Working paper, 2025-01-27)This paper analyses the impact of public dental care coverage-universal versus targeted-on access, pricing, and public spending in a model with two competing dental practices and heterogeneous patient income groups. We ... -
Public goods and Pigouvian taxes
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-07)This paper consists of the text of two articles prepared for the second edition of the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. The first article provides a mathematical and diagrammatic exposition of the theory of public ... -
Public goods production and private sector productivity
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-07)In this paper we study how the use of resources in the public sector affects industrial structure, the size and the productivity in knowledge-intensive clusters in local communities. We also discuss how these considerations ... -
Public policy, resource rent and ethics: The case of the Norwegian petroleum industry
(DP SAM;12/2021, Working paper, 2021-05)The present paper seeks to explain how ethics and values in public policy can be result of different historical contingencies. Specifically, it explains the accomplishment of petroleum resource management in Norway. The ... -
Public provision and private incentives
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-09)This paper surveys classical and modern arguments for public production and provision of goods. It reviews the conventional case for public production under conditions of increasing returns and discusses the modifications ... -
Public R&D Support and Firms’ Performance A Panel Data Study.
(DP SAM;13/2018, Working paper, 2018-06)We analyse all the major sources of direct and indirect R&D subsidies in Norway in the period 2002-2013 and compare their effects on individual firms’ performance. Firms that received support are matched with a control ... -
Public versus private health care in a national health service
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-08)This paper studies the interplay between public and private health care in a National Health Service. We consider a two-stage game, where at stage one a Health Authority sets the public sector wage and a subsidy to (or ...