Browsing Discussion papers (SAM) by Title
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Resolving distributional conflicts between generations
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-05)We describe a new approach to the problem of resolving distributional conflicts between an infinite and countable number of generations. We impose conditions on the social preferences that capture the following idea: ... -
Responsibility and reward
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-09)It is not straightforward to define the ethics of responsibility in cases where the consequences of factors under our control are partly affected by factors outside our control. One way to approach this issue is to ask ... -
Revisiting the Boston data set (Harrison and Rubinfeld, 1978): a case study in the challenges of system articulation.
(SAM;30/2015, Working paper, 2015-12-18)In the extended topical sphere of Regional Science, more scholars are addressing empirical questions using spatial and spatio-temoral data. An emerging challenge is to alert “new arrivals” to existing bodies of knowledge ... -
Rewarding effort
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-06)According to liberal egalitarian ethics, individuals should be rewarded for factors under their control, but not for factors outside their control. A fundamental challenge to liberal egalitarian theories of justice is ... -
Rich meets poor : an international fairness experiment
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-10)Why do people in rich countries not transfer more of their income to people in the world's poorest countries? To study this question and the relative importance of needs, entitlements, and nationality in people's social ... -
The risk sharing effects of social security and the stochastic properties of income growth
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-05)Time-series analyses suggest that income shocks are fairly persistent. This has implications for the intergenerational risk-sharing effects of pay-as-you- go (paygo) social security programs. By means of a simple stochastic ... -
Robust growth determinants
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Robust Information Aggregation Through Voting
(DP SAM;12/2019, Working paper, 2019-06-10)Numerous theoretical studies have shown that information aggregation through voting is fragile. We consider a model of information aggregation with vote-contingent payoffs and generically characterize voting behavior in ... -
The role of FDI in economic development
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-12)This paper deals with two questions: First, what are the determinants of FDI? Second, what is the role of FDI in economic development? In order to provide some answers to these questions, we draw upon the existing ... -
The Role of Labor Unions in Immigrant Integration
(DP SAM;24/2023, Working paper, 2023-12)We examine if unions narrow or widen labor market gaps between natives and immigrants. We do so by combining rich Norwegian employer-employee matched register data with exogenous variation in union membership obtained ... -
Samaritan agents? : on the delegation of aid policy
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-12)Should an aid donor delegate the responsibility for allocating its budget to an agent less averse to inequality than itself in order to alleviate the Samaritan’s Dilemma it is facing? Despite the intuitive appeal of ... -
Samaritan agents? : on the delegation of aid policy
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003)Should a donor delegate the responsibility for allocating its aid budget to a less inequality-averse agent to alleviate the consequences of the Samaritan’s Dilemma it is facing? I show that when aid impact differs across ... -
Samuel Pufendorf and Ludvig Holberg on Political Economy
(DP SAM;15/2017, Working paper, 2017)My interest in the history of economic thought goes several decades back. My studies in the Dano-Norwegian history of economic thought brought me to Ludvig Holberg (1684-1754). As many of you are aware of Holberg is known ... -
Saving and Bequest in China: An Analysis of Intergenerational Exchange.
(SAM;10/2016, Working paper, 2016-05-31)Particularly high saving rates among the elderly in both rural and urban China call for an investigation of the involved bequest motive. Utilizing unique survey data from a diverse group of Chinese households, we document ... -
The scale and scope of environmental taxation
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-10)This paper provides a discussion of the principles of environmental taxation. It considers the empirical identification of environmental taxes and the problems associated with the choice of the right tax base from the ... -
Scarring effects of unemployment
(Discussion Papers;26/2011, Working paper, 2011-12)Using Norwegian individual register data of young workers, from the period 1986-2008, we analyse whether there are large and persistent negative relationships between unemployment and the risk of repeated unemployment ... -
School Selectivity, Peers, and Mental Health
(DP SAM;21/2020, Working paper, 2020-10-14)Although many students suffer from anxiety and depression, and students often identify school pressure and concerns about their futures as the main reasons for their worries, little is known about the consequences of a ... -
Seasonal Social Preferences.
(DP SAM;4/2017, Working paper, 2017-03)Christmas is when people are expected to act selflessly for the well-being of others, but are people actually more altruistic at this time of the year? Responding to this question poses a challenge because of the confounding ... -
A Second Chance? Labor Market Returns to Adult Education Using School Reforms
(DP SAM;14/2020, Working paper, 2020-08)Roughly one third of a cohort drop out of high school across OECD countries, and developing effective tools to address prime-aged high school dropouts is a key policy question. We leverage high quality Norwegian register ... -
Second-best fairness under limited information: The trade-off between false positives and false negatives
(DP SAM;18/2018, Working paper, 2018-08)In many important economic settings, limited information makes it impossible for decision makers to ensure that each individual gets what he or she deserves. Decision makers are then faced with the trade-off between giving ...