Browsing Discussion papers (SAM) by Author "Hunnes, Arngrim"
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A chronology of financial crises for Norway
Grytten, Ola Honningdal; Hunnes, Arngrim (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-05)The paper offers a chronology of financial crises in Norway from her independence in 1814 till present times. Firstly, business cycles, covering almost two hundred years of economic history are mapped. These reveal years ... -
Do prices reflect short-term output fluctuations? : empirical evidence from a small open raw material based economy
Grytten, Ola Honningdal; Hunnes, Arngrim (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-01)Within the framework of Keynesian economic theory it is widely taken for granted that short term output fluctuations are mirrored in corresponding fluctuations in prices. By examining data on prices and output for a small ... -
Family stability and labor market gender convergence
Grytten, Ola Honningdal; Hunnes, Arngrim (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-04)The present paper examines the historical development in the structure of the family in terms of marriage, divorce, fertility and labor 1886-2007 in order to map quantitative changes. The paper draws new information from ... -
Internal wage dispersion and firm performance : white-collar evidence
Hunnes, Arngrim (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-05)Is internal wage dispersion good for firm productivity, or do internal wage differences break the conception of fairness and cause counterproductive behavior among workers? Contrary to previous empirical work that has ... -
Price stability and inflation persistence during the international gold standard : the Scandinavian case
Grytten, Ola Honningdal; Hunnes, Arngrim (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 ... -
Testing the role of comparative advantage and learning in wage and promotion dynamics
Hunnes, Arngrim (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-09)Can job assignment based on comparative advantage and learning about workers’ ability explain wage and promotion dynamics within firms? In order to answer this question the Gibbons and Waldman (1999b) model is estimated in ...