• The Cost of Weather: Modeling Weather Delay in Bulk Shipping 

  Enerstvedt, Vegard (Discussion paper;4/25, Working paper, 2025-02-04)

  Weather is an ever-present factor influencing shipping operations at every stage, including port operations. This paper examines the determi nants of weather-induced delays in port operations, the probability and duration ...

• Insurance in a Changing Climate: A Retrospective Study of Water-Related Claims and Pricing Strategies in Norway 

  Shi, Yue; Berentsen, Geir Drage; Otneim, Håkon (Discussion paper;3/25, Working paper, 2025-01-31)

  Climate change has posed significant challenges to socioeconomic systems across the world, with the insurance industry at the forefront of facing climate risks. Recognizing the growing importance of climate risk management ...

• Addressing Congestion in Time-Expanded Networks: A Lifeboat Allocation Model for Maritime Evacuations 

  Velez, Andres (Discussion paper;02/25, Working paper, 2025-01-24)

  This paper addresses the challenge of congestion in time-expanded networks, focusing on a case study related to maritime evacuations. The problem is made complex by an endogenous relationship between inputs and outputs, ...

• Hydrogen in Renewable-Intensive Energy Systems: Path to Becoming a Cost-Effective and Efficient Storage Solution 

  Qu, Chunzi; Bang, Rasmus Noss; Sandal, Leif K.; Steinshamn, Stein Ivar (Discussion paper;01/25, Working paper, 2025-01-13)

  This paper examines the integration of hydrogen storage in renewable-intensive energy systems. Current hydrogen storage technology is too costly and inefficient, but reducing hydrogen costs to 12.5% of current levels and ...

• Smart charging costs in the times of the energy price crisis 

  Brockmann, Fabian; Guajardo, Mario (Discussion paper;13/24, Working paper, 2024-12-28)

  This paper examines how the impact of flexibility in electric vehicle (EV) charging has evolved over recent years. In contrast to previous studies that focus on shorter time frames, our analysis spans from 2019 to 2023. ...

• Taxation and Multi-Sided Platforms: A Review 

  Kind, Hans Jarle; Schjelderup, Guttorm (Discussion paper;12/24, Working paper, 2024-12-20)

  Many of the largest and most influential industries in the global economy operate digitally as multi-sided platforms, catering to different groups who are connected through intergroup network effects. This paper provides ...

• European Grid Development Modeling and Analysis: Established Frameworks, Research Trends, and Future Opportunities 

  Qu, Chunzi; Bang, Rasmus Noss (Discussion paper;11/24, Working paper, 2024-10-31)

  This paper presents a comprehensive survey of recent literature on European energy system modeling and analysis with special focus on grid development. Spanning the years from 2013 to 2023, we analyze 59 selected articles, ...

• Integrated maritime fuel management with stochastic fuel prices and new emission regulations 

  Gu, Yewen; Wallace, Stein W.; Wang, Xin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)

• Stochastic Network Design for Planning Scheduled Transportation Services: The Value of Deterministic Solutions 

  Wang, Xin; Crainic, Teodor Gabriel; Wallace, Stein W. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)

  We study the value of deterministic solutions, in particular their quality and upgradability, in addressing stochastic network design problems, by analyzing their time-dependent formulations known as scheduled service ...

• Stochastically Induced Critical Depensation and Risk of Stock Collapse 

  Poudel, Diwakar; Sandal, Leif Kristoffer; Kvamsdal, Sturla F (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)

• Strategic technology switching under risk aversion and uncertainty 

  Sendstad, Lars Hegnes; Chronopoulos, Michail (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

• Less fiscal oversight, more adjustment 

  Borge, Lars-Erik; Hopland, Arnt Ove (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  In Norway, a reform in 2001 lifted budget and borrowing approval for local governments that comply with the balanced budget requirement (BBR). It was a concern that less fiscal oversight would lead to less fiscal discipline. ...

• Will the locals benefit? The effect of wind power investments on rural wages 

  Mauritzen, Johannes (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

• Decarbonizing Maritime Transport: The Importance of Engine Technology and Regulations for LNG to serve as a Transition Fuel 

  Lindstad, Elizabeth; Eskeland, Gunnar; Rialland, Agathe Isabelle; Valland, Anders (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

• The combined impact of stochastic and correlated activity durations and design uncertainty on project plans 

  Kaut, Michal; Vaagen, Hajnalka; Wallace, Stein William (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  Most model based studies on project uncertainty investigate a single source of uncertainty, with a dominant focus on stochastic activity durations. However, another major uncertainty facing engineering projects is that of ...

• On shared use of renewable stocks 

  Ekerhovd, Nils-Arne; Flåm, Sjur Didrik; Steinshamn, Stein Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

• Taxing away M&A: Capital gains taxation and acquisition activity 

  Todtenhaupt, Maximilian; Voget, Johannes; Feld, Lars P.; Ruf, Martin; Schreiber, Ulrich (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

• Cross-country effects and policy responses to COVID-19 in 2020: The Nordic countries 

  Gordon, Daniel Vernon; Grafton, R. Quentin; Steinshamn, Stein Ivar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  We provide a three-step analysis of the effects and responses to COVID-19 in Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), large Western European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom) and ...

• Variation in use of Caesarean section in Norway: An application of spatio-temporal Gaussian random fields 

  Mannseth, Janne; Berentsen, Geir Drage; Skaug, Hans Julius; Lie, Rolv T.; Moster, Dag (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Aims: Caesarean section (CS) is a medical intervention performed in Norway when a surgical delivery is considered more beneficial than a vaginal. Because deliveries with higher risk are centralized to larger hospitals, use ...

• I sentralbankens blindsoner 

  Schjelderup, Guttorm; Sævold, Kristine (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

  Ansettelsen i 2020 av ny sjef for Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) har igjen skapt debatt om skatteparadiser som har vært et økende internasjonalt tema siden finanskrisen i 2008. Artikkelen analyserer Norges Banks ...

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