Browsing Discussion papers (FOR) by Title
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Free-entry equilibrium in a market for certifiers
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-05)The role of certifiers is to test products for quality, and to communicate the test results to the market. We construct a free-entry model of certification, where each certifier chooses a test standard and a price for ... -
Frequent Turbulence? A Dynamic Copula Approach
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-07)How common and how persistent are turbulent periods? We address these questions by developing and applying a dynamic dependence framework. In order to answer the first question we estimate an unconditional mixture model ... -
Functional data analysis : introduction and applications to financial electricity contracts
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Future world market prices of milk and feed looking into the crystal ball
(Discussion paper;17/15, Working paper, 2015-04-10)Both the world milk price and the world feed price have become more volatile during the last 7-8 years. The ability of dairy farmers to adapt quickly to these changing circumstances will be a key driver for future success, ... -
Gas storage valuation : price modelling v. optimization methods
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-10)The existence of a financial gas market motivates the analysis of gas storage as a separate asset, using the market value context for utilization and valuation. In the recent literature, gas storage is typically analysed ... -
Gasoline prices jump up on Mondays : an outcome of aggressive competition?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-04)This paper examines Norwegian gasoline pump prices using daily station-specific observations from March 2003 to March 2006. Whereas studies that have analyzed similar price cycles in other countries find support for the ... -
Gender Differences in Tax Evasion: Evidence from Norwegian Administrative Data
(Discussion paper;8/24, Working paper, 2024-06-18)Using the expenditure approach and administrative data on third-party reported donations, we estimate tax evasion by gender. While men are more prone to risk taking, we find no evidence of this transferring to income ... -
A general stochastic calculus approach to insider trading
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-12)The purpose of this paper is to present a general stochastic calculus approach to insider trading. In a market driven by a standard Brownian motion B(t) on a filtered probability space (Ω, F, {F}t>0, P), by an insider we ... -
Gibbard-Satterthwaite and an Arrovian Connection
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-06)A very close link of G-S, the Gibbard-Satterthwaite theorem to Arrow’s "impossibility" theorem is shown. G-S is derived as a corollary: from a strategy-proof singleseat election method F is constructed an election method ... -
The global minimum tax raises more revenues than you think, or much less
(Discussion paper;6/22, Working paper, 2022-02-07)The OECD’s proposal for a global minimum tax (GMT) of 15% aims for a reversal of a decline of corporate tax rates. We study the revenue effects of the GMT by focusing on strategic tax setting effects. The direct effect ... -
Global warming and international fishery management : does anticipation of the temperature change matter?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-12)This paper investigates the effects of climate-induced rising of ocean temperature on the optimal fishing policies in a two players’ non-cooperative game setting. We compare reactive management, under which the manager ... -
Globally evolutionarily stable portfolio rules
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2005-09)The paper examines a dynamic model of a financial market with endogenous asset prices determined by short run equilibrium of supply and demand. Assets pay dividends, that are partially consumed and partially reinvested. ... -
Grading standards, student ability and errors in college admission
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-06)Grades are important for admission of students in most higher education programmes. Analysing admission and student performance data at a major Norwegian business school, we find that the grading practice of teachers ... -
Greed is good: from super-harvest to recovery in a stochastic predator-prey system
(Discussion paper;5/19, Working paper, 2019-09-04)This paper demonstrates a predator-prey system of cod and capelin that confronts a possible scenario of prey extinction under the first-best policy in a stochastic world. We discover a novel ‘super-harvest’ phenomenon that ... -
Greening the Vehicle Fleet: Evidence from Norway’s CO2 Differentiated Registration Tax
(Discussion paper;14/16, Working paper, 2016-08-31)Fiscal policies are used to improve vehicle fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector. Years of forceful reform in Norway may be seen as informative. From 2007, Norway has linked its new vehicle ... -
Guaranteed investment contracts: distributed and undistributed excess return
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000)Annual minimum rate of return guarantees are analyzed together with rules for distribution of positive excess return, i.e. investment returns in excess of the guaranteed minimum return. Together with the level of the annual ... -
Guarantees of Origin and Competition in the Spot Electricity Market
(Discussion paper;24/23, Working paper, 2023-12-15)We study the effect of introducing a market for green energy attributes on the market for the energy itself. In Europe, renewable energy producers receive Guarantees of Origin (GOs) that they can sell to consumers who wish ... -
Harmonization of Corporate Tax Systems and its Effect on Collusive Behavior
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-01)We study how harmonization of corporate tax systems affects the stability of international cartels. We show that tax base harmonization reinforces collusive agreements, while harmonization of corporate tax rates may ... -
Heterogeniety and limited stock market participation
(Discussion paper;05/14, Working paper, 2014-02)We derive the equilibrium interest rate and risk premiums using recursive utility with heterogeneity in a continuous time model. Two ordinally equivalent versions are considered, each associated with a di erent set of ... -
Hidden semi-Markov models for rainfall-related insurance claims
(Discussion paper;17/23, Working paper, 2023-11-06)We analyze the temporal structure of a novel insurance dataset about home insurance claims related to rainfall-induced damage in Norway, and employ a hidden semi-Markov model to capture the non-Gaussian nature and temporal ...