• Fishermen’s compliance : a dynamic model 

      Nøstbakken, Linda (Working paper, Working paper, 2006-11)
      In this paper, a dynamic model of fishermen's compliance is developed and used to analyse several issues. There are two parties involved in the fishery; the regulator and the fishermen. The regulator takes on a long term ...
    • The fishmeal market : an integrated part of the vegetable oilmeal market? 

      Tveterås, Sigbjørn (Working paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2000-10)
      In this report the concept and implications of market integration is discussed in some detail with an application to the fishmeal and soymeal market. Both are important inputs in the animal and aquaculture feed market. ...
    • Fiskeoppdrett og verdsettelse : en analyse av resultatjustering og modeller for identifikasjon av slik aktivitet 

      Aaker, Harald (Rapport, Research report, 2005-10)
      Regnskapsinformasjon skal være relevant og pålitelig, men det vil alltid være skjønn forbundet med verdsettelsen.Usaklig skjønn omtales som resultatjustering (”Earnings management”) og regnskaps-manipulasjon. Det er store ...
    • Fiskerettigheter og ressursrente 

      Hannesson, Rögnvaldur (Rapport, Research report, 2005-02)
      I denne rapporten blir det undersøkt om de kvoteverdier som kan observeres i fiskebåtredernes regnskap gir et korrekt bilde av ressursrenten. Både i ringnotfisket og i banklinefisket varierer de bokførte kvoteverdiene ...
    • Flytting av en statsinstitusjon : erfaringsbakgrunn og kriterier for lokalisering 

      Sunnevåg, Kjell J.; Ekerhovd, Nils-Arne (Rapport, Research report, 2002-08)
      I denne rapporten ser vi nærmere på argumentasjonen for utflytting av Konkurransetilsynet fra Oslo, samt fordeler og ulemper ved ulike lokaliseringsalternativer for tilsynet. I rapporten gis først et teoretisk og historisk ...
    • Fordelingsvirkninger av merverdiavgiften over livsløpet 

      Sannarnes, Jan Gaute; Steckmest, Elisabeth (Rapport, Research report, 2002-07)
      Fordelingsanalyser av inntekt, skatter, overføringer og offentlige tjenester i et livsløpsperspektiv viser at store deler av omfordelingen en finner i tverrsnittsanalyser ikke er overføring av livsinntekt mellom individer, ...
    • Forecasting commodity prices with switching regimes : a MS-VAR approach for fish meal price 

      Tveterås, Sigbjørn (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-07)
      The objective of this paper is to present a parsimonious forecasting model of the fish meal price. The focus is on the soybean meal market’s impact on the fish meal price together with the stocks-to-use as an indicator of ...
    • Foreign aid and international public goods : incentives and strategic behavior 

      Pedersen, Karl Rolf (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-08)
      This paper considers a stylized model where a donor and a recipient government derive utility from a public good (for example consumption among the poor or defense capacity in the recipient country), in addition to a private ...
    • Foreign aid and social sector spending in developing countries 

      Hagen, Rune Jansen; Hatlebakk, Magnus (Report, Research report, 2002)
      Foreign aid is of critical importance to achieving the international goal of providing basic social services to all mankind by 2015. If strategies for funding health and education are to be successful, understanding the ...
    • Foreign direct investment : assessing the need for a multilateral agreement 

      Haaland, Jan Ingvald Meidell (Report, Research report, 2002-06)
      Do we need a multilateral agreement for policies towards international investments similar to the trade agreements that exist? Foreign direct investments (FDI) play an important role in the international economy, and in ...
    • Foreign direct investment and wages in Central and Eastern Europe 

      Faggio, Giulia (Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-04)
      This paper explores the link between foreign direct investment and wages in three countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Bulgaria and Romania. The objective of the study is twofold. It tries to detect (1) whether ...
    • Foreign direct investment in non-metropolitian Norway : an analysis of strategies, objectives and autonomy 

      Jakobsen, Stig-Erik; Rusten, Grete (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-10)
      The internationalisation of the western economy in recent years implies cross-border investments and an increasing number of firms with production in more than one country. The exploitation of natural resources has ...
    • Foreign direct investment, regional change and poverty : identifying Norwegian controlled FDI in developing countries 

      Fløysand, Arnt; Haarstad, Håvard; Jakobsen, Stig-Erik; Tønnesen, Anders (Report, Research report, 2005-03)
      This report discusses the role of the involvement of multi-national companies in development and poverty reduction strategies, by identifying Norwegian controlled FDI in developing countries. The first part of the report ...
    • Foreign direct investments and regional effects : the case of Norway 

      Rusten, Grete; Jakobsen, Stig-Erik; Kvinge, Torunn (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)
      Foreign direct investments (FDI) have had an important role in Norway since the start of the manufacturing age in the beginning of the 1900s. Traditionally these were mostly export-oriented manufacturing companies. However, ...
    • Foreign direct investments: The BRIC countries and Norway 

      Heum, Per; Pires, Armando José Garcia (Working papers;44/13, Working paper, 2013-11)
      The present working paper is part of the EU-funded project COST ACTION IS0905, The Emergence of Southern multinationals and their Impact on Europe. Southern multinationals refer to multinationals from emerging economies. ...
    • Foreign economic aid : should donors cooperate? 

      Torsvik, Gaute (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-06)
      When several altruistic donors provide aid to alleviate poverty in another country, they face a common good problem. Solving this problem calls for cooperation and policy integration. But before we conclude in favour of ...
    • Foreign firm location and local multiplier effects : the case of Norwegian industrial towns 

      Jakobsen, Stig-Erik; Rusten, Grete; Haugaard, Trine; Fløysand, Arnt; Kvinge, Torunn (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)
      The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) theory show that these investments form regional effects. Our paper emphasis the heterogeneity of these effects. Different motives for FDI creates different multiplier effects, such as ...
    • Forhandlingsmakt i legemiddelmarkedet : en empirisk analyse av grossistenes forhandlede innkjøpspriser 

      Graaner, Kathrine Håland; Klemsdal, Ragnhild (Arbeidsnotat;24/13, Working paper, 2013-08)
      Grossistleddet i det norske legemiddelmarkedet domineres i dag av tre aktører som betjener hele markedet. Disse er vertikalt integrert med hver sin apotekkjede. Grossistenes forhandlingsmakt påvirker hvilke priser man vil ...
    • Form og substans : flernasjonale selskaper og skatteplanlegging 

      Schjelderup, Guttorm (Working paper;05/14, Working paper, 2014-03)
      Denne artikkelen viser hvordan flernasjonale selskaper reduserer sin skattebelastning gjennom internpriser, tynn kapitalisering og bruk av gjennomstrømsløsninger og holdingselskaper i skatteparadis. Artikkelen stiller ...
    • The formalization of club organization in Norwegian professional football 

      Jakobsen, Stig-Erik; Gammelsæter, Hallgeir; Fløysand, Arnt; Nese, Gjermund (Working Paper, Working paper, 2005-12)
      Like professional football in other European countries Norwegian top football has experienced increased commercialization since the early 1990s. This development has been characterised by a growth in turn-over, and the ...