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Company versus country branding : "Same, same but different"
(Report, Research report, 2002-10)The aim of this study is to investigate whether countries can be branded like companies. Company brands are managed according to clear ownership and top-down control of brand management. In contrast, countries are governed ... -
Comparative data of absence due to sickness in Nordic countries
(Working paper, Working paper, 2003-04)Recently the rate of absence due to sickness has been very high in Norway. In the year 2002 almost 7.7 percent of the total work force was absent due to sickness. A shortcoming of empirical studies on international comparison ... -
Comparative evaluation of the fisheries policies in Denmark, Iceland and Norway : multispecies and stochastic issues
(Report, Research report, 2008-01)In this report the fisheries policies in Denmark, Iceland and Norway are subject to evaluation in a comparative perspective with particular emphasis on multi-species interaction and uncertainty. The actual harvest and ... -
Comparing pharmaceutical prices in Europe : a comparison of prescription drug prices in Norway with nine Western European countries
(Report;2011:11, Research report, 2011-10)In this report we compare prices of pharmaceuticals between Norway and the following nine Western European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom. We use ... -
Competing for foreign direct investments : a real options approach
(Report, Research report, 2003-10)This paper uses the Bad News Principle to study how the ability of multinationals to shift profits by transfer pricing affects both the timing of foreign direct investment decisions and government tax policy. A main finding ... -
Competition and collusion with exhaustible resources : the case of the crude oil market
(Report, Research report, 2003-06)In this thesis I analyze the dynamics of competition and collusion in exhaustible resource markets, with a special focus on the market for crude oil. Theoretical models with perfect competition, monopoly, and Cournot duopoly ... -
Competition and physician behaviour: Does the competitive environment affect the propensity to issue sickness certificates?
(Working paper, 2018-09)Competition among physicians is widespread, but compelling empirical evidence on its impact on service provision is limited, mainly due to endogeneity issues. In this paper we exploit that many GPs, in addition to own ... -
Competition and regulation strategies in the internet
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-09)The purpose of this article is to provide a simple introduction to the Internet’s value system and historical development from an economic point of view. One of the central themes that we discuss is whether increased user ... -
Competition and risk taking in the banking industry: The case of capital requirements
(Working paper, 2017-12)This article examines how stricter capital requirements affect competition and risk-taking incentives in the banking industry. When banks choose their risk profiles by solving portfolio problems, there is a clear trade-off ... -
Competition between content distributors in two-sided markets
(Working paper;11/12, Working paper, 2012-05)We analyze strategic interactions between two competing distributors of an independent TV channel. Consistent with most of the relevant markets, we assume that the distributors set end-user prices while the TV channel sets ... -
Competition between farmed and wild salmon : the Japanese salmon market
(Working paper, Working paper, 2003-12)This paper examines the Japanese market for salmon. This market is of interest since it is the largest and most diversified salmon market in the world with wild and farmed species, from Europe and South and North America, ... -
Competition for viewers and advertisers in a tv oligopoly
(Working paper, Working paper, 2006-12)We consider a model of a TV oligopoly where TV channels transmit advertising and viewers dislike such commercials. We show that advertisers make a lower profit the larger the number of TV channels. If TV channels are ... -
Competition in the Bergen taxi market : model simulations
(Report;2011:14, Research report, 2011-11)By building up simulation models using WEBGPSS language, this report provides an investigation on the taxi business in Bergen, Norway, in the perspective of a large market participant, Norgestaxi. The author gives suggestions ... -
Competition policy and sector-specific economic media regulation : and never the twain shall meet?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2005-06)This paper studies the relationship between competition policy regulation and sector-specific regulation in the regulation of media markets. It takes as its starting point the stated intention of the EU Commission in its ... -
Competition with personalized pricing and strategic product differentiation
(Arbeidsnotat;2018/7, Working paper, 2018-12)Consumers leave increasingly more digital footprints which improve Örmsíability to practice personalized pricing (Örst-degree price discrimination). We ask whether there exist strategic e§ects that reduce Örmsíincentives ... -
Competitive in the lab, successful in the field?
(Working paper;02/15, Working paper, 2015-01)A number of lab experiments in recent years have analyzed people’s willingness to compete. But to what extent is competitive behavior in the lab associated with field choices and outcomes? We address this question in a ... -
The competitiveness of the Chilean salmon aquaculture industry
(Working Paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2001-08)Commercial salmon and trout farming has emerged as a major industry in Chile during the 1990s. Salmon is not a native species to Chile, still excellent climatic conditions are provided for farming. Since 1992 Chile has ... -
Compliance program i forbindelse med kartellbekjempelse. Bedrifters behov for interne retningslinjer for å hindre ansatte i å drive ulovlig samarbeid med konkurrenter, og effektiv utforming av slike program
(Arbeidsnotat;38/12, Working paper, 2012-12)I senere tid har konkurransemyndigheter verden over økt fokus på kartellbekjempelse, men til tross for dette avsløres det fremdeles alvorlige karteller. Årsaken kan være mangel på sterke nok sanksjoner rettet mot skyldige ... -
Concerns among local government facility managers
(Working paper;2016:9, Working paper, 2016-12)Purpose: To investigate which concerns are most important for local government facility managers in Norway. Design: We analyze a survey dataset covering about 2/3 of all Norwegian local governments, using descriptive ... -
Confidence intervals for the shrinkage estimator
(Working paper, Working paper, 2005-08)Shrinkage estimators have recently become popular in estimation of heterogeneous models on panel data. In this chapter we show that the estimated covariance matrix in the posterior distribution of the shrinkage estimator ...