• The adoption of mobile services : a cross service study 

      Pedersen, Per E.; Nysveen, Herbjørn; Thorbjørnsen, Helge (Report, Research report, 2002-10)
      To pay back the investments made in telecommunication infrastructure, new mobile services must be developed, distributed and adopted. A requirement for developing the right services for the right user segments is an ...
    • The adoption of text messaging services among Norwegian teens : development and test of an extended adoption model 

      Pedersen, Per E. (Report, Research report, 2002-08)
      Text messaging in the form of SMS has become one of the most successful mobile services in Norway, and the use of this service is now well integrated into the everyday life of young Norwegians. To explain the widespread ...
    • Advertising and newspaper differentiation : on the role of readers’ advertising taste 

      Kind, Hans Jarle; Koethenbuerger, Marko; Schjelderup, Guttorm (Working paper, Working paper, 2006-12)
      Newspapers have an incentive to moderate their profile in order to gain a larger readership and thus higher advertising revenue. We show that this incentive is weakened both if readers are ad-haters and if they are ad-lovers.
    • Age discrimination in hiring decisions : a comparison of Germany and Norway 

      Büsch, Victoria; Dahl, Svenn-Åge; Dittrich, Dennis A.V. (Working paper, Working paper, 2004-12)
      The workforce in all industrialized countries is aging. To forecast future challenges, it is important to understand the impact of a worker’s age on the labor market. In this paper, we analyze whether older workers in ...
    • Agglomeration, tax competition and local public goods supply 

      Norman, Eva Benedicte; Norman, Victor D. (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-09)
      The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for analysing local public goods supply and tax competition between jurisdictions in a context where there are gains from geographic agglomeration and where labour is ...
    • Agriculture versus fish – Norway in WTO 

      Gaasland, Ivar (Working paper, Working paper, 2008-09)
      The Norwegian agriculture is highly protected and subsidised. The opposite is the case for fisheries and fish farming which suffer from foreign market restrictions. Using a computational general equilibrium model, the gain ...
    • Aktivitetsbasert kalkulasjon for regulerte tjenester : erfaringer, prinsipielle retningslinjer og mulig anvendelse for nettvirksomhet i kraftsektoren 

      Bjørndal, Mette; Bjørnenak, Trond; Johnsen, Thore (Rapport, Research report, 2003-09)
      Denne rapporten diskuterer bruk av normkostnadsmodeller for inntektsregulering av distribusjonsnett i kraftsektoren. Vi er spesielt opptatt av muligheten for å benytte aktivitetsbaserte kostnadskalkyler (”Activity Based ...
    • Allocation of resources in the presence of indivisibilities : Scarf’s problem revisited 

      Bjørndal, Mette; Jörnsten, Kurt (Working Paper, Working paper, 2004-06)
      In his article “The Allocation of Resources in the Presence of Indivisibilities,” Scarf points out that the major problem presented to economic theory by the presence of indivisibilities is the impossibility of detecting ...
    • Allocation of specific assets, relationship duration, and contractual safeguarding in buyer-seller relationships 

      Buvik, Arnt; Haugland, Sven Arne (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-12)
      This study explores the interaction effect of bilateral dependency and relationship duration on contractual safeguarding. In particular, the study compares how the allocation of specific assets, unilateral or mutual, affects ...
    • Allocation of tradable emission permits in a global economy 

      Mæstad, Ottar (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-09)
      This paper discusses the question of how a national government should design a system of tradable emission permits when goods or production factors are internationally mobile. Emphasis is on the principles for the allocation ...
    • An alternative way to model merit good arguments 

      Schroyen, Fred (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-11)
      Besley (1988) uses a scaling approach to model merit good arguments in commodity tax policy. In this paper, I question this approach on the grounds that it produces wrong recommendations-taxation (subsidisation) of merit ...
    • An analysis of maintenance schedules for public facilities 

      Hopland, Arnt Ove; Kvamsdal, Sturla F; Sandal, Leif Kristoffer (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We present a flexible, formal framework for maintenance scheduling for public facilities. Key features of the model include an accelerating deterioration scheme, a general utility measure, and real estate market effects ...
    • An analysis of the interplay among the dimensions of the business model and their effects on performance 

      Methlie, Leif B.; Haugland, Sven Arne (;2011:35, Working paper, 2011-12)
      he main research issue raised in this paper is the relationship between business model conduct and performance. We have in this paper developed and discussed a business model framework based on a literature review of ...
    • An economic analysis of the portuguese fisheries sector 1960-2011 

      Bjørndal, Trond; Lappo, Alena; Ramos, Jorge (Working paper;22/13, Working paper, 2013-08)
      This paper undertakes an economic analysis of the Portuguese fisheries sector and fish markets for the period 1960-2011. In this period the Portuguese economy has undergone a transformation as well as been subject to ...
    • Analyse av arealbruk i Kristiansand havn 

      Lorentzen, Torbjørn (Rapport, Research report, 2007-03)
      Kristiansand kommune skal i løpet av de neste 10-15 årene gjennomføre betydelige investeringer og endringer i havneområdet, bl.a. langs Gravanekanalen. Tre fiskeindustribedrifter ønsker å bygge nye anlegg i dette området. ...
    • Analyse av framtidig kraftsituasjon i Hordaland 

      Singh, Balbir; Eldegard, Tom (Rapport, Research report, 2006-06)
      Utredningen fokuserer på utfordringene for kraftsituasjonen i en noe utvidet Hordalandsregion frem mot 2020. Funksjonelt sett omfattes de tre delregionene: BKK-området, Indre Hardanger og Sunnhordland og Nord-Rogaland. ...
    • Analyse av konkurransen i det norske bladmarkedet 

      Methlie, Jannicke Schancke (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2005-11)
      Formålet med oppgaven har vært å belyse to forhold i det norske bladmarkedet. For det første tar oppgaven for seg den kraftige økningen i antall titler på markedet og for det andre analyseres bladforlagenes valg av ...
    • Analyse av mulige årsaker til høye internasjonale roamingpriser 

      Søderstrøm, Sarka Dittrichova (Rapport, Research report, 2006-08)
      Bakgrunnen for denne rapporten er observasjon som tilsier at internasjonale roamingpriser er betydelig høyere enn mobilpriser på nasjonalt nivå. Formålet med oppgaven er å analysere mulige årsaker til høye internasjonale ...
    • Analyse av strukturerte spareprodukt : et Kinderegg for banknæringen? 

      Bøe, Geir Magne (Rapport, Research report, 2007-10)
      Strukturerte spareprodukt består typisk av et garantielement og et avkastningselement. Garantielementet sikrer at du ikke taper sparepengene dine, mens avkastningselementet skal gi deg avkastning knyttet til en markedsvariabel ...
    • Analyser og simuleringer i inntektsrammereguleringsmodellen for nettbransjen fra 2007 

      Askeland, Thomas Haave; Fjellstad, Bjørn (Rapport, Research report, 2007-06)
      I denne rapporten gjennomfører vi analyser på inntektsrammereguleringsmodellen for nettselskapene i Norge som ble innført 1. januar 2007. Vi går nøye gjennom reguleringsmodellens behandling av normkostnaden i modellen, og ...