• Analysis of cost of production in North Atlantic fisheries 

      Lappo, Alena (Working paper;11/13, Working paper, 2013-05)
      The purpose of this report is to analyse the cost of production in North Atlantic pelagic fisheries – Atlantic mackerel, Atlantic herring and blue whiting. The analysis is undertaken for various fleets from Norway, the ...
    • Anatomy of cartel contracts 

      Hyytinen, Ari; Steen, Frode; Toivanen, Otto (Working paper;49/13, Working paper, 2013-12)
      We study cartel contracts using data on 18 contract clauses of 109 legal Finnish manufacturing cartels whose legal status is reminiscent of e.g. the U.S Sugar Institute. One third of the clauses relate to raising profits; ...
    • Another tale of two-sided markets 

      Kind, Hans Jarle; Stähler, Frank (Working paper, Working paper, 2007-06)
      This note generalizes the frequently used Hotelling model for two-sided markets. We demonstrate an invariance theorem: advertisement levels neither depend on the media price nor on the location of the media firm. An increase ...
    • Applications of dual theory in fisheries : a survey 

      Jensen, Carsten Lynge (Working Paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2002-08)
      This paper surveys empirical studies that utilize the theory of the firm and dual theory to reveal economic and technological conditions of fish harvesting firms. The dual approach is highly suitable for revealing disaggregated ...
    • Aquaculture development in Asia : current status, economics and future outlook 

      Dey, Madan Mohan; Sheriff, Natasja; Bjørndal, Trond (Working paper, Working paper, 2006-11)
      The purpose of this article is to analyse aquaculture development in selected Asian countries. The contribution of Asia to world aquaculture will be documented. In Asia, different culture systems are practised and numerous ...
    • Are individual forecasters rational? a study of inflation expectations using forecasts from the survey of professional forecasters 

      Eikill, Karen Oftedal (Working paper;50/12, Working paper, 2012-12)
      How is the forecast behaviour of professional individuals? Are they accurate and efficient, and how are their performances compared to the consensus’ performance? Do their forecasts differ in the special episodes of the ...
    • Are loyal customers profitable? : customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and customer profitability at the individual level 

      Helgesen, Øyvind (Working paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2000-02)
      Customer satisfaction is supposed to be positively related to profitability. This conception may be called “the paradigm of customer satisfaction”. Nevertheless, only a few studies have examined this fundamental relationship. ...
    • Are tv-viewers and surfers different breeds? : broadband demand and asymmetric cross-price effects 

      Andersson, Kjetil; Fjell, Kenneth; Foros, Øystein (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-04)
      We consider two different qualities of broadband access, one that simply means greater access speed to Internet applications and content and a premium version that also gives access to interactive TV-centric applications. ...
    • Are within-season rents maximised in an open-access fishery? 

      Kennedy, John; Hannesson, Rögnvaldur (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-08)
      It is often assumed that zero rents are generated in an open-access fishery. There are many justifications for this, such as the existence of intraseasonal and interseasonal stock externalities, and entry and exit of vessels ...
    • The art of networking : the case of Sogndal fotball and Fosshaugane campus 

      Fløysand, Arnt; Jakobsen, Stig-Erik (Working Paper, Working paper, 2005-12)
      One of the most significant recent elements of restructuring in rural areas is the transition from an economy based on agricultural production to an economy based on the countryside as a form of commodity. In this transition ...
    • Aspects of the political economy of foreign aid 

      Hagen, Rune Jansen (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)
      The interaction of external financing with economic reforms in developing countries has been at the forefront of the policy debate for the last 15-20 years. In this paper, a simple model in which an aid donor faces either ...
    • Assessing the economic effects of trade barriers 

      Lorentzen, Torbjørn (Working paper, Working paper, 2007-03)
      The objective of the paper is to build a simple model which will be easy to use in the assessment of the economic welfare effects due to trade barriers. Traditional partial trade models assume infinitely elastic world ...
    • Assessing the economic gains of free market access for the least developed countries in the QUAD 

      Hagen, Rune Jansen; Mæstad, Ottar; Wiig, Arne (Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-11)
      The purpose of this study is to evaluate the economic impact on the least developed countries (LDCs) of reduced trade barriers in their export markets. 48 countries are currently designated as “least developed” by the ...
    • Assessment of the Norwegian transmission : pricing rules by using a modified AC-OPF 

      Stamtsis, Georgios C.; Bjørndal, Mette; Erlich, István; Jörnsten, Kurt (Working Paper, Working paper, 2004-06)
      This paper focuses on the combined effects of loss factors and zonal pricing in a system that takes as a starting point the procedures of transmission pricing in the Norwegian power system. It interprets the notion of loss ...
    • Assessment of the sustainability of organic salmon farming 

      Tveterås, Sigbjørn (Working paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2000-06)
      Environmental and sustainable aspects of food production are receiving increasingly more attention, which is also evident through the increasing demand for organic food products. This paper is concerned with the sustainability ...
    • Asset specificity and vertical integration 

      Kvaløy, Ola (Working paper, Working paper, 2003-11)
      Asset specificity is usually considered to be an argument for vertical integration.The main idea is that specificity induces opportunistic behaviour, and that vertical integration reduces this problem of opportunism. In ...
    • Assimilation of time series data into a dynamic bioeconomic fisheries model : an application to the North East Arctic cod stock 

      Ussif, Al-Amin M.; Sandal, Leif Kristoffer; Steinshamn, Stein Ivar (Working Paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2003-01)
      This paper combines the elegant technique of Data Assimilation and a Monte Carlo procedure to analyze time series data for the North East Arctic Cod stock (NEACs). A simple nonlinear dynamic resource model is calibrated ...
    • Audiovisual services in the GATS : the case of Norway 

      Nordås, Hildegunn Kyvik (Working paper, Working paper, 2005-05)
      This paper discusses possible impacts of the Doha round negotiations in the WTO on the audiovisual services sector in Norway. Like most other countries, Norway has not made commitments, but has listed a number of MFN ...
    • Avanseregulering i den norske bokmarknaden. Teoretiske og praktiske effektar 

      Selseng, Siri Hovland; Træen, Martine Nesøy (Arbeidsnotat;40/13, Working paper, 2013-10)
      17. juni 2013 vart boklova vedteken på Stortinget. Lova spesifiserer ei avanseregulering i form av ein maksimal rabatt leverandør kan gje forhandlar og eit ikkje-diskrimineringsprinsipp basert på vertikalt eigarskap. Denne ...
    • Avisprodukter til nettbrett : redningen for den norske avisbransjen? 

      Nes, Elisabeth Heimdal (Arbeidsnotat;19/12, Working paper, 2012-08)
      De norske papiravisene sliter med fallende opplag, lave lesertall og synkende annonseinntekter. Avisbransjen er derfor på stadig leting etter nye, mer lønnsomme forretningsområder. Da nettbrettet ble lansert i 2010 var ...