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    • The capital constraining effects of the norwegian wealth tax 

      Edson, Chris (Working paper;41/12, Working paper, 2012-10)
      This paper investigates if the Norwegian wealth tax imposes capital constraints on small privately held businesses. A panel of 31,428 Norwegian firms from 2005 to 2009 is used to estimate two models of capital constraints. ...

    • The Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna : fast crash and swift recovery for the Ferrari of the ocean? 

      Lazat, Eleonore; Bjørndal, Trond (Working paper;2016:7, Working paper, 2016-11)
      The Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Bluefin tuna tastes delicious. Naturally, the Japanese sashimi market fights over this high value fish. Unfortunately, this moneymaking resource has been overfished since the 1970s ...

    • The effect of competition on non-performing loan rates - evidence from the Norwegian banking market 

      Heimdal, Kristin Ward; Solberg, Kristoffer Johnsen (Working paper;2015:11, Working paper, 2015-09)
      The relationship between bank competition and financial stability has been thoroughly debated over the last decades. The importance of a stable banking system for financial stability makes this a topic of interest for both ...

    • The effect of credit portfolio diversification and ownership on banks’ risk exposure : a case study of the Norwegian banking market 

      Ragnhildstveit, Mathilde; Silver, Caroline (Arbeidsnotat;2019/2, Working paper, 2019-04)
      In this thesis, we attempt to provide evidence on the effect of credit portfolio diversification in two dimensions, industrial and geographical diversification. Further, we analyze whether differences in banks' risk ...

    • The effect of industrial diversification on banks’ performance : a case study of the Norwegian banking market 

      Aarflot, Sigve; Arnegård, Lars (Working paper;2017:9, Working paper, 2017-06)
      By attracting deposits from savers and offering financing to borrowers, banks play an important role in the economy. Which strategic approach banks ought to pursue for optimizing performance and hence contribute to financial ...

    • The effect of recessions on firms’ boundaries 

      Knudsen, Eirik Sjåholm; Foss, Kirsten (Working paper;04/13, Working paper, 2013-01)
      The economic theory of the firm offers conflicting predictions of how the two major effects of recessions, changes in demand and access to credit, affect firm boundaries. Using data on Norwegian firms in the recent recession, ...

    • The effects of a day off from retail price competition : evidence on consumer behavior and firm performance in gasoline retailing 

      Foros, Øystein; Nguyen, Mai Thi; Steen, Frode (Working paper;2017:11, Working paper, 2017-08)
      First, we analyze how regular days off from competition and a time-dependent price pattern affect firm performance. Second, we examine the effects on firms’ profitability from consumers’ changing search- and timing behavior. ...

    • The ensemble kalman filter for multidimensional bioeconomic models 

      Kvamsdal, Sturla Furunes; Sandal, Leif Kristoffer (Working papers;04/14, Working paper, 2014-03)
      To serve the needs for integrating economic considerations into management decisions in ecosystem frameworks, we need to build models that capture observed system dynamics and incorporate existing knowledge of ecosystems ...

    • The market for consumption devices : on complementary products and seller-side revenue-extraction 

      Bergh, Harald Nygård (Working paper;40/12, Working paper, 2012-11)
      Some products and services are perfect complements to technological devices, such as video games to video game consoles. We analyze how competition between two firms selling such devices is affected by the fact that they ...

    • The opportunism problem revisited : the case of retailer sales effort 

      Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl; Johansen, Bjørn Olav (Working paper;30/13, Working paper, 2013-09)
      We study a setting where the opportunism or commitment problem identified by Hart and Tirole (1990) may arise. An upstream monopolist may sell its product to two differentiated downstream retailers. Contract unobservability ...

    • The Portuguese fish processing industry from the 1960s to the present 

      Bjørndal, Trond; Brasão, Ana; Ramos, Jorge; Tusvik, Amalie (Working paper;2015:13, Working paper, 2015-12)
      The purpose of this report is to analyse developments in the Portuguese fish processing industry from the 1960s to the present. In this period, Portugal has undergone tremendous political and macroeconomic changes. While ...

    • The turn-around of Uninor 

      Gooderham, Paul N.; Ulset, Svein (Working paper;06/13, Working paper, 2013-01)
      On October 29, 2008, Telenor of Norway announced its plans to enter the Indian mobile telecom market. Despite a strong start, revenue did not grow in line with business projections. In a highly congested market, price war ...

    • Ti teser om "den fleksible bedrift" 

      Nesheim, Torstein (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2002-12)
      I dette notatet settes søkelyset på et perspektiv i studiet av bedriftens effektive grenser og tilknytningsformer for arbeid. Atkinsons modell om den fleksible bedrift har hatt stor innflytelse på forskningen om disse ...

    • Tid er penger : om betydningen av transporttid og informasjonsteknologi for lokaliseringen av utenlandske direkteinvesteringer 

      Bjorvatn, Kjetil (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2003-12)
      Globaliseringen av verdensøkonomien, uttrykt for eksempel ved reduserte transportkostnader, bedret kommunikasjonsteknologi, og en politikk som i stadig større grad åpner opp for internasjonal handel og internasjonale ...

    • Tilknytningsformer for arbeid : virksomhetsstudien 

      Nesheim, Torstein (Arbeidsnotat;2017:7, Working paper, 2017-06)
      Dette notatet er en underveisrapportering fra et prosjekt om tilknytningsformer i arbeidslivet. Prosjektet er et samarbeidsprosjekt mellom Fafo (hovedansvarlig) og SNF, og er finansiert av Arbeids- og sosialdepartementet. ...

    • Tilpasninger til CO2 avgift i skipsfartsnæringen 

      Olsen, Kristian (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2000-07)
      Dette notatet belyser konsekvensene for nærskipsfarten mellom Norge og kontinentet av å innføre en CO2 avgift på internasjonal bunkers. Vi beregner hvordan en slik avgift vil påvirke driftskostnadene for ulike typer skip ...

    • Timber trade restrictions and tropical deforestation : a forest mining approach 

      Mæstad, Ottar (Working paper, Working paper, 2000-04)
      Timber trade restrictions have been proposed as a means to reducing tropical deforestation. This paper analyses the consequences of such trade interventions, emphasising the effects on logging behaviour and the allocation ...

    • Time-inconsistency in DEA : a study of Norwegian factory trawlers 

      Hannesson, Rögnvaldur (Working paper, Working paper, 2005-04)
      DEA is widely used to assess efficiency and returns to scale of production units. Such analysis will be useful only to the extent the data used are representative of efficiency over time, but often the data used are likely ...

    • Tosidige markeder, nettverkseffekter og offentlig politikk 

      Gabrielsen, Tommy Staahl (Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2005-10)
      De siste årene har det vokst fram en interessant litteratur om såkalte tosidige markeder. Et eksempel på en bedrift som opererer i et tosidig marked er en dagsavis. Avisen vil typisk finansiere sin virksomhet både gjennom ...

    • Towards monitoring the world’s fishery resources using viability indices 

      Ussif, Al-Amin M.; Sumaila, Ussif Rashid; Bjørndal, Trond (Working paper, Working paper, 2004-05)
      This paper develops an easy to use and cost efficient index for the assessment of stock viability in fisheries management and bioeconomic analysis. The index is predicated on biological and economic theory, and can be ...