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Turning the page on business formats for digital platforms : does Apple's agency model soften competition?
(Working paper;06/14, Working paper, 2014-04)The agency model used by Apple and other platform providers such as Google allows upstream rms (content providers like book publishers and developers of apps) to choose the retail prices of their products (RPM) subject ... -
Turnover, structure and firm specific learning in a large corporation
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-08)This paper studies the acquisition of firm specific knowledge in a major Norwegian oil company. Based on self-report data from 980 managers and professionals the paper investigates the impact of formal structure, informal ... -
The TV industry : advertising and programming
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-07)The key to an understanding of the TV industry is the market for TV advertising. We present a model of this market that also encompasses the product markets and the viewer market. Because viewers dislike commercials, there ... -
Two-part pricing, consumer heterogeneity and cournot competition
(Working paper, Working paper, 2005-04)We analyze two-part tariffs in an oligopoly, where each firm commits to a quantity and a fixed fee prior to the determination of unit prices. In the case of homogeneous consumers, Harrison and Kline (2001) showed that the ... -
Two-sided markets with bargaining over content : the monopoly case
(Working paper, Working paper, 2006-04)A TV platform provides content to viewers and viewers to advertising producers. We study platform pricing and the supply of an essential type of content when there are two-sided network effects and the platform bargains ... -
Tørrskodd Vestland. Arbeidsmarkedsvirkninger av ferjefritt samband Bergen-Stavanger
(Arbeidsnotat;33/12, Working paper, 2012-10)I denne rapporten drøftes og tallfestes regionaløkonomiske virkninger for Sørvestlandet av ferjefritt stamveiforbindelse mellom Stavanger og Bergen. Analysen er et supplement til «tradisjonelle» nytte-kostnadsanalyser. ... -
Understanding the production and consumption of design expertise by small medium-sized firms : some evidence from Norway
(Working paper, Working paper, 2005-06)This paper explores the ways in which industrial design services are organised, produced, and consumed by Norwegian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This includes exploring the geographies of this performance in ... -
Understanding the stochastics of nodal prices : price processes in a constrained network
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-11)Network congestion in competitive electricity markets may be managed by geographically differentiated nodal prices. The stochastics of an unconstrained equilibrium price reflect the underlying fundamentals of demand and ... -
Unemployment clusters across European regions and countries
(Working paper, Working paper, 2000-03)European regions experienced a polarisation of their unemployment rates between 1986 and 1996. Regions with high or low initial unemployment saw little change, while regions with intermediate unemployment moved towards ... -
Unge voksnes flyttevalg : en gjennomgang av koblede flyttedata for seks norske kommuner
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2001-08)Distriktskommuner som er preget av industri, fiskeri og landbruk, har over lang tid hatt det størst netto flyttetapet blant unge. Med dette som bakgrunn, tar arbeidsnotatet utgangspunkt i seks slike kommuner og analyserer ... -
Unionized oligopoly, trade liberalization and location choice
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-08)In a two-country reciprocal dumping model, with on country unionized, we analyze how wage setting and firm location are influenced by trade liberalization. We show that trade liberalization can induce a unionized firm to ... -
Up the Ante on Bioeconomic Submodels of Marine Foodwebs : a data assimilation-based approach
(Working paper;13/14, Working paper, 2014-09)While economists have discussed ecosystem-based management and similar concepts, little attention has been devoted to the art of modeling. Models of ecosystems or foodwebs that make economic analysis viable should capture ... -
Upstream merger in a successive oligopoly : who pays the price?
(Working paper;48/13, Working paper, 2013-12)This study develops and uses a successive oligopoly model, with an unobservable non-linear tariff between upstream and downstream firms, to analyze the possible anti-competitive effects of an upstream merger. We find that ... -
Upstream partnerships among competitors when size matters
(Working paper;2017:6, Working paper, 2017-06)In several industries, downstream competitors form upstream partnerships. An important rationale is that higher aggregate upstream volume might generate efficiencies that reduce both fixed and marginal costs. Our focus is ... -
The urban system of Eastern Norway
(Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)This working paper reports from a study carried out as part of the Interreg IIC project «Urban Systems and Urban Networking in the Baltic Sea Region», and has also been published as part of a seminar report by the VASAB ... -
Using ISO 26000 to implement a learning and knowledge creating process in two SMEs
(Working paper;2011:26, Working paper, 2011-10)The target group of this research singles out two companies in Norway belonging to the NCE-Subsea cluster in the Bergen region, who are also objects of a larger research project investigating SMEs’ internationalization ... -
Utbygging av digitalt bakkenett i Norge : NRK og TV 2s motiver
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2005-02)Målet med utredningen er å analysere NRK og TV 2s motiver ved utbyggingen av det digitale bakkenettet. Vi identifiserer både mediepolitiske- og økonomiske motiver. I forhold til medievitenskap finner vi at hensynet til ... -
Utlendinger og spillerutvikling i norsk fotball
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2006-03)Det har vært en sterk økning i importen av utenlandske spillere til norsk toppfotball de siste årene, noe som nødvendigvis må fortrenge norske spillere. Med bakgrunn i data hentet fra VGs Eliteguide, Aftenpostens oversikt ... -
Utnytting av kraftkundar i sluttbrukarmarknaden : analyser av konkurransetilhøvet mellom norske kraftavtalar
(Arbeidsnotat;2011:30, Working paper, 2011-11)Masteroppgåva omhandlar konkurransetilhøvet mellom norske kraftavtalar i sluttbrukarmarknaden. Som forventa finn ein tydelege bevis på utnytting av innelåste kundar gjennom dyre standard variabelprisavtalar. Ein finn også ... -
Utvikling av eierstrukturen i rederier notert på Oslo Børs. En beskrivelse av eierstrukturen i perioden 1994 til 2007 med vekt på utenlandske investorer
(;2011:34, Working paper, 2011-11)Dette arbeidsnotatet tar for seg eierstrukturen i rederier notert på Oslo Børs i perioden fra starten av 1994 til utgangen av 2007. I notatet legges det særlig vekt på utenlandsk eierandel. Etter restriksjonene på ...