Working papers (SNF): Recent submissions
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On the efficiency gains of emissions trading when climate deals are non-cooperative
(Working paper, Working paper, 2011-07)This paper studies, in a numerical environment, climate treaties with emissions trading when national quotas result from strategic individual choice. We find that the larger the number of parties to the deal, the smaller ... -
Brand and customer experience in service organizations : literature review and brand experience construct validation
(Working paper, Working paper, 2011-04)Commoditization of goods and services has generated a need for providing customer value beyond functional attributes and benefits. The concepts of brand and customer experience have therefore gained increased interest among ... -
Bindende tilsagn i konkurransesaker – forordning 1 art. 9 og relevansen for konkurranseloven
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2011-05)Denne fremstillingen tar for seg den formaliserte forliksadgangen (tilsagn), i EU- og EØS-konkurranseretten, jf. forordning 1 art. 9. Formålet med fremstillingen er særlig å vurdere om det er grunn til å innføre en liknende ... -
Dokumentasjon og kvalitetssikring av SNFs og NHHs database med regnskaps- og foretaksinformasjon for norske selskaper (Oppdatert 04/2011)
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2011-04)Arbeidsnotatet beskriver databasen med norske regnskapstall og selskapsinformasjon som brukes i forskning og utredninger ved Samfunns- og næringslivsforskning AS (SNF) og Norges Handelshøyskole (NHH). Formålet med notatet ... -
Effects of flat tax reforms on economic growth in the OECD countries
(Working paper, Working paper, 2011-06)This paper explores how a transition from a progressive to a flat tax scheme would affect economic growth in the OECD countries on the period from 1997 to 2007. A meta-regression analysis on eighteen calibration studies ... -
Cartels uncovered
(Working paper, Working paper, 2011-03)How many cartels are there? The answer is important in assessing the need for competition policy. We present a Hidden Markov Model that answers the question, taking into account that often we do not know whether a cartel ... -
Vertical control and price cycles in gasoline retailing
(Working paper, Working paper, 2011-02)We examine Norwegian gasoline pump prices using daily station-specific observations from 2003 to 2006. The big four gasoline companies use an industry-wide adopted vertical restraint (labeled price support) to move price ... -
Verdsetting av langsiktige infrastrukturprosjekter
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2011-03)Oppdragsgiver for dette notatet har vært Nasjonal Transportplans (NTP) prosjektgruppe for samfunnsøkonomiske metoder. Notatet drøfter behandling av usikkerhet og tidsaspektet i samfunnsøkonomiske investeringsanalyser av ... -
Self service technology : an overview of existing research
(Working paper, Working paper, 2011-03)The purpose of this working paper is twofold. First the paper presents a review of the literature on self service technology (SST). The review categorizes the literature based on dependent variables studied in existing ... -
Electricity production in a hydro system with a reservoir constraint
(2011:03, Working paper, 2011-02)The purpose of this article is to analyze how market power may affect the allocation of production between seasons (summer and winter) in a hydro power system with reservoir constraints and inflow uncertainty. We find that ... -
Empirisk undersøkelse av konkurransen i markedet for sports- og fritidsutstyr : anvendelse av diversjonsrater i markedsavgrensning
(2011:04, Working paper, 2011-01)Denne utredningen er en empirisk undersøkelse av konkurransen i markedet for sports- og fritidsutstyr. Ved hjelp av diversjonsrater har jeg foretatt en markedsavgrensning for å identifisere nære konkurrenter i bransjen. ... -
Empirisk undersøkelse av konkurransen i helsekostmarkedet : anvendelse av diversjonsrater for fusjonsvurdering
(2011:01, Working paper, 2011-01)I denne masterutredningen er det foretatt en empirisk undersøkelse av helsekostmarkedet i Bergen, men tanke på en fusjonsvurdering. Ved hjelp av en spørreundersøkelse utført blant kundene til fem helsekostbutikker innenfor ... -
Konjunkturutvikling og annonseinntekter i redaksjonelle medier : en økonometrisk analyse av tidsseriedata
(2010:44, Working paper, 2010-09)Denne utredningen studerer om det finnes systematiske forskjeller i hvordan konjunktursvingninger påvirker annonseinntekter i de redaksjonelle mediene dagsavis, tidsskrift, TV, radio og Internett, samt undergrupper av ... -
Kapitalskattereformen i 2006 : tilpassinger og nøytralitet
(2010:47, Working paper, 2010-11)Dette notatet tar for seg det ”nye” norske kapitalbeskatningssystemet som ble innført i 2006. Det nye systemet innebar en delvis dobbelbeskatning av selskap og aksjonærer. Før skattereformen ble utbytter og kapitalgevinster ... -
Policy and regulatory framework to enhance local content : yardsticks and best practice
(2011:02, Working paper, 2011-01)The focus of this paper is on how to design a policy to enhance national participation in the local oil and gas industry in a way that actually turns out the benefit the host country of these resources. The underlying idea ... -
The development of a new farmed species : production technology and markets for turbot
(2010:51, Working paper, 2010-12)Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) is a high value fish that is much favoured in many market segments such as white tablecloth restaurants. Aquaculture of turbot started first in Scotland in the 1970s, but from the early 1980s ... -
Climate change and credibility of fish stock agreements : the case of the north-east arctic cod
(2010:52, Working paper, 2010-12)We simulate how an increase in the productivity of the North-East Arctic cod stock would affect the Russian-Norwegian cooperation on the management of the stock. The productivity increase is linked to environmental conditions ... -
Financial Centers in Belgium : a comprehensive case study of multinationals’ financial centers in Belgium
(2010:31, Working paper, 2010-06)This thesis explores the tax regime and environment for financial centers of multinational companies in Belgium. I show that the taxation of such activities have been and still is beneficial in Belgium and conclude that ... -
Do advertisers or viewers decide TV channels’ programming choice?
(2010:43, Working paper, 2010-11)Ad-financed TV channels are two-sided platforms where media houses provide communication from advertisers to viewers. Most media houses air several channels, some of which are particularly valuable to advertisers. At first ... -
Merger simulations with observed diversion ratios
(2010:46, Working paper, 2010-09)A common approach to merger simulations used in antitrust cases is to calibrate demand from market shares and a few additional parameters. When the products involved in the merger case are differentiated along several ...