Working papers (SNF): Recent submissions
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Overview, roles, and performance of the North East Atlantic fischeries commission (NEAFC)
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-10)According to the 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFSA), straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks are to be managed by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs), consisting of coastal ... -
When is fish quota enforcement worth while? : a study of the Northeast Arctic cod
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-09)Many fish stocks are controlled by fish quotas divided among individual firms. Such quota regimes need an enforcement mechanism in order to be effective. Whether or not quota management regimes are worth while depends on ... -
Verdien av en (ny) arbeidsplass (i Nord)
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2008-12)Hva er verdien av en (ny) arbeidsplass – sett fra samfunnets side? Formålet med dette notatet er å skissere – med utgangspunkt i moderne velferdsteori – en metode som kan brukes til å svare på dette spørsmålet. Svaret ... -
Migration policy, illegal migrants, self-selection and brain drain
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-12)We compare two migration policies: an open migration policy, where all migrants can migrate legally; and a selective migration policy, where migrants are selected according to skills. We show that since the selective ... -
The blue whiting coalition game
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-09)The current paper is an application of the analysis of coalition, in particular the partition function approach, to the North East Atlantic blue whiting fishery. In an Exclusive Membership/Coalition Unanimity game, a ... -
Changes in herring consumption in Russia
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-12)In the seafood category Russian consumers are adopting new species and new product forms at a rapid rate. We employ a panel data set on monthly per capita demand for different herring products in six Russian regions to ... -
Agriculture versus fish – Norway in WTO
(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 ... -
Productivity development in Icelandic : Norwegian and Swedish fisheries
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-12)Several factors contribute to the productivity of nations’ fisheries: Abundance of fish stocks, government regulation of fisheries, and innovations in fishing technologies. We analyze the total factor productivity (TFP) ... -
OL i Tromsø: Hva koster egentlig et idrettsanlegg?
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2008-09)I dette notatet illustreres – ved hjelp av et eksempel – hvordan ulike mål på samfunnsøkonomiske kostnader knyttet til bygging av et OL-relatert idrettsanlegg, kan beregnes. Utgangspunktet er anleggskostnadene vurdert til ... -
Cooperation in knowledge-intensive firms
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-05)The extent to which a knowledge-intensive firm should induce cooperation between its employees is analyzed in a model of relational contracting between a firm (principal) and its employees (two agents). The agents can ... -
Internal wage dispersion and firm performance : white-collar evidence
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-06)This paper investigates the net relationship between internal wage dispersion and firm performance. An empirical investigation of the relationship between internal wage dispersion and firm performance is performed using ... -
Wage structure and labor mobility in Norway 1980-1997
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-06)To what extent do different firms follow different wage policies? How do such policies affect worker mobility between firms, and what are the effects of different wage bargaining regimes? The empirical branch of personnel ... -
Testing the role of comparative advantage and learning in wage and promotion dynamics
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-06)Can job assignment based on comparative advantage and learning about workers’ ability explain wage and promotion dynamics within firms? In order to answer this question the Gibbons and Waldman (1999b) model is estimated ... -
Markedsføring av kjøtt i Norge : organisering og finansieringskilder
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2008-06)Dette notatet belyser statens bidrag til dekning av markedsføringskostnader i kjøttbransjen, og beskriver hvordan de ulike finansieringsordningene er organisert. -
Structural conditions for business model design in new information and communication services : a case study of multi-play and MVolP in Denmark and Norway
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-06)The report analyses the structural conditions for the design of business models regarding new information and communication services. The services examined are mobile VoIP (MVoIP) and multi-play – services that already are ... -
Business models for media firms : does competition matter for how they raise revenue?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-08)The purpose of this article is to analyze how competitive forces may influence how media firms like TV channels raise revenue. A media firm can either be financed by advertising revenue, by direct payment from the viewers ... -
Spatial management of a fishery under parameter uncertainty
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-07)Spatial management of a fishery under parameter uncertainty is analyzed. The habitat is divided into two areas, and the effort level in the two areas may be different. The migration of biomass between the areas follows a ... -
State-of-the-art research : optimal investment in market-based electric power systems
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-04)The purpose of this state-of-the-art research paper is to surveying the literature on investment in market based electric power systems as a background for identifying and discussing some important issues in the optimal ... -
Redistributive taxation, multinational enterprises and economic integration
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-03)Increased activity of multinational firms exposes national corporate tax bases to cross-country profit-shifting, but also leads to rising profitability of the corporate sector. We incorporate these two effects of economic ... -
Efficiency enhancing taxation in two-sided markets
(Working paper, Working paper, 2008-01)This paper examines the efficient provision of goods in two-sided markets and characterizes optimal specific and ad-valorem taxes. We show that (i) a monopoly may have too tight output compared to the social optimum; (ii) ...