Browsing Økonomisk institutt by Title
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(Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2015)We show how techniques of data dimension reduction can be used to predict patterns of household dynamics in a multi-country context. Probabilistic household forecasts are presented for Denmark, Finland, Germany, the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)Oppgaven er en presentasjon og drøftelse av noen alternative modeller for lederlønningenes nivå, og hvorfor de er så høye. Jeg har gått inn på irritasjonen over de høye lønningene. Jeg har deretter gått igjennom en del ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)The aim for this thesis is to make an analysis of entry in industries with differentiated products. We will attempt to achieve this task by presenting a game. Studying thoroughly this game will make it possible at the same ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)The general aim of the United Nation Millennium program is to reduce poverty in poor countries by half in 2015. This can be achieved through economic growth or redistribution or both. While redistribution without growth ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)The materials balance tells us that matter cannot be created or destroyed. The mass contained in inputs must either be contained in the outputs or contained in residuals. Residuals are discharged to the external environment ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)In this master’s thesis, I explain the concept of profit shifting within multinational enterprises and investigate whether petroleum companies on the Norwegian and British continental shelves engage in tax motivated profit ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)This thesis focuses on the economic effects of introducing quotas to an open access fishery. When quotas are introduced, effort should decrease. This leads to higher prices and lower costs. Thus, overall profits should ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
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Project evaluation with democratic decision-making: What does cost-benefit analysis really measure? (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)It is often argued that projects involving public good changes should be chosen on the basis of monetary valuation and cost–benefit analysis (CBA). However, CBA is not value-free. When used to measure welfare, it is based ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2007)Along with people’s profound recognition of the importance of wind power, countries are seeking for feasible and effective policy regimes or mechanisms to explore and develop wind power, and China is no exception. Therefore, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)This thesis aims to analyse the impact of software piracy on competition between a non-free proprietary type of software and a free/open-source type of software. In pursuing this, I use a model inspired by Besley et al. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)I adapt a prospect theory value model created by Barberis et al. (2016) to fit cryptocurrency. In their model the authors test the hypothesis that when investors consider allocating money to a stock, they see the stock as ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)For å undersøke om det er synergier mellom NGOer og REDD+ donorer, eller om de er substitutter, undersøker denne masteroppgaven verdien av reduserte overvåkings- eller beskyttelseskostnader. Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i de ...
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(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2002)Extension of loans is being considered as one of the most important and useful functions of the universal commercial banks in the economy. Russian banking has been gradually restoring after the financial crises, when the ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)Det å kjøpe bolig er antagelig den største investeringen de fleste av oss vil gjøre i løpet av livet. Husholdningene tar ofte opp lån som er mange ganger inntekten for å finansiere et boligkjøp. Det virker da fornuftig ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)This paper investigates the effects of changes in public investment on industrial output, nominal industry wages and household consumption, to identify the channel through which public spending affects aggregate demand and ...
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(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2020)Violence against women is persisting in many parts of the world. At the same time, there is a global trend of increased female labour force participation. In this paper we study the effect on intimate partner violence of ...
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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)In this paper, we study the effect on intimate partner violence of a large public work programme in India that explicitly encourages female participation (MGNREGA). Based on detailed administrative data, we show that the ...
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(Working paper / Arbeidsnotat, 2001)We present a stated-preference study where values of statistical lives (VSL) are derived both as public and private goods, and we distinguish between three different death causes, heart disease, environmentally related ...