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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Do people try to avoid unpleasant information about the environmental consequences of their actions? If so, do they react with hostility towards others who provide the unwanted information? Fearing such hostility, do others ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
This paper analyzes a game in which countries repeatedly make emission and technology investment decisions. We derive the best equilibrium, that is, the Pareto-optimal subgame-perfect equilibrium, when countries are ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
World population in the year 2000 was 6.09 billion, according to recent estimates by the United Nations (UN 2005). This number is almost 410 million lower than the year 2000-estimate that the UN expected in 1973. The UN ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
I estimate the short-term effect of customer service chatbots on affected employment in Norwegian municipalities. To do this, I use a dynamic diff-in-diff estimator, which takes into account that the municipalities implemented ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
I denne oppgaven studerer jeg det norske arbeidsmarkedet i perioden 2004-2013 og undersøker hvorvidt endrede arbeidsvilkår (deltidsarbeid, midlertidige ansettelser, bruk av bemanningsbyrå) er et aspekt ved jobbpolarisering. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Denne oppgaven undersøker effektene før og etter utvidelsen av Panamakanalen for variablene antall skip gjennom kanalen, størrelsen på skipene og handelsvolumet. Som følge av en økende etterspørsel globalt, har skipsstørrelsene ...
Willingness to pay for connection to the electricity grid in rural Kenya Stated Preference Method (Direct survey Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Abstract Quality and reliable energy has been proven to be necessary and important for a high-quality life and for social and economic development. The United Nations sees reliable energy as a crucial area in the millennium ...
Intra-Industry Trade and its Relationship with Economic Growth Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
This thesis focuses on studying of interpersonal trust level and industry delegation intensity. It explores how interpersonal social trust level favours the value added, exports, and the firm size in the delegation intensity ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
In this thesis I study the role of incentive pay when workers have career concerns. That is, workers have concerns about how their current performance affects employers’ perception about their ability and consequently their ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Abstract: Around the world, journalists uncover corruption, abuse of power, and financial misdealing – often at the risk of serious consequences or under financial constraints. These are also important issues in economic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Norge har de siste årene satset sterkt på vindkraft, og det blir utbygd mer vindkraft enn noen gang. Det er likevel stor debatt og ulike meninger knyttet denne formen for fornybar kraftproduksjon. Der enkelte mener vindkraft ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
As shown by Angeletos and Huo [2018], an incomplete information economy is observationally equivalent to an economy with a myopic and anchoring representative-agent under certain restrictions. Using the seminal model from ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
This article investigates how collective agreements influence wage levels and wage dispersion in Norway using a panel data set, rich on firm and worker information, covering the time period of 1997-2012. As many advanced ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
This thesis investigates causal relationship between real oil prices, real interest rate and unemployment rate in Norway and different counties of Norway (Akershus, Buskerud, Hordaland, Troms, Oslo and Rogaland). By applying ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Economic recessions are costly, and are among other things associated with high unemployment rates, low wage growth, low investment spending and a higher number of bankruptcies. Whether the economy is in a recession or an ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Under a context of a developing country, I try to disentangle the two mechanisms that drive the negative correlation between wage inequality and welfare generosity. The main mechanism, goes from pre-tax wage inequality to ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
I denne oppgaven ser jeg på effektene av dereguleringen i offentlig sektor i 1990. Jeg ser nærmere på effektene dereguleringen av lønnsfastsettelsen har hatt på avkastning av erfaring, sannsynligheten for å jobbe i offentlig ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
This thesis presents a simple electricity market model designed to calculate the effect of increased transmission capacity between Norway and Germany, and Norway and the UK, on the electricity market in the Nordic countries. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
This thesis investigates the role of hard- and soft-indicators to address the problem of nowcasting quarterly GDP. Hard indicators may include industrial production or retail sales, while financial series and surveys are ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
In this thesis I ask the question if countries that liberalize their trade, accelerates their rate of growth, compared to those countries that do not liberalize their trade policy. To investigate this question empirically ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Langs kysten på Vestlandet er det høy oppdrettsaktivitet, med en årlig produksjon på rundt 300 584 tonn. Bruken av åpne merder kan føre til flere miljøeffekter, som lakselus, utslipp fra merdene og rømt oppdrettslaks. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Several models of the Norwegian system of wage formation are estimated in this thesis. The point of departure is a single-equation error correction model (ECM) for manufacturing wages, while the final model is a simultaneous ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Firms make decisions on exports and investments to a destination market based on expected value. At the same time, investors with a high exposure to risk place higher value on firm shares that diversify their risk. How can ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
It is commonly acknowledged that historically high levels of house prices and household debt pose risks for macroeconomic and financial stability in Norway. This thesis is aimed at understanding what are the driving forces ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Denne utredningen er en teoretisk kvalitativ analyse av 5 selskapers kompensasjonsordninger for toppledere i tidsperioden 2012-2018. Den overordnede problemstillingen som ønskes besvart er: Mottar topplederne i disse norske ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
The movement of labor resources from one country to another continues to occur in the global world of today through international migration as workers embark upon overseas journeys looking for better employment opportunities, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Using an extension of a circular city model developed by Balasubramanian (1998), this thesis aims to show reasons for why the Norwegian grocery market has not seen the same adaption of online retail as other markets. The ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
I denne oppgaven undersøker jeg betydningen av midlertidig jobb som tidlig arbeidserfaring på den videre yrkeskarrieren for unge voksne. Forskningsspørsmålet kan kokes ned til i hvilken grad midlertidig jobb er et springbrett ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
In this thesis I attempt to uncover the degree of employer learning in the Norwegian private sector. Employer learning refers to the process where employers learn about the initially unobserved characteristics of their ...
Effekten av økonomiske insentiver på elbilsalget En empirisk analyse av elbilinsentiver i Norge på 2000-tallet Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2019)
Securing open access to research will not remove the fundamental problem that commercial publishers have substantial market power. Thus, even if Plan S is successful, large commercial publishers are likely to put financial ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
Denne oppgaven benytter betinget verdsetting med betalingskort for å finne betalingsvillighet for å flytte vindkraft bygget i perioden 2020 – 2030 til havs heller enn på land. Videre undersøker oppgaven respondenters ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
This thesis analyzes whether development of technology for renewable energy is affected by knowledge flows between firms worldwide. The innovation in renewables are compared to all other inventions in order to see if the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
I 1999 ble et nytt økonomisk samarbeid dannet i Europa - The Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) - den såkalte eurosonen. Teorien om optimale valutaområder (OCA-teorien) har siden 1960-tallet fungert som et sett med økonomiske, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
In this thesis, I analyse how currency risk affects the optimal management of the Norwegian oil fund. Using stochastic dynamic programming in continuous-time, I am able to derive closed-form solutions for optimal portfolio ...
(Master thesis, Group thesis / Masteroppgave, Gruppeoppgave, 2019)
Competition and financial distress in the banking sector has been a hot topic over the last couple of decades. Banks play a crucial role in the economy and the environment they operate in are constantly changing. 1st of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Background
Payment for performance (P4P) strategies, which provide financial incentives to health workers and/or facilities for reaching pre-defined performance targets, can improve healthcare utilisation ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2018)
Siden Norge ble uavhengig fra Danmark i 1814 har landet gjennomgått store endringer, både økonomisk og politisk. Kvantitative analyser av enkelthendelser, samt tidsserier for ulike økonomiske størrelser, kan bidra til å ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Recent increases in housing prices in Norway, especially in the capital, Oslo, has once again raised discussions on how long the prices in the housing market can continue to rise before a major correction might take place. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the development of wealth and income inequality in Norway from the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 until around 1930, with a particular emphasis on the distributional effects ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Currently, the price of oil is approaching its highest point since 2015. Based on the hypothesis that oil prices are cycling into a bull market, it is a natural deduction that the Norwegian Krone (NOK) will appreciate since ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Many macroeconomic variables are first available when they have already become part of the past. At the same time, there is a large set of figures that is indeed available without the same delay. This thesis use machine ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
I denne oppgaven ønsker jeg å analysere og identifisere effekter på boligprisene av den innstrammede boliglånsforskriften som trådte i kraft 1.januar 2017. Både nasjonale og regionale boligpriser vil bli analysert. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
In this thesis I deal with the relation between economic growth and income inequality to study how a long period with substantial economic growth affect income inequality. I investigate what effect economic growth has had ...
High School Availability and Criminal Activity: A Panel Data Study Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the implications of cash-for-care eligibility on maternal labor supply and to find out if these effects are persistent over time. The cash-for-care benefit in Norway studied in ...
Public Investment Effects on Industrial Production and Nominal Wages in a Select OECD Countries. Restricted Access
(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 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Inflation expectations are essential for understanding inflation dynamics. However, there is little knowledge regarding how these expectations are formed. Survey data observe different inflation expectations among groups, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
I denne oppgaven analyseres en dynamisk økonomi som står overfor muligheten for å nå to stokastiske terskler. Ved produksjon akkumuleres klimagassutslipp i atmosfæren, og ved et ukjent nivå akkumulert utslipp, vil en ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Is it possible to examine the evolution of the tax burden in Norway over time? I address this question using data on direct and indirect tax revenue both for the state and municipalities from 1936 to 2015. Following the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Oppgavens hensikt er å analysere ulike aspekter ved den aggregerte matchingfunksjonen som tidligere ikke har vært gjennomført i Norge og således bidra med ny innsikt på fagområdet. Vi estimerer funksjonen med minste ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Increasing the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix is essential for achieving the goal of the Paris Agreement and for ensuring universal access to energy. Hitherto, governments have not managed to establish ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The thesis analyzes how the oil price drop impacted employment, wages and job mobility for petroleum workers in Rogaland and Hordaland counties during 2014 – 2016 years. I compare these oil workers to the comparable non-oil ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Within the in European Union there exists a bundle of different policies promoting renewable energy deployment and punishing CO2-emissions in energy production. These policies exist simultaneously in the domestic and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
In this thesis, I investigate the relationship between two different water monitoring options, and their impact on optimal water treatment and health. To see whether one monitoring option has an advantage compared to the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Ifølge Verdens helserapport (OECD) underkonsumerer vi grønnsaker, frukt, fisk og fiberrik mat, og overkonsumerer prosessert mat og mat rik på fett, sukker og salt. Konsekvensene av dette er blant annet at antall mennesker ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Nyere adferdsøkonomisk forskning tyder på at tilrettelegging av valgsituasjoner kan ha en effekt på hva slags mat man velger å konsumere (Wilson, Buckley, Buckley, og Bogomolova, 2016). En slik tilrettelegging kalles gjerne ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
Bilateral flows of both people (via migration) and goods (via trade) between countries are imperative in the field of international economics and share many common characteristics. This thesis attempts to examine the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The aim of this thesis was to examine to what extent Norwegian export to China was affected by the sanctions China imposed on Norway following the Nobel Peace Prize award to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in 2010. The thesis ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
In this thesis, I empirically examine how political ideology and the occurrence of parliamentary elections affect the demand for defense spending in Norway in the context of the domestic economy and the external security ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The threat of automation got enormous attention after Frey and Osborne published their seminal paper in 2013, which examined how susceptible jobs were to computerisation. Their finding that almost half of the jobs were at ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
På midten av 1800-tallet var spedbarnsdødeligheten i Norge på nivå med mange av nåtidens utviklingsland, men fra slutten av 1800-tallet til midten av 1900- tallet skjedde en dramatisk reduksjon. Ved å bruke nylig digitaliserte ...
Labor Market Impacts of Syrian Refugees in Turkey Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
This thesis investigates the real compensation- labor productivity gap in the United States, using annual time series data from 1947 to 2017 for the manufacturing and non-farm business sector. The thesis estimates a Wage ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
This thesis analyzes whether inflation rates, government bonds and corruption levels have an impact on the difference between local prices of bitcoin and prices on the most liquid exchanges globally. Bitcoin may act as a ...
Relative Differences in Retailers’ Purchasing Prices in the Norwegian Grocery Industry: The Effects on Retail Entry and Prices Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
The high degree of concentration in the Norwegian grocery industry has lately been a much debated topic, and relative differences in purchasing prices among the grocery retail chains have been given part of the blame. This ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
A growing body of evidence suggests that individuals have time-inconsistent pref-erences. Even when they do not, policy makers who fear to loose elections willapply discount rates that decrease in relative time when they ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
When governments apply high tax rates targeted at natural resource rent, there must be generous deductions in order to avoid investment disincentives. How generous is disputed. Based on standard finance theory and ...