Browsing Økonomisk institutt by Author "Olsen, Eivind Hammersmark"

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  • Expropriation Risk and Natural Resource Extraction: A Matter of Capital Intensity 
    Olsen, Eivind Hammersmark (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
    This thesis investigates how the extraction of natural resources is affected by expropriation risk. Conventional Hotelling-type theory suggests that extraction rates will increase when companies are faced with expropriation ...
  • Mining and Local Corruption in Africa 
    Knutsen, Carl Henrik; Kotsadam, Andreas; Olsen, Eivind Hammersmark; Wig, Tore (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
    We investigate whether mining affects local corruption in Africa. Several cross-country analyses report that natural resources have adverse effects on political institutions by increasing corruption, whereas other country-level ...