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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
We propose a model that reconciles two aspects of social capital: social capital as reciprocal sharing of favors within a selected group vs. social capital as trust that lubricates transactions in societies. The core ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
In this thesis I studies Norwegian Taxi industry and its structure. How this industry was regulated and working of Taxi market. Also discuss new technologies affect on this industry as emergence of ride sharing platform. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
We examine how the adoption of information communication technology affects bilateral trade. The context is a public program in Norway that rolled out broadband access points leading to plausibly exogenous variation in the ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2022)
The times are changing, and so are firms. During the last few decades, we have observed several major macroeconomic changes, including large waves of migration, the rise of the intangible economy, and economic crises, such ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2022)
We study the optimal self-enforcing agreement based on quantity mandates and price instruments in a repeated game between countries, whose domestic firms invest in green technology before consumers emit. We find that ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
I denne analysen presenteres det modellbaserte prognoser for daglige antall nye smittede og for antallet personer som er innlagte på sykehus med påvist Covid-19. Modellen, CovidMod, er komplementær til framskrivningsmetodene ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
We present a scheme for analysing income tax perturbations, applied to a real Norwegian tax reform during 2016–2018. The framework decomposes the reform into a structural reform part and a tax level effect. The former ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
We model the empirical relationship between the within-establishment union membership rate and wage inequality in Norway. The data set is a panel of 2,285 private-sector establishments observed in the period 2000–18. The ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Do men earn more than women? Exploring the Heterogeneous Effects of Gender on Wages: A Machine Learning Approach Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This thesis explores the topic of wage differences between men and women in Norway by leveraging a machine learning method. As it is difficult to find a theoretical reason for why a wage function of a rich set of features ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
In this thesis, I examine charitable behavior and the government's role in incentivizing donations. I build on the economic model of moral motivation by Brekke, Kverndokk, and Nyborg (2003). Individuals trade off personal ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Environmental taxation is a common approach for countries to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases and shift from a fossil-based economy into a green sustainable economy. The aim of this thesis is to explore and analyse ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Today, large parts of pasture lands in Norway have been abandoned, this has raised a discussion on how this abandoned land should be used. Statistics Norway with collaboration conducted a contingent valuation study in 2018 ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
We use sizable lottery prizes in Norwegian administrative panel data to explore how transitory income shocks are spent and saved over time, and how households’ marginal propensities to consume (MPCs) vary with household ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Competition between heterogeneous participants leads to low-effort provision in contests. A principal can divide her fixed budget between skill-enhancing training and the contest prize. Training can reduce heterogeneity, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Abstract In Norway, as in many other rich countries, childlessness is more common among men than women and has also increased more among men. Over the last 15 years, the gap in childlessness between 45-year-old women and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This paper develops analytic results for marginal compensated effects in discrete labor supply models, including a Slutsky equation. The Slutsky equation is aggregate in the sense that it establishes the relationship between ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
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Fra november 1963 til juli 1983 ble 118 pasienter nyretransplantert ved Ullevål sykehus. Etter dette ble virksomheten flyttet til Rikshospitalet. Hensikten med vår undersøkelse er å presentere demografiske data ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
We investigate the transmission of monetary policy to household consumption using administrative data on the universe of households in Norway. On the basis of identified monetary policy shocks, we estimate the dynamic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This paper studies the effects of a reduction in the countercyclical capital buffer requirements on interest rate growth in Norway. For the first time since the implementation of Basel III framework the new macroprudential ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Analysing the Effect of Foreign Aid on Conflict in Afghanistan Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Temporary work reform was implemented in July 2015 and allowed the hiring of temporary employees on a general basis for up to 12 months. However, this deregulation was met with challenges from the left-wing parties in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Hva kan bidra til å redusere problemene med uhåndterbar forbruksgjeld? En gjennomgang av forbrukslånsmarkedet før og etter innføringen av gjeldsregisteret Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Denne oppgaven tar for seg hva som kan redusere problemene med uhåndterbar forbruksgjeld. Utgangspunkt for oppgaven er i innføringen av gjeldsregisteret i 2019, som har ført til store endringer i forbrukslånsmarkedet. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Is deep-sea mining the new key to solve the world's mineral scarcity? - A two-period model with a trade-off of a potential deep-sea mining. Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Social Cost of Carbon in a Heterogeneous World: the Trade-Off Between Efficiency and Equity Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Efficient provision of balancing reserve capacity A sequential and discrete market model with non-convex costs Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Denne oppgaven er en empirisk studie av utviklingen i lederlønninger og lønnsulikhet i Norge i perioden 1997-2020. Oppgaven benytter den historiske lønnsstatistikken til Statistisk sentralbyrå til å analysere lønnsutviklingen ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This paper studies the effect of additional government revenues on the asset accumulation of elected politicians. The data refers to the municipal governments in Brazil, where the federal transfers to the municipalities ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This thesis is an empirical investigation, examining how marginal tax rates on dividend income and marginal tax rates on wage income affect income mobility by letting two self-constructed income mobility indices be explained ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
In this master thesis I will investigate the claim that hydropower can reduces the transitional climate risk of the Norwegian economy. I find that there could be gains from looking at a broader portfolio of the national ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Denne oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i en spørreundersøkelse gjennomført av Opinion på oppdrag fra Skatteetaten. Dette i forbindelse med «Samarbeid mot svart økonomi» (SMSØ), en allianse mellom mellom KS, LO, NHO, Unio, YS og ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
In this thesis I estimate the effect a governmental program aimed at reducing tax evasion in the construction sector. The program was introduced in Trondheim and informed consumers on how to make sure they were using ...
Har endringen i inkassoforskriften en uheldig effekt på forbrukeren? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2021)
The aim of this thesis is to examine heterogeneity in immigration impacts on both the native-born population and the immigrants. It consists of three essays that all use administrative register data from Norway and exploit ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
In this thesis I analyse a wide panel data set from the Central Coordinating Register of Legal Entities (VoF) of Norwegian firms between 2007 and 2016. The main goal is to present an analysis of the distribution of Norwegian ...
(Research report / Forskningsrapport, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
The last few years carsharing in Norway has grown a lot and gotten more attention as a way to reduce global, local and static pollution from the transport sector. With the increased investments in bicycle paths and public ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
In this thesis I study Norwegian students’ labour supply responses to the phase-out of student benefits which occurs as students reach the income limit set by the Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund. The phase-out of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Residential properties are subject to wealth tax and local property tax in Norway, however, average housing prices have been climbing since the 80s. One widely agreed reason is that the Norwegian tax system favours ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This thesis provides a comprehensive empirical analysis of the monetary policy transmission mechanisms in the heterogeneous labor market of Norway. More specifically, it intends to estimate the impact of monetary policy ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
I study how incumbency affects future campaign funding in mayoral elections in Brazil. Utilizing a regression discontinuity design to identify the effect(s), I find that incumbency is associated with an increase in campaign ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Effect of a Corporate Donation Ban on Corporate Money in Brazilian Local Electoral Campaigns Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This thesis analyses the effect of a set of variables on the probability of early claiming. The set of variables reflects personal characteristics and circumstances individuals face at the time when they become eligible ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Motivated by the societal goals of reducing income inequality and mitigating climate change I investigate the relationship between per capita income, expenditure profiles, and CO2 emissions. Following the consumption-based ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Oil production has been of great importance for Norway and its economy since it was discovered back in the 70s. It is estimated that oil production and the oil related industry are accountable for 25% of Norway’s Gross ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Is innovation accelerating more in liberalizing countries compared to non-liberalizing countries? This thesis investigates the relationship between trade liberalization and innovation globally by using data on mean tariff ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
I use the Norwegian lottery combined with the Norwegian tax report and data from A- meldingen to derive the marginal propensity to earn (MPE) out of unearned income for Nor- wegian individuals. This is done by doing a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Using data from elections in Brazil, I will employ a Difference-in-Difference strategy (DiD) and Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) to estimate the private returns of electoral victory in the State and Federal legislative ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
This paper presents a novel benefit of linking emission permit markets. We let countries issue permits non-cooperatively, and with endogenous technology we show there are environmental benefits from permit trade even if ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Denne oppgaven har undersøkt hvordan en grunninntekt kan fungere som en mulighetssubsidie og føre til mer effektive pardannelser i a) lønnede jobber i offentlige og private virksomheter, b) frivillig innsats i sosialt ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
At the turn of the twentieth century, Norway, like many other countries, experienced a decrease in mortality and a substantial increase in the number of health personnel. In order to assess how these changes were connected, ...
(Doctoral thesis / Doktoravhandling, 2021)
This thesis investigates economic implications of providing financial incentives to work for disability insurance recipients. While disability insurance programs have become one of the largest public transfer programs in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
The current paper studies the distributional effects from changes in the Norwegian wealth tax. Given that an important role of the Norwegian wealth tax is to redistribute economic resources, this paper tries to determine ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
I study the effects of the 2007 Norwegian payroll tax reform on wages, employment, and relocation. For some firms, the reform essentially worked as an exogenous change in place-based tax incentives. Using an event study ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Our objective is to study the competition effect of biosimilar entry in centralized tenders for an expensive category or drugs - TNF-inhibitors. We use monthly observations of prices and volumes for all brands and biosimilars ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Koronapandemien og påfølgende nedstengning av samfunnet for å redusere smitte rammer hele befolkningen. Det gjenstår enda å se hvilke konsekvenser pandemien har, både på kortere og lengre sikt. Det som er sikkert, er at ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
I mars 2020 kunne man høre applaus fra balkonger over hele landet. Befolkningen ville takke helse- og omsorgspersonell for den krevende jobben de har gjort i forbindelse med koronapandemien. Forventningene var derfor høye ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Ved å bruke spørreundersøkelsene fra prosjektet Status for ytringsfriheten i Norge undersøker jeg utviklingen i holdningene til nedsettende ytringer, og i hvilken grad, og på hvilken måte, disse holdningene har blitt ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This thesis aims to identify the causal relationship between the success of mergers and sustainable growth strategies. Following the realisation of anthropogenic climate changes, academic research has extensively investigated ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
In this thesis, I have studied the causal effect of parents’ level of education on children’s test scores in the Norwegian national test in arithmetic in 5th and 8th grade. This has been done using a nonparametric bounds ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
Fra inntektsåret 2014 ble mulighetene for å spare i Boligsparing for Ungdom (BSU) utvidet. Det årlige maksimale sparebeløpet ble økt fra 20.000 kroner til 25.000 kroner og det maksimale samlede sparebeløpet totalt sett ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This thesis investigates the different patterns and determinants for different groups of students in upper secondary education in Norway that enrolled into high school in 2008. The students are followed for a ten-year ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
The present thesis analyzes heterogeneity in labor supply responses to tax changes. My utilized tool for investigating this topic is the microsimulation model LOTTE-Arbeid, which is developed by the Research Department of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
I denne oppgaven undersøker jeg graden av nominell og reell nedadgående lønnsrigiditet i Norge. Ved hjelp av administrative mikrodata på norske lønninger fra 2015 til 2020, undersøker jeg andelen lønninger i Norge som er ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This study contributes to the existing empirical studies regarding the effects of the countercyclical capital buffer (CCyB), by extending the analysis due to the COVID-19 situation where the CCyB was reduced for the first ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This paper examines the interaction between unemployment, economic activity factors and inflation at a sectoral level. The intention is to ascertain unemployment rate forecasts for each Super-sector of the United States ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
The thesis’s purpose is to analyze and explain differences in wages between natives and immigrants conditioning on equivalent education. The raw gap at the range of 11.4% is high for non-western immigrants, but it is mainly ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
I denne oppgaven gjennomføres en nyttekostnadsanalyse av en flytende havvindpark. Havvindparken i analysen er av fiktiv art da Norge ikke har noen anlegg i drift i skrivende stund. Siden flytende havvind er en relativt ny ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
In this thesis, we pose the question if currency hedging is a viable strategy for the Government Pension Fund Global in its fiscal rule, in order to minimize the variance of the fund’s contribution to the government budget ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This thesis investigates how willingness-to-pay (WTP) values and environmental preferences for protecting the Oslo fjord against oil spills has developed over a five-year period. For this purpose, data generated by two ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
The chapter demonstrates that while the Nordic countries remain relatively affluent and egalitarian, inequality of disposable household income has been on the rise over the past 30 years. The increase in income inequality ...
Robots and Inequality Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
The thesis is concerned with the interaction between technological change – in particular, the robotization of production – and inequality. The increasing use of robots with artificial intelligence (AI) is not only to ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Abstract The generation of unintended residuals when producing intended outputs is the key factor behind our serious problems with pollution. The way this joint production is modelled is therefore of crucial importance for ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Vi bruker en ISPK-modell til å analysere effekter av pandemien på norsk økonomi og hvilke implikasjoner dette har for penge- og finanspolitikk. Smitteverntiltak og frykt for smitte har gitt en dramatisk nedgang i potensielt ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
We provide the analytical explanation of the interactions between precautionary saving and liquidity constraints. The effects of liquidity constraints and risks are similar because both stem from the same source: a ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Second-degree dominance has become a widely accepted criterion for ordering distribution functions according to social welfare. However, it provides only a partial ordering, and it may fail to rank distributions that ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
This paper examines the relationship between trade costs and trade for the United Kingdom, in order to inquire about its economic outlook after its 31 January 2020 withdrawal from the European Union. By using a recently ...
Well-being and the natural environment: Subjective well-being as one of the determinants for people’s valuation of environmental goods Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Understanding the mutual logic between environment and poverty mitigation is vital for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study conducts a bibliometric review of the available literature ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
We propose a new theory to explain why employers mobilize workplace insiders for the hiring of new staff. In settings with incomplete contracts, we show how workplace insiders can help employers tackle recruit discipline ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Abstract This paper examines the impact of a policy reform in a municipality in Norway that extended to workers the right to self-certify sickness absence from work. After the reform, workers were no longer obliged to ...