Blar i Fakultet for økonomi (ØK) på utgivelsesdato

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    • Managing End-user Flexibility in Electricity Markets 

      Pettersen, Erling (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:17, Doctoral thesis, 2004)
      Over the past couple of decades, electricity markets across the world have been deregulated. When the electricity systems were being developed, governments exercised extensive control over the industry to ensure reliable ...

    • Tourism, Poaching and Wildlife Conservation: What can Integrated Conservation and Development Projects accomplish? 

      Johannesen, Anne B.; Skonhoft, Anders (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:10, Research report, 2004)
      Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) have frequently been established in Africa to improve wildlife conservation and the welfare of local communities. However, their effectiveness so far has been hampered ...

    • Conservation of Wildlife: A bio-economic model of a wildlife reserve under the pressure of habitat destruction and harvesting outside the reserve 

      Armstrong, Claire W.; Skonhoft, Anders (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:9, Research report, 2004)
      Biodiversity is today threatened by many factors of which destruction and reduction of habitats are considered most important for terrestrial species. One way to counteract these threats is to establish reserves with ...

    • Teacher Turnover and Non-Pecuniary Factors 

      Falch, Torberg; Strøm, Bjarne (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:1, Research report, 2004)
      This paper studies teacher mobility using matched employee-employer panel data from Norwegian primary and lower secondary schools. The Norwegian institutional set-up with completely centralized wage setting for teachers ...

    • Ramsey Model of Barriers to Growth and Skill-Based Income Distribution in South Africa 

      Rattsø, Jørn; Stokke, Hildegunn E. (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:11, Research report, 2004)
      The paper integrates two mechanisms of economic growth, barriers to international spillovers and skill-biased effects on the income distribution. South Africa is an interesting case study because of dramatic changes in ...

    • Modernisering av offentlig sektor : endringsprosesser, legitimitet og løse koblinger 

      Busch, Tor; Ramstad, Lone Sletbakk (TØH-serien, Research report, 2004)
      Offentlige virksomheter står i dag foran store utfordringer knyttet til effektivitet og legitimitet og nye løsninger hentes ofte fra privat sektor. Forskning viser at det ofte kan oppstå løse koblinger mellom nye strukturelle ...

    • Hva konstituerer grensen mellom privat og offentlig sektor? 

      Busch, Tor (TØH-serien, Research report, 2004)
      Grensen mellom private og offentlig virksomheter utfordres av den pågående modernisering av offentlig sektor og fremstår i økende grad som uklar. Nye styrings- og ledelsesteknikker overføres fra privat næringsliv og ...

    • Modelling Inflation in the Euro Area 

      Jansen, Eilev S. (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:6, Research report, 2004)
      The paper presents an incomplete competition model (ICM), where inflation is determined jointly with unit labour cost growth. The ICM is estimated on data for the Euro area and evaluated against existing models, i.e. the ...

    • Budget institutions, politics and fiscal outcomes: Five essays on local government policy outcomes 

      Tovmo, Per (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:20, Doctoral thesis, 2004)
      This thesis contains five empirical papers on policy outcomes in local government. Four of the papers are based on Norwegian data, while one is based on data from Danish local governments. Three of the studies on Norwegian ...

    • Property Taxation as a Determinant of School District Efficiency 

      Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rønning, Marte (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:4, Research report, 2005)
      Recent theoretical contributions have emphasized the favorable incentive effects of property taxation. The object of this paper is to confront these theories with norwegian data on student performance. The institutional ...

    • Marine reserves: A bio-economic model with asymmetric density dependent migration 

      Armstrong, Claire W.; Skonhoft, Anders (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:3, Research report, 2005)
      A static bioeconomic model of a marine reserve allowing asymmetric density dependent migration between the reserve and the fishable area is introduced. This opens for habitat or ecosystem differences allowing different ...

    • Monetary policy and asset prices: To respond or not? 

      Akram, Q. Farooq; Bårdsen, Gunnar; Eitrheim, Øyvind (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:7, Research report, 2005)
      We investigate whether there is a case for asset prices in interest rates rules within a small econometric model of the Norwegian economy, modeling the interdependence of the real economy, credit and three classes of assets ...

    • The costs and benefits of animal predation: An analysis of Scandinavian wolf re-colonization 

      Skonhoft, Anders (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:8, Research report, 2005)
      After coming close to extinction, the grey wolf (Canis lupus) has re-colonized Scandinavia during the last two decades. The current population numbers some 100–120 individuals, and is distributed in small packs along the ...

    • Protected areas, wildlife conservation and local welfare 

      Johannesen, Anne B. (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:13, Research report, 2005)
      The establishment and expansion of protected areas in Africa have been motivated by the aspiration of increased wildlife abundance. During the past decades, however, this practise has been subject to a massive debate. While ...

    • Efficiency potential and efficiency variation in Norwegian lower secondary schools 

      Borge, Lars-Erik; Naper, Linn Renée (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:15, Research report, 2005)
      The paper performs an efficiency analysis of the lower secondary school sector in Norway. The efficiency potential is calculated to 14 percent based on a DEA analysis with grades in core subjects (adjusted for student ...

    • Carl Barks: A classical economist? 

      Bårdsen, Gunnar (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:5, Research report, 2005)
      The paper gives an introduction to the economic theories of Carl Barks using an interpretation of his analysis of cyclone money as an example.

    • Stylized dynamic model representations - a note 

      Bårdsen, Gunnar (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:16, Research report, 2005)

    • A theory of civil conflict and democracy in rentier states 

      Aslaksen, Silje; Torvik, Ragnar (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:11, Research report, 2005)
      The effects of resource rents on the political equilibrium have been studied in two main types of models. The first tradition employs models of conflict, and studies how resource rents affect the intensity and duration of ...

    • Cursed by resources or institutions? 

      Mehlum, Halvor; Moene, Karl Ove; Torvik, Ragnar (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:10, Research report, 2005)
      Natural resource abundant countries constitute both growth losers and growth winners, and the main difference between the success cases and the cases of failure lays in the quality of institutions. With grabber friendly ...

    • Decentralization with property taxation to improve incentives: Evidence from local governments’ discrete choice 

      Fiva, Jon Hernes; Rattsø, Jørn (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:6, Research report, 2005)
      Decentralization of government with property tax financing is the standard recipe for public sector reform. Fiscal competition is assumed to stimulate efficiency and hold down the tax level. Property taxation offers ...