Browsing Fakultet for økonomi (ØK) by Document Types "Research report"
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A political economy theory of the soft budget constraint
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2005:9, Research report, 2005)Why do soft budget constraints exist and persist? In this paper we argue that the prevalence of soft budget constraints can be best explained by the political desirability of softness. We develop a political economy model ... -
A Smooth-Transition Model of the Australian Unemployment Rate
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2002:10, Research report, 2002)Models of the aggregate unemployment rate have traditionally been estimated from structural models of the labour market or in a linear single-equation framework. However, theory as well as evidence suggest that the ... -
A theory of civil conflict and democracy in rentier states
(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 ... -
A Wage Curve for the Interwar Labour Market: Evidence from a Panel of Norwegian Manufacturing Industries
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2002:18, Research report, 2002)We present an econometric analysis of wage behaviour in Norway during the interwar years. Applying GMM estimation methods to a newly constructed panel of manufacturing industry data, we Þnd that the interwar years do not ... -
Absence and Overtime Work: Empirical Evidence from Norway
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2001:26, Research report, 2002)This paper presents both theoretical and empirical analyses of the relationship between overtime work and absence. Demand for absence is analysed under the assumption that workers in a given firm can be represented by one ... -
Barriereindikator - Videreutvikling og erfaringer fra test
(Research report, 2020)Rapporten presenterer resultater fra forskning, som har hatt som formål å utvikle en Barriereindikator. Den gir aktører i bygg og anlegg data i ‘sanntid’ om statusen til barrierer mot alvorlig skade og derved mulighet å ... -
Bedre føre var.. Psykisk helse: Helsefremmende og forebyggende tiltak og anbefalinger
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Betydningen av fiskeri- og havbruksnæringen for Norge i 2008 - en ringvirkningsanalyse
(Research report, 2010)Hovedhensikten med denne analysen er å klarlegge betydningen av fiskeri- og havbruksnæringen for Norge i 2008. Den tydeliggjør næringens reelle betydning i alle ledd i verdikjeden og setter fiskeri- og havbruksnæringen inn ... -
Betydningen av fiskeri- og havbruksnæringen for Norge i 2009
(Research report, 2011)Hovedhensikten med denne analysen er å klarlegge betydningen av fiskeri- og havbruksnæringen for Norge i 2009 – nasjonalt og regionalt. Den tydeliggjør næringens reelle betydning i alle ledd i verdikjeden og setter fiskeri- ... -
Betydningen av lønnsomhet ved valg av vegtrasé i kommunedelplanprosessen
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Carl Barks: A classical economist?
(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. -
Catchment Forestry in Tanzania. Status and Management
(Research report, 1985)The report is a conultancy for NORAD (Norwegian Agency for International Development) and Forest Division of the Tanzania Ministry of Lands, Natural Resources and Tourism. The report gives and overview over catcment forests ... -
Centralized or decentralized financing of local governments? Consequences for efficiency and inequality of service provision
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2006:14, Research report, 2006)Compared with most countries the Norwegian system of financing local governments is highly centralized. Grants make up a substantial part of revenues and local taxes are highly regulated by the center. The development of ... -
Changing values in public professions - a need of value-based leadership?
(TØH-serien;2012:5, Research report, 2012-09-07)Over the past thirty years, the public sector has undergone extensive modernisation. As part of the New Public Management agenda new principles have been introduced, and market solutions have been implemented across a broad ... -
Consequences of Local Energy Supply in Norway: A case study on the ZEN pilot project Campus Evenstad
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Conservation of Wildlife: A bio-economic model of a wildlife reserve under the pressure of habitat destruction and harvesting outside the reserve
(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 ... -
Constitutions and the resource curse
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2006:11, Research report, 2006)Recent advances in the political economy literature suggests that constitutional arrangements determine a wide range of economic pol icy outcomes. In particular, it is argued that different forms of government (presidential ... -
Cursed by resources or institutions?
(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 ... -
Danske elite resultater 2021. OL i Tokyo: Fortsat guldalder for danske atleter, 2021
(Research report, 2021)Dansk elitesport gjorde en god figur ved de Olympiske Lege (OL) i Tokyo. Usikkerheden som følge af coronakrisen og udsættelsen af legene havde ingen negativ effekt på de danske atleters præstationer. Med enkelte undtagelser ...