Blar i Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi på forfatter "Torvik, Ragnar"
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Omstilling i en liten åpen økonomi
Jasinski, Marek A. (Master thesis, 2022)Abstract will be available on 2122-12-31 -
On the Causes of the Conditional Resource Curse: En empirisk paneldatastudie
Stenersen, Eirik Nøren (Master thesis, 2011) -
On the Ethics of the Government Pension Fund Global - An Empirical Analysis on the Effects of Public Recommendations on Ethics
Eriksen, Sondre Hansen; Skara, Marie (Master thesis, 2018)The Norwegian oil adventure and the unique construction of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), have gradually led to an increase in demand for investment policies that secure the social values of the Norwegian ... -
Optimal Dutch Disease
Matsen, Egil; Torvik, Ragnar (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2003:1, Research report, 2003)Growth models of the Dutch disease, such as those of Krugman (1987), Matsuyama (1992), Sachs and Warner (1995) and Gylfason et al. (1999), explain why resource abundance may reduce growth. However, the literature also ... -
Pengepolitikk i en to-sektor økonomi
Osnes, Martin Andreas (Master thesis, 2017) -
Pengepolitikk i råvareeksporterende land
Espegren, Caroline Charlotte (Master thesis, 2015) -
The political agenda effect and state centralization
Acemoglu, Daron; Robinson, James A.; Torvik, Ragnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)We provide a potential explanation, based on the “political agenda effect”, for the absence of, and unwillingness to create, centralized power in the hands of a national state. State centralization induces citizens of ... -
Putting Simplicity Back Into New Economic Geography
Eckhoff, Gina Arnesen (Master thesis, 2022)Feltet ny økonomisk geografi analyserer faktorene som påvirker den geografiske lokaliseringen av økonomisk aktivitet. Helt siden feltets startskudd på 90-tallet, har ny økonomisk geografi hatt en utvikling mot mer komplekse ... -
Ressurser og revolusjon: En økonomisk modellering av valget mellom demokrati og konflikt tilpasset den arabiske våren
Thorsen, Herman Westrum (Master thesis, 2012) -
Samspillet mellom penge- og finanspolitikken i en liten, åpen økonomi
Røisland, Øistein; Sveen, Tommy; Torvik, Ragnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023) -
Savers, Spenders and Fiscal Policy in a Small Open Economy
Matsen, Egil; Sveen, Tommy; Torvik, Ragnar (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2004:12, Research report, 2004)This paper analyzes the effects of fiscal policy in an open economy. We extend the savers-spenders theory of Mankiw (2000) to a small open economy with endogenous labor supply. We first show how the Dornbusch (1983) ... -
Should Developing Countries Establish Petroleum Funds?
Torvik, Ragnar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Many natural-resource-abundant countries have established petroleum funds as part of their strategy to manage their resource wealth. This paper examines reasons that such funds may be established, discusses how these funds ... -
Statlige pensjonsfond og offentlige realinvesteringer : hvordan bør store nasjonale finansformuer forvaltes?
Jones, David Marius (Master thesis, 2015)I denne oppgaven ser jeg på optimal bruk av statlige finansformuer gjennom en teoretisk økonomisk modell med flere generasjoner. Fremtidig produktivitet påvirkes av learning by doing og offentlige investeringer, og en ... -
The middle-income trap, democracy and human capital : a study of Korea
Zakariassen, Ingrid Hammer; Eriksen, Marte (Master thesis, 2016)In this thesis, we examine factors that are important for a country to escape or avoid a middle-income trap, and whether democracy and human capital are necessary conditions for a country to achieve high economic growth. ... -
The Present-Value Model of the Current Account: Results from Norway
Larsen, Vegard Høghaug (Master thesis, 2012)In this thesis I present and test an intertemporal model for the current account. The model predicts a nation that prefers a smooth consumption pro le where the current account balance is used as a tool to smooth consumption ... -
Trade Unions and Productivity. Empirical Analyses of the Norwegian Labor Market
Kostøl, Fredrik Bakkemo (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:406, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This thesis is concerned with the question of how trade unions influence the productivity of firms and workers. To answer this question, I utilize rich administrative register data from Norway to investigate how unions ... -
Valutasikring sin påvirkning på avkastning og risiko i en aksjeportefølje
Salberg, Markus Tømmervik (Master thesis, 2020)Valutaeksponering i en aksjeportefølje påvirker både avkastning og variasjon over tid. Valutasikring kan eliminere den stokastiske valutakurskomponenten sin påvirkning på dette. Kunnskap om egenskapene til valutaparet kan ... -
When is Democracy an Equilibrium?: Evidence from Colombia's La Violencia
Chacón, Mario; Robinson, James A; Torvik, Ragnar (Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2006:7, Research report, 2006)The conventional wisdom in political science is that for a democracy to be consolidated, all groups must have a chance to attain power. If they do not then they will subvert democracy and choose to fight for power. In this ...