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Produksjonsnivå og utdanningsvalg
(Master thesis, 2023)I denne oppgaven undersøkes effekten av produksjonsnivå i ulike sektorer i norsk økonomi på individers valg av høyere utdanning, i Norge fra 2005 til 2022. Analysen benytter en tidsserie med laggede variabler for en mer ... -
Produktivitet og fusjonsprosesser i UH-sektoren
(Master thesis, 2021)Det har vært gjennomført mange fusjonsprosesser i universitets- og høgskolesektoren i Norge i de senere år. I denne oppgaven sees det på om fusjoner har sammenheng med, eller kan forklares og begrunnes, i produktivitetsforskjeller ... -
Produktivitetsutfordringer i norsk byggenæring: Årsaker og tiltak
(Master thesis, 2013)Byggenæringen har lenge slitt med lavere produktivitet enn øvrige deler av dennorske industrien. Denne oppgaven har til hensikt å kartlegge årsaksbildet bak denlave produktivitetsveksten. Herunder både direkte årsaker til ... -
Property Rights and Natural Resource Conservation: A Bio-Economic Model with Numerical Illustrations from the Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2003:10, Research report, 2003)This study develops a model for wildlife migrating seasonally between a conservation area and a neighbouring area. When being outside the conservation area, harvesting takes place by a group of small-scale farmers. The ... -
Property Taxation as a Determinant of School District Efficiency
(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 ... -
Property taxation as incentive for cost control: Empirical evidence for utility services in Norway.
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2006:12, Research report, 2006)Recent theoretical research suggests that property taxation has incentive effects that can help control cost problems in the public sector. The institutional setting in Norway allows this first empirical investigation of ... -
Prospect Theory and Asset Prices
(Master thesis, 2021)Hovedmålet med denne masteroppgaven er å undersøke hvordan prospektteori kan brukes på aggregert aksjemarkedsatferd. Det faglige grunnlaget for undersøkelsen tar utgangspunkt i rammeverket presentert i Prospect Theory and ... -
Protected areas, wildlife conservation and local welfare
(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 ... -
Public Employment and Regional Risk Sharing: Norway 1977-90
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2002:8, Research report, 2002)We provide an empirical analysis of regional risk sharing in Norway over the period 1977-90. The approach of Asdrubali, Sørensen and Yosha (1996) is extended to take account of public employment as a possible shock absorber. ... -
Public sector wage compression and wage inequality: Gender and geographic heterogeneity
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Studies of wage inequality concentrate on private wages. Public sector wages are typically assumed to contribute to the overall wage equality. We challenge this understanding in an analysis of the relative skill premium ... -
Putting Simplicity Back Into New Economic Geography
(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 ... -
Quality measures in higher education: Norwegian evidence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We exploit rich administrative matched data for students and institutions to obtain quality measures across higher education institutions in Norway. Our primary quality indicators are based on individual income after leaving ... -
Quantifying the partial and general equilibrium effects of sanctions on Russia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This paper evaluates the effects of sanctions on Russia between 2014 and 2019 and the resulting countersanctions. We estimate their impact on trade in a gravity framework, allowing for treatment heterogeneity among pairs ... -
Quantifying vulnerability to flooding induced by climate change: The case of Verdal, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)The article presents a methodology for the measurement of exposure and social vulnerability to hazards at local level. Using the small town of Verdal in central Norway as a case study, the authors examine its vulnerability ... -
Railway Commuting Costs and Housing Prices in Norway: an Empirical Analysis
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis we present a new variable measuring the generalised time costs of commuting to and from central municipalities in Norway, from 1997 to 2016. We use this variable to estimate the effect of changes in railway ... -
Raketter og fjær i det norske bensinmarkedet: En empirisk tilnærming
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Ramsey Model of Barriers to Growth and Skill-Based Income Distribution in South Africa
(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 ... -
"Råtne epler" i den norske skolen?: Effekten av økt jenteandel på elevprestasjoner
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Real Asset Returns during Different Inflationary Regimes
(Master thesis, 2022)I denne avhandlingen analyserer jeg den historiske realavkastningen til en rekke aktiva og investeringsstrategier i ulike inflasjonsregimer basert på data fra USA. Først separerer jeg inflasjonsregimene basert på det ... -
Realvalutakursen : en ustø kurs?
(Master thesis, 2015)Det har vært stor volatilitet i valutakrysset EUR/NOK de siste 15 årene. Vi har vært gjennom en finanskrise med en påfølgende europeisk gjeldskrise, og vi har hatt store svingninger i oljeprisen. Dette motiverer oss til ...