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30 år med bilateral bistandsallokering
(Master thesis, 2022)Utviklingsbistand blir ofte kritisert for å være ineffektiv. Korrupsjon og dårlige institusjoner knyttet til landet som mottar bistand er blant grunnene som ofte trekkes frem som årsak til dette utfallet. Resultatene til ... -
30 år med bilateral bistandsallokering
(Master thesis, 2022)Utviklingsbistand blir ofte kritisert for å være ineffektiv. Korrupsjon og dårlige institusjoner knyttet til landet som mottar bistand er blant grunnene som ofte trekkes frem som årsak til dette utfallet. Resultatene til ... -
A cointegration and causality analysis of Scandinavian stock markets
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A comparison of fiscal rules for resource-rich economies
(Journal article, 2017)This paper produces a normative evaluation of fiscal rules for a resource-rich economy. Ad hoc fiscal rules might imply substantial welfare costs; the goal is to analyze the magnitude of these costs by quantitatively ... -
A guardian’s effect on pupil’s reading test scores
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A new Keynesian framework and wage and price dynamics in the USA
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This paper investigates theoretical implications from a new Keynesian model focusing on the labor market, by imposing them as testable restrictions in an estimated vector error correction model on US data from 1982Q3 to ... -
A New Quantile Regression Model to forecast one-day-ahead Value-at-Risk
(Master thesis, 2014)This master thesis focuses on the problem of forecasting volatility and Value-at-Risk (VaR) in the nancial markets. There are numerous methods for calculating VaR. However, research in this area has not currently reached ... -
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 quantitative analysis of the relationship between 5G technology and covid
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)I denne artikkelen har vi utført flere tester på konspirasjonsteorien. Målet var å finne ut om 5G har en kausal eller spuriøs effekt på covid. Vårt hovedfunn antyder at det ikke er noe forhold mellom 5G og spredning av ... -
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 study of irrational investors in financial markets
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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 Theory of Political Conflict and Chinese Economic Statecraft
(Master thesis, 2022)Kina har opplevd dramatisk økonomisk vekst de siste tiårene, noe som har avslørt nye muligheter for den kinesiske staten til å benytte økonomisk politikk som et strategisk maktmiddel. Samtidig som Beijings økonomiske makt ... -
A Trial of Market Efficiency on the Oslo Stock Exchange
(Master thesis, 2021)Finansmarkedene bør prise aktiva korrekt. Kun da utøver markedene sin økonomiske hensikt med å effektivt allokere kapital til verdiskapende investeringer, og risiko til de investorene som er villige til å bære den. Følgelig ... -
A Valuation Method for Credit Default Swaps Using an Extended Version of the Merton Model
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis proposes a credit risk model for credit default swap (CDS) valuation. The standard Merton (1974) model is extended to implement a stationary leverage ratio, a stochastic asset drift rate, and a stochastic, mean ... -
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 ... -
Absolutt og betinget befolkningsdivergens i Norge: En empirisk analyse av drivkrefter til regional befolkningsvekst
(Master thesis, 2023)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å analysere hvordan ulike faktorer driver befolkningsvekst i de økonomiske regionene i Norge, og hvordan forskjeller i befolkningsvekst i regionene forklarer befolkningsdivergens. Absolutt ... -
Absolutt og betinget befolkningsdivergens i Norge: En empirisk analyse av drivkrefter til regional befolkningsvekst
(Master thesis, 2023)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å analysere hvordan ulike faktorer driver befolkningsvekst i de økonomiske regionene i Norge, og hvordan forskjeller i befolkningsvekst i regionene forklarer befolkningsdivergens. Absolutt ... -
Academic work engagement, resources and productivity: empirical evidence with policy implications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This paper analyzes the impact of job resources on academic productivity measured by publication and credit points in 53 departments in one large Norwegian university. The theoretical framework is the so-called conservation ...