Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer: Discussion Papers

Heterogeneity, productivity and selection

Discussion Papers no. 401

Publisert: 5. januar 2005

Heterogeneity, productivity and selection

Discussion Papers no. 401

Publisert: 5. januar 2005

How do firms differ, and why do they differ even within narrowly defined industries? Using evidence from a new panel data set for four high-tech, manufacturing industries covering a 10-year period, we show how differences in sales, materi...

Mortality, fertility and old age care in a two-sex growth model

Discussion Papers no. 378

Publisert: 31. desember 2004

The paper discusses the importance of decreasing mortality in explaining demographic change over the last century. A two-sex overlapping generations model is used where care both for children and the elderly is modeled. Assuming that the ...

Accounting for differences in choice opportunities in analyses of energy expenditure

Discussion Papers no. 400

Publisert: 22. desember 2004

Accounting for differences in choice opportunities in analyses of energy expenditure

Discussion Papers no. 400

Publisert: 22. desember 2004

Zero expenditure poses several challenges when estimating demand systems. Zero expenditure on energy goods occur due to limited opportunity to consume the good or because the household chooses not to use all available equipment (corner so...

Environmental risk and the precautionary principle

Discussion Papers no. 398

Publisert: 14. desember 2004

The environmental risk associated with genetically modified organisms (GMO) implies that new approaches to risk assessment, risk management and risk communication are needed. In this paper we discuss the role of the precautionary principl...

Environmental risk and the precautionary principle

Discussion Papers no. 398

Publisert: 10. desember 2004

When subsidized R&D-firms fail, do they still stimulate growth?

Discussion Papers no. 399

Publisert: 10. desember 2004

Pupil achievement, school resources and family background

Discussion Papers no. 397

Publisert: 10. desember 2004

When subsidized R&D-firms fail, do they still stimulate growth?

Discussion Papers no. 399

Publisert: 10. desember 2004

Public R&D subsidies aim to target particularly risky R&D and R&D with large externalities. One would expect many such projects to fail from a commercial point of view, but they may still produce knowledge with social value. Such knowledg...

Pupil achievement, school resources and family background

Discussion Papers no. 397

Publisert: 10. desember 2004

The social cost of government spending in an economy with large tax distortions

Discussion Papers no. 396

Publisert: 7. desember 2004

The social cost of government spending in an economy with large tax distortions

Discussion Papers no. 396

Publisert: 7. desember 2004

We use a CGE model to estimate the social cost of a marginal increase in public expenditure in Norway. Norway exemplifies an economy with high taxes. Distortionary taxes imply wedges between the market prices and the corresponding shadow ...

"It pays to be green" - a premature conclusion?

Discussion Papers no. 394

Publisert: 30. november 2004

House ownership and taxes

Discussion Papers no. 395

Publisert: 30. november 2004