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Long run effects on government finances and national income in Norway of changes in fertility
Reports 2019/16
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Continued fall in gas prices
The price of natural gas fell for the seventh consecutive month and was the main reason behind the 1 per cent drop in the PPI in May. Higher prices on petroleum products contributed in the opposite direction.
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Stable growth in mainland GDP
Growth in the gross domestic product (GDP) for mainland Norway was 0.4 per cent in February to April compared with November to January. GDP for mainland Norway grew 0.3 per cent from March to April.
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The costs of taxation in the presence of inequality
Discussion Papers no. 908
This paper provides a new and improved measure of the marginal cost of public funds (MCF). It is based on a benchmark tax which is distributionally neutral and non-distortive.
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Trade tensions reducing growth outlook for the Norwegian economy
The Norwegian economy is experiencing a moderate and broad-based economic upturn. Higher interest rates and lower growth internationally are set to curb future activity.
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Weaker surplus in the balance of goods and services
The balance of goods and services is weakened both measured against last quarter and against the same quarter in the previous year. Looking at the development from the previous quarter the decline in exports was caused by a drop in the income from...
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Revision of national accounts time series
On 29th August this year Statistics Norway will publish revised national accounts time series. Both the level and the growth rates of GDP are only to a minor extent affected by the revisions.
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Sustained growth in the mainland-economy
Gross domestic product (GDP) for mainland-Norway grew by 0.3 percent in the 1. quarter of 2019, after an increase of 1.1 percent in the preceding quarter (seasonally adjusted). This development can partly be attributed to an unusually strong incre...
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Rise in crude oil price
A price increase on crude oil made for an overall increase in the producer price index (PPI) in April. The increase was somewhat reduced by a fall in prices of natural gas and electricity.
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The paradox of the unhappy, growing city: reconciling evidence
Discussion Papers no. 907
This paper attempts to explain why large cities tend to score low on indices of happiness/life satisfaction, while at the same time experiencing population growth.
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Positive signals from the supplier industry
Norwegian industrial managers report a production level increase as well as growth in employment in the first quarter of the year. The positive trend is expected to continue in the second quarter, and especially for suppliers to the oil gas industry.
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Structural analysis of discouraged worker behavior
Discussion Papers no. 906
Discouraged workers are those who have given up search due to (perceived) low chances of obtaining work. This paper develops a stochastic structural econometric framework for analyzing discouraged worker behavior based on the theory of job search ...
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Efficient taxation of fuel and road use
Discussion Papers no. 905
This study calculates efficient taxes on fuel and road use designed to combat driving related externalities
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Lower gas prices
A fall in prices on natural gas and electricity outweighed a slight rise in the oil price in March. The producer price index fell by 2.1 per cent this month.
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The consumption Euler equation or the Keynesian consumption function?
Discussion Papers no. 904
We formulate a general cointegrated vector autoregressive (CVAR) model that nests both a class of consumption Euler equations and various Keynesian type consumption functions.
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