Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer: Discussion Papers

Estimation of time series of latent variables in an accounting system

Discussion Papers no. 203

Publisert: 15. oktober 1997

Estimation of price elasticities from Norwegian household survey data

Discussion Papers no. 202

Publisert: 10. oktober 1997

Estimation of price elasticities from Norwegian household survey data

Discussion Papers no. 202

Publisert: 10. oktober 1997

In this paper, a subsystem of demand equations is estimated using data from the Norwegian survey of household expenditures 1989-1991. One objective has been to obtain substantial knowledge of Norwegian household demand for a set of food g...

Unemployment shocks and income distribution

Discussion Papers no. 201

Publisert: 19. september 1997

Unemployment shocks and income distribution

Discussion Papers no. 201

Publisert: 19. september 1997

We analyse how inequality of disposable income evolved in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden during the late 1980s and early 1990s when unemployment rose dramatically in all four countries. We find that a standard measure of inequality -...

Estimating core inflation

Discussion Papers no. 200

Publisert: 17. september 1997

Air pollution and sick-leaves

Discussion Papers no. 197

Publisert: 15. september 1997

Norwegian gas sales and the impacts on European co%c emissions

Discussion Papers no. 199

Publisert: 15. september 1997

Aggregate productivity effects of technology shocks in a model of heterogeneous firms

Discussion Papers no. 198

Publisert: 15. september 1997

Aggregate productivity effects of technology shocks in a model of heterogeneous firms

Discussion Papers no. 198

Publisert: 15. september 1997

This paper studies how productivity shifts at the level of the firm are transmitted to aggregate industry productivity in a model of heterogeneous firms. We analyse both uniform productivity shifts, and catching up by reducing the product...

Norwegian gas sales and the impacts on European co%c emissions

Discussion Papers no. 199

Publisert: 15. september 1997

This paper studies the impacts on Western European CO2 emissions of a reduction in Norwegian gas sales. The impacts are due to changes in energy demand and energy supply, but environmental and political regulations also play an important ...

Air pollution and sick-leaves

Discussion Papers no. 197

Publisert: 15. september 1997

In recent years a growing number of studies have been discussing the relationship between air pollution and human health. The evidence in the literature for adverse health effects of several pol-lutants seems convincing. In our article we...

Estimating core inflation

Discussion Papers no. 200

Publisert: 22. august 1997

This paper calculates core inflation, by imposing long run restrictions on a structural vector autoregression (VAR) model containing the growth rate of output, inflation and oil prices. Core inflation is identified as that component in in...

Fiscal and spending behavior of local governments

Discussion Papers no. 196

Publisert: 1. juli 1997

Fiscal and spending behavior of local governments

Discussion Papers no. 196

Publisert: 1. juli 1997

This paper treats local governments as utility maximizing agents when they allocate resources among different service sectors. We present estimates for eight service sectors, based on a modified version of the extended linear expenditure ...