Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer: Discussion Papers

Non-tariff barriers

Discussion Papers no. 195

Publisert: 30. juni 1997

Non-tariff barriers

Discussion Papers no. 195

Publisert: 30. juni 1997

This study demonstrates the quantitative, as well as the qualitative, role of non-tariff barriers (NTBs). The Norwegian nominal tariff and non-tariff barriers are identified and thoroughly quantified. Computations of effective rates of pr...

Wage and employment effects of payroll taxes and investment subsidies

Discussion Papers no. 194

Publisert: 29. mai 1997

Structural adjustment and deforestation in Nicaragua

Discussion Papers no. 193

Publisert: 29. mai 1997

Wage and employment effects of payroll taxes and investment subsidies

Discussion Papers no. 194

Publisert: 29. mai 1997

Using a panel of manufacturing plants we study how payroll taxes and investment subsidies affect wages and demand for labor and capital. We exploit the regional subsidy schemes for labor and capital in Norway. Our empirical analysis finds...

Structural adjustment and deforestation in Nicaragua

Discussion Papers no. 193

Publisert: 29. mai 1997

Incomes policies and the Norwegian economy 1973-93

Discussion Papers no. 192

Publisert: 25. april 1997

Incomes policies and the Norwegian economy 1973-93

Discussion Papers no. 192

Publisert: 25. april 1997

During the second half of the 1970s there was massive government interference in wage and price formation in Norway. Incomes policies changed in the first half of the 1980s - the hey days of "dynamic tax policies" in Norway - and during t...

Primary schooling in Zambia squeezed at community and household level

Discussion Papers no. 191

Publisert: 2. april 1997

Primary schooling in Zambia squeezed at community and household level

Discussion Papers no. 191

Publisert: 2. april 1997

A part of the current economic reform program in Zambia, is to increase standard, efficiency and equity in the primary school sector. This paper studies primary school attendance. A logistic regression analysis is used to show that commun...

Panel data with errors-in-variables

Discussion Papers no. 190

Publisert: 25. mars 1997

Panel data with errors-in-variables

Discussion Papers no. 190

Publisert: 25. mars 1997

General Method of Moments (GMM) estimation of a linear one-equation model using panel data with errors-in-variables is considered. To eliminate fixed individual heterogeneity, the equation is differenced across one or more than one period...

Structural adjustment and soil degradation in Tanzania

Discussion Papers no. 189

Publisert: 11. mars 1997

Structural adjustment and soil degradation in Tanzania

Discussion Papers no. 189

Publisert: 11. mars 1997

Empirical patterns of firm growth and R&D investment

Discussion Papers no. 188

Publisert: 27. februar 1997