Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer: Discussion Papers

Empirical patterns of firm growth and R&D investment

Discussion Papers no. 188

Publisert: 27. februar 1997

We present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D investment and innovation as the engine of growth. The objective of our analysis is to present a framework that can be used for microeconometric analysis of firm performance in high-te...

Soil depletion choices under production and price uncertainty

Discussion Papers no. 186

Publisert: 31. januar 1997

Has growth in supply of educated persons been important for the composition of employment?

Discussion Papers no. 187

Publisert: 31. januar 1997

Has growth in supply of educated persons been important for the composition of employment?

Discussion Papers no. 187

Publisert: 31. januar 1997

In the Norwegian fabricated metal industry there has been a shift in demand from unskilled to skilled workers during the period 1972 to 1990, and relative demand for white collar employees has also increased. The paper analyses the factor...

Soil depletion choices under production and price uncertainty

Discussion Papers no. 186

Publisert: 31. januar 1997

This paper studies soil depletion incentives in a dynamic economic model under two different sources of revenue uncertainty (production- and output price risk). The focus is on the long-term effects of risk averse preferences. The land ma...

Environmental tax reform and producer foresight

Discussion Papers no. 185

Publisert: 17. januar 1997

Environmental tax reform and producer foresight

Discussion Papers no. 185

Publisert: 17. januar 1997

This paper analyses the non-environmental welfare costs of an environmental tax reform using a numerical intertemporal general equilibrium model for the Norwegian economy. The tax reform is revenue neutral such that an increase in the car...

Accumulation of R&D capital and dynamic firm performance

Discussion Papers no. 184

Publisert: 19. desember 1996

Accumulation of R&D capital and dynamic firm performance

Discussion Papers no. 184

Publisert: 19. desember 1996

Considering the observed patterns of R&D investment, we argue that a model which allows for a positive feedback from already acquired knowledge to the productiveness of current research, fits the empirical evidence better than the standar...

Taxation, unemployment and growth

Discussion Papers no. 183

Publisert: 26. november 1996

Taxation, unemployment and growth

Discussion Papers no. 183

Publisert: 26. november 1996

This paper analyses the effects of so-called "green" tax reforms on a small, open economy producing an imperfect substitute for foreign goods, using an intertemporal general equilibrium model. The labour market is characterised by union w...

Decomposition of the Gini coefficient by income components

Discussion Papers no. 182

Publisert: 1. november 1996

Decomposition of the Gini coefficient by income components

Discussion Papers no. 182

Publisert: 1. november 1996

This paper aims at clarifying the notion "overall distributive effect" of an income component or a policy proposal and moreover discusses various approaches for assessing the distributional impact of the components of total income. We pay...

Gains from cartelisation in the oil market

Discussion Papers no. 181

Publisert: 7. oktober 1996

Gains from cartelisation in the oil market

Discussion Papers no. 181

Publisert: 7. oktober 1996

 In this paper we ask whether OPEC still gains from cartelisation in the oil market despite low producer prices and a modest market share. We apply two intertemporal equilibrium models of the global oil market; one consisting of a cartel ...