Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer: Discussion Papers

Profitability of different instruments in international climate policie

Discussion Papers no. 403

Publisert: 31. desember 2005

This article discusses how different climate policy instruments such as CO2 taxes and renewable energy subsidies affect the profitability of fossil fuel production, given that a fixed global climate target shall be achieved in the long te...

A prediction approach to sampling design

Discussion Papers no. 440

Publisert: 14. desember 2005

A prediction approach to sampling design

Discussion Papers no. 440

Publisert: 14. desember 2005

Standard approaches to sample surveys take as the point of departure the estimation of one or several population totals (or means), or a few predefined sub-totals (or sub-means). While the model-based prediction approach provides an attra...

The relationship between altruism and equal sharing

Discussion Papers no. 439

Publisert: 30. november 2005

The relationship between altruism and equal sharing

Discussion Papers no. 439

Publisert: 30. november 2005

Several studies reject the implications of the altruism model. In this study it is argued that parents who transfer resources to their children both are altruistic and influenced by an equal division fairness norm. Under such motives, the...

Decomposition of rank-dependent measures of inequality by subgroups

Discussion Papers no. 437

Publisert: 15. oktober 2005

Global per capita CO2 emissions

Discussion Papers no. 438

Publisert: 15. oktober 2005

Cap-and-trade or carbon taxes?

Discussion Papers no. 436

Publisert: 15. oktober 2005

The effect of plant downsizing on disability pension utilization

Discussion Papers no. 435

Publisert: 15. oktober 2005

Cap-and-trade or carbon taxes?

Discussion Papers no. 436

Publisert: 15. oktober 2005

One of the proposed alternatives to Kyoto's cap-and-trade approach is a regime based on an internationally harmonized carbon tax. In this paper, we consider and compare the enforcement problems associated with a tax regime and a cap-and-t...

Global per capita CO2 emissions

Discussion Papers no. 438

Publisert: 15. oktober 2005

The effect of plant downsizing on disability pension utilization

Discussion Papers no. 435

Publisert: 15. oktober 2005

We investigate the impact of plant downsizing on disability pension utilization in Norway. Plant downsizing substantially increases the disability entry rate of workers in affected plants. Workers originally employed in plants that closed...

Decomposition of rank-dependent measures of inequality by subgroups

Discussion Papers no. 437

Publisert: 15. oktober 2005

The purpose of additive subgroup decomposition is to study the relationship between overall inequality and inequality within and between population subgroups defined by variables like gender, age, education and region of residence. As opp...

Base independence in the analysis of tax policy effects

Discussion Papers no. 434

Publisert: 27. september 2005

Base independence in the analysis of tax policy effects

Discussion Papers no. 434

Publisert: 27. september 2005

The analysis contrasts results of two recently expounded micro-level data approaches to derive robust intertemporal characterizations of redistributional effects of income tax schedules; the fixed-income procedure of Kasten, Sammartino an...