Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer: Discussion Papers

Deregulation of electricity markets

Discussion Papers no. 433

Publisert: 15. september 2005

Deregulation of electricity markets

Discussion Papers no. 433

Publisert: 15. september 2005

In this paper, we describe the approach to, and experience of, the deregulation and liberalisation of the Norwegian electricity sector from 1991. The Norwegian electricity market was subsequently integrated with the Swedish, Finnish and D...

Avoiding adverse employment effects from energy taxation

Discussion Papers no. 432

Publisert: 9. september 2005

Avoiding adverse employment effects from energy taxation

Discussion Papers no. 432

Publisert: 9. september 2005

Welfare analysis of energy taxes typically shows that systems with uniform rates perform better than differentiated systems. However, most western countries include some exemptions for their energy-intensive export industry, and hence, av...

Utility of income as a random function

Discussion Papers no. 431

Publisert: 19. august 2005

Utility of income as a random function

Discussion Papers no. 431

Publisert: 19. august 2005

The paper proposes a particular approach to model the utility of income. We develop a theoretical framework that restricts the class of admissible functional forms and distributions of the random components of the model. The theoretical a...

Climate change - lower electricity prices and increasing demand

Discussion Papers no. 430

Publisert: 12. august 2005

Climate change - lower electricity prices and increasing demand

Discussion Papers no. 430

Publisert: 12. august 2005

Concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere influences the climate, which then alters the amount of primary energy for countries or regions where hydropower and wind power constitute important parts of the energy supply. Besides, ...

Measuring the price of housing consumption for owners in the CPI

Discussion Papers no. 427

Publisert: 4. juli 2005

Exchange rate pass-through in a small open economy

Discussion Papers no. 429

Publisert: 4. juli 2005

Distributional effects of environmental taxes on transportation

Discussion Papers no. 428

Publisert: 4. juli 2005

Exchange rate pass-through in a small open economy

Discussion Papers no. 429

Publisert: 4. juli 2005

Several small open economies switched to inflation targeting during the 1990s, thereby giving up various forms of exchange rate targeting in favour of flexible exchange rates. Norway did the same early in 2001, and has thereafter experien...

Measuring the price of housing consumption for owners in the CPI

Discussion Papers no. 427

Publisert: 4. juli 2005

Measuring change in the price of housing is an important and notoriously difficult task for national statistical agencies. Different approaches have been attempted, but suffer from known weaknesses. This article suggests dividing housing ...

Distributional effects of environmental taxes on transportation

Discussion Papers no. 428

Publisert: 4. juli 2005

Indirect taxes on transportation activities that pollute can correct externalities and close the gaps between private and social costs. However, policy makers often find such Pigou taxes difficult to implement because of political resista...

The anatomy of electricity demand

Discussion Papers no. 426

Publisert: 20. juni 2005