Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer: Discussion Papers

The anatomy of electricity demand

Discussion Papers no. 426

Publisert: 20. juni 2005

The paper derives a general equilibrium demand function for electricity by imposing a specific closure rule on a large CGE-model of the Norwegian economy. By a decomposition technique it quantifies the contribution from various mechanisms...

The commodity currency puzzle

Discussion Papers no. 423

Publisert: 3. juni 2005

The relationship between firm mobility and tax level

Discussion Papers no. 424

Publisert: 3. juni 2005

The barrier model of productivity growth

Discussion Papers no. 425

Publisert: 3. juni 2005

The commodity currency puzzle

Discussion Papers no. 423

Publisert: 3. juni 2005

This paper addresses the purchasing power parity (PPP) puzzle for commodity currencies. A substantial part of the literature on commodity currencies has found that, despite controlling for the effect of commodity prices, PPP does not hold...

The barrier model of productivity growth

Discussion Papers no. 425

Publisert: 3. juni 2005

The barrier model of productivity growth suggests that individual country productivity is related to the world technology frontier disturbed by national barriers. We offer a country study of the barrier model exploiting the dramatic chang...

The relationship between firm mobility and tax level

Discussion Papers no. 424

Publisert: 1. juni 2005

The mobility of the tax base may influence fiscal outcomes. The many theoretical contributions about the role of mobility are not matched by empirical evidence. Existing studies address strategic interaction between governments, but have ...

Identifying structural breaks in cointegrated VAR models

Discussion Papers no. 422

Publisert: 20. mai 2005

Identifying structural breaks in cointegrated VAR models

Discussion Papers no. 422

Publisert: 20. mai 2005

The paper describes a procedure for decomposing the deterministic terms in cointegrated VAR models into growth rate parameters and cointegration mean parameters. These parameters express long-run properties of the model. For example, the ...

Non-Bayesian multiple imputation

Discussion Papers no. 421

Publisert: 18. mai 2005

Non-Bayesian multiple imputation

Discussion Papers no. 421

Publisert: 18. mai 2005

Multiple imputation is a method specifically designed for variance estimation in the presence of missing data. Rubin's combination formula requires that the imputation method is "proper" which essentially means that the imputations are ra...

Constructing panel data estimators by aggregation

Discussion Papers no. 420

Publisert: 10. mai 2005

Constructing panel data estimators by aggregation

Discussion Papers no. 420

Publisert: 10. mai 2005

A regression equation for panel data with two-way random or fixed effects and a set of individual specific and period specific 'within individual' and 'within period', estimators of its slope coefficients are considered. They can be given...

Tax effects on unemployment and the choice of educational type

Discussion Papers no. 419

Publisert: 4. mai 2005

Effects of demographic development, labour supply and pension reforms on the future pension burden

Discussion Papers no. 418

Publisert: 4. mai 2005