Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer: Discussion Papers

PPP-correction of the IPCC emission scenarios

Discussion Papers no. 366

Publisert: 18. februar 2004

PPP-correction of the IPCC emission scenarios

Discussion Papers no. 366

Publisert: 18. februar 2004

Ian Castles and David Henderson have criticized IPCC's Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES) (IPCC, 2000) for using market exchange rates (MER) instead of purchasing power parities (PPP) when converting regional GDP into a common d...

Population ageing and fiscal sustainability

Discussion Papers no. 367

Publisert: 18. februar 2004

Most studies on the economic consequences of ageing rely on Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models that account for feedback mechanisms through changes in relative prices, tax bases etc. However, since individual labour supply behavi...

A method for improved capital measurement by combining accounts and firm investment data

Discussion Papers no. 365, 2007

Publisert: 7. januar 2004

A method for improved capital measurement by combining accounts and firm investment data

Discussion Papers no. 365, 2007

Publisert: 7. januar 2004

Measuring the benefits from public services

Discussion Papers no. 339

Publisert: 31. desember 2003

The purpose of this paper is to provide an evaluation of how local public in-kind benefits affect the distribution of income in Norway. To this end, a method that accounts for differences between municipalities in capacity to produce the ...

Rising inequality of housing?

Discussion Papers no. 363

Publisert: 31. desember 2003

This article uses the Case-Shiller technique for constructing housing price indices on a Norwegian data set of transactions for the period 1991-2002 consisting of 10 376 pairs of repeated sales. Using a weighted least squares scheme in or...

Rising inequality of housing?

Discussion Papers no. 363

Publisert: 17. desember 2003

Technology, trade and inequality

Discussion Papers no. 364

Publisert: 17. desember 2003

Technology, trade and inequality

Discussion Papers no. 364

Publisert: 17. desember 2003

In recent decades new technology has led to increasing demand for well-educated labour at the expense of labour with lower education levels. Moreover, increased imports from low-cost countries have squeezed out many Norwegian manufacturin...

Greenhouse gas emissions in Norway

Discussion Papers no. 337

Publisert: 15. desember 2003

During the last decade, Norway has carried out an ambitious climate policy. The main policy tool is a relatively high carbon tax, which was implemented already in 1991. Data for the development in CO2 emissions since then provide a unique...

A theory-based measure of the output of the education sector

Discussion Papers no. 353

Publisert: 23. november 2003

The paper estimates the output of the Norwegian higher education sector based on a modification of the methodology introduced by Jorgenson and Fraumeni (JF) (1989). JF measure output in the education sector by the increase in the total di...

Are rich countries immune to the resource curse?

Discussion Papers no. 362

Publisert: 30. oktober 2003

Are rich countries immune to the resource curse?

Discussion Papers no. 362

Publisert: 30. oktober 2003

Growth studies show, counter to intuition, that the discovery of a natural resource may be a curse rather than a blessing since resource-rich countries grow slower than others. But it has been suggested that Norway may be an important exc...

Mean-spread-preserving transformations

Discussion Papers no. 360

Publisert: 20. oktober 2003