Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer

Estimating latent total consumption in a household

Discussion Papers no. 324

Publisert: 19. august 2002

This article presents a new way of estimating latent total consumption in a household that may improve the accuracy of studies into permanent income and consumption inequality. While the frequently used total purchase expenditure in a hou...

Consumption inequality in Norway in the 80s and 90s

Discussion Papers no. 325

Publisert: 15. august 2002

This article describes the consumption model and inequality study of Chapter 2 in the author's unpublished Ph.D. dissertation submitted at the Dept. of Economics, University of California, Berkeley. The Norwegian Research Council and Stat...

Fundamental determinants of the long run real exchange rate

Discussion Papers no. 326

Publisert: 14. august 2002

Fundamental determinants of the long run real exchange rate

Discussion Papers no. 326

Publisert: 14. august 2002

Modelling the Norwegian exchange rate against a basket of currencies, we find a robust long-term link between the real exchange rate and real interest differential that is consistent with purchasing power parity (PPP) and uncovered intere...

Consumption inequality in Norway in the 80s and 90s

Discussion Papers no. 325

Publisert: 13. august 2002

Estimating latent total consumption in a household

Discussion Papers no. 324

Publisert: 11. august 2002

Searching for basic consumption patterns

Discussion Papers no. 323

Publisert: 9. august 2002

Searching for basic consumption patterns

Discussion Papers no. 323

Publisert: 9. august 2002

We estimate Engel elasticities of housing expenditures for each independent cross-section of the Consumer Expenditure Surveys in the period 1986-1998, and find that the elasticity remains close to unity for all years. Its mean over the pe...

The political economy of global warming

Discussion Papers no. 322

Publisert: 8. august 2002

The political economy of global warming

Discussion Papers no. 322

Publisert: 8. august 2002

This article studies the process from data acquisition to policy decision in relation to an optimum policy on global warming. Policymakers must be reasonably skeptical before proposing remedies to curb warming, but policymakers cannot awa...

Distributional and environmental effects of taxes on transportation

Discussion Papers no. 321

Publisert: 26. juli 2002

Distributional and environmental effects of taxes on transportation

Discussion Papers no. 321

Publisert: 26. juli 2002

This article studies environmental and distributional effects from a differentiated tax system on a set of disaggregated transportation goods. Empirical examination on Norwegian data indicates that higher tax rates on high-pollution luxur...

How and why do firms differ?

Discussion Papers no. 320

Publisert: 20. juli 2002

How and why do firms differ?

Discussion Papers no. 320

Publisert: 20. juli 2002

How do firms differ, and why do they differ even within narrowly defined industries? Using evidence from six high-tech, manufacturing industries covering a 24-year period, we show that differences in sales, materials, labor costs and capi...

Konkrete problemer med sesongjustering i SSB

Notater 2002/45

Publisert: 10. juli 2002