Nasjonalregnskap og konjunkturer

Economic fluctuations in a small open economy

Discussion Papers no. 215

Publisert: 20. april 1998

This paper analyses the role of real and nominal shocks in explaining business cycles in a small open economy like that of Norway. In particular, we study the sources behind real exchange rate fluctuations since the collapse of the Bretto...

The pattern of household savings during hyperinflation

Discussion Papers no. 217

Publisert: 16. april 1998

This paper presents evidence on household savings in urban regions of the Chinese provinces Sichuan and Liaoning based on data from the State Statistical Bureau's Urban Household Survey for the late 1980s. In this period the Chinese econo...

A note on post-stratification when analyzing binary survey data subject to non-response

Discussion Papers no. 218

Publisert: 1. april 1998

From growth theory to technology policy

Discussion Papers no. 219

Publisert: 1. april 1998

Synthetic graphical modelling of binary panel data subject to non-response

Discussion Papers no. 220

Publisert: 1. april 1998

The pattern of household savings during hyperinflation

Discussion Papers no. 217

Publisert: 17. mars 1998

Did Norway gain from the 1979-85 oil price shock?

Discussion Papers no. 210

Publisert: 9. mars 1998

Macroeconomic effects of the high oil prices in the period 1979-85 for the Norwegian economy are considered. An alternative low oil price scenario is developed and effects of the oil shock are calculated as the deviation between actual hi...

Post-stratification and calibration

Discussion Papers no. 216

Publisert: 1. mars 1998

Economic fluctuations in a small open economy

Discussion Papers no. 215

Publisert: 20. februar 1998

Non-verifiable emissions, voluntary agreements, and emission taxes

Discussion Papers no. 214

Publisert: 2. februar 1998

Non-verifiable emissions, voluntary agreements, and emission taxes

Discussion Papers no. 214

Publisert: 2. februar 1998

This paper demonstrates that voluntary agreements between a regulator and an industry can be Pareto superior to environmental taxes. Further, such agreements may differ from direct regulation in a non-trivial way. The first-best optimum m...

"EPA's new emissions trading mechanism

Discussion Papers no. 213

Publisert: 29. januar 1998

UMP unbiased tests for multiparameter testing problems with restricted alternatives

Discussion Papers no. 212

Publisert: 29. januar 1998

Did Norway gain from the 1979-85 oil price shock?

Discussion Papers no. 210

Publisert: 29. januar 1998

UMP unbiased tests for multiparameter testing problems with restricted alternatives

Discussion Papers no. 212

Publisert: 29. januar 1998

Applications of the standard theory of UMP unbiased tests depends on conditions which in general are difficult to verify. In the present paper, however, we suggest more simple rules for applying this theory for regular exponential familie...