Discussion Papers
Discussion papers comprise research papers intended for international journals and books. A preprint of a Discussion Paper may be longer and more elaborate than a standard journal article as it may include intermediate calculations, background material etc.
Articles, analysis, and publications
2023
- Taxation of the rich and incentives for investments. The case of Norway Article 12 May
Taxation of capital income and wealth redistributes from the rich but may harm the Norwegian economy as business investments is distorted.
- Taxation of the rich and the cost of raising tax revenue Article 12 May
Taxation of capital income and wealth designed to redistribute from the rich may harm small open economies with a globalized capital market as investments are distorted.
- Controlling for fixed effects in studies of income underreporting Article 4 May
The expenditure method of Pissarides and Weber (1989) Journal of Public Economics, 39 (1), 17-32) shows how one backs out measure of income underreporting by the self-employed by using food consumption as trace of true income.
- Moving beyond expectations Article 8 March
Population projections are predominantly made using the cohort-component method (CCM). The opportunities for further development within that framework are limited. Lately, with advances in technical and computational capacity, the microsimulation framework has become a serious contender.
- The importance of escape clauses: Firm response to thin capitalization rules Article 27 February
Escape clauses, where small firms are exempt from particular tax rules, is a crucial feature of a number of corporate tax schemes, but creates incentives to avoid taxation by manipulating the measures that determine inclusion.
- U.S. tight oil supply flexibility - A multivariate dynamic model for production and rig activity Article 24 February
This paper examines the supply of U.S. LTO from both a theoretical and empirical point of view. The theory model combines endogenous rig activity and stylized reservoir pressure mechanics with the classic Hotelling model for exhaustible resource extraction.
- A probabilistic forecast of the immigrant population of Norway Article 20 January
We present a probabilistic forecast for the immigrant population of Norway and their Norwegian-born children (“second generation”) broken down by age, sex, and three types of country background: 1. West European countries plus the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand; 2. East European countries that are members of the European Union; 3. other countries.
- Can the acceptance of a carbon tax be increased? The effect of tax revenue recycling and redistribution among households and companies Article 19 January
Effective carbon taxation is essential to achieving the green transition. However, there is typically stiff opposition to carbon taxation due to perceived or actual adverse equity and other impacts. Hence, a better understanding of which factors, including the use of tax revenue, can increase acceptability is essential.
2022
- Internalizing negative environmental impacts from wind power production: Coasian bargaining, offsetting schemes and environmental taxes Article 16 December
On the one hand, wind power production is necessary for decarbonizing the electricity sector. On the other hand, we risk replacing one environmental problem with other environmental problems, that is, stopping climate change in exchange with increased loss of pristine land and biodiversity.
- The cash-for-care reform and immigrant fertility. Fewer babies of poorer families? Article 9 December
Cash-for care policies are contested in many contexts, as they represent an incentive for childrearing over work that may reduce labour market participation, especially among immigrant women.
- Spatial trade-offs in national land-based wind power production in times of biodiversity and climate crises Article 6 October
Energy generated from land-based wind power is expected to play a crucial role in the decarbonisation of the economy.
- Directed technical change and the resource curse Article 5 October
The "resource curse" is a potential threat to all countries relying on export income from abundant natural resources such as fossil fuels.
- Social security pension generosity and the effect on household saving Article 23 September
This paper examines the substitution between pension wealth and household saving by studying Norway’s 2011 pension reform.
- Gender or class – What determines voting? Article 2 September
Previous literature has found that extending the suffrage to both females and poorer voters increases the supply of public goods.
- Structural break in the Norwegian LFS due to the 2021 redesign Article 26 August
The labour force surveys (LFSs) on all Eurostat countries underwent a substantial redesign in January 2021. To ensure coherent labour market time series for the main indicators in the Norwegian LFS, we model the impact of the redesign.