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Bank consolidation, interest rates, and risk : a post-merger analysis based on loan-level data from the corporate sector

Juranek, Steffen; Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Ulsaker, Simen A. - 2021

remedial measures imposed by the Norwegian Competition Authority on the two merging parties are also likely to explain some of …

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Competition and risk taking in local bank markets : evidence from the business loans segment

Canta, Chiara; Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Ulsaker, Simen A. - 2023

This paper studies empirically the relationship between competition and risk taking in banking markets. We exploit an …. The cross-sectional and longitudinal variation in competition in local markets are used to identify the relationship … between competition and risk taking, which we measure by the non-performing loans and loss provision rates of the individual …

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Price change synchronization within and between firms

Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Skuterud, Håvard; Munthe-Kaas … - 2021

This paper provides evidence on price rigidity at the product- and firm-level in Norway. A strong within-firm synchronization is found supporting the theory of economies of scope in menu costs. The industry synchronization effects are found to be small suggesting that firms either have some...

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Price changes : stickiness and internal coordination in multiproduct firms

Letterie, Wilko A.; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 2016

We assess empirically the micro-foundations of producers' sticky pricing behaviour. The intertemporal profit function considered accounts for various functional forms of menu costs. The focus is on the analysis of multiproduct plants, and the menu costs therefore also allow for economies of...

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Time-dependency in producers' price adjustments : evidence from micro panel data

Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Pettersen, Per Marius; Bratlie, Joakim - 2018

Existing micro evidence of firms' price changes tends to show a downward sloping hazard rate - the longer the price of a product has remained the same, the less likely it is that the price will change. Using a panel of Norwegian plant- and product-specific prices, we also find a downward sloping...

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Intermittent price changes in production plants : empirical evidence using monthly data

Nilsen, Øivind Anti; Vange, Magne - 2018

The price-setting behaviour of manufacturing plants is examined using a large panel of monthly surveyed plant- and product-specific prices. The sample shows a high frequency of zero changes, relatively small price changes, and a strong seasonal price-change pattern. The intermittent feature of...

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