these two Asian countries with two Nordic countries Norway and Finland. The main findings are: (i) child cash allowances …

of policies that encourage EV purchases in Norway. We use exceptionally rich data on the universe of cars and households … from Norway, which has a very high share of EVs, thanks to generous tax incentives and other policies. Our estimates … abatement costs of Norway's tax incentives relative to emission savings. However, the estimated emission savings are much larger …

Based on a permanent income analysis, Gagnon (2018) has prominently suggested that Norway has saved too much, thereby …, chiefly because it also accounts for future aging costs. Unsurprisingly, we find that Norway's current assets exceed its … mainland GDP) and aging pressures are only commencing. Therefore, Norway's intertemporal financial net worth (IFNW) is negative …

In this paper, we derive two new measures of international relative prices for Norway. Developments in these new … 2000—suggesting that the costs of living in Norway relative to its trading partners have risen in the recent years more …

The paper investigates the determinants of wages in the tradables and service sectors in Norway and Sweden. Tradables … factors alone would suggest. In contrast, real wages have become more sensitive to cyclical conditions in Norway and have … private sector employment in Sweden but have stimulated private sector employment in Norway …

This paper considers long-term fiscal policy options in Norway, the world''s fifth largest oil exporter, in light of …

Norway adopted an inflation targeting framework in early 2001, thus concluding its gradual but consistent move toward … countries that had adopted inflation targeting frameworks prior to Norway. Norway''s role as a commodity exporter exposed to …