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Towards an actuarially fair pension system in Norway
Colombino, Ugo; Hernæs, Erik; Locatelli, Marilena; … - 2009
In order to estimate labour supply responses among older people we have employed a very simple model of retirement decisions that can be estimated on a single cross-section sample, and still be given a structural interpretation in terms of inter-temporal decisions. The model is estimated on...
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Effects of the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918 - 19 on later life mortality of Norwegian cohorts born about 1900
Mamelund, Svenn-Erik - 2003
neutral Norway must clearly go beyond the direct (soldiers wounded physically and mentally) and indirect effects (rationing of …
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Retirement in Italy and Norway
Colombino, Ugo; Hernæs, Erik; Jia, Zhyiang; Strøm, Steinar - 2003
model requires only cross section data and is estimated on survey data for Italy and register data for Norway. The estimates … cuts in pension benefits in Norway than in Italy. …
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An egalitarian disease? Socioeconomic status and individual survival of the Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918 - 19 in the Norwegian capital of Kristiania
Mamelund, Svenn-Erik - 2004
The Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918-19 was one of the most devastating diseases in history, killing perhaps as many as 50-100 million people worldwide. In addition to the high death toll and the high general lethality, the disease had a peculiar feature: the largest increase in death rates...
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Faustmann and the climate
Hoel, Michael; Holtsmark, Bjart; Holtsmark, Katinka - 2012
This paper presents an adjusted Faustmann Rule for optimal harvest of a forest in the presence of a social cost of carbon emissions. A contribution of the paper is to do this within theoretical and numerical frameworks that take account of the dynamics and interactions of the forest's multiple...
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Environmental effects of a vehicle tax reform: Empirical evidence from Norway
Ciccone, Alice - 2015
In 2007, the Norwegian government reformed the vehicle registration tax in order to reduce the carbon intensity of the new car fleet by incentivizing the purchase of more fuel efficient cars. This paper identifies the impact of the new tax structure on three main dimensions: (i) the average CO2...
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Increasing resource rent taxation when the corporate income tax is reduced?
Lund, Diderik - 2018
shift onto immobile factors. This case study considers tax changes that illustrate the predictions for Norway 2012 …
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Is it all about CO2 emissions? The environmental effects of a tax reform for new vehicles in Norway
Ciccone, Alice - 2014
In 2007, the Norwegian government reformed the vehicle registration tax in order to reduce the CO2 emissions intensity of the new car fleet by incentivizing the purchase of more fuel efficient cars. This paper identifies the impact of the new tax structure on four dimensions: 1) the average CO2...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398482
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Does increased extraction of natural gas reduce carbon emissions?
Aune, Finn Roar; Golombek, Rolf; Kittelsen, Sverre A. C. - 2003
natural gas markets, we examine whether increased extraction of natural gas in Norway reduces global emissions of CO2. We find … used in gas power production in Norway. If instead the additional quantity is exported directly, total emissions increase …
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Mineral rents and social development in Norway
Mehlum, Halvor; Moene, Karl Ove; Torvik, Ragnar - 2011
Norway is often referred to as the prime example of a country that has achieved high growth and low income inequality … questions why Norway has succeeded while many other resource abundant countries have not. That is the topic of this paper. To … make progress we first need to find out along which dimensions Norway differs from resource abundant countries with a less …
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