Using a high-resolution housing transaction data set, we examine the relationship between price changes and the unsold rate in the Norwegian housing market within a Phillips curve framework. We find that price changes and the unsold rate are associated, but our results indicate a reversed...

Using data on more than one million bids from almost 200,000 housing transactions, we examine behavioral patterns uncovered in bidding logs. Norwegian housing transactions are arranged as ascending-bid auctions and bids are made on digital platforms. We use data from these auctions to study...

In the 1960s, Norway lagged behind its Scandinavian neighbors in the aggregate value of economic production per capita, as it had for decades. By the 1990s, Norway had caught up with and forged ahead of Denmark and Sweden. When and why did Norway catch up? The discovery and extraction of oil in...

There is considerable interest in identifying the magnitude of the difference between increases in the CPI and the cost of living. In this paper, the technique proposed by Hamilton (2001) to measure this discrepancy is used and extended for Norway in the 1990s. While Hamilton finds that the CPI...

Indirect taxes on transportation activities that pollute can correct externalities and close the gaps between private and social costs. However, policy makers often find such Pigou taxes difficult to implement because of political resistance due to possibly adverse affects on equity. For this...

Semiparametric Engel curves are used to infer bias in the Canadian CPI as a Cost of Living Index. The budget share of food has long been used as an indicator of welfare. We compare households with the same levels of CPI deflated total expenditure over the period 1978-2000. Differences in the...