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Våren 2009 lanserte helseministeren ønsket om en reform som kan bedre samhandlingen mellom primær- og spesialisthelsetjenesten. Gjennom den forutgående politiske prosessen har initiativet mer fått karakter av å bli en reform for å styrke kommunehelsetjenesten: Mer av behandlingen skal...

I denna rapport konstateras att intäktstak är en regleringsmodell som dras med två mycket allvarliga långsiktiga problem. För det första måste regleraren bestämma parametrarna i modellen med omsorg, så att den inte ger felaktiga styrsignaler. Eftersom de styrsignaler modellen ger...

The estimation of production functions suffers from an unresolved identification problem caused by flexible inputs, such as intermediate inputs. We develop an identification strategy for production functions based on a transformation of the firm's short-run first order condition that solves the...

From a theoretical point of view, greater trade openness affects firm-level volatility by changing the exposure and the reaction of firms to macroeconomic shocks. The net effect is ambiguous, though. This paper provides firm-level evidence on the link between openness and volatility. Using two...

Aggregated output in industrialized countries has become less volatile over the past decades. Whether this ?Great Moderation? can be found in firm level data as well remains disputed. We study the evolution of firm level output volatility using a balanced panel dataset on German firms that...

Dieser Forschungsbericht beinhaltet die Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung von 200 Familienbetrieben im Osten Georgiens im Distrikt Sighnagi in der Kakheti-Region Ende 2001/Anfang 2002. Sie dienten dem Ziel, Erkenntnisse über die wirtschaftliche Situation georgischer Familienbetriebe sowie zum Teil...

Der Erfolg von Globalisierungsbemühungen bei Betrieben des Investitionsgüterproduzierenden Gewerbes hängt davon ab, welcher Strategie sie folgen. Dies betrifft sowohl Produktionsverlagerungen an ausländische Standorte als auch die Einbindung in regionale oder globale Unternehmensnetzwerke....

We analyze the effect of price caps on equilibrium production and welfare in oligopoly under demand uncertainty. We find that high price caps always increase production and welfare as compared to the situation without price cap. Price caps close to marginal cost may lead to zero production,...