Browsing Department of Economics by Document Types "Journal article"
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International outsourcing and trade union (de-)centralisation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)We study the effects of centralised versus decentralised wage setting in a unionsed duopoly where firms can outsource parts of input production to foreign subcontractors. We show that decentralised (as opposed to centralised) ... -
The intuitive cooperation hypothesis revisited: a meta-analytic examination of effect size and between-study heterogeneity
(Journal article, 2020)The hypothesis that intuition promotes cooperation has attracted considerable attention. Although key results in this literature have failed to replicate in pre-registered studies, recent meta-analyses report an overall ... -
Investment and quality competition in healthcare markets
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We study the strategic relationship between hospital investment and provision of service quality. We use a spatial competition framework and allow investment and quality to be complements or substitutes in patient benefit ... -
Is cannabis a gateway to hard drugs?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2010-06)Trappetrinnshypotesen hevder at bruk av cannabis øker risikoen for også å starte med tyngre rusmidler. Vi har testet denne kontroversielle, men innflytelsesrike, hypotesen på et utvalg cannabisbrukere i Norge. For å undersøke ... -
It Pays to be Nice: The Benefits of Cooperating in Markets
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)We contribute to the experimental literature by examining the causal effect of partner choice opportunities on the earnings of different cooperative types. We first elicit cooperative types and then randomly assign subjects ... -
Kampen om en tredje boligsektor i Oslo: Dekommersielle og ikke-kommersielle alternativene
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Oslo kommune opplever økende utfordringer med tilgang på stabile og rimelige bosituasjoner for befolkningen. For å imøtegå utfordringene vil kommunen etablere en tredje boligsektor. I denne artikkelen analyseres diskursene ... -
Labor market concerns and support for immigration
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Do labor market concerns affect support for immigration? Using a large, representative sample of the US population, we first elicit beliefs about the labor market impact of immigration. To generate exogenous variation in ... -
Landed elites and education provision in England: evidence from school boards, 1871‑99
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)I study the relationship between land concentration and the expansion of state education in 19C England. Using a broad range of education measures for 40 counties and 1,387 School Boards, I show a negative association ... -
Licence to lie and the social (In)appropriateness of lying
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Environments that encourage dishonest behaviour can compromise intrinsic honesty by altering beliefs about what is considered socially appropriate behaviour. I extend the incentivised Krupka and Weber (2013) elicitation ... -
Mellom politikk og statistikk: Globale fellesgoder i utviklingspolitikken
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Bærekraftsmålene har gitt klassiske spørsmål innenfor utviklingspolitikken ny relevans: Hvem skal betale for globale fellesgoder? Kan man bruke bistand til dette formålet, eller bør den reserveres for innsats i spesifikke ... -
More or less money? An experimental study on receiving money
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Is more money better than less? Not always. It depends on the situation. If more money for oneself means less money for a stranger, the majority of participants in dictator games choose less money for themselves. But if ... -
Mutual choice of partner and communication in a repeated prisoner's dilemma
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-08)Many markets resemble repeated prisoner's dilemma situations with the possibilities for mutual partner choice. In this paper, we show experimentally that partner choice by mutual consent has a strong positive effect on ... -
National pricing with local quality competition
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We study the incentives of national retail chains to adopt national (uniform) prices across local markets that differ in size and competition intensity. In addition to price, the chains may also compete along a quality ... -
Norwegian export of farmed salmon − trade costs and market concentration
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)While variation in unit value most commonly has been associated with quality in the trade literature, observed differences in prices between markets might also be explained by variation in market concentration and the ... -
Optimal funding coverage in a mixed oligopoly with quality competition and price regulation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We study the optimal design of a public funding scheme in a mixed oligopoly setting (with applications to health care and education) with one welfare-maximising public provider and two profit-maximising private providers, ... -
Parental age and birth defects: a sibling study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Higher parental age at childbearing has generated much attention as a potential risk factor for birth disorders; however, previous research findings are mixed. Existing studies have exploited variation in parental age ... -
Pasientvelferd eller kostnadshensyn: fastlegenes dilemma
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2013-09)Det er en jevnt økende etterspørsel etter helsetjenester i Norge; folk blir eldre, nye livsstilsrelaterte plager utvikles og stadig nye lidelser kan behandles. Det økte trykket gjør rasjonering og prioritering i helsevesenet ... -
Paying for pharmaceuticals: uniform pricing versus two-part tariffs
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Two-part pricing (the Netflix model) has recently been proposed instead of uniform pricing for pharmaceuticals. Under two-part pricing the health plan pays a fixed fee for access to a drug at unit prices equal to marginal ... -
Perish or prosper: Trade patterns for highly perishable seafood products
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In recent years trade with highly perishable agricultural products like fresh fish, berries, and cut flowers has increased substantially. The perishability of these products appears to challenge conventional wisdom when ... -
Personality and marital surplus
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2012-10-09)This paper uses data from the German Socio-economic Panel Study to examine the effect of personality traits on the formation and dissolution of domestic partnerships. Selection into marriage is associated with distinctly ...