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Working Papers

2025

1. The Futile Search for the Effect of Turnout
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2022

2. Climate, Technology and Value: Insights from the First Decade with Mass-Consumption of Electric Vehicles
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Climate, Technology and Value: Insights from the First Decade with Mass-Consumption of Electric Vehicles, Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer (2024) View citations (1) (2024)

2019

3. Election Turnout Inequality - Insights from Administrative Registers
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2018

4. Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (35) (2019)

2017

5. Call the Midwife - Health Personnel and Mortality in Norway 1887-1921
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo

2016

6. THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF BELIEFS: WHY FISCAL AND SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES/LIBERALS COME HAND-IN-HAND
   2016 Meeting Papers, Society for Economic Dynamics View citations (8)
   Also in TSE Working Papers, Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) (2016) View citations (8)
   IAST Working Papers, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST) (2016) View citations (8)

2015

7. Fiscal Policy and Equity in Advanced Economies: Lesssons for Asia
   Working Papers, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
   Also in Economic Growth Centre Working Paper Series, Nanyang Technological University, School of Social Sciences, Economic Growth Centre (2014)
8. Spurious Weather Effects
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (3)
   See also Journal Article Spurious weather effects, Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2019) View citations (13) (2019)

2014

9. Rainy Day Politics - An Instrumental Variables Approach to the Effect of Parties on Political Outcomes
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (11)
   See also Journal Article Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes, European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier (2020) View citations (14) (2020)

2013

10. Knowledge is power - A theory of information, income, and welfare spending
    Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie, Université de Lausanne, Faculté des HEC, Département d’économie
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2011) View citations (1)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2011) View citations (1)
    Cambridge Working Papers in Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge (2011) View citations (1)
    ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich (2011) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Knowledge is Power: A Theory of Information, Income and Welfare Spending, Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science (2017) View citations (1) (2017)

2011

11. Are Nurses More Altruistic than Real Estate Brokers?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (31)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2011) View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Are nurses more altruistic than real estate brokers?, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2011) View citations (27) (2011)

2010

12. The Number of Organizations in Heterogeneous Societies
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics

2009

13. Miserly Developments
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Miserly Developments, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2011) View citations (3) (2011)
14. Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (1)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2014) View citations (17) (2014)
15. Playing with the Good Guys - A Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (8)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (8)
    See also Journal Article Playing with the good guys. A public good game with endogenous group formation, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (61) (2011)

2007

16. With or Without U? - The appropriate test for a U shaped relationship
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (14)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2007) View citations (15)
    See also Journal Article With or Without U? The Appropriate Test for a U‐Shaped Relationship*, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2010) View citations (714) (2010)

2006

17. Do the rich vote Conservative because they are rich?
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Do the Rich Vote Conservative Because They Are Rich?, Review of Economics and Institutions, Università di Perugia (2010) View citations (4) (2010)

2005

18. Does permanent income determine the vote?
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2004) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Does Permanent Income Determine the Vote?, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, De Gruyter (2007) View citations (7) (2007)

2004

19. Fractionalization and the Size of Government
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (1)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2003) View citations (3)
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo (2003) View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Fractionalization and the size of government, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (62) (2007)
20. Repeated surveys and the Kalman filter
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Repeated surveys and the Kalman filter, Econometrics Journal, Royal Economic Society (2005) View citations (3) (2005)

2002

21. Small continuous surveys and the Kalman filter
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department

2001

22. Tout est au mieux dans ce meilleur des ménages possibles The Pangloss critique of equivalence scales
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department

Journal Articles

2024

1. Climate, Technology and Value: Insights from the First Decade with Mass-Consumption of Electric Vehicles
   Environmental & Resource Economics, 2024, 87, (7), 1783-1844 View citations (1)
   Also in Environmental & Resource Economics, 2024, 87, (7), 1845-1846 (2024) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Climate, Technology and Value: Insights from the First Decade with Mass-Consumption of Electric Vehicles, CESifo Working Paper Series (2022) View citations (1) (2022)

2022

2. Call the midwife. Health personnel and mortality in Norway 1887–1920
   Cliometrica, 2022, 16, (2), 243-276 View citations (2)

2020

3. Rainy day politics. An instrumental variables approach to the effect of parties on political outcomes
   European Journal of Political Economy, 2020, 61, (C) View citations (14)
   See also Working Paper Rainy Day Politics - An Instrumental Variables Approach to the Effect of Parties on Political Outcomes, CESifo Working Paper Series (2014) View citations (11) (2014)
4. Why physicians are lousy gatekeepers: Sicklisting decisions when patients have private information on symptoms
   Health Economics, 2020, 29, (7), 778-789 View citations (5)

2019

5. Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context
   Ecological Economics, 2019, 161, (C), 9-19 View citations (35)
   See also Working Paper Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context, Memorandum (2018) View citations (1) (2018)
6. Spurious weather effects
   Journal of Regional Science, 2019, 59, (2), 322-354 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Spurious Weather Effects, CESifo Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (3) (2015)
7. Sustaining cooperation through self-sorting: The good, the bad, and the conditional
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019, 116, (12), 5299-5304 View citations (11)

2017

8. Group Structure and Public Goods Provision in Heterogeneous Societies
   Journal of Public Economic Theory, 2017, 19, (2), 377-408 View citations (2)
9. Knowledge is Power: A Theory of Information, Income and Welfare Spending
   Economica, 2017, 84, (336), 611-646 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Knowledge is power - A theory of information, income, and welfare spending, Cahiers de Recherches Economiques du Département d'économie (2013) (2013)

2014

10. Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2014, 96, (5), 949-966 View citations (17)
    See also Working Paper Opium for the Masses? Conflict-Induced Narcotics Production in Afghanistan, CESifo Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (1) (2009)

2012

11. The Haves and the Have-Nots: A brief and idiosyncratic history of inequality around the globe
    Global Policy, 2012, 3, (2), 254-254

2011

12. Are nurses more altruistic than real estate brokers?
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32, (5), 818-831 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Are Nurses More Altruistic than Real Estate Brokers?, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (31) (2011)
13. Measuring unfair (in)equality
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7-8), 488-499 View citations (67)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (7), 488-499 (2011) View citations (35)
14. Miserly Developments
    Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47, (9), 1332-1352 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Miserly Developments, Memorandum (2009) (2009)
15. Playing with the good guys. A public good game with endogenous group formation
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (9), 1111-1118 View citations (61)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (9-10), 1111-1118 (2011) View citations (55)
    See also Working Paper Playing with the Good Guys - A Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation, CESifo Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (8) (2009)

2010

16. Do the Rich Vote Conservative Because They Are Rich?
    Review of Economics and Institutions, 2010, 1, (2) View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Do the rich vote Conservative because they are rich?, Memorandum (2006) View citations (3) (2006)
17. With or Without U? The Appropriate Test for a U‐Shaped Relationship*
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2010, 72, (1), 109-118 View citations (714)
    See also Working Paper With or Without U? - The appropriate test for a U shaped relationship, MPRA Paper (2007) View citations (14) (2007)

2007

18. Does Permanent Income Determine the Vote?
    The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, 2007, 7, (1), 27 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper Does permanent income determine the vote?, Memorandum (2005) (2005)
19. Fractionalization and Inter‐Group Differences
    Kyklos, 2007, 60, (1), 123-139 View citations (3)
20. Fractionalization and the size of government
    Journal of Public Economics, 2007, 91, (1-2), 51-76 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper Fractionalization and the Size of Government, LIS Working papers (2004) View citations (1) (2004)

2005

21. Repeated surveys and the Kalman filter
    Econometrics Journal, 2005, 8, (3), 418-427 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Repeated surveys and the Kalman filter, Memorandum (2004) (2004)
22. Why is there so little redistribution?
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2005, 31, 111-125 View citations (44)

2003

23. Aggregation of Utility and Equivalence Scales: A Solution to the Pangloss Critique
    Review of Income and Wealth, 2003, 49, (4), 555-568

Software Items

2019

1. UTEST: Stata module to test for a U-shaped relationship
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics