Working Papers in Economics

From University of Bergen, Department of Economics
Institutt for økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen, Postboks 7802, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
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01/16: Reciprocity evolving: partner choice and communication in a repeated prisoner’s dilemma

Eirik Strømland, Sigve Tjøtta and Gaute Torsvik

10/15: Risk sharing mitigates opportunism in vertical contracting

Teis Lunde Lømo

09/15: Long-term consequences of access to well-child visits

Aline Bütikofer, Katrine Løken and Kjell G Salvanes

08/15: Resale price maintenance in two-sided markets

Tommy Gabrielsen, Bjørn Olav Johansen and Teis L. Lømo

07/15: The performance of large versus specialized firms: A study of firms importing apples into Norway

Hans-Martin Straume and Erling Vårdal

06/15: Trade costs and Norwegian salmon export

Hans-Martin Straume

05/15: Bilateral exchange and competitive equilibrium

Sjur Didrik Flåm

04/15: Duration and temporary trade

Hans-Martin Straume and Frank Asche

03/15: Spouses’ retirement and the take-up of disability pension

Julian V. Johnsen and Kjell Vaage

02/15: GPs’ implicit prioritization through clinical choices – evidence from three national health services

Julie Riise, Arne Hole, Dorte Gyrd-Hansen and Diane Skåtun

01/15: A comparison of intergenerational mobility curves in Germany, Norway, Sweden and the U.S

Espen Bratberg, Jonathan Davis, Bhashkar Mazumder, Martin Nybom, Daniel Schnitzlein and Kjell Vaage

08/14: Gatekeeping versus monitoring: Evidence from a case with extended self-reporting of sickness absence

Gaute Torsvik and Kjell Vaage

07/14: Rents and the Political Economy of Development Aid

Rune Hagen

05/14: Financial Crisis in Norway and Japan

Shigeyoshi Miyagawa and Yoji Morita

04/14: Single Mothers and their children: Evaluating a work-encouraging welfare reform

Katrine Løken, Kjell Lommerud and Katrine Holm Reiso

03/14: Lifting the Burden: State Care of the Elderly and Labor Supply of Adult Children

Katrine Løken, Shelly Lundberg and Julie Riise

02/14: Does better governance and commitment to development attract general budget support?

Ingvild Nordtveit

01/14: Lending to developing countries: How do official creditors respond to sovereign defaults?

Cathrin N. Fløgstad and Ingvild Nordtveit

11/13: Currency invoicing in Norwegian salmon export

Hans-Martin Straume

10/13: Dynamic Peer Effects in Sales Teams

Arild Aakvik, Frank Hansen and Gaute Torsvik

09/13: What Is the Case for Paid Maternity Leave?

Gordon Dahl, Katrine Løken, Magne Mogstad and Kari Vea Salvanes

08/13: Teams punish less

Heike Auerswald, Carsten Schmidt, Marcel Thum and Gaute Torsvik

07/13: The opportunism problem revisited: The case of retailer sales effort

Tommy Gabrielsen and Bjørn Olav Johansen

06/13: Incentives and creativity in groups

Joachim Ramm, Sigve Tjøtta and Gaute Torsvik

05/13: OPTIMAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN GENERAL COURNOTCOMPETITIVE EQUILIBRIUM

Inger Ervik and Christian Soegaard

04/13: EMPLOYEE REFERRAL, SOCIAL PROXIMITY AND WORKER DISCIPLINE: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM INDIA

Amrita Dhillon, Vegard Iversen and Gaute Torsvik

03/13: GETTING PEOPLE INTO WORK: WHAT (IF ANYTHING) CAN JUSTIFY MANDATORY ACTIVATION OF WELFARE RECIPIENTS?

Anders Molander and Gaute Torsvik

02/13: RESALE PRICE MAINTENANCE AND UP-FRONT PAYMENTS: ACHIEVING HORIZONTAL CONTROL UNDER SELLER AND BUYER POWER

Tommy Gabrielsen and Bjørn Olav Johansen

01/13: TRADE-OFF BETWEEN FOOD PRODUCTION AND GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION IN NORWEGIAN AGRICULTURE

David Blandford, Ivar Gaasland and Erling Vårdal

18/12: Employment protection and unemployment benefits: on technology adoption and job creation in a matching model

Kjell Lommerud, Odd Rune Straume and Steinar Vagstad

17/12: Smoking Bans, Maternal Smoking and Birth Outcomes

Prashant Bharadwaj, Julian Johnsen and Katrine Løken

16/12: DO NON-ENFORCEABLE CONTRACTS MATTER? EVIDENCE FROM AN INTERNATIONAL LAB EXPERIMENT Department

Alexander Cappelen, Rune Hagen, Erik Sørensen and Bertil Tungodden

15/12: HOW DO HOSPITALS RESPOND TO PRICE CHANGES?EVIDENCE FROM NORWAY

Jurgita Janueleviciute, Jan Erik Askildsen, Oddvar Kaarboe, Luigi Siciliani and Matt Sutton

14/12: DOES CHILD CARE AFFECT PARENTS’ SICKNESS ABSENCE? EVIDENCE FROM A NORWEGIAN PATERNITY LEAVE REFORM

Karsten Marshall Elseth Rieck

13/12: EARLY LIFE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Prashant Bharadwaj, Katrine Løken and Christopher Neilson

12/12: PEER EFFECTS IN PROGRAM PARTICIPATION

Gordon Dahl, Katrine Løken and Magne Mogstad

11/12: SOCIAL INTERACTIONS AT THE WORKPLACE: EXPLORING SICKNESS ABSENCE BEHAVIOR

Karsten Marshall Elseth Rieck and Kjell Vaage

10/12: Hospital Capacity, Waiting Times and Sick Leave Duration - an Empirical Analysis of a Norwegian Health Policy Reform

Arild Aakvik, Tor Helge Holmås and Egil Kjerstad

09/12: CARE OR CASH? THE EFFECT OF CHILD CARE SUBSIDIES ON STUDENT PERFORMANCE

Sandra Black, Paul Devereux, Katrine Løken and Kjell G Salvanes

08/12: WORRIED SICK? WORKER RESPONSES TO ORGANIZATIONAL TURMOIL

Espen Bratberg and Karin Monstad

07/12: Is Recipiency of Disability Pension Hereditary?

Espen Bratberg, Øivind Nilsen and Kjell Vaage

06/12: Sick Leave Before, During and After Pregnancy

Karsten Marshall E. Rieck and Kjetil Telle

05/12: Direct Exchange in Linear Economies

Sjur Didrik Flåm and Kjetil Gramstad

04/12: The Social Capital and Health Hypothesis: A Theory and New Empirics Featuring the Norwegian HUNT Data

Sherman Folland, M. Kamrul Islam and Oddvar Kaarboe

03/12: THE BUYER POWER OF MULTIPRODUCT RETAILERS: COMPETITION WITH ONE-STOP SHOPPING

Bjørn Olav Johansen

02/12: PRIVATE LABELS, RENT SHIFTING AND CONSUMER WELFARE

Bjørn Olav Johansen

01/12: Buyer power and exclusion in vertically related markets

Tommy Gabrielsen and Bjørn Olav Johansen

14/11: Network mechanisms and social ties in markets for low- and unskilled jobs: (theory and) evidence from North-India

Vegard Iversen Iversen and Gaute Torsvik

13/11: Team or individual: What determines workers' preferred bonus schemes?

Gaute Torsvik

12/11: Can EQ-5D and 15D be Used Interchangeably in Economic Evaluations? Assessing Quality of Life in Post-Stroke Patients

Lene Lunde