Browsing BI Open by Author "Sommervoll, Dag Einar"

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    • Competitive on-the-job search 

      Garibaldi, Pietro; Moen, Espen R.; Sommervoll, Dag Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The paper proposes a model of on-the-job search and industry dynamics in which search is directed. Firms permanently di er in productivity levels, their production function features constant returns to scale, and search ...

    • Sweet self-deception 

      Sommervoll, Dag Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      People have a tendency to procrastinate when faced with aversive tasks - but they also procrastinate in relation to beneficial matters whose rewards are instantaneous. If agents value present anticipations of future ...

    • Thick-market effects, housing heterogeneity, and the determinants of transaction seasonality 

      Nenov, Plamen T.; Røed Larsen, Erling; Sommervoll, Dag Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      This article uses cross-sectional variation in transaction seasonality and a search-theoretic framework to develop a test for thick-market effects from matching efficiency. The test relates the extent of transaction ...

    • Using house prices to compute the price of housing in the CPI 

      Beatty, Timothy K. M.; Røed Larsen, Erling; Sommervoll, Dag Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)
      Rental-equivalence is often used in computing price changes of owner-occupied housing in the CPI. We employ an alternative approach, employing interest-adjusted house prices. For Norway 2000-2008 our method yielded a 30% ...