• Competing with precision: incentives for developing predictive biomarker tests 

      Brekke, Kurt Richard; Dalen, Dag Morten; Straume, Odd Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      We study the incentives of drug producers to develop predictive biomarkers, taking into account strategic interaction between drug producers and health plans. For this purpose, we develop a two-dimensional spatial framework ...
    • Environmental Policy and the Direction of Technical Change 

      Greaker, Mads; Heggedal, Tom-Reiel; Rosendahl, Knut Einar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Should governments direct R&D from "dirty" into "clean" technologies? How im-portant is this compared to carbon pricing? We inquire into this, introducing twonovelties compared to recent literature. We introduce decreasing ...
    • Price Dispersion and the Role of Stores 

      Moen, Espen Rasmus; Wulfsberg, Fredrik; Aas, Øyvind Nilsen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      In this paper, we study price dispersion in the Norwegian retail market for 766 products across 4,297 stores over 60 months. Price dispersion for homogeneous products is significant and persistent, with a coefficient of ...
    • Price dispersion and the stability of trade* 

      Oglend, Atle; Asche, Frank; Pincinato, Ruth Beatriz; Straume, Hans-Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Research on trade relationships has documented a high rate of relationship breakup and churning. We use data on Norwegian exports to document two stylized facts about the stability of trade relationships. First, the ...
    • The Power of Parties: Evidence From Close Municipal Elections in Norway 

      Fiva, Jon H.; Folke, Olle; Sørensen, Rune Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      We show that small shifts in representation can affect policy in proportional election systems. Using data from Norway, we find that a larger left-wing party leads to more property taxation, higher childcare spending, and ...