Program for the 35th Meeting of the Norwegian Association for Economists
(Forskermøtet)
University of Stavanger 7-8 January, 2013
Monday, January 7
08.45:
Bus departs from Hotel Atlantic to the university
9.00-9.30:
Registration
Lobby
9.30-9.45:
Welcome by Rector Marit Boyesen
V-101
9.45-10.30:
Mari Rege: Motivation and Relative Earnings
V-101
10.45-12.45:
Parallel sessions I
Invited session: International trade
Contributed sessions:
Climate
Labor
Incentives and Behavior
Public
Investments and Management Science
G-101
12.45-13.45:
Lunch
13.45-15.45:
Parallel sessions II
Invited session: Energy Economics
Contributed sessions:
Growth, Productivity and R&D
Migration
Experiments
Health
Gender and Family
16.00-16.45:
Christian Riis: On the 2012 Nobel laureates in economics
17.00:
Bus departs from the university to Hotel Atlantic
19.00:
Conference Dinner at Hotel Atlantic
G-201
G-202
Ø-211
Ø-212
Ø-213
G-101
G-201
G-202
Ø-211
Ø-212
Ø-213
V-101
Tuesday, January 8
08.45:
Bus departs from Hotel Atlantic to the university
9.15-11.15:
Parallel sessions III
Invited session: Behavioral Economics
Contributed sessions:
Education
Fiscal Policy and Pension
Method
Finance
Resource Economics
11.30-12.15: Imran Rasul: Can Basic Entrepreneurship Transform the Economic
Lives of the Poor?
G-101
G-201
G-202
Ø-211
Ø-212
Ø-213
V-101
12.15-13.15: Lunch
13.15-15.15: Parallel sessions IV
Invited session: Social Insurance and Labor Supply
Contributed sessions:
Industrial Organization
Macro
Development and Economic History
Housing and Commuting
Environmental Economics
G-101
G-201
G-202
Ø-211
Ø-212
Ø-213
Invited Session I:
Monday 7 January, 10.45-12.45
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Chair: Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe
G-101
Strategic Regional Integration
Kjetil Bjorvatn (with Nicola D. Coniglio and Hiroshi Kurata)
Natural Resource Exports and Non-Resource Trade
Torfinn Harding (with Anthony J. Venables)
Why Are Exporters Cleaner? International Trade and CO2 Emissions
Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe (with Rikard Forslid and Toshihiro Okubo)
Contributed Sessions I:
CLIMATE
Chair: Øyvind Hoveid
G-201
Does a Renewable Fuel Standard for Biofuels Reduce Climate Change Costs?
Knut Einar Rosendahl (with Mads Greaker and Michael Hoel)
Discussant: Snorre Kverndokk
Equity in Climate Policy: Can Carbon Leakage be Justified?
Snorre Kverndokk (with Eric Nævdal, Linda Nøstbakken)
Discussant: Katinka Kristine Holtsmark
Quota Markets and the Effect of Unilateral Support of Renewables
Katinka Kristine Holtsmark (with Kristoffer Midttømme)
Discussant: Øyvind Hoveid
Linking Models of Climate, Weather, Crops and Economic Behavior
Øyvind Hoveid
Discussant: Knut Einar Rosendahl
LABOR
Chair: Knut Løyland
G-202
Lifting the Burden: State-Care of the Elderly and the Labor Supply Decisions and Mobility of MiddleAged Children
Julie Riise Kolstad (with Katrine V. Løken , Shelly Lundberg)
Discussant: Ola Lotherington Vestad
Early Retirement and Youth Employment in Norway
Ola Lotherington Vestad
Discussant: Knut Løyland
Parallel sessions I, 10.45-12.45
Monday 7 January, 10.45-12.45
Work for Passion - Labour Supply of Norwegian Artists
Knut Løyland (with Trine Bille, Cecilie Bryld Fjællegaard)
Discussant: Julie Riise Kolstad
INCENTIVES AND BEHAVIOR
Chair: Trude Gunnes
Ø-211
Increasing Sales by Reducing Procrastination
William Gilje Gjedrem
Discussant: Tore Nilssen
Motivating over Time: Dynamic Win Effects in Sequential Contests
Tore Nilssen (with Derek J. Clark, Jan Yngve Sand)
Discussant: Trude Gunnes
Becoming “We” Instead of “I”: Identity Management and Incentives in the Workplace
Trude Gunnes (with Jocelyn Donze)
Discussant: William Gilje Gjedrem
PUBLIC
Chair: Trond Erik Lunder
Ø-212
The Impacts of Information on Voluntary Private Contributions to Public Goods
Erlend Dancke (with Eirik Romstad)
Discussant: Lars-Erik Borge
Local Natural Resource Curse
Lars-Erik Borge (with Pernille Parmer and Ragnar Torvik)
Discussant: Jo Thori Lind
Rainy Day Politics. An Instrumental Variables Approach to the Effect of Parties on Political Outcomes
Jo Thori Lind
Discussant: Trond Erik Lunder
Do Relative Prices Matter? An Experiment with Matching Grants to Norwegian Municipalities.
Trond Erik Lunder (with Lars Håkonsen)
Discussant: Erlend Dancke
INVESTMENTS AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE
Chair: Lisa Assmann
Ø-213
Effects of Ignoring Relocation Effects in the Cost-Benefit Analysis of Transportation Infrastructure
Investments
Inge Thorsen (with David Philip McArthur, Jan Ubøe)
Discussant: Kjell Jørgensen
Parallel sessions I, 10.45-12.45
Monday 7 January, 10.45-12.45
Undisclosed Orders and Market Quality
Kjell Jørgensen
Discussant: Lisa Assmann
An Absent Speed Optimization in Crude Oil Shipping?
Lisa Assmann (with Jonas Andersson and Gunnar Eskeland)
Discussant: Inge Thorsen
Parallel sessions I, 10.45-12.45
Invited Session II:
Monday 7 January, 13.45-15.45
ENERGY ECONOMICS
Chair: Petter Osmundsen
G-101
Understanding Rig Rates
Terje Skjerpen (with Petter Osmundsen and Knut Einar Rosendahl)
Analysis and Forecasting of Electricity Price Risks with Quantile Factor Models
Sjur Westgaard (with Derek Bunn, Arne Andresen, Dipeng Chen)
Modeling Price Effects of Seasonal Demand Variation: Application to Energy Markets
Atle Øglend (with Frank Asche and Petter Osmundsen)
Contributed Sessions II:
GROWTH, PRODUCTIVITY AND R&D
Chair: Lampros Lamprinakis
G-201
Satisfying the World’s Demand for Healthy Marine Proteins: Innovation, Productivity and Growth in
Global Aquaculture
Ragnar Tveterås (with Hilde Ness Sandvold)
Discussant: Per Botolf Maurseth
Micro Evidence on International Patenting
Per Botolf Maurseth (with Roger Svensson)
Discussant: Arvid Raknerud
Returns to R&D in Norway. The Role of Public Grants and Subsidies
Arvid Raknerud (with Ådne Cappelen and Marina Rybalka)
Discussant: Lampros Lamprinakis
Organizational Change and Adaptation in Cooperatives - a Qualitative Case Study
Lampros Lamprinakis
Discussant: Ragnar Tveterås
MIGRATION
Chair: Anna Godøy
Economic Shocks, the Legal Environment and Work-related Migration
Oddbjørn Raaum (with Bernt Bratsberg, Jon Erik Dølvik)
Discussant: Jonas Kinge
Assimilation Effects on Infant Mortality among Immigrants in Norway
Jonas Kinge (with Tom Kornstad)
Discussant: Julian Vedeler Johnsen
Parallel sessions II, 13.45-15.45
G-202
Monday 7 January, 13.45-15.45
This Town ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us? On the Urbanization of Power Couples
Julian Vedeler Johnsen (with Kjell Erik Lommerud, Shelly Lundberg)
Discussant: Anna Godøy
Local Labor Market Characteristics and Immigrant Outcomes
Anna Godøy
Discussant: Oddbjørn Raaum
EXPERIMENTS
Chair: Karen Evelyn Hauge
Ø-211
Instrumental versus Intrinsic Reciprocity
Åshild Auglænd Johnsen (with Ola Kvaløy)
Discussant: Stein Holden
Sharing Behavior of Husbands and Wives within Families and Communities in Dictator Games:
Evidence from Ethiopia
Stein Holden (with Sosina Bezu)
Discussant: Kristoffer W. Eriksen
No Guts, No Glory: Excessesive Risk-taking in Tournaments
Kristoffer W. Eriksen (with Ola Kvaløy)
Discussant: Karen Evelyn Hauge
Decision-Making on behalf of Others: A Public Good Game Experiment
Karen Evelyn Hauge (with Ole Røgeberg)
Discussant: Åshild Auglænd Johnsen
HEALTH
Chair: Katrine Løken
Ø-212
Does Provision of Long-Term Care lead to Functionality Degradation?
Theis Theisen
Discussant: Astri Drange Hole
Will Exposure to Competition Improve Quality of Care in the Nursing Home Industry? The Norwegian
Case
Astri Drange Hole
Discussant: Sverre A.C Kittelsen
Decomposing the Productivity Differences Between Hospitals in the Nordic Countries
Sverre A.C Kittelsen (with Benny Adam Persson, Birgitte Kalseth, Kjartan S. Anthun, Øyvind Hope,
Emma Medin)
Discussant: Katrine Løken
Smoking Bans, Maternal Smoking and Birth Outcomes
Katrine Løken (with Prashant Bharadwaj, Julian V. Johnsen)
Discussant: Theis Theisen
Parallel sessions II, 13.45-15.45
GENDER AND FAMILY
Chair: Ole Nyhus
Monday 7 January, 13.45-15.45
The Effect of a Regional Tax and Family Benefit Reform on Fertility
Taryn Ann Galloway (with Rannveig Vittersø Kaldager)
Discussant: Venke Furre Haaland
Maternal Employment and Children's Educational Attainment
Venke Furre Haaland (with Mari Rege, Mark Votruba)
Discussant: Astrid Kunze
Why are so Few Women on Top Ranks?
Astrid Kunze
Discussant: Ola Nyhus
Gender Differences in Competitiveness: Evidence from an Enrollment Reform
Ole Nyhus (with Arnt Ove Hopland)
Discussant: Taryn Ann Galloway
Parallel sessions II, 13.45-15.45
Ø-213
Invited Session III:
Tuesday 8 January, 09.15-11.15
BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Bertil Tungodden
G-101
Agreement Framing and Cartel Cooperation
Kjell Arne Brekke
The Choice Illusion: The Freedom to Choose can Undermine the Willingness to Redistribute
Alexander W. Cappelen (with Sebastian Fest, Erik Ø. Sørensen, Bertil Tungodden)
Capital in Two Cultures - The Nature of Cooperation in Romania and USA
Tore Ellingsen (with Benedikt Hermann, Martin A. Novak, David G. Rand, Corina E. Tarnita)
Contributed Sessions III:
EDUCATION
Chair: Torberg Falch
G-201
School Consolidation and Student Outcomes
Helge Sandvig Thorsen
Discussant: Rune Borgan Reiling
The Disadvantage of Being One of Many: Educational Attainment and Cohort Size
Rune Borgan Reiling
Discussant: Arnstein Øvrum
Evaluating Free School Fruit: Results from a Natural Experiment in Norway with Representative Data
Arnstein Øvrum (with Elling Bere)
Discussant: Torberg Falch
Homework Assignment and Student Achievement in OECD Countries
Torberg Falch (with Marte Rønning)
Discussant: Helge Sandvig Thorsen
FISCAL POLICY AND PENSIONS
Chair: Christian Brinch
Successful Fiscal Adjustments - Does Choice of Fiscal Instrument Matter for Successful Debt
Reduction?
Nina Larsson Midthjell (with Steinar Holden)
Discussant: Joachim Thøgersen
Endogenous Retirement and Endogenous Growth in an OLG model with PAYGO Pensions
Joachim Thøgersen
Discussant: Christian Brinch
Parallel sessions III, 09.15-11.15
G-202
Tuesday 8 January, 09.15-11.15
Adverse Selection in a Mandatory Public Pension Scheme
Christian Brinch (with Ola Vestad)
Discussant: Nina Larsson Midthjell
METHOD
Chair: Yuko Onozaka
Ø-211
A Maximum Entropy Approach to the Newsvendor Problem with Partial Information
Jonas Andersson (with Kurt Jörnsten, Sigrid-Lise Nonås, Leif Sandal og Jan Ubøe)
Discussant: Genaro Sucarrat
EGARCH Models with Fat Tails, Skewness and Leverage
Genaro Sucarrat (with Andrew Harvey)
Discussant: Yuko Onozaka
Structural Equation Modeling of Seafood Consumption Choices: Lifestyle, Country of Origin, and
Product Perceptions
Yuko Onozaka (with Håvard Hansen, Ragnar Tveterås)
Discussant: Jonas Andersson
FINANCE
Chair: Diderik Lund
Ø-212
Why do Listed Firms Pay for Market Making in Their Own Stock?
Bernt Arne Ødegaard (with Johannes Skjeltorp)
Discussant: Roy Endré Dahl
Correlation Matters - A Study of VaR's None-Coherency and the Impact of Correlation and Volatility
Roy Endré Dahl (with Frank Asche, Atle Oglend)
Discussant: Gjermund Grimsby
Aging Owners and CEOs Impact on Firm Performance
Gjermund Grimsby
Discussant: Diderik Lund
A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Invariance Assumptions in Comparative Statics for Real
Options on Oil
Diderik Lund (with Ragnar Nymoen)
Discussant: Bernt Arne Ødegaard
RESOURCE ECONOMICS
Chair: Lars Lindholt
A Rational Expectations Commodity Price Model for Salmon Aquaculture
Atle Øglend (with Frank Asche)
Discussant: Lin Ma
Parallel sessions III, 09.15-11.15
Ø-213
Tuesday 8 January, 09.15-11.15
Modelling the Oil Market: A Dynamic System of Equations Approach
Lin Ma (with Rolf Golombek, Alfonso A. Irarrazabal)
Discussant: Lars Lindholt
The Tug-of-War between Resource Depletion and Technological Change in the Global Oil and Gas
Industry 1981 - 2009
Lars Lindholt
Discussant: Atle Øglend
Parallel sessions III, 09.15-11.15
Invited Session IV:
Tuesday 8 January, 13.15-15.15
SOCIAL INSURANCE AND LABOR SUPPLY
Chair: Kjell Vaage
G-101
Getting Disabled Workers Back to Work – How Important are Economic Incentives?
Knut Røed (with Elisabeth Fevang and Inès Hardoy)
Cash-on-Hand and the duration of job search. Quasi-experimental evidence from Norway
Kjetil Telle (with Christoph Basten and Andreas Fagereng)
Complementary Leisure? Spousal Spill-Over Effect of an Early Retirement Reform
Kjell Vaage (with Julian Vedeler Johnsen)
Contributed Sessions IV:
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION
Chair: Lars Sørgard
G-201
Redistributive Effects of Transition to Streaming of Music
Sigbjørn Hjelmbrekke
Discussant: Trond E. Olsen
When Tougher Punishment Leads to a More Severe Crime: An Application to Antitrust Enforcement
Trond E. Olsen (with Sissel Jensen, Ola Kvaløy, Lars Sørgard)
Discussant: Jan Yngvar Sand
Pricing of Inputs with Heterogeneous Downstream Markets and Asymmetric Information
Jan Yngvar Sand
Discussant: Lars Sørgard
Market Segmentation in Two-Sided Markets: TV Rights for Premier League
Lars Sørgard (with Hans Jarle Kind)
Discussant: Sigbjørn Hjelmbrekke
MACRO
Chair: Per Halvor Vale
A New Keynesian Framework and Wage and Price Dynamics in the US
Bjørnar Karlsen Kivedal
Discussant: Joakim Prestmo
Real Capital Investments – Lumpy and Unpredictable?
Joakim Prestmo
Discussant: Erling Steigum
Parallel sessions IV, 13.15-15.15
G-202
Tuesday 8 January, 13.15-15.15
Sovereign Wealth Funds for Macroeconomic Purposes
Erling Steigum
Discussant: Per Halvor Vale
Monetary Policy after the Financial Crisis
Per Halvor Vale
Discussant: Bjørnar Karlsen Kivedal
DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC HISTORY
Chair: Arild Sæther
Ø-211
Commodity Price Volatility: Estimating the Relationship between the International Price Volatility and
the Volatility in Domestic Rice Markets in Pakistan
Burhan Ahamd
Discussant: Magnus Hatlebakk
Poverty Dynamics in Rural Orissa: Transitions in Assets and Occupations over Generations.
Magnus Hatlebakk
Discussant: Anders Grøn Kjelsrud
A Behavioral Approach to the Estimation of Poverty in India
Anders Grøn Kjelsrud (with Ingvild Almås, Rohini Somanathan)
Discussant: Arild Sæther
Samuel Pufendorf and John Locke – Two Important Political Economists?
Arild Sæther
Discussant: Burhan Ahamd
HOUSING, COMMUTING
Chair: Gunnar Eskeland
Estimating Equilibrium House Prices
Svein Olav Krakstad (with Are Oust)
Discussant: Elin Halvorsen
Take It Or Leave It? New Micro Evidence on Borrowing Based out of Home Equity
Elin Halvorsen (with Erling Røed Larsen, Dag Einar Sommervoll)
Discussant: Liv Osland
The Suitability of Hedonic Models for Cost-Benefit Analysis: Evidence from Commuting Flows
Liv Osland (with David P. McArthur, Inge Thorsen og Arnstein Gjestland.)
Discussant: Gunnar Eskeland
A von Thunen Model of the Commute
Gunnar Eskeland
Discussant: Svein Olav Krakstad
Parallel sessions IV, 13.15-15.15
Ø-212
Tuesday 8 January, 13.15-15.15
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
Chair: Geir H Bjertnæs
Environmental Policies in the Presence of Network Effects
Kristoffer Midttømme (with Mads Greaker)
Discussant: Kristine Grimsrud
The Effect of Time Used in Internet CE Studies on Estimated WTP
Kristine Grimsrud (with Ståle Navrud, Hanne Marie Nielsen)
Discussant: Eirik Romstad
Avoiding “Paying Something for Nothing”: Uncertain Performance of Conservation Programs
Eirik Romstad
Discussant: Geir H Bjertnæs
Bio-fuel Mandate versus Favourable Taxation of Electric Cars: The Case of Norway
Geir H Bjertnæs
Discussant: Kristoffer Midttømme
Parallel sessions IV, 13.15-15.15
Ø-213