Browsing Vitenskapelige publikasjoner (TN-ISØP) by Subject "VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Økonomi: 210"
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Axiomatizing Additive Multi-Effort Contests
(Journal article, 2021-10)A rent seeking model is axiomatized where players exert multiple additive efforts which are substitutable in the contest success function. The axioms assume the sufficiency of exerting one effort, and that adding an amount ... -
A Bitcoin Price Prediction Model Assuming Oscillatory Growth and Lengthening Cycles
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06)This article’s motivation is to understand the volatile Bitcoin price increase. The objective is to develop price estimation methods. The methodology is to present five differential equation models estimated against the ... -
Comparing Growth Models with Other Investment Methods
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-02)This article introduces five growth models as an investment method. These are conventional logistic growth, Gompertz growth, generalized charged capacitor growth, combined logistic and charged capacitor growth, and combined ... -
Comparing Sustainable Product Hashtags: Insights from a Historical Twitter Dataset
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This data article describes the process of data collection and analysis of Twitter conversations about sustainable products. The dataset contains the IDs of tweets tagged with the hashtags #sustainableproducts, #ecoproducts, ... -
Conventionalists, Pioneers and Criminals Choosing Between a National Currency and a Global Currency
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12)The article analyzes how conventionalists, pioneers and criminals choose between a national currency (e.g. a central bank digital currency) and a global currency (e.g. a cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin) that both have ... -
The decline of mussel aquaculture in the European Union: causes, economic impacts and opportunities
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-01)In contrast to the increasing aquaculture production of mussels worldwide, production in the European Union (EU) has shown a decreasing trend over the last two decades. Aquaculture production of mussels in the EU peaked ... -
Do National Development Factors Affect Cryptocurrency Adoption?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The adoption of cryptocurrencies is uneven across businesses, industries, and countries. Different forces drive cryptocurrency adoption (CA) dependent on the national level of development. We empirically assess the ... -
Estimation of staff use efficiency: Evidence from the hospitality industry
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)We analyze the extent to which hospitality firms overuse staff using a production function model which considers firm heterogeneity and accounts for environmental variables in staff use. We decompose overall staff use ... -
The Evolution of Fixed-Supply and Variable-Supply Currencies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-04)Competition is analyzed between a fixed-supply currency (e.g. Bitcoin) and a variable-supply currency (e.g. a fiat currency). Two kinds of players support the currencies differently and choose their volume fractions of ... -
Factors influencing production loss in salmonid farming
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02)Using a unique dataset, this paper investigates factors influencing production loss in Norwegian salmonid farming. The factors can be grouped into fish-specific factors (e.g. species, genetics, and generation), input factors ... -
A Game Between Central Banks and Households Involving Central Bank Digital Currencies, Other Digital Currencies and Negative Interest Rates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-09-08)Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) enable negative interest rates. A game is analyzed between a central bank (accounting for the government’s interest) and a representative household choosing to consume, hold CBDC, ... -
Hard Money and Fiat Money in an Inflationary World
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-10)The purpose is to determine whether a borrower prefers to borrow hard and fiat money from a bank to buy other assets from a seller, whether the seller wants to sell, how the nontraders are impacted, and whether the bank ... -
Intermediaries in Norwegian salmon exports
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Production of a number of important aquaculture species is highly export oriented, and intermediaries play an important role in the supply chains facilitating the trade. This paper examines the role of intermediaries (e.g. ... -
Markedsforskning knyttet til sjømat - Kartlegging i Norge, Vest-Europa og Nord-Amerika
(Nofima rapportserie;, Research report, 2010)Denne rapporten er en kartlegging av markedsforskning knyttet til sjømat i Norge, Vest-Europa og Nord-Amerika. Hensikten er å få oversikt over hvilke organisasjoner som gjør hva knyttet til dette temaet. Kartleggingen viser ... -
Measuring potential rents in the North Sea herring fishery
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This paper assesses the potential for rent generation in the North Sea herring fishery. The assessment distinguishes between rents and intra-marginal profits—the sum of which constitutes variable profits in the fishery. A ... -
Modeling superior predictors for crude oil prices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06)A common perception in the literature is that oil price dynamics are most adequately explained by fundamental supply-and-demand factors. We use a general-to-specific approach and find that financial indicators are even ... -
Modeling which Factors Impact Interest Rates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The Taylor (1993) rule for determining interest rates isgeneralized to account for three additional variables: The moneysupply, money velocity, and the unemployment rate. Thus, five pa-rameters, i.e. weights assigned to ... -
On how access to an insurance market affects investments in safety measures, based on the expected utility theory
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-03)This paper focuses on how access to an insurance market should influence investments in safety measures in accordance with the ruling paradigm for decision-making under uncertainty—the expected utility theory. We show that ... -
Seafood prices reveal impacts of a major ecological disturbance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-01)Coastal hypoxia (dissolved oxygen ≤ 2 mg/L) is a growing problem worldwide that threatens marine ecosystem services, but little is known about economic effects on fisheries. Here, we provide evidence that hypoxia causes ... -
Stochastic modeling and financial viability of mollusk aquaculture
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Compared to finfish and crustaceans, limited attention has been given to the economic modeling and production risk analysis of mollusk aquaculture. Given mollusk aquaculture's sensitivity to environmental factors, understanding ...