Publications

by members of

Chr. Michelsen Institute
Bergen, Norway

Working papers

2009

1. Magnus Hatlebakk, 2009. "Regional variation in livelihood strategies in Malawi," CMI Working Papers 6, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]

2007

1. Magnus Hatlebakk, 2007. "LSMS Data Quality in Maoist Influenced Areas of Nepal," CMI Working Papers 6, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
2. Ivar Kolstad, 2007. "Human Rights and Assigned Duties: Implications for Corporations," CMI Working Papers 7, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
3. Ivar Kolstad, 2007. "The Resource Curse: Which Institutions Matter?," CMI Working Papers wp200x-x, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway.

2006

1. Magnus Hatlebakk, 2006. "The effects of agrarian contracts of a governmental intervention into bonded labor in the western terai of Nepal," CMI Working Papers WP 2006: 6, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
2. Espen Villanger, 2006. "Is Bonded Labor Voluntary? Evidence from the Liberation of the Kamaiyas in the Far-Western Region of Nepal," CMI Working Papers WP 2006:16, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
3. Espen Villanger, 2006. "Is bonded labor voluntary? A framework against forced work," CMI Working Papers WP 2006: 7, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
4. Mavrotas, George & Villanger, Espen, 2006. "Multilateral Aid Agencies and Strategic Donor Behaviour," Working Papers DP2006/02, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER). [Downloadable!]
5. Trygve Ottersen & Deogratius Mbilinyi & Ottar Mæstad & Ole Frithjof Norheim, 2006. "Distribution matters: Expressed Value Judgements among Health Planners in Tanzania," CMI Working Papers 18, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
6. Ottar Mæstad & Ole Frithjof Norheim, 2006. "Eliciting People's Preferences for the Distribution of Health: A Procedure for a more Precise Estimation of Distributional Weights," CMI Working Papers WP 2006: 17, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
7. Odd-Helge Fjeldstad & Ivar Kolstad & Knut Nygaard, 2006. "Bribes, taxes and regulations: Business constraints for micro enterprises in Tanzania," CMI Working Papers WP 2006: 2, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]

2005

1. Astri Suhrke & Espen Villanger & Susan L. Woodward, 2005. "Economic Aid to Post-conflict Countries: A Methodological Critique of Collier and Hoeffler," CMI Working Papers WP 2005:4, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
2. Arne Wiig, 2005. "Corporate Social Responsibility in the Angolan Oil Industry," CMI Working Papers WP 2005: 8, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]

2004

1. Espen Villanger, 2004. "Powerful donors and foreign policy: The role of multilateral financial institutions," CMI Working Papers WP 2004: 12, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
2. Ivar Kolstad & Espen Villanger, 2004. "Promoting investment in small Caribbean states," CMI Working Papers WP 2004: 9, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
3. Espen Villanger & Anette Walstad Enes, 2004. "The role of participation and empowerment in income and poverty dynamics in Indonesia 1993-2000," CMI Working Papers WP 2004: 13, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
4. Ivar Kolstad & Espen Villanger, 2004. "Determinants of foreign direct investment in services," CMI Working Papers WP 2004: 2, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
5. Arne Wiig, 2004. "Risk and disintermediation in tourism," CMI Working Papers WP 2004: 6, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
6. Ivar Kolstad, 2004. "What constitutes a convention? Implications for the coexistence of conventions," CMI Working Papers WP 2004: 3, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]

2003

1. Espen Villanger, 2003. "Company influence on foreign aid disbursement: Is conditionality credible when donors have mixed motives?," CMI Working Papers WP 2003:4, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
2. Espen Villanger, 2003. "Company interests and foreign aid policy: Playing donors out against each other," CMI Working Papers WP 2003:5, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
3. Espen Villanger, 2003. "The effects of disasters on income mobility: Bootstrap inference and measurement error simulations," CMI Working Papers WP 2003:6, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
4. Hagem, Cathrine & Mæstad, Ottar, 2003. "Market power in the market for greenhouse gas emissions permits - the interplay with the fossil fuel markets," Memorandum 34/2002, Oslo University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
5. Arne Wiig & Ivar Kolstad, 2003. "Lowering barriers to agricultural exports through technical assistance," CMI Working Papers WP 2003:8, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]
6. Ivar Kolstad, 2003. "The evolution of social norms," CMI Working Papers WP 2003:1, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Hatlebakk, Magnus, 2002. "Triadic Power Relations with Production, External Markets and Multiple Agents," Working Papers 02-18, Cornell University, Center for Analytic Economics. [Downloadable!]

2000

1. Hatlebakk, M., 2000. "Will More Credit Increase Interest Rates in Rural Nepal?," Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen 2100, Department of Economics, University of Bergen.
2. Hatlebakk, M., 2000. "Why the Poor can Gain from Increased Interest Rates in Grameen Bank," Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen 2300, Department of Economics, University of Bergen.
3. Hatlebakk, M., 2000. "A New and Robust Subgame Perfect Equilibrium in a Model of Triadic Power Relations," Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen 2400, Department of Economics, University of Bergen.
4. Hatlebakk, M., 2000. "Tacit Collusion in a Segmented and Capacity Constrained Informal Rural Credit Market," Norway; Department of Economics, University of Bergen 2200, Department of Economics, University of Bergen.

1999

1. Forslid, R. & Haaland, J.I. & Knarvik, K.H.M. & Maestad, O., 1999. "Integration and Transition: Scenarios for Location of Production and Trade in Europe," Papers 13/99, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-.

1997

1. Arne Wiig, 1997. "Microcredit programmes: Methodes for solving dilemmas of credit expansion," CMI Working Papers WP 1997:12, CMI (Chr. Michelsen Institute), Bergen, Norway.

1995

1. Maestad, O., 1995. "On the Legitimacy of Green Trade Policy," Papers 17/95, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-.
2. Maestad, O., 1995. "Timber Trade Restriction: Effects on Tropical Deforestation," Papers 20/95, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration-.

Journal articles

2009

1. Magnus Hatlebakk, 2009. "Capacity-constrained Collusive Price Discrimination in the Informal Rural Credit Markets of Nepal," Review of Development Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 13(1), pages 70-86, 02. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Mæstad, Ottar & Norheim, Ole Frithjof, 2009. "Eliciting people's preferences for the distribution of health: A procedure for a more precise estimation of distributional weights," Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(3), pages 570-577, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Kolstad, Ivar & Wiig, Arne & Williams, Aled, 2009. "Mission improbable: Does petroleum-related aid address the resource curse?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(3), pages 954-965, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Kolstad, Ivar & Wiig, Arne, 2009. "Is Transparency the Key to Reducing Corruption in Resource-Rich Countries?," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(3), pages 521-532, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Ivar Kolstad, 2009. "The resource curse: which institutions matter?," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 16(4), pages 439-442. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2008

1. Ivar Kolstad & Espen Villanger, 2008. "Foreign Direct Investment in the Caribbean," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 26(1), pages 79-89, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Kolstad, Ivar & Villanger, Espen, 2008. "Determinants of foreign direct investment in services," European Journal of Political Economy, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 518-533, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Ottersen, Trygve & Mbilinyi, Deogratius & Maestad, Ottar & Norheim, Ole Frithjof, 2008. "Distribution matters: Equity considerations among health planners in Tanzania," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 85(2), pages 218-227, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2007

1. Maestad, Ottar, 2007. "Allocation of emission permits with leakage through capital markets," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 29(1), pages 40-57, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Kolstad, Ivar, 2007. "The evolution of social norms: With managerial implications," The Journal of Socio-Economics, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 58-72, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Ivar Kolstad, 2007. "Why Firms Should Not Always Maximize Profits," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 76(2), pages 137-145, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2006

1. Villanger, Espen, 2006. "Company interests and foreign aid policy: Playing donors off against one another," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 50(3), pages 533-545, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Hagem, Cathrine & Maestad, Ottar, 2006. "Russian exports of emission permits under the Kyoto Protocol: The interplay with non-competitive fuel markets," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 54-73, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Ottar MÆstad, 2006. "Environmental Policy and Public Revenue with International Capital Mobility," International Tax and Public Finance, Springer, vol. 13(1), pages 43-58, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
4. Cathrine Hagem & Steffen Kallbekken & Ottar Mæstad & Hege Westskog, 2006. "Market Power with Interdependent Demand: Sale of Emission Permits and Natural Gas from Russia," Environmental & Resource Economics, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 34(2), pages 211-227, 06. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
5. Ivar Kolstad, 2006. "What constitutes a convention? Implications for the coexistence of conventions," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 16(3), pages 321-336, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2005

1. Hagem, Cathrine & Kallbekken, Steffen & Maestad, Ottar & Westskog, Hege, 2005. "Enforcing the Kyoto Protocol: sanctions and strategic behavior," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 33(16), pages 2112-2122, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Wiig, Arne & Kolstad, Ivar, 2005. "Lowering barriers to agricultural exports through technical assistance," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 30(2), pages 185-204, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Ivar Kolstad, 2005. "Evolution With Endogenous Mutations," International Game Theory Review (IGTR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 7(02), pages 229-240. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2004

1. Espen Villanger, 2004. "Company Influence on Foreign Aid Disbursement: Is Conditionality Credible when Donors Have Mixed Motives?," Southern Economic Journal, Southern Economic Association, vol. 71(2), pages 334-351, October.
2. Lars Mathiesen & Ottar Maestad, 2004. "Climate Policy and the Steel Industry: Achieving Global Emission Reductions by an Incomplete Climate Agreement," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 25(4), pages 91-114.

2003

1. Rune Jansen Hagen & Ottar Mæstad & Arne Wiig, 2003. "Assessing the Economic Gains of Free Market Access for the Least Developed Countries in the QUAD," Nordic Journal of Political Economy, Nordic Journal of Political Economy, vol. 29, pages 3-24. [Downloadable!]

2002

1. Hatlebakk, Magnus, 2002. "A new and robust subgame perfect equilibrium in a model of triadic power relations," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 68(1), pages 225-232, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Rikard Forslid & Jan I. Haaland & Karen Helene M. Knarvik & Ottar Maestad, 2002. "Integration and transition: Scenarios for the location of production and trade in Europe," The Economics of Transition, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, vol. 10(1), pages 93-117, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
3. Holtsmark, Bjart & Maestad, Ottar, 2002. "Emission trading under the Kyoto Protocol--effects on fossil fuel markets under alternative regimes," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 30(3), pages 207-218, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

2001

1. Maestad, Ottar, 2001. "Timber trade restrictions and tropical deforestation: a forest mining approach," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 23(2), pages 111-132, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
2. Ottar Mæstad, 2001. "Efficient Climate Policy with Internationally Mobile Firms," Environmental & Resource Economics, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 19(3), pages 267-284, July. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

1998

1. Ottar MÆstad, 1998. "On the Efficiency of Green Trade Policy," Environmental & Resource Economics, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 11(1), pages 1-18, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

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