• Omsetningen i det norske statspapirmarkedet 

      Opheim, Vetle Øye (Statsgjeld Memo;1/2022, Working paper, 2022)
    • On Commodity Derivatives and the Norwegian Initiatives to Create a Fish Derivatives Market 

      Grønvik, Gunnvald (Journal article, 2008)
      Hedging against future price movements can be important both for those producing goods and for those buying them. Commodity derivatives may be employed as a hedge against price risk, and this is one of the reasons behind ...
    • On Institutions - Fundamentals of Confidence and Trust 

      Falkanger, Aage Thor; Qvigstad, Jan F.; Remlov, Tom (Occasional Papers;47, Book, 2014)
    • On Keeping Promises 

      Qvigstad, Jan F.; Sejersted, Francis; Slagstad, Rune; Stavang, Endre; Syse, Henrik (Occasional Papers;39, Book, 2009)
    • On Learning from History – Truths and Eternal Truths 

      Byfuglien, Helga Haugland; Lie, Anne Kveim; Qvigstad, Jan F.; Skartveit, Hanne (Occasional Papers;46, Book, 2013)
    • On Making Good Decisions 

      Eilertsen, Trine; Hylland, Aanund; Killengreen, Ingelin; Qvigstad, Jan F. (Occasional Papers;43, Book, 2011)
    • On Managing Wealth 

      Lie, Einar; Qvigstad, Jan F.; Smith, Eivind (Occasional Papers;45, Book, 2012)
    • On the Concavity of the Consumption Function with Liquidity Constraints 

      Holm, Martin Blomhoff (Working Papers;14/2016, Working paper, 2016)
      Carroll and Kimball (1996) prove that the consumption function is concave if infinitely-lived risk-averse households have a utility function which exhibits Hyperbolic Absolute Risk Aversion (HARA), face income uncertainty, ...
    • On the Design of Monetary Policy Committees 

      Blinder, Alan S. (Working Papers;6/2008, Working paper, 2008)
      Keynote lecture prepared for the Norges Bank research workshop “Monetary Policy Committees,” Oslo, September 6-7, 2007.
    • On the Importance of Foreign Factors for the Norwegian Economy 

      Aastveit, Knut Are; Furlanetto, Francesco; Ravazzolo, Francesco (Economic Commentaries;3/2013, Others, 2013)
      The objective of this note is to describe two recent studies that both quantify the importance of foreign factors for the Norwegian economy by using time series econometric models. Furlanetto, Ravazzolo and Sarferaz (2013) ...
    • On the Interplay Between Monetary Policy and Macroprudential Policy: A Simple Analytical Framework 

      Røisland, Øistein (Working Papers;18/2018, Working paper, 2017)
      The paper provides a simple analytical framework for analyzing the interplay between monetary policy and macroprudential policy. Three questions are analyzed: (i) Under which assumptions is coordination necessary to implement ...
    • On the Purpose of Models - the Norges Bank Experience 

      Gerdrup, Karsten R.; Nicolaisen, Jon (Staff Memo;6/2011, Working paper, 2011)
      Macroeconomic models are important ingredients in the monetary policy process, and, in the Norwegian case, projecting a forward interest rate path. In this paper we argue that when deciding on a model strategy, it is crucial ...
    • On the Risk of a Fall in Household Consumption in Norway 

      Vatne, Bjørn Helge (Staff Memo;16/2014, Working paper, 2014)
      This paper utilises household level data from administrative registers to illustrate that Norwegian households' high debt-to-income and loan-to-value ratios could prompt an increase in household saving in the event of a ...
    • On Transparency 

      Aardal, Bernt; Backer, Inge Lorange; Føllesdal, Andreas; Hylland, Aanund; Qvigstad, Jan F. (Occasional Papers;41, Book, 2010)
    • Opacity and risk-taking: Evidence from Norway 

      Cao, Jin; Juelsrud, Ragnar E. (Working Paper;12/2020, Working paper, 2020)
      This paper investigates how balance sheet opacity affects banks' risk-taking behavior. We measure bank balance sheet opacity according to two metrics: the ratio of available-for-sale (AFS) securities and the ratio of ...
    • OPEC's Market Power: An Empirical Dominant Firm Model for the Oil Market 

      Golombek, Rolf; Irarrazabal, Alfonso; Ma, Lin (Working Papers;3/2014, Working paper, 2014)
      In this paper we estimate a dominant firm-competitive fringe model for the crude oil market using quarterly data on oil prices for the 1986-2009 period. All the estimated structural parameters have the expected sign and ...
    • Open-Economy Inflation Forecast Targeting 

      Leitemo, Kai (Working Papers;2/2000, Working paper, 2000)
      The paper shows that the procedure of inflation forecast targeting arguably implemented by Sveriges Riksbank and the Bank of England may lead to high nominal and real variability; the latter being manifested most notably ...
    • Operational Problems in Banks – Effects on the Settlement of Payments in Norges Bank 

      Berge, Tor Oddvar; Christophersen, Casper (Journal article, 2012)
      The settlement process in the Norges Bank settlement system (NBO) will be affected if an operational problem occurs in one of its participating banks. The inability of one bank to send payments may have significant effects ...
    • Operational problems in banks – Effects on the settlement of payments in Norges Bank 

      Berge, Tor Oddvar; Christophersen, Casper (Journal article, 2012)
      We analyse the robustness of the settlement process in the Norges Bank settlement system (NBO) to operational problems in one of its participating banks. The analysis is based on a large number of simulations using actual ...
    • Oppgangen i oljeprisen – fundamentale og finansielle faktorer 

      Akram, Q. Farooq; Winje, Pål (Aktuell Kommentar;1/2008, Others, 2008)
      Oljeprisen har steget mye de senere årene. Prisen er nå rekordhøy også i reelle termer, [...]. Fundamentale forhold, som etterspørsel og tilbud av olje, er viktige forklaringsfaktorer bak prisoppgangen. Finansielle forhold, ...