Blar i Avdeling for økonomi, språk og samfunnsfag (gjelder til og med 2020) på tittel
Viser treff 8-27 av 121
-
Balassa-Samuelson: still haven't found what we're looking for?
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold), Working paper, 2009-10-07)Despite its strong theoretical position when it comes to explaining inflation in transition economies, the empirical merits of the Balassa-Samuelson (B-S) effect are weak. This paper points to three theory-based contributing ... -
Boligpriser, formueseffekter og endringer i boliglånsmarkedet
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2011:4, Working paper, 2011-08-29)Denne artikkelen knytter formueseffektene som følger fra økte boligpriser opp mot viktige endringer i det norske boliglånsmarkedet de siste 10 årene. To aspekter belyses: For det første hvordan boligmarkedsklatring gjør ... -
Born at the wrong time?: The effects of the 2004 Minority Education Reform on pupil performance in Latvia
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2011:12, Working paper, 2012-10-01)One quarter of all schoolchildren in Latvia go to the publicly funded minority (predominantly Russian) schools. In 2004, the language of instruction in minority schools was changed from essentially minority language to a ... -
“…but, it’s really grown on me, Storyline, as practical as it has been’: A critical inquiry of student teachers’ experiences of The Scottish Storyline Approach in teacher education
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Through qualitative interviews and self-administrated online surveys, this study critically examines how 104 first-year student teachers experience The Scottish Storyline Approach, a cross-curricular approach to teaching ... -
"Cadáver son las que ostentó murallas”. La ruina en el discurso barroco español.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020) -
Can small banks lead the way out of the crisis in the OECD area?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The economic shock of 2008, and the Great Recession that followed, created uncertainty of the direction of the global economy. With slow economic growth in the OECD area, political unrest and lack of a clear direction from ... -
Chaos theory and butterfly effects in times of corruption and a bank crash in 1886: the case of Arendal (Norway) illustrated through a regional-globalized model
(Chapter, 2018-03-28)The chapter focuses at corruption practices in the bank crash in the town of Arendal in Southern Norway in 1886 using insights from chaos theory and butterfly effects as theoretical frameworks. Using secondary sources from ... -
Character Alignment in Morphologically Complex Translation Sets for Related Languages
(Chapter, 2020)For languages with complex morphology, word-to-word translation is a task with various potential applications, for example, in information retrieval, language instruction, and dictionary creation, as well as in machine ... -
A comment on mortgage procyclicality
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2010:3, Working paper, 2010-09-06)This paper comments on mortgage procyclicality. A framework for credit constraints along the lines of Kiyotaki and Moore (1997) illustrates the potential regime shift in the credit risk assessments of mortgagees. Depending ... -
A comment on the optimal structure of export processing free zones
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold), Working paper, 2007-09-10)This article comments on the industrial structure of developing countries’ export processing free zones (EPZ). As developing countries are exposed to irrecoverable entry costs in international markets, the relationship ... -
Commercial Real Estate at the ZLB: Investment Demand and CAPM-WACC Invariance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This paper analyzes the implications of a low interest rate environment (the zero lower bound – ZLB) for the demand for commercial real estate. Investment demand is conventionally assessed by return and risk adjusted return, ... -
Concepts of Work in Marx, Durkheim, and Weber
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-06)The extremely dramatic social transformation – called ‘the great transformation’ by Polanyi (1985) – that the full emergence of capitalism and industrialism meant in Europe led to the birth of modern social theory. The ... -
Contacto con el español en el tiempo libre en diferentes contextos: estudiantes de bachillerato noruegos en España y Noruega
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)I presentasjonen legger jeg fram hovedfunnene fra tre kvalitative intervjuundersøkelser blant spanskelever i vg2 og vg3 i Norge og ved norske skoler i Spania. To av undersøkelsene ble gjennomført i 2016, mens den tredje ... -
Continuity and change in stakeholder regimes: reflections on methods and methodology
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2010:5, Working paper, 2010-12-15)For many years, universities have been regarded as operating isolated from their socioeconomic and political environment. However, there is now a demand for universities to verify their relevance to society. This paper ... -
Conversations with civil servants: East European public administration reform in search of socio-economic development
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2011:8, Working paper, 2011-12-06) -
Das skandinavische Modell heute: ein Beispiel moderner keynesianischer Wirtschaftpolitik?
(Arbeidsrapport (Høgskolen i Østfold);2010:2, Working paper, 2010-04-19)Die Anfänge einer als „skandinavisches Modell“ bezeichneten Wirtschaftspolitik liegen in den dreißiger Jahren des letzten Jahrhunderts. Bereits damals wurden insbesondere in Schweden und Norwegen unter der politisch-ideologischen ... -
Dead on Arrival? Patricia Cornwell's Andy Garcia Series
(Chapter, 2003)Patricia Cornwell's new police procedural series featuring volunteer cop/rookie reporter Andy Garcia, Chief of Police Judy Hammer and Deputy Chief Virginia West has been described as DOA (Dead on Arrival) by disgruntled ... -
Do Mutual Funds Remain Persitent? Evidence from Pakistan
(Journal article, 2017)This study investigates the performance persistence of 78 mutual funds of Pakistan for the period 2009-2015. The sample period is divided into two sub-periods, based on movement of KSE 100 index closing value. A skilled ... -
‘Does anyone else have this?’ The role of emotion in forum discussions about medical conditions affecting sex characteristics
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-02-07)When people experience rare medical conditions or variations, searching online may be the only way to find others with similar experiences. This study examines what happens when people do just that. The dataset for the ... -
Does emigration reduce corruption?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)We study the effects of emigration on bribery experience and attitudes towards corruption in the migrants’ countries of origin. Using data from the Gallup Balkan Monitor survey and instrumental variable analysis, we find ...