Rune Skarstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 210287 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rune Skarstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rune |
| FAMILY NAME | Skarstein |
| SIGNATURE | SKARSTEIN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Explaining Productivity Change in Underdeveloped Agriculture. Can the Theory of Induced Innovation Do It
The microeconomic version of the theory of induced innovation extends the logic of factor substitution and static efficiency to the process of technical change and attempts to show that the ‘bias’ of technical progress in agriculture will work in the same direction as factor substitution at given technology, with factor proportions changing in inverse relation to relative factor prices. This article argues that even within the model itself, the s…
Free Trade
Critics of the free trade doctrine tend to argue that the theory of comparative advantage is not wrong in itself, but that its assumptions are not generally fulfilled in the real world, and hence that free trade is desirable under ‘ideal conditions.’ By contrast, this paper argues that the theory of comparative advantage does not hold even under ‘ideal conditions.’ The theory, a variation on the story of static efficiency, pays no attention to dy…
Economic Liberalization and Smallholder Productivity in Tanzania. From Promised Success to Real Failure, 1985-1998
The Decline of Social-Democratic State Capitalism in Norway
Norway has, together with Sweden, often been idealized as the most successful case of postwar social democracy. Indeed, in economic terms the achievements are even more striking than those of its larger neighbour. Beginning the century on the agrarian fringe of European capitalism, Norway has been transformed into
Tanzania
This is one of the first comprehensive books on the crisis of the Tanzanian economy and society during the 1980s, including the manifestations of the problems and the responses to them at different levels. It frankly examines the long-term causes of the crisis and endeavours to map ways ahead
Industrial development in Tanzania some critical issues
This study deals with some aspects of industrial development in Tanzania in the two last decades which the authors consider to be especially important. They adress mainly three groups of issues. First, choice and transfer of technology, technology policy, and the problems and implications of economies of scale. Second, the effects of foreign aid on industrial development in Tanzania. And third, the role of agriculture in industrial development. T…
Economic Liberalization and Smallholder Productivity in Tanzania. From Promised Success to Real Failure, 1985-1998
Free Trade
Critics of the free trade doctrine tend to argue that the theory of comparative advantage is not wrong in itself, but that its assumptions are not generally fulfilled in the real world, and hence that free trade is desirable under ‘ideal conditions.’ By contrast, this paper argues that the theory of comparative advantage does not hold even under ‘ideal conditions.’ The theory, a variation on the story of static efficiency, pays no attention to dy…
Industrial development in Tanzania some critical issues
This study deals with some aspects of industrial development in Tanzania in the two last decades which the authors consider to be especially important. They adress mainly three groups of issues. First, choice and transfer of technology, technology policy, and the problems and implications of economies of scale. Second, the effects of foreign aid on industrial development in Tanzania. And third, the role of agriculture in industrial development. T…
Tanzania
This is one of the first comprehensive books on the crisis of the Tanzanian economy and society during the 1980s, including the manifestations of the problems and the responses to them at different levels. It frankly examines the long-term causes of the crisis and endeavours to map ways ahead
The Decline of Social-Democratic State Capitalism in Norway
Norway has, together with Sweden, often been idealized as the most successful case of postwar social democracy. Indeed, in economic terms the achievements are even more striking than those of its larger neighbour. Beginning the century on the agrarian fringe of European capitalism, Norway has been transformed into
Economic Liberalization and Smallholder Productivity in Tanzania. From Promised Success to Real Failure, 1985-1998
Free Trade
Critics of the free trade doctrine tend to argue that the theory of comparative advantage is not wrong in itself, but that its assumptions are not generally fulfilled in the real world, and hence that free trade is desirable under ‘ideal conditions.’ By contrast, this paper argues that the theory of comparative advantage does not hold even under ‘ideal conditions.’ The theory, a variation on the story of static efficiency, pays no attention to dy…
Explaining Productivity Change in Underdeveloped Agriculture. Can the Theory of Induced Innovation Do It
The microeconomic version of the theory of induced innovation extends the logic of factor substitution and static efficiency to the process of technical change and attempts to show that the ‘bias’ of technical progress in agriculture will work in the same direction as factor substitution at given technology, with factor proportions changing in inverse relation to relative factor prices. This article argues that even within the model itself, the s…
Economics (5 works) · Agriculture (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Macroeconomics (3 works) · Productivity (3 works) · Tanzania (3 works) · Economic Growth and Productivity (2 works) · Free trade (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · International Development and Aid (2 works)