Browsing Department of Economics and Business Administration by Subject "finans"
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Accounting Method Choice and Market Valuation in the Extractive Industries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11)For more than 40 years, oil and gas companies have been able to choose between two competing methods for accounting for exploration activities. The implication is that two otherwise identical companies can report substantially ... -
Bidrar erfaring i aksjemarkedet til svakere disposisjonseffekt, og vil erfaring påvirke denne effekten mellom enekeltaksjer og aksjefond?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013)I denne oppgaven ligger hovedfokuset på disposisjonseffekten, som er et stort tema innen atferdsfinans. Denne tendensen forteller at investorer realiserer gevinst for tidlig, og holder for lenge på tap, og er en årsak til ... -
Business Model Configuration in Financial Advisor Sector. The case of polish SME.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)This study examined a proper business model for financial advisor sector in polish SME. It analyzed the research question “How to build a proper business model for SME, operating in Polish Financial Advisor Sector?” and ... -
Currency hedging in the Norwegian seafood industry
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06-14)This paper examines the effect of currency hedging on the financial results, stock prices and firm value on ten seafood companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Running Monte Carlo simulations on a firm’s financial ... -
Did the capital structure of firms listed on Oslo Stock Exchange change in the period 2004-2013?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2015;, Master thesis, 2015-06-02)After the financial crisis in 2008, the financial landscape has undergone changes. This has affected firms' access to capital. It has become harder to obtain traditional bank loans, because of new regulations and restrictions ... -
Do political risks harm development of oil fields?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-11)We examine the impact of political risks and financial development on investments in the petroleum industry utilizing a unique dataset of investments in individual oil and gas fields around the world. We find that the ... -
Evaluering av gevinstrealisering og synergieffekter i Direktoratet for økonomistyring ved sentralisert organisering av økonomitjenestetilbudet
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)Digitalisering og automatisering av DFØs økonomitjenestetilbud medfører at lønns- og regnskapstjenestene kan leveres uavhengig kundenes geografiske tilknytning. Med dette som utgangspunkt vil jeg i masteroppgaven gjøre en ... -
Event study on changes in capital structure and volatility
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)The authors of this paper test whether the changes in the capital structure and more specifically the changes in Debt to Equity ratio can explain the changes in the implied volatility and realized volatility. In addition, ... -
Har vi urealistiske forventninger til pensjon?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-14)Det har vært mye fokus på pensjon etter pensjonsreformen i 2011. Flere undersøkelser i Norge viser til at vi forventer høye pensjonsutbetalinger. Formålet med denne oppgaven var å undersøke forventninger til pensjon, samt ... -
Impact of Oil Price Changes on Wage Formation in Norway between 1970 and 2016. A time series analysis of macroeconomic effects.
(Master thesis, 2017-06)In this paper, I would like to shed light on the issue as to how the impact of fall in oil demand does affect the Norwegian wage formation in years 1970 to 2016, using a dataset to determine long-term relationships between ... -
Implied Volatility and Rebalancing Timing: Market cycles and the relationship between implied volatility indices and stock index returns.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-14)This paper studies market timing based upon the level of the VIX and compares VIX based portfolio rotations with modern rebalancing practices. The thesis analyses the outcomes of the different rebalancing and trading ... -
Industrial robots in China
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-15)This thesis investigates the future development of industrial robots in China. It will focus on growth in robot sales toward China and try to identify which companies that are most capable of benefiting from the potential ... -
Insentiver for å redusere regnskapsmanipulering : en caseorientert tilnærming
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å gi en presentasjon rundt emnet regnskapsmanipulering ut i fra en caseorientert tilnærming. Teoridelen innleder med å definere generell regnskapsteori. Regnskapsmanipulering blir kronologisk ... -
Investment and revenue cap under incentive regulation: The case study of the Norwegian electricity distributors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-11)Electricity distribution operators are regulated as monopolies around the world. Incentive regulation is further applied to relate their allowed revenues (revenue cap) to cost efficiency and investment. Incentive regulation ... -
Logistics in AkerBP; Criteria For Maximizing Flow
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-13)Following the merger of Det Norske Oljeselskap and BP Norge in September 2016, the merged company AkerBP encountered a strategic choice concerning their logistics chain. The two merged companies carried each their solution ... -
Market Efficiency in the Crude Oil Futures Market - an Empirical Study after the Shale Oil Revolution
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)This thesis has studied efficiency in the crude oil futures market for WTI and the Brent Blend for a period including the “shale oil revolution”. The main objective was to provide new information by investigating a period ... -
Modell for analyse av IT risiko i bank
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-17)IKT (Informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi) har forandret risikobildet for finansielle institusjoner dramatisk, fra å behandle kontanter over skranke til elektronisk overføring av penger via smarttelefoner. Utviklingen ... -
Money demand and quality of institutions
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)We study which variables can explain the demand for cash across countries. Our study is based on 11 years of data for 45 countries ranging from low income to high income. As expected, we find that GDP per capita is positively ... -
Oil Price and Equity Markets: Modeling Co-Movement and Conditional Value at Risk
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-13)This paper studies the co-movement between oil prices and stock markets during the period 2006 – 2017 utilizing quantile regression. The studied stock indices are AEX, BOVESPA, CAC40, DAX30, EUROSTOXX50, FTSE100, SMI, ... -
Selskapers lokalisering i Stavanger-regionen
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06-15)Bransjestrukturen i Stavanger-regionen er sterkt preget av oljebransjen og utvinning står for en stor andel av verdiskapningen i regionen. Med den reduserte oljeprisen står derfor Stavanger-regionen ovenfor en utfordring. ...