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Debt and religion: are religious people more debt averse and have high willingness to pay their debts off?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Religion has always played an important role in lifestyle of many people. Recently many scholars have started to focus on interconnections between religion and different economic aspects. This thesis is an attempt to define ... -
Det norske obligasjonsmarkedet - en studie av markedsstrukturen og lånebetingelsene
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-12)Formålet med denne oppgaven har vært å gi et oversiktsbilde over de prospektpliktige lånene på Oslo Børs i perioden 2011 til 2014. Vi har derfor sett nærmere på utsteders lånebetingelser, samt studert strukturen i ... -
Determinants of the forward premium in the Nord pool electricity market
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Nord Pool is the leading power market in Europe. It has been documented that the forward contracts traded in this market exhibit a significant forward premium, which could be a sign of market inefficiency. Efficient power ... -
Did the '08 financial crisis change the Norwegian bond market?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-16)Since the beginning of the 21th century, there has been a great development in the Norwegian bond market. It has gone from a small market with few, usually government controlled, issuers, to a market characterized by large ... -
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 ... -
Disposisjonseffekten: i hvor stor grad er følelser en forklarende årsak?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)I denne oppgaven har vi gjennomført et eksperiment basert på tidligere forskning av disposisjonseffekten. Hensikten var å finne ut mer om hvordan følelser påvirker disposisjonseffekten: å selge vinneraksjer for tidlig, og ... -
Diversifisering i Lunde Gruppen AS
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-13)Denne oppgaven har hatt en tosidig hensikt. Den skulle utarbeide et læringscase for bruk i undervisningssammenheng, samt bruke caset for å undersøke fenomenet diversifisering. Læringscaset tok utgangspunkt i Lunde Gruppen ... -
Diversifisering i Lunde Gruppen AS
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2014;, Master thesis, 2014-06-13)Denne oppgaven har hatt en tosidig hensikt. Den skulle utarbeide et læringscase for bruk i undervisningssammenheng, samt bruke caset for å undersøke fenomenet diversifisering. Læringscaset tok utgangspunkt i Lunde Gruppen ... -
Do EU regions benefit from Smart Specialisation principles?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Smart Specialisation was conceived as a ‘bottom-up’ framework to identify new growth paths connected to knowledge cores within regions. Although operationalization of Smart Specialisation has proven difficult, recent ... -
Do grandchildren perform better at school if maternal and paternal grandparents live close-by versus when they don’t?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IØL/2010;, Master thesis, 2010)This study investigates whether grandchildren from intact families perform better at school when their maternal and paternal grandparents live close-by versus when they don’t. The answer to this question is based on ... -
Do Investors Value Green Initiatives? A Study of the ISO 14001 Certification and the Issuance of Green Bonds
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-06)The aim of this thesis is to explain the impact on stock prices for publicly traded firms from certifying to the ISO 14001 standard. Through the event study methodology, we study 28 firms listed in Norway or Sweden who ... -
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 ... -
Do private investors understand diversification, and do they take advantage of diversification benefits in practice?
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)We found our Master thesis to be the optimal opportunity to examine the important phenomenon of diversification, but from a different angle than what earlier researchers have done. Diversification is a useful technique for ... -
Do scientific capabilities in specific domains matter for technological diversification in European regions?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Do scientific capabilities in regions translate into technological leadership? This is one of the most pressing questions in academic and policy circles. This paper analyzes the matching of scientific and technological ... -
Does a Change in Performance Pay have an Effect on Workers’ Productivity? - An empirical analysis of a change in performance pay in Company X.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2016;, Master thesis, 2016-05)This thesis investigates whether a change in performance payment (PP) have an effect on workers’ productivity. During the period 2009 to 2015, dealer stores affiliated Company X experienced several PP changes. Some dealer ... -
Dynamiske kapabiliteter i barnehagesektoren
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)Med utgangspunkt i de endrede rammebetingelsene som preger barnehagesektoren så antas det at dette muligens har resultert i endret praksis og at dette kan diskuteres innenfor et teoretisk rammeverk om dynamiske kapabiliteter. ... -
Earnings announcements and stock returns - A study of efficiency in the norwegian capital market
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)This thesis is an event study concerning earnings announcements in the Norwegian stock market, during the time period of 2007-2010. The study serves as a method of testing the efficiency of the Norwegian capital market, ... -
Economics of aquaculture: special issue introduction.
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The Effect of Public–Private Partnerships on Innovation in Infrastructure Delivery
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Public–private partnerships (PPPs) have been promoted as achieving value for money in government projects through innovation. Private investment, contract bundling, and transferring risk to the private sector are regarded ... -
The effect of school start on women's labor force participation in Norway
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2011;, Master thesis, 2011)In 1997 the Norwegian government implemented a large primary school reform, Reform 97, making it mandatory for all children to start school at the age of six and attend primary school for ten years. Using Norwegian registry ...