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Educating small firm accountants in counselling SME client
(Working paper, Working paper, 2005-09)The purpose of this paper is two-fold: first it delineates those competencies that are required by accountants who aspire to function as small-firm business advisers, and second it specifies a programme that secures the ... -
Education and family background : mechanisms and policies
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-05)In every society for which we have data, people’s educational achievement is positively correlated with their parents’ education or with other indicators of their parents’ socioeconomic status. This topic is central in ... -
Education and fertility : evidence from a natural experiment
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-04)In many developed countries a decline in fertility has occurred. This development has been attributed to greater education of women. However, establishing a causal link is difficult as both fertility and education have ... -
Education and mobility
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based on a quasi-exogenous staged Norwegian school reform, and register data on the whole ... -
Education and mobility
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-09)We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based on a quasi-exogenous staged Norwegian school reform, and register data on the whole population. Based ... -
Education and the allocation of talent
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-12)This paper considers a two-sector education model with two novel features. First, contracts have an independent role in sorting workers into different sectors of the economy. Second, education improves workers’ awareness ... -
Education Research and Administrative Data
(Discussion paper;24/15, Working paper, 2015-10)Thanks to extraordinary and exponential improvements in data storage and computing capacities, it is now possible to collect, manage, and analyze data in magnitudes and in manners that would have been inconceivable just ... -
Educational attainment and family background
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2005)This paper analyses the effect of aspects of family background, such as family income and parental education, on the educational attainment of persons born from 1967 to 1972. Family income is measured at different periods ... -
Educational attainment and family background
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2005-04)This paper analyses the effect of aspects of family background, such as family income and parental education, on the educational attainment of persons born from 1967 to 1972. Family income is measured at different periods ... -
Edutainment and entrepreneurship : a field experiment on youth in Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2011)The aim of our thesis is to examine an innovative way to educate people in developing countries about business training. This paper analyses whether the edutainment show Ruka Juu, broadcasted in Tanzania in the spring ... -
The effect from accrual earnings management in private equity trade : a studie of the Norwegian private equity market’s investments and divestments
(Master thesis, 2019)Our paper looks at account manipulation in private companies purchased and sold by private equity funds. We use a proxy for discretionary accrual earnings management to measure the degree of manipulation in accounting data, ... -
The Effect from Taxes on the Location of Patents A quantitative research on affiliates within European multinational enterprises
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we examine how multinational enterprises strategically allocate their patents in order to reduce the consolidated tax burdens. It is crucial to acknowledge the importance of patents in profit shifting, ... -
Effect measurement – Norad`s programme for master studies (NOMA)
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-06)Norads’ programme for master studies (NOMA) is a programme aimed at strengthening tertiary educational institutions in countries in the south through collaboration between Norwegian and local institutions. This working ... -
The Effect of CEO Equity Incentives on Payout Policy : An emperical analysis of the relationship between CEO equity incentives and payout decisions by firms listed on Oslo Stock Exchange from 2015-2020.
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we have studied the role of CEO equity incentives in a payout decision, with a focus on agency cost, among firms listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange from 2015 to 2020. Firstly, we investigated the relationship ... -
The effect of CEO turnover on ESG disclosure : a study of listed US firms’ ESG disclosure in the management’s discussion and analysis section of 10-K filings and CEO turnover in the period 2011-2019
(Master thesis, 2020)This paper examines the relationship between chief executive officer (CEO) turnovers and environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure. We find that firms led by newly appointed CEOs improve our measure of ESG ... -
The Effect of Changes in Local Labour Market Conditions on Disability Benefit Take-Up : Evidence From Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)This master’s thesis examines the impact of changes in local labour market conditions on disability benefit take-up, particularly focusing on the 2014 oil price decline. Using municipality-level data for Norway from ... -
The effect of commodity prices on deforestation in Brazil : an empirical analysis investigating the effect of futures and spot prices for soy and maize on deforestation in Brazilian municipalities
(Master thesis, 2019)In this thesis we aim to provide empirical evidence of the effect of spot and futures prices on municipal land transition in Brazil. We take advantage of newly developed, detailed, municipality-level data on land transition, ... -
The Effect of Company Quality in Explaining IPO Returns: An Empirical Study on Oslo Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2018
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the effect company quality has in explaining IPO returns. To conduct this analysis, we use a data set that consists of annual accounting data and monthly stock price data from ... -
The Effect of Credit Constraints on External Financial Support: Implications for Young Home Buyers in Norway : An empirical study of how the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority’s introduction of a down payment requirement affected “curling”, an external form of financial support for young homebuyers, in the period 2005 - 2020
(Master thesis, 2023)In this study, the effect of the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority’s introduction of a down payment requirement on the extent of parental help young people received to access the housing market in Norway, a ...