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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 ... -
The Effect of Cross-border M&A on Shareholder Wealth : a European event study
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis aims to examine the effect of cross-border M&A transactions in the EU /EFTA. First, we find no cumulative abnormal return (CAR) differences between domestic and foreign acquirers. However, we discover a ... -
The effect of cross-border shopping on commodity tax revenue: Results from a natural experiment
(SAM DP;09/2022, Working paper, 2022-06-20)We use grocery data from Norway and COVID-19 border closings to gauge the effect of cross-border shopping on commodity tax revenue. Detailed store-category level data identify differential treatment effects that depend on ... -
The Effect of Earnings Growth on Acquirer Returns: Evidence from the Norwegian Stock Market: A Study of the Relationship Between Acquirers’ Earnings Growth and Market Reactions to M&A Announcements with Empirical Evidence from the Oslo Stock Exchange in the Period 1997 - 2019
(Master thesis, 2022)Earnings numbers are one of the single most important measures of firm performance and is positively associated with stock returns. While M&A announcements have mixed short-term impact on acquirer stock returns, Liu and ... -
The Effect of Electricity Prices on Low-Carbon Energy Technologies : A panel data analysis of EPO patents
(Master thesis, 2022)In this thesis, we investigate whether electricity prices affect innovation within low-carbon energy technologies (LCE) in the period from 1978 to 2018. 2022 has brought up one of the worst energy crises the world has ... -
Effect of environmental food labeling on customers food purchase
(Master thesis, 2016-09-05)The scientific community agrees that emission levels from food production and consumption have to decrease in order for the world to reach climate targets. Environmental food labeling is becoming a policy tool to motivate ... -
The effect of explanations on perceived credibility of sustainability claims : how brands can position themselves as sustainable without being suspected of greenwashing.
(Master thesis, 2021)As businesses are increasingly focusing on positioning themselves along sustainability dimensions, the occurrence of perceived greenwashing is threatening the perceived credibility of brands with genuine intentions. ... -
The Effect of Gender-Targeted Transfers: Experimental Evidence From India
(DP SAM;16/2020, Working paper, 2020-09)Women are the primary recipients of many welfare programs around the world. Despite frequent claims that targeting women induces beneficial consumption shifting and gender equality, the empirical evidence on the effect of ... -
The Effect of Investment in Elderly Care on Hospitalization: Evidence from Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)In this paper we look at how investment in long-term care for elderly affects their hospital use. We use an action plan – the HPE – which increased the number of long-term care units in Norway by almost 60 percent. With ... -
The Effect of Labor Market Competition on Firms, Workers, and Communities
(SAM DP;17/2022, Working paper, 2022-11)This paper isolates the impact of labor market competition on firms, workers, and communities. A shock to labor mobility from Sweden to Norway caused a substantial increase in labor competition for Swedish firms on the ... -
The Effect of Labor Market Shocks Across the Life Cycle
(SAM DP;21/2021, Working paper, 2021-12)Adverse economic shocks occur frequently and may cause individuals to reevaluate key life decisions in ways that have lasting consequences for themselves and the broader economy. These life decisions are fundamentally tied ... -
The effect of leadership in a public bad experiment
(Report, Research report, 2000-05)With regard to global or regional environmental problems, do nations that take unilateral actions inspire other countries to curtail emissions? Using game theory, it has been shown that in a competitive situation, unilateral ... -
The effect of local labour demand on disability insurance uptake
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis explores the relationship between local labour demand and the uptake of disability insurance (DI) in Norway. We employ a Bartik shift-share instrumental variable approach to perform an empirical analysis into ... -
The Effect of M&A on Employee Performance : An empirical study on post-MBA employee performance in private Norwegian target companies
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper analyses post-M&A employee performance for private Norwegian target companies using accounting data between 2007 and 2016. We have created an algorithm which identifies ownership changes in firms from accounting ... -
The effect of market structure on banks’ interest rate spreads : an empirical analysis of the Norwegian bank market
(Master thesis, 2010)In this study we investigate how market structure affect the interest rate spread of banks that provide lending for commercial entities in Norway. We delineate the Norwegian bank market into local commuter belts, and define ... -
The Effect of Moderators in Green Marketing: Stakeholder Evaluation and the Effect on Green Brand Equity and Perceived Greenwasing
(Master thesis, 2022)While transparency is widely accepted as one of the key practices to gain stakeholders' trust, prior research has surprisingly found that transparency does not always pay off. Given a company with a high perceived ... -
The effect of ownership structure on firm performance : a study of Norwegian listed firms
(Master thesis, 2009)This paper empirically investigates the relationship between ownership structure and firm performance, treating ownership concentration and owner identity as separate, but dependent dimensions of ownership structure. We ...