Blar i NHH Brage på emneord "VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210"
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How much does anticipation matter? Evidence from anticipated regulation and land prices.
(SAM;9/2016, Working paper, 2016-05-23)Land prices across administrative boundaries can be useful for estimating the causal effects of local policy. Market anticipation about potential boundary changes can confound identification, so studies often avoid markets ... -
Imitation strategies and interfirm networks in the tourism industry: A structure–agency approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The paper investigates the association between tourism firms’ imitation strategies and the interfirm network structure in which they are embedded. In particular, it analyzes how imitation contributes to (1) tie formation ... -
Job Loss and Regional Mobility.
(DP SAM;17/2016, Working paper, 2016-11-29)It is well documented that displaced workers suffer severe earnings losses, but not why this is so. One reason may be that workers are unable or unwilling to move to regions with better employment opportunities. We study ... -
Konsern og konkurs : en empirisk analyse av hvordan konserntilhørighet påvirker konkursrisiko
(Master thesis, 2013)Denne utredningen undersøker om konserntilhørighet påvirker konkursrisiko, og eventuelt hvordan. Dette gjøres, i enkle trekk, ved å legge til en indikatorvariabel for konserntilhørighet til Norges Banks SEBRA-modell. For ... -
Long-Term Consequences of Access to Well-child Visits.
(SAM;29/2015, Working paper, 2015-12-02)A growing literature documents the positive long-term effects of policy-induced improvements in early-life health and nutrition. However, there is still scarce evidence on early-life health programs targeting a large share ... -
Lønnsomhetsvariasjoner i store norske banker : en studie av lønnsomhet i de største norske bankene og variasjoner blant dem
(Master thesis, 2014)Denne utredningen har som formål å studere lønnsomheten til de største norske bankene. Den norske banksektoren er antatt for å være konsentrert, der noen få store aktører har sikret seg betydelige markedsandeler. Det er ... -
Maritime trade and merchant shipping: The shipping/trade-ratio from the 1870s until today.
(SAM;12/2016, Working paper, 2016-06-22)This paper discusses the development of countries’ market shares in world shipping over the last 150 years. The analysis is based upon a new and purpose-built indicator: the shipping/trade-ratio. This indicator presents ... -
Norwegian petroleum taxation and its effect on conditional variance in the Norwegian krone : evidence from the Norwegian krone - U.S. dollar market
(Master thesis, 2013)The principles of Norwegian petroleum taxation create a loop of excessive currency exchange operations. Petroleum firms operating on the Norwegian shelf is obligated to pay tax in Norwegian krone. The government petroleum ... -
Optimal hospital payment rules under rationing by random waiting.
(SAM;8/2016, Working paper, 2016-05-19)We derive optimal rules for paying hospitals in a public health care system in which providers can choose quality and random patient demand is rationed by waiting time. Since waiting time imposes real costs on patients ... -
Predators in the market: implications of market interaction on optimal resource management
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)A two-species bioeconomic model is analyzed, but in contrast to most similar models, there is no biological interaction between the species, only economic. The interaction takes place in the market where the quantity of ... -
Pro-poor price trends and inequality - the case of India.
(SAM;01/2016, Working paper, 2016-02-08)It is well known that people's consumption patterns change with income. Relative price changes therefore affect rich and poor consumers differently. Yet, the standard price indices are not income-specific and hence, the ... -
Prosessledelse og innovasjon : en litteraturstudie
(Master thesis, 2013)Denne utredningen er en utforskende litteraturstudie som ser på hvilken påvirkning prosessledelse kan ha på bedrifters innovasjonsevne. Utredningens funn fremkommer fra en analyse og drøfting av seksti forskningsartikler. ... -
Revisiting the Boston data set (Harrison and Rubinfeld, 1978): a case study in the challenges of system articulation.
(SAM;30/2015, Working paper, 2015-12-18)In the extended topical sphere of Regional Science, more scholars are addressing empirical questions using spatial and spatio-temoral data. An emerging challenge is to alert “new arrivals” to existing bodies of knowledge ... -
Risikostyring som et ledelsesverktøy : en kvalitativ studie av hvordan et risikostyringssystem kan anvendes for å strukturere informasjon og underbygge ledernes beslutninger
(Master thesis, 2013)Dette er en kvalitativ studie som tar sikte på å besvare hvordan et risikostyringssystem utvikles fra å følge lover og regler mot å bli et ledelsesverktøy som strukturerer informasjonen og underbygger ledernes beslutning ... -
Risk Taking and Fiscal Smoothing with Sovereign Wealth Funds in Advanced Economies
(Journal article, 2019)In an economy with a sovereign wealth fund (SWF), the government may draw on the fund to supplement other government revenues. If the fund is invested in risky assets, this introduces a new stochastic element into the ... -
Saving and Bequest in China: An Analysis of Intergenerational Exchange.
(SAM;10/2016, Working paper, 2016-05-31)Particularly high saving rates among the elderly in both rural and urban China call for an investigation of the involved bequest motive. Utilizing unique survey data from a diverse group of Chinese households, we document ... -
Shipping in dire straits: New evidence on trends and cycles in coal freights from Britain, 1919-1939
(SAM;5/2016, Working paper, 2016-04-07)New monthly freight rate indices for 13 coal trade routes from Britain 1919-1939 are presented. The new indices form the basis of a review of the interwar freight markets and their relationship to the timing and severity ... -
Statistical arbitrage pairs : can cointegration capture market neutral profits?
(Master thesis, 2013)We back-test a statistical arbitrage strategy, pairs trading, over the ten year period 01.01.2003 – 31.12.2012 at the Oslo Stock Exchange. We construct an unbiased dataset, where stocks are matched into pairs using a ... -
Strategisk regnskapsanalyse og verdsettelse av itslearning
(Master thesis, 2013)I denne utredningen har vi gjennomført en strategisk regnskapsanalyse og verdsettelse av Itslearning AS. Formålet med oppgaven er å gi en verdivurdering av selskapets egenkapital, og deretter vurdere estimatet mot oppgitt ... -
The Cost of Endangered Species Protection: Evidence from Auctions for Natural Resources
(SAM;6/2016, Working paper, 2016-04-12)This paper examines the effect that endangered species regulation has on natural re- source development. Specifically, we use data from competitive auctions to estimate the effect that land-use regulation protecting ...