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Arbeidsmarkedet for ingeniører : en empirisk kvantifisering av norske tilbuds- og etterspørselselastisiteter fra 1973 til 2010
(Master thesis, 2013)Vi analyserer hvordan markedsmekanismene i arbeidsmarkedet for ingeniører i Norge responderer på faktorer som lønn, FoU og økonomisk vekst fra 1973 til 2010. Spesifikt analyserer vi hvordan etterspørselen etter ingeniører ... -
Arbeidsmarkedsintegrering av flyktninger : midlertidig arbeidstillatelse som virkemiddel
(Master thesis, 2017)Etter flyktningkrisen i 2015 har det vært et sterkt fokus på innvandrings- og integreringspolitikk i Norge. Her har arbeidsmarkedsintegrering av flyktninger stått sentralt, debatten dreier seg om hvordan flyktninger ... -
Arbeidsutprøving hos egen arbeidsgiver for langtidssykemeldte : en effektevaluering
(Master thesis, 2017)Helserelatert arbeidsfravær påfører samfunnet og det enkelte individ store kostnader og omtales ofte som en av de største utfordringene for velferdsstaten Norge. Sykefravær er derfor av stor offentlig interesse og har ... -
Arbitrage Trading Opportunities with Bidirectional Charging : Optimizing Charging Costs by Exploiting Electricity Price Fluctuations in Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)The Norwegian government has established ambitious climate goals, with the electrification of society playing an essential role in achieving them. Specifically, the electrification of the transportation sector is deemed ... -
An arbitrary benchmark CAPM : one additional frontier portfolio is sufficient
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-10)The benchmark CAPM linearly relates the expected returns on an arbitrary asset, an arbitrary benchmark portfolio, and an arbitrary MV frontier portfolio. The benchmark is not required to be on the frontier and may be ... -
Are AIS-based trade volume estimates reliable? The case of crude oil exports
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)Most global trade statistics in the public domain refer to official customs data, which are not generally available on a micro (individual cargo) level. With the increasing availability and completeness of ship positioning ... -
Are all of the good men fathers? The effect of having children on earnings
(Discussion paper;11/2014, Working paper, 2014-04)This study reconsiders the empirical question of whether men’s earnings increase because of children. Large Norwegian register data are used for brother and twin pairs who are followed over their life cycle from their ... -
Are avocados the blood diamonds of Mexico? : an empirical study on how increasing demand for Mexican avocados is related to cartel violence
(Master thesis, 2020)Has the increasing demand for Mexican avocados caused an escalation of violence between Mexican cartels? I theorize that the cartels enter growing licit industries to diversify their revenue stream from the drug trade. ... -
Are boys still short? : a study on sex differences in stunting prevalence over socio-economic status among children in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Master thesis, 2018)Background: Over 150 million children worldwide are stunted. In Sub-Saharan Africa alone more than 1 in every 3 children is stunted due to insufficient food intake, boys being the most vulnerable according to prior ... -
Are Central Bankers Inflation Nutters? - A Bayesian MCMC Estimator of the Long Memory Parameter in a State Space Model
(Discussion paper;38/14, Working paper, 2014-12)Several central banks have adopted inflation targets. The implementation of these targets is flexible; the central banks aim to meet the target over the long term but allow inflation to deviate from the target in the ... -
Are current Norwegian speed limits optimal? : a quasi-experimental analysis of changes in speed limits on Norwegian freeways
(Master thesis, 2019)The aim of this paper was to examine if Norwegian speed limits on freeways could be more efficient from a social economic standpoint. We examined the relationship between regulations in speed limits and actual speed held ... -
Are Dividend Arbitrage Strategies Present in Asia? An empirical study on cum-cum and cum-ex transactions in Asian markets
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates whether dividend arbitrage strategies are present in Asian markets. The term refers to trading schemes where investors collude to exploit loopholes related to dividend withholding taxes. We focus ... -
Are hedge funds an attractive investment opportunity for a Norwegian private investor?
(Master thesis, 2014)A recent Norwegian legislative proposal, likely to become law in 2014, suggests that hedge funds should be able to approach non-professional, private investors. In light of this, the objective of our thesis is to examine ... -
Are income tax preferences a moral or a selfish choice? : an experimental approach
(Master thesis, 2013)An understanding of personal preferences and attitudes is crucial in order to design an income tax system that people find fair. We have examined, by means of an economic experiment, how selfishness, risk preferences and ... -
Are Individual Forecasters Rational? : A study of inflation expectations using forecasts from the Survey of Professional Forecasters
(Master thesis, 2012)How is the forecast behaviour of professional individuals? Are they accurate and efficient, and how are their performances compared to the consensus’ performance? Do their forecasts differ in the special episodes of the ... -
Are individual forecasters rational? a study of inflation expectations using forecasts from the survey of professional forecasters
(Working paper;50/12, Working paper, 2012-12)How is the forecast behaviour of professional individuals? Are they accurate and efficient, and how are their performances compared to the consensus’ performance? Do their forecasts differ in the special episodes of the ... -
Are individualistic orientations collectively valuable in group negotiations?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)This experiment examines how members' individualistic or cooperative motivational orientations affect the processes and outcomes of negotiating groups. A total of 228 students participated in a three-person negotiation ... -
Are knowledge workers more intrinsically motivated than manual workers? : an explanatory study on work motivation in Odfjell Drilling
(Master thesis, 2014)During the last couple of decades researchers have made progress in understanding what motivates knowledge workers and how they differ from traditional, manual workers. The purpose of this thesis is to further explore what ... -
Are loyal customers profitable? : customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and customer profitability at the individual level
(Working paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2000-02)Customer satisfaction is supposed to be positively related to profitability. This conception may be called “the paradigm of customer satisfaction”. Nevertheless, only a few studies have examined this fundamental relationship. ... -
Are pharmaceuticals still inexpensive in Norway? : a comparison of prescription drug prices in ten European countries
(Report, Research report, 2010-05)In this report we compare prices of pharmaceuticals between Norway and nine Western European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom). The purpose is to ...