Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Stamland, Tommy"
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Active Fund Performance : A meta analysis on active fund performance , the value of active funds in crisis and the active share measurement
Grimstad, David Aaslid (Master thesis, 2021)I present in this meta-analysis a comprehensive analysis of active fund management. The master thesis is done using both the ‘conventional view’ of active fund management based upon research by Carhart (1997) complemented ... -
Blockchain and the future of money and finance : a qualitative exploratory study of blockchain technology and implications for the monetary and financial system
Alvseike, Runar; Iversen, Geir Arne Gjersvoll (Master thesis, 2017)Bitcoins original idea proposed a trustless monetary system, without the need of intermediaries. In recent years, these very intermediaries it originally tried to circumvent, have gained an increased interest in Bitcoin’s ... -
Blockchain in financial markets and intermediation : a qualitative exploratory study of the impact of blockchain technology on the financial market infrastructure and financial services
Brastad, Jørgen; Stendahl, Philip Alexander (Master thesis, 2018)A blockchain is an open, decentralized ledger that provides a cryptographically secure way of transacting without the need of trusted third parties. The technology has garnered a variety of claims and perceptions regarding ... -
Bør investor velge verdipapirfond basert på Morningstar-rangering? En empirisk studie av rangeringens evne til å predikere fondsprestasjon
Røed, Einar; Høiden, Jørgen (Master thesis, 2022)Denne masterutredningen utforsker Morningstar sitt velkjente rangeringssystem og dets evne til å predikere fremtidig fondsprestasjon. Et sentralt spørsmål som oppgaven forsøker å besvare, er hvorvidt bruken av ... -
Co-moments of truth : is the pricing of higher-order co-moments robust across portfolio sorting methodologies?
Vikenes, Martin; Olstad, Viktor Johannes (Master thesis, 2018)The discovery rate of pricing factors has increased substantially in the last decades. Whereas the number of factors discovered was about one per annum in the period 1980 – 1991, it has risen to about 18 per year in the ... -
Do Investors Care About the Credibility of Green Commitments? A study of stock market reactions to corporate green bond announcements and the credibility of firms’ commitment
Flakkenberg, Lars Olav; Baheerathan, Briyandan (Master thesis, 2021)We study stock market reactions to firms’ announcements of first-time green bond issuances in two major markets, the US and Japan. Specifically, we attempt to answer two research questions: 1) whether green bond announcements ... -
Does a legal penalty announcement matter? An event study of various market reactions to legal penalty announcements
Ahmed, Md Niaz; Pedersen, Charlotte Kristine Lindtveit (Master thesis, 2021)This paper investigates whether the penalty announcements have any impact on the stock return of listed firms in some specific countries. The study is focused on observing if the abnormal return (AR) is negative on the ... -
Effekten av Kredittrating på Kapitalstruktur : En empirisk studie av hvordan kredittratinger påvirker kapitalstruktur blant amerikanske selskaper
Nguyen, Chau; Kværnes, Kristian Langaas (Master thesis, 2023)Vår studie har replikert og utvidet Kisgen (2006) forskning om hvordan kredittrating påvirker bedrifters kapitalstruktur og finansielle atferd. Gjennom en grundig analyse av dataene som dekker perioden 1986-2022, gir vår ... -
En strategisk analyse av de næringsrettede programmene og satsingene i regional- og distriktspolitikken
Jakobsen, Stig-Erik; Rusten, Grete; Stamland, Tommy (Rapport, Research report, 2004-11)Rapporten presenterer en strategisk analyse av de næringsrettede programmene/satsingene innenfor regional- og distriktspolitikken. Til sammen er det 18 programmer/satsinger som er gjenstand for vurdering. I rapporten gjøres ... -
Essays on Asset Pricing
Lundeby, Stig Roar Haukø (Doctoral thesis, 2021-05-10) -
Exit strategies by private equity firms in the nordic region : An empirical assessment of IPO performance across private equity-backed- and non-backed firms and a qualitative assessment of exit strategies by private equity firms
Jebsen, Nina Cornelia; Stärk-Johansen, Julie (Master thesis, 2016-03-29)This study investigates underpricing of private equity (PE)- backed IPOs and the various exit routes available to PE firms. First, we examine whether IPO underpricing differ across PEbacked- and non-backed (NB) firms ... -
Exploration of bubble properties in cryptocurrencies : a hybrid-study with quantitative models for crash estimation supplemented with industry experts
Hollekim, Eirik R.; Raa, Jonathan (Master thesis, 2018)We employ Supremum Augmented Dickey-Fuller (SADF), the General Supremum Augmented Dickey-Fuller (GSADF) tests and a Log Periodic Power Law (LPPL) test to Cryptocurrency Index (CRIX) price data to evaluate cryptocurrencies ... -
Fokus på bærekraft i forvaltning av fond : et kvalitativt studie om hvordan bærekraft blir integrert i fondsforvaltning i Norge, og olje- og gasselskapers fremtid i fond
Lillenes, Rikke Nilssen; Pedersen, Hanne Elise (Master thesis, 2020)Fokuset på bærekraft har i økende grad blitt en viktig prosess i fondsforvaltning i Norge. For å kunne bidra til en bærekraftig utvikling er det også viktig at denne sektoren tar ansvar. Dette fokuset fører til at ... -
Fremtidens formuesforvaltning: en kvalitativ studie av formuesforvaltningsbransjen i Norge
Haavi, Øydis; Wictorsen, Anine (Master thesis, 2019)I denne masteroppgaven analyserer vi formuesforvaltningsbransjen i Norge basert på en kvalitativ metode med semistrukturerte intervjuer. Mer presist adresserer vi både hovedutfordringene denne bransjen står overfor og ... -
The Governance Puzzle: Unravelling the Effects of CEO Duality on CEO Turnover in a New Era : An empirical study of the effects of CEO Duality on the sensitivity of CEO Turnover to Firm Performance for companies in the S&P 500 in the period 2017 2022
Ismayilova, Aygul; Vella, Melanie (Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines whether combining the CEO and Chairman of Board of Directors titles in one individual influences the board's ability to remove poorly performing CEOs. We use a pooled logit regression analysis on a ... -
Hva skjer i boligmarkedet? : en empirisk analyse av faktorene som påvirker boligprisene i Norge
Sørum, Johan Kjærran; Trøstheim, Sondre Alexander (Master thesis, 2017)Denne utredningen studerer hvordan endringer i ulike underliggende drivkrefter i det norske boligmarkedet har bidratt til den svake boligprisutviklingen i 2017. Ved å ta for oss fundamentale forhold i økonomien generelt ... -
Hvordan norske banker responderer på ny teknologi og nye aktører : en kvalitativ utforskende analyse om hvordan norske banker tilpasser seg endringene som oppstår når nye aktører og blokkjedeteknologi truer deres markedsposisjon
Haukaas, Eilev; Greve, Nicolai Herman Grann (Master thesis, 2018)Vi har gjennom en kvalitativ analyse med induktiv tilnærming, gjennomført dybdeintervjuer med nøkkelpersoner i norske banker og finansforetak, for å få en dypere forståelse av bransjen og de utfordringene den møter. Basert ... -
The Impact of Credit Rating Changes: An Empirical Study of the Stock Market Reaction to Credit Rating Change Announcements in the European Insurance Market
Kjendalen, Sondre; Torsnes, Øystein Kleiven (Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates the effect of credit rating change announcements on stock returns. Most of the previous literature on the topic studies the effect in the US market, as well as including a broad-based sample with ... -
Interbank and stock market liquidity : an empirical analysis of the market connection in Norway
Sjaldajev, Israpil (Master thesis, 2019)This thesis is a study of the connection between demand for liquidity in the interbank market and liquidity in the stock market in Norway for the period from 2003 to 2017. The thesis examines whether increased price of ... -
Investigating the Yield Rate of Office Real Estate in Oslo : A Vector Error Correction Approach
Frigstad, Henrik; Tronslin, William Viddal (Master thesis, 2022)The yield rate of office real estate is little researched, yet it is an important figure for measuring rate of return. In this thesis, the drivers of the yield rate of office real estate in Oslo, Norway, has been ...