Blar i NHH Brage på forfatter "Harding, Torfinn"
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A Brazilian soy story : how international soy demand affects deforestation and agricultural land use
Jansen, Halvard Sandvik (Master thesis, 2018)In this paper, I use municipal soy trade data covering the years 2010 to 2015 to investigate the export market for Brazilian soy and what the expansion of soy exports leads to in terms of land use. The soy data were ... -
Are current Norwegian speed limits optimal? : a quasi-experimental analysis of changes in speed limits on Norwegian freeways
Ramm, Aleksander; Alver, Atle (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 ... -
The cost of extreme weather : an analysis of the physical climate risk in Hordaland
Evensen, Endre Sandø; Christensen, Håkon Fredrik (Master thesis, 2019)Climate change is expected to have numerous societal impacts in the years to come through an increase in the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events. The climate impact is of socio-economic interest, as extreme ... -
Did the Soy Moratorium reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? : a counterfactual analysis of the impact of the Soy Moratorium on deforestation in the Amazon Biome
Svahn, Joakim; Brunner, Dominik (Master thesis, 2018)This paper investigates the impact of the Soy Moratorium (SoyM) on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon biome. We study 39 municipalities in Mato Grosso that are divided by the natural biome border between the Amazon ... -
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
Ringstad, Ingrid Emilie Flessum; Tandberg, Julie Lie (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, ... -
Environmental speed limits : do temporary speed limits improve air quality?
Westby, Benjamin S.; Folgerø, Ingrid Kristine (Master thesis, 2017)In 2004, Oslo introduced a policy that involved a temporary reduction in the maximum speed limit of 20 km/h (80 – 60 km/h) during the winter. The aim of this policy was to improve local air quality in order to reduce the ... -
Forutsigbarhet i pengepolitikken : en empirisk analyse av overraskelser tilknyttet Norges Banks pengepolitikk
Christie, Mikkel Storm; Krøvel, Elias Blindheim (Master thesis, 2016)Norges Banks rentesetting er myndighetenes viktigste verktøy for å styre den økonomiske utviklingen på kort sikt. Siden innføringen av inflasjonsmålet i 2001 har Norges Banks målsetning vært å føre en åpen og forutsigbar ... -
Going Fast or Going Green? Evidence from Environmental Speed Limits in Norway
Folgerø, Ingrid Kristine; Harding, Torfinn; Westby, Benjamin S. (DP SAM;17/2019, Working paper, 2019-10-03)This paper studies the impact of speed limits on local air pollution using a series of datespecific speed limit reductions in Oslo over the 2004-2011 period. We find that lowering the speed limit from 80 to 60 km/h reduces ... -
Going Fast or Going Green? Evidence from Environmental Speed Limits in Norway
Folgerø, Ingrid Kristine; Harding, Torfinn; Westby, Benjamin S. (DP SAM;12/2017, Working paper, 2017-08)This paper studies the impact of speed limits on local air pollution, using a series of datespecific speed limit reductions in Oslo over the 2004-2015 period. We find that lowering the speed limit from 80 to 60 km/h reduces ... -
Har boliglånsforskriftens særegne krav hatt effekt på boligpriser i Oslo? : en regresjonsanalyse som sammenligner boligpriser i Oslo med boligpriser i Akershus
Husby, Torbjørn Flisnes (Master thesis, 2018)I denne utredningen undersøkes effekten av boliglånsforskriftens særskilte krav på boligprisene i Oslo. Analysen anvender mikrodata for solgte boliger lokalisert nært fylkesgrensen Oslo/Akershus i perioden 1. mai 2015 til ... -
Has Norway’s oil riches hampered education? : oil activity and its relative effects on the educational attainment of affiliated municipalities
Curran, Jonathan; Sunde, Helene (Master thesis, 2018)This thesis aims to uncover if communities affected by oil activity have suffered a reduction in their share of higher educational attainment, compared to other municipalities. Using data on oil production and investments ... -
Impact assessment of electric vehicles incentives on EV adoption and road traffic : the cases of Norway and the Netherlands
Grandi, Annachiara (Master thesis, 2020)The increase in air pollution is a critical issue both at local and global level, as it endangers people’ health and accelerates climate change. The United Nations claimed that to keep global warming at 1.5°C, carbon ... -
The impact of the 2014 oil price shock on corporate sustainability and performance
Hagander, Morits Julius; Johnstad, Thea Elisabeth (Master thesis, 2020)Our thesis aims to study whether high sustainability companies in Europe outperform low sustainability companies in terms of stock performance following the oil price shock in 2014. To conduct this analysis, we employ a ... -
Institutions and deforestation in the Brazilian amazon: a geographic regression discontinuity analysis
Bogetvedt, Ingvild Engen; Hauge, Mari Johnsrud (Master thesis, 2017)This study explores the impact of institutional quality at the municipal level on deforestation in the Legal Amazon. We add to this insufficiently understood topic by implementing a geographic regression discontinuity ... -
Institutions and the location of oil exploration
Cust, James; Harding, Torfinn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019) -
Intergovernmental transfers in brazil : corruption and deforestation
Lim, Wei Ze; Håvarstein, Erik (Master thesis, 2019)This paper investigates the effect of additional governmental transfers on several different measures of deforestation for the years between 1997 and 2016. We use comprehensive datasets from the MapBiomas database for our ... -
Kunstig intelligens i makroøkonomisk prognosearbeid : en empirisk studie av hvor godt maskinlæring evner å predikere norsk økonomisk vekst
Bankson, Christian Alex; Holm, Andreas Madsen (Master thesis, 2019)Denne masterutredningen introduserer anvendelsen av maskinlæring i utarbeidelsen av makroøkonomiske anslag. Vårt studie analyserer hvor godt maskinlæring predikerer økonomisk vekst i Fastlands-Norge. Basert på et kvartalsvis ... -
Oil exploration and institutions : do oil companies prefer to drill in democracies?
Lystad, Guro (Master thesis, 2015)In this master thesis, I investigate the impact institutional quality has on exploration and drilling activities in the oil and gas industry. I use ordinary least square regressions (OLS) and two stage least square ... -
Oljeprisens betydning for sysselsetting i Norge : en empirisk studie av oljeprissjokk på tvers av norske kommuner
Beliakova, Liza (Master thesis, 2019)Oljeprisen er en av de mest omtalte makroøkonomiske variablene for Norge og bestemmer på mange måter temperaturen i norsk økonomi. Motivasjonen for oppgaven er det nylige oljeprisfallet i 2014. Denne studien analyserer ... -
Oljeprisens påvirkning på norsk økonomi : med utgangspunkt i avkastning på Oslo Børs
Olsen, Martin Okstad; Velgaard, Erlend (Master thesis, 2015)Denne utredningen bruker empiriske data fra Oslo Børs i perioden 2006-2015 for å forsøke å danne et bilde av norsk økonomis oljeavhengighet. Det pågår en stor debatt om hvordan oljenæringen påvirker økonomien i Norge. ...