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Do investors reward gender diversity? An event study of the MSCI World Women’s Leadership Index
(Master thesis, 2021)The aim of this thesis is to study how global markets value companies that exhibit a commitment towards gender diversity among their board of directors and among the leadership positions. We investigate how stock returns ... -
Do Koopmans’ postulates lead to discounted utilitarianism?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-12)In this paper we consider variations of Koopmans’ (1960) postulates and demonstrate that these lead to a class of social preferences that is wider than discounted utilitarianism. We formulate a utilitiarian condition ... -
Do maritime anti-corruption efforts affect economics? An analysis of waiting time in the Suez Canal
(Master thesis, 2019)The purpose of this study was to investigate whether becoming member of the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) comes with a monetary penalty in terms of longer waiting times for entering the Suez Canal. This thesis ... -
Do Mechanical Value Investing Strategies Beat The Market In The Nordics?
(Master thesis, 2022)In this thesis, we study whether three mechanical value investing strategies consistently generate excess risk-adjusted returns (alpha) on the Nordic exchanges for a Norwegian investor (returns are reflected in NOK). We ... -
Do mergers & aquisitions undertaken by developed countries acquirers in emergin markets generate more returns than those with US targets? : An event study
(Master thesis, 2013)The purpose of this master thesis is to answer whether a Developed Country firm would generate higher returns to its shareholders by acquiring a company from the US or by acquiring an Emerging Market target. It includes ... -
Do non-enforceable contracts matter? Evidence from an international lab experiment
(Discussion paper;2/2012, Working paper, 2012-02)Many verifiable contracts are impossible or difficult to enforce. This applies to contracts among family and friends, contracts regulating market transactions, and sovereign debt contracts. Do such non-enforceable contracts ... -
Do non-enforceable contracts matter? Evidence from an international lab experiment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Many verifiable contracts are impossible or difficult to enforce. This applies to contracts among family and friends, contracts regulating market transactions, and sovereign debt contracts. Do such non-enforceable contracts ... -
Do Norwegian bond funds create value?
(Master thesis, 2020)Performance evaluations of Norwegian bond mutual funds have until this date received limited attention. The introduction of updated credit-indices by Nordic Bond Pricing, has allowed for new opportunities to analyse funds ... -
Do numerical simulation and optimization results improve management? : experimental evidence
(Report, Research report, 2000-05)Models of different forms are the core tool of economic analysis. The advises econo-mists give decision makers may represent general insights derived from stylized models. Alternatively, economists may construct complex ... -
Do prices reflect short-term output fluctuations? : empirical evidence from a small open raw material based economy
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-01)Within the framework of Keynesian economic theory it is widely taken for granted that short term output fluctuations are mirrored in corresponding fluctuations in prices. By examining data on prices and output for a small ... -
Do R&D Subsidies Cause Better Access to External Financing? Empirical Evidence from the Research Council of Norway’s Grant Programs
(Master thesis, 2021)Public funding of R&D has become a popular policy instrument to alleviate financial constraints for innovation and entrepreneurship. This master’s thesis analyses whether public R&D subsidies lead to better access to ... -
Do Retail Investors Fall for Bad Boys? An empirical study of whether narcissistic CEOs manipulate retail investors into financial peril
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether retail investment decisions are influenced by CEO personalities, and whether it has adverse financial implications. Specifically, we are interested in the notion that ... -
Do Shipping Freight Rates Predict Stock Market Returns? An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Shipping Freight Rates and Broad Stock Market Returns
(Master thesis, 2023)Given the availability and real-time inference of shipping freight rates, they are often regarded as a gauge for the economy. Stock market commentators and participants often stress the importance of falling freight rates ... -
Do slotting allowances harm retail competition?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-09)Slotting allowances are fees paid by manufacturers to get access to retailers’ shelf space. Both in the USA and Europe, the use of slotting allowances has attracted attention in the general press as well as among policy ... -
Do Smart Beta ETFs Outperform the World Market? An empirical analysis on the returns of smart beta ETFs in the European and US markets
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates if smart beta ETFs in the US and/or Europe deliver excess return relative to the world market and how performance compares between the two markets. We focus on nine smart beta categories in our ... -
Do species interactions and stochasticity matter to optimal management of multispecies fisheries?
(Discussion paper;2012:1, Working paper, 2012-01)The multispecies fisheries management looks at a bigger picture in addressing the long-term consequences of present decisions. This implies an ecosystem management that includes a number of species and their physical, ... -
Do spillovers justify subsidies to commercial R&D? : four microeconometric essays
(Doctoral thesis, 2002)Chapter 1: In the introductory chapter, I place my thesis in an empirical research tradition going back to the mid-19S0s, investigating the economics of technological change. Key issues have been the private and social returns ... -
Do thin-capitalization rules affect capital structure decisons? : evidence from Norwegian multinationals.
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis studies the effects of thin-capitalization rules on the level and the tax rate sensitivity of internal and total debt in foreign affiliates of Norwegian multinationals. In response to multinationals’ enhanced ... -
Do Treatment Decisions Depend on Physicians` Financial Incentives?
(Discussion paper;15/15, Working paper, 2015-07)We study whether and how physicians respond to financial incentives, making use of detailed register data on the health-care services provided to patients by general practitioners (GPs) in Norway over a six-year period ... -
Do venture capital backed companies show value added performance? : a study of growth in Norwegian venture capital backed companies compared to benchmarks of non venture capital backed comparable companies
(Master thesis, 2009)The purpose of this thesis is to find out if companies that have received Venture Capital funding perform better than they are assumed to perform without. To test this, growth in sales, revenues, assets and employees in ...