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Forecasting price spikes in day-ahead electricity markets: techniques, challenges, and the road ahead
(Discussion paper;1/24, Working paper, 2024-01-17)Due to the increase in renewable energy production and global socioeconomic turmoil, the volatility in electricity prices has considerably increased in recent years, leading to extreme positive and negative price spikes ... -
Forecasting the Fish Pool Index : Can tree-based models produce accurate and reliable forecasts of the salmon spot price?
(Master thesis, 2023)Industrial salmon farming is becoming an increasingly important industry, both globally and in Norway. One of the main risk factors in salmon production is the highly volatile spot price, so access to high-quality price ... -
Forecasting the Price of Aluminium Using Machine Learning : Empirical comparison of machine learning and statistical methods.
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis challenges statistical methods for forecasting aluminium's 3-month futures contract price with a machine learning technique. The goal is to find the superior model with a one-month horizon. The first model ... -
Foreclosure in contests
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-12)We consider a contest in which one firm is a favourite as it initially has a cost advantage over rivals. Instead of taking the set of rivals as given, we consider the possibility that the favourite transfers the source ... -
Foreign aid and domestic politics : implications for aid selectivity
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-06)The links between foreign aid and policies in developing countries have been at the forefront of the policy debate for decades. An emerging consensus touts aid selectivity as the solution to the failures of conditionality. ... -
Foreign aid and international public goods : incentives and strategic behavior
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-08)This paper considers a stylized model where a donor and a recipient government derive utility from a public good (for example consumption among the poor or defense capacity in the recipient country), in addition to a private ... -
Foreign aid and international public goods : incentives and strategic behavior
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-08)This paper considers a stylized model where a donor and a recipient government derive utility from a public good (for example consumption among the poor or defense capacity in the recipient country), in addition to a ... -
Foreign aid and social sector spending in developing countries
(Report, Research report, 2002)Foreign aid is of critical importance to achieving the international goal of providing basic social services to all mankind by 2015. If strategies for funding health and education are to be successful, understanding the ... -
Foreign aid and sovereign credit worthiness
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-12)International financial markets are far from perfect. Because of problems related to contract enforcement borrowers often end up being rationed; the lenders tend to constrain the amount lent ex ante in order to motivate ... -
Foreign direct investment : assessing the need for a multilateral agreement
(Report, Research report, 2002-06)Do we need a multilateral agreement for policies towards international investments similar to the trade agreements that exist? Foreign direct investments (FDI) play an important role in the international economy, and in ... -
Foreign direct investment and host-country effects
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Foreign direct investment and local cooperation : a contingent claims approach
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2000-12)We address key issues that a foreign investor needs to evaluate when deciding whether to enter into a joint venture with a local partner. We explicitly show how the values depend on the valuation methodology, i.e., the ... -
Foreign direct investment and wages in Central and Eastern Europe
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2001-04)This paper explores the link between foreign direct investment and wages in three countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Poland, Bulgaria and Romania. The objective of the study is twofold. It tries to detect (1) whether ... -
Foreign direct investment in non-metropolitian Norway : an analysis of strategies, objectives and autonomy
(Working paper, Working paper, 2000-10)The internationalisation of the western economy in recent years implies cross-border investments and an increasing number of firms with production in more than one country. The exploitation of natural resources has ... -
Foreign direct investment, regional change and poverty : identifying Norwegian controlled FDI in developing countries
(Report, Research report, 2005-03)This report discusses the role of the involvement of multi-national companies in development and poverty reduction strategies, by identifying Norwegian controlled FDI in developing countries. The first part of the report ... -
Foreign direct investments and regional effects : the case of Norway
(Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)Foreign direct investments (FDI) have had an important role in Norway since the start of the manufacturing age in the beginning of the 1900s. Traditionally these were mostly export-oriented manufacturing companies. However, ... -
Foreign direct investments in the Czech automotive industry : a case study of Hyundai Motor Company
(Master thesis, 2016-09-02)This thesis is a strategic analysis of the 2006 greenfield investment in the Czech Republic, by the global automotive manufacturer Hyundai Motor Group. We analyse the factors that made Czech Republic an advantageous ... -
Foreign direct investments: The BRIC countries and Norway
(Working papers;44/13, Working paper, 2013-11)The present working paper is part of the EU-funded project COST ACTION IS0905, The Emergence of Southern multinationals and their Impact on Europe. Southern multinationals refer to multinationals from emerging economies. ... -
Foreign economic aid : should donors cooperate?
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-06)When several altruistic donors provide aid to alleviate poverty in another country, they face a common good problem. Solving this problem calls for cooperation and policy integration. But before we conclude in favour of ... -
Foreign exchange risk management : how are the largest non-financial companies in Norway managing their foreign exchange rate exposure?
(Master thesis, 2010)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the largest non-financial companies in Norway manage their foreign exchange rate exposure. This is investigated through the use of a survey distributed to a sample the largest ...