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Head office location : agglomeration, clusters or flow nodes?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2003)The basic aim of the paper is to establish an understanding of the concentration of head offices to metropolitan areas. Our discussion of the locational pattern of head offices in Norway is based on empirical data from a ... -
Health insurance coverage for low-income households : consumption smoothing and investment
(Discussion Papers;16/2013, Working paper, 2013-10)I estimate the e ects of public health insurance on consumption smoothing and investigate the extent to which the public insurance interacts with private arrangements of self-insurance. Exploiting a dramatic expansion ... -
Health services exports : case study of wellness travels
(Master thesis, 2017)Nowadays, health services trade (otherwise called medical tourism) is becoming more and more popular (20% annual growth worldwide). Due to that, competition in the field is also increasing; thus, in order to stay ... -
Healthcare got smart : the effect of smart technology on business models in the Norwegian healthcare industry : a qualitative exploration
(Master thesis, 2017)The healthcare industry is faced with significant challenges such as urbanization, an aging and growing population and scarce labour resources. To comprehend with these challenges, companies are now providing smart ... -
Healthy(?), Wealthy, and Wise Birth Order and Adult Health.
(SAM;03/2016, Working paper, 2016-02-12)While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects children’s outcomes such as education, IQ scores, and earnings, the evidence for effects on health is more limited. This paper uses a large dataset on ... -
Hedgefond : diversifiseringsmuligheter for pensjonsfond
(Master thesis, 2006)I denne oppgaven tar jeg for meg hedgefond som et investeringsalternativ for store pensjonsfond. Etter å kort ha presentert hva hedgefond er går oppgaven inn på, som oppgavetittelen tilsier, om det eksisterer diversifise ... -
Hedgefond i porteføljesammenheng
(Master thesis, 2007)Denne oppgaven tar for seg hedgefond som et tredje aktiva i den tradisjonelle porteføljen bestående av aksjer og obligasjoner. Analysen avdekket at hedgefond generelt har flere fordelaktige egenskaper, deriblant en relativ ... -
Hedgefond: en fornuftig investering?
(Master thesis, 2007)Hedgefond er ”privat organiserte, lite regulerte og profesjonelt styrte kapitalplasseringer som ikke er lett tilgjengelig for publikum”(Lhabitant, 2004). I denne oppgaven tar jeg for meg hedgefond som investeringsalternativ. ... -
Hedging av risiko i det norske boligmarkedet : vil husholdninger ha nytte av tilgang til eiendomsderivater?
(Master thesis, 2015)Denne utredningen analyserer potensielle gevinster for norske boligeiere ved å kunne investere i derivater knyttet til en boligprisindeks for risikospredningsformål. Høy prisvekst i boligmarkedet har gjort at inntreden ... -
Hedging med fraktfutures på Imarex : en empirisk studie av optimale minimum varians hedgeratioer i shippingindustrien
(Master thesis, 2009)I oppgaven benyttes minimum varians hedgeratioer for å finne hedgeeffektiviteten til fem futurekontrakter tradet på Imarex. To av rutene, TD3 og TD7, er innenfor tanksegmentet i shipping. De andre tre, C4, CS 4 TC og PM 4 ... -
Hedging revenues with weather derivatives : a literature review of weather derivatives & a case study of Ringnes AS
(Master thesis, 2009)The corporate world has hedged their revenues for decades. By use of futures, forwards, options and swaps companies have hedged risks related to stock investments, commodities, interest rates, currency and relevant ... -
Hedging risks in shipping using futures contracts traded on Imarex
(Master thesis, 2010)This thesis has studied the hedge performance of some of Imarex’s futures contracts for freight and bunker. It starts with a presentation of the shipping market and fundamental theory regarding futures and forward contracts ... -
Hedging ship price risk using freight derivatives in the drybulk market
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)We show that a fixed-maturity time-weighted Forward Freight Agreement (FFA) portfolio should be used to proxy the expected future earnings of a vessel. We investigate the corresponding hedging efficiency when using a ... -
Hedging the fishy fishmeal prices : an investigation into the viability of a potential fishmeal futures contract
(Master thesis, 2018)Salmon futures contracts have existed for more than a decade, and futures contracts for aquaculture feed ingredients such as corn, soybean meal and wheat have existed much longer. Fishmeal is also a key feed ingredient, ... -
Hedging without sweat : a genetic programming approach
(Working paper;2013:5, Working paper, 2013)Hedging in the presence of transaction costs leads to complex op- timization problems. These problems typically lack closed-form so- lutions, and their implementation relies on numerical methods that provide hedging ... -
Hedging without sweat: a genetic programming approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-06-26)Hedging in the presence of transaction costs leads to complex optimization problems. These problems typically lack closed-form solutions, and their implementation relies on numerical methods that provide hedging strategies ... -
Helårig petroleumsvirksomhet i Lofoten-Barentshavet : risiko og avkastningsmuligheter
(Master thesis, 2006)Denne oppgaven vil i all hovedsak drøfte de muligheter som befinner seg i å utvide norsk olje- og gassvirksomhet til områdene i nord. Hensikten er å rette fokus på den empiri som støtter en slik utbygging, samtidig trekke ... -
Hellas og euroen : er det optimalt for Hellas å være en del av eurosamarbeidet?
(Master thesis, 2013)I denne oppgaven har jeg forsøkt å belyse, ved hjelp av teori knyttet til valutaområder, om det er optimalt for Hellas å være en del av eurosamarbeidet. Lav grad av symmetri og åpenhet med resten av medlemslandene, samt ... -
Helsekapital i Norge : en empirisk analyse av endringer i befolkningens selvopplevde helse i perioden 1995 – 2012
(Master thesis, 2016)Hovedformålet med denne utredningen var å se på endringer i befolkningens selvopplevde helse. Befolkningens helse blir delt inn i tre hovedfaktorer: forventede leveår, sykdomsutbredelsen og effekten av sykdommer og aldring. ...