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Investigating the Yield Rate of Office Real Estate in Oslo : A Vector Error Correction Approach
(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 ... -
Investing in equity mutual funds : a study of the Norwegian fund market
(Master thesis, 2020)In this thesis we have analyzed Norwegian equity funds over the last eleven year period. We investigate if the performance of individual funds can be attributed to the skillset of managers, if investors can achieve ... -
Investing in legal advice – What determines the costs of enforcing intellectual property rights?
(Discussion paper;20/15, Working paper, 2015-08-28)This paper studies the determinants of investment in legal advice by plaintiffs in patent litigation. A hand-collected sample of US patent litigation cases is used to identify the empirical factors that determine the ... -
Investing in peer-to-peer lending : risk and return : an empirical analysis of the risk-return relationship in the crowdlending market
(Master thesis, 2016)This paper applies credit-risk pricing theory from literature on bonds to price loans in the peerto-peer (P2P) lending market. The purpose is to study the risk-adjusted return for investors investing in P2P loans. ... -
Investing in sustainability : the risk-adjusted performance of European mutual funds committed to sustainable and responsible investing
(Master thesis, 2016)This paper examines the relationship between sustainability and traditional financial aspects. Sustainable development has manifested itself to financial markets and the newly launched Morningstar Sustainability Rating ... -
Investing with dual objectives : the investment decision of impact investors and their preferences for the business model of social ventures : a qualitative exploration
(Master thesis, 2018)Impact investors aim to achieve social and environmental impact, alongside financial return on their investments. Thus, they are increasingly considered a potential source of funding for ventures that aim to address ... -
Investing without credible inter-period regulations : a bargaining approach with application to investments in natural resources
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 1999-12)A government’s lack of credibility when promising future taxation and regulation of foreign direct investment is often regarded as an obstacle to foreign investment. As shown in this paper, the total lack of inter-period ... -
Investment analysis : examining the theoretical- and practical relationship
(Master thesis, 2017)Previous studies on the topic of theory versus practice are usually conducted using surveys, with extensive questionnaires addressed to CEOs from different companies. This give rise to aggregated results, primarily ... -
Investment analysis of rooftop solar photovoltaic panels for energy-efficient residential areas in Norway, under different regulatory scenarios : Zero Village Bergen as a case study
(Master thesis, 2016)In Norway, buildings are responsible for 50% of stationary energy consumption; therefore reducing their carbon-footprint is an important area of research. Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels have seen significant technological ... -
Investment analysis of the Framo cargo pumping system
(Master thesis, 2014)This paper looks into whether or not it can be profitable for a shipping company operating in the product tanker segment, to change from a steam driven cargo pumping system to a hydraulic cargo pumping system by Frank ... -
The investment development path and small developed economies : the case of Finland
(Master thesis, 2009)This study examines the development of foreign direct investment in Finland in relation to the Investment Development Path model and other small developed economies. The study attempts to understand the involvement of ... -
Investment flexibility in the oil industry : optimizing investment decisions applying real option theory
(Master thesis, 2014)The ambition of the study is to apply relevant real option theory to a specific investment decision in the oil industry. Investment flexibility is significant in this industry, but several companies rely on the standard ... -
The investment horizon problem : a resolution
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2009-09)In the canonical model of investments, the optimal fractions in the risky assets do not depend on the time horizon. This is against empirical evidence, and against the typical recommendations of portfolio managers. We ... -
Investment in transmission
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-11)Transmission is an integral part of the electricity system. However, even within a centralised system of generation and transmission it has never been a trivial exercise to perform coordination of expanding loads, generation ... -
Investment mechanism design and public policy for a natural gas grid
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-11)This paper discusses how the government can design investment mechanisms to induce a socially optimal capacity increase in a gas grid that is owned by a syndicate of gas producers. Designing the investment mechanisms, the ... -
Investment to serve future consumption needs : trade theory applied to demographic challenges
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2005-11)One-good-economy neoclassical models predict that the non-synchronized aging between developing and developed economies can cause interaction between them leading to a Pareto improvement, e.g. Holzmann (2000). Interaction ... -
Investment under price uncertainty : an empirical study of the Norwegian petroleum industry
(Master thesis, 2013)Investments are based on expectations of future profits. The common perception of the investment and uncertainty relationship is that increased uncertainty reduces willingness to invest. Uncertainty is here defined as ... -
Investment, voluntary disclosure, and managerial incentives
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Investments in recessions
(Working paper;03/13, Working paper, 2013-01)We argue that the strategy literature has been virtually silent on the issue of recessions, and that this constitutes a regrettable sin of omission. A key route to rectify this omission is to focus on how recessions affect ... -
Investor Attention to Earnings Announcements on Fridays : An Empirical Analysis of the Market Reactions to Earnings Announcements on the Oslo Stock Exchange
(Master thesis, 2021)We use quarterly earnings announcements, analyst estimates, and daily equity data from the Oslo Stock Exchange to analyze if investors are less attentive on Fridays. We test this market anomaly with the following hypotheses: ...