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Replikeringsevnen til passive fond i det europeiske markedet : En analyse av replikeringsmetoder og ulike faktorers påvirkning på replikeringsevnen til indeks- og børsfond
(Master thesis, 2023)Med bakgrunn i den økte populariteten ved investering i passive fond undersøker vi tre metoder som anvendes når fondene skal kopiere referanseindeksen, full, delvis og syntetisk replikering. Ved bruk av 152 indeks- og ... -
Representation of preferences á la Savage with a general probability measure
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-10)This paper addresses two weaknesses of the subjective expected utility representation of Savage: The first is that the resulting subjective probability measure P is atomless only, the second is that P is only finitely ... -
Representations of Uncertainty for Decision Modelling
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-05)First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisors Stein W. Wallace, Julio C. Goez and Francesca Maggioni. I would also like to extend my thanks to my co-authors Jamie Fairbrother and Geir ... -
Resale price maintenance and restrictions on dominant firm and industry-wide adoption
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007-06)This paper examines the use of market-share thresholds (safe harbors) in evaluating whether a given vertical practice should be challenged. Such thresholds are typically found in vertical restraints guidelines (e.g., the ... -
Rescheduling of light rail trains during disruption : an optimization model for Bybanen in Bergen
(Master thesis, 2019)When a disruption occurs in an urban rail system, it usually results in significant disturbances due to limited operational flexibility. In this thesis, we develop an optimization model that efficiently reschedules trains ... -
Research and development of ’new species’ in Norwegian aquaculture
(Working Paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2003-04)Because of salmon farming, Norwegian aquaculture today is a remarkable economic success. The success is partly explained by aquaculture research of high international quality. However, this salmon farming research overshadows ... -
Research on technical trading and market efficiency : a trader's perspective
(Master thesis, 2012)Research on the predictive power of technical analysis is a matter of controversy. The objective of this thesis is to look at the empirical research done on technical trading and see how the results can be used from a ... -
Reshaping affordable luxury fashion : the green shift : how does the type of sustainability attribute impact young generations’ consumer behavior?
(Master thesis, 2020)Luxury fashion consumers are increasingly becoming more environmentally concerned and consequently demand brands to meet their needs with responsible, yet luxurious products. This trend is especially evident in Millennials ... -
Residential Electricity Consumption: The Role of Psychological Factors : An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Energy-Saving Attitudes and Intentions on Residential Electricity Consumption
(Master thesis, 2021)Given the more frequent occurrence of weather extremes, growing awareness and responsibility of the climate crisis and its consequences can be observed within the population. It seems as if growing climate change concerns ... -
Resolution of financial distress : determinants of restructuring outcome in the Norwegian bond market
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis analyses possible determinants explaining restructuring outcomes for financially distressed firms in the Norwegian bond market. This includes both Norwegian firms and foreign firms issuing bonds in the Norwegian ... -
Resolving distributional conflicts between generations
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-05)We describe a new approach to the problem of resolving distributional conflicts between an infinite and countable number of generations. We impose conditions on the social preferences that capture the following idea: ... -
Resource rent in the Norwegian aquaculture industry : a bottom-up approach
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis investigates the generation of resource rent in the Norwegian aquaculture industry during 2010-2017. Whereas past empirical research on resource rent assumes that the license holder captures the entire rent, ... -
Resource rent taxation in Norwegian salmon aquaculture : an economic analysis of resource rent taxation in Norwegian salmon aquaculture
(Master thesis, 2020)In 2018 the Norwegian government decided that a special tax commission should look into the possibilities to introduce a resource rent tax in the Norwegian aquaculture industry. In November 2019 the commission delivered ... -
Responsibility and rationing in health care
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004)Objective: People make different choices about how to live their life and these choices have a significant effect on their health, the risks they face and their need for treatment in the future. The objective of this article ... -
Responsibility and reward
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-09)It is not straightforward to define the ethics of responsibility in cases where the consequences of factors under our control are partly affected by factors outside our control. One way to approach this issue is to ask ... -
Responsibility for what? Fairness and individual responsibility
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)What should individuals be held responsible for? This is a fundamental question in much of the contemporary debate on distributive justice. Different fairness ideals, such as strict egalitarianism, and different versions ... -
Responsibility in health care : a liberal egalitarian approach
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004)Lifestyle diseases constitute an increasing portion of health problems and this trend is likely to continue. A better understanding of the responsibility argument is important for the assessment of policies aimed at meeting ... -
Responsible investments : exploration of investor motives and ESG stock market performance
(Master thesis, 2019)This master thesis contributes to existing research on responsible investments in two ways. Not only do we study the performance of responsible investments, but also responsible investment behaviour. Therefore, our first ... -
Responsible investments in the Government Pension Fund Global and Norfund : An empirical study of a simple neoclassical production model and the subsequent Lucas Paradox
(Master thesis, 2014)The Government Pension Fund Global and its investment strategy is widely discussed and criticised by many. Financial institutions solely investing in development projects, like Norfund, have in some studies been identified ... -
Ressursfordeling mellom politidistriktene : utarbeidelsen av en rettferdig og objektiv allokeringsmodell for det operative politiet
(Master thesis, 2018)Formålet med denne utredningen er å utarbeide en ny allokeringsmodell for fordeling av ressurser til bemanning i politidistriktene, med fokus på det operative politiet. Politidirektoratet ønsker at fordelingen av ressurser ...