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The effect of cross-border healthcare on quality, public health insurance, and income redistribution
(SAM;4/2016, Working paper, 2016-04-07)This study analyzes the effect of cross-border healthcare on the quality of healthcare as well as public health insurance and income redistribution schemes. Although the globalization of healthcare has been increasing, it ... -
The effect of culture on Norwegian - Chinese business negotiations
(Master thesis, 2013)This thesis attempts to discover how cultural differences between Norway and China affect business negotiations. Critical incidents have been found through interviews with Norwegian business representatives, who have ... -
The effect of default options on financial risk‐taking for oneself versus others
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis is a study of the effect of default options on financial risk‐taking for oneself versus others. The purpose of the thesis is to see if there is a significant difference in risk‐taking for oneself versus ... -
The Effect of Fast and Slow Decisions on Financial Risk Taking
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)We experimentally compare fast and slow decisions in a series of Experiments on financial risk taking in three countries involving over 1700 subjects. To manipulate fast and slow decisions, subjects were randomly allocated ... -
The effect of foreign cash holdings on returns during repatriation tax holidays : a study of the American jobs creation act of 2004
(Master thesis, 2018)On October 22, 2004, President George W. Bush enacted a repatriation tax holiday under the American Jobs Creation Act. It allowed companies incorporated in the U.S. to repatriate foreign earnings at a reduced effective tax ... -
The effect of industrial diversification on banks’ performance : a case study of the Norwegian banking market
(Working paper;2017:9, Working paper, 2017-06)By attracting deposits from savers and offering financing to borrowers, banks play an important role in the economy. Which strategic approach banks ought to pursue for optimizing performance and hence contribute to financial ... -
The effect of industrial diversification on banks’ performance : a case study of the Norwegian banking market
(Master thesis, 2017)By attracting deposits from savers and offering financing to borrowers, banks play an important role in the economy. Which strategic approach banks ought to pursue for optimizing performance and hence contribute to ... -
The effect of natural resource abundance on income of local labor markets
(Master thesis, 2018)This master thesis contributes to the literature on the effect of natural resource abundance on regional level outcomes in Norway. We aim to analyze the causal effect of an onshore petroleum facility (OPF) approval on ... -
The effect of Norwegian state ownership: an empirical case study on the effect of the Norwegian privatization scheme on abnormal return and systematic risk
(Master thesis, 2015)The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the effect of state ownership on abnormal return and systematic risk in Norwegian state-owned firms on the Oslo Stock Exchange in the period 1999- 2015. This master thesis provides ... -
The effect of oil prices on housing prices in the Norwegian market
(Master thesis, 2017)The oil industry makes significant impact on Norway’s economy. In 2016, the export value of crude oil, natural gas and condensate in Norway is around NOK 350 billion, which takes approximately 47 percent of the total ... -
The effect of oil prices on offshore production : evidence from the Norwegian continental shelf
(Discussion paper;07/14, Working paper, 2014-02)I use detailed field-level data on Norwegian o↵-shore oil field production and a semi-parametric additive model to control for the production profile of fields to estimate the e↵ect of oil prices on production. I find ... -
The effect of ownership concentration on deal probability in corporate takeovers : an empirical study of ownership concentration, with new evidence consistent with the free-rider proposition
(Master thesis, 2017)The main purpose of this thesis is to empirically examine the relationship between the target firm’s ownership concentration and deal probability, conditional on a bid having been made. To examine this relationship in a ... -
The effect of post-IPO private equity ownership : an empirical study of how post-IPO private equity ownership affects the stock market- and accounting performance of private equity-backed IPOs in the US
(Master thesis, 2018)Private equity firms stay invested in their portfolio companies for up to several years after an initial public offering. Despite private equity firms having incentives and opportunities to continue influencing the companies, ... -
The effect of recessions on firms’ boundaries
(Working paper;04/13, Working paper, 2013-01)The economic theory of the firm offers conflicting predictions of how the two major effects of recessions, changes in demand and access to credit, affect firm boundaries. Using data on Norwegian firms in the recent recession, ... -
The effect of school consolidation on student achievement.
(DP SAM;14/2017, Working paper, 2017-08)Many countries have seen a substantial increase in the average school size over the past decades, and a corresponding reduction in the number of schools. It has been widely argued that both students and local communities ... -
The effect of sector quality in quality minus junk : the quality puzzle deepens
(Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis we test whether sector quality effects drive the abnormal returns of the Quality Minus Junk (QMJ) strategy. We find that the strategy makes involuntarily sector bets, as it invests in outperforming sectors ... -
The effect of strategic orientation on the commercial exploitation of digitalisation : a study on digitalisation in Norwegian companies
(Master thesis, 2018)Digitalisation is a heavily debated topic within the business community. However, there is little empirical research on digitalisation, and accordingly practitioners define best practice. This thesis seeks to theorise ... -
The Effect of Tax Havens on Host Country Welfare
(Discussion paper;19/15, Working paper, 2015-04-24)Multinational corporations can shift income into low-tax countries through transfer pricing and debt financing. While most developed countries use thin capitalization rules to limit the extent to which a subsidiary can ... -
The effect of the 2016 tax reform act on cum-cum trading in Germany : an empirical study on trading volume of the 100 most traded stocks from 2012 to 2018
(Master thesis, 2018)Various cases of sophisticated tax-motivated trading practices have recently received public attention all across Europe. These practices, some of them considered frauds, have deprived the targeted jurisdictions of tremendous ... -
The effect of venture capital on employment and productivity: an empirical study of first round investments in Norwegian portfolio companies
(Master thesis, 2015)The purpose of this thesis is to find out how private venture capital funding affects employment and productivity in Norwegian portfolio companies. To test this, we analyze employment and productivity in the period from ...