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The Effects of a Day Off from Retail Price Competition: Evidence on Consumer Behavior and Firm Performance in Gasoline Retailing
(Discussion paper;9/17, Working paper, 2017-07-06)First, we analyze how regular days off from competition and a time-dependent price pattern affect firm performance. Second, we examine the effects on firms' profitability from consumers’ changing search- and timing behavior. ... -
The Effects of a Day Off from Retail Price Competition: Evidence on Consumer Behavior and Firm Performance in Gasoline Retailing.
(DP SAM;1/2018, Working paper, 2018-01)First, we analyze how regular days off from competition and a time-dependent price pattern affect firm performance. Second, we examine the effects on firms' profitability from consumers’ changing search- and timing behavior. ... -
The effects of basic taste skills on brand attitude : the ability to distinguish between high and low quality beverage products
(Master thesis, 2019)The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between consumers basic taste skill and their ability to distinguish between high and low quality products and the moderating impact of branding. Grocery stores ... -
The Effects of Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills on Migration Decisions.
(DP SAM;17/2017, Working paper, 2017-09)There is growing evidence that cognitive and noncognitive skills affect the economic and social outcomes of individuals. In this paper, we analyze how they affect the migration decisions of individuals during their lifetimes. ... -
The effects of commodity price shocks on economic sectors : a comparative study of metal exporters
(Master thesis, 2016)This study investigates the effect of commodity price volatility on sectoral production for three main metal exporters: Australia, Chile, and South Africa. Using quarterly data of the real value added per industry from ... -
The effects of employment change on payroll per employee : implications from size-wage premia and labor composition
(Master thesis, 2018)Employer size has been linked to higher wages across industries and occupations by a host of studies, but a paradox emerges in the relationship between size and payroll per employee. From multivariate analysis on ... -
The effects of environmental regulation and technological advancement on labor Demand : evidence from the norwegian primary aluminum industry
(Master thesis, 2019)The motivation to implement environmental regulations is to increase environmental quality, as well as to promote higher quality of life and health benefits, for citizens. But how do environmental regulations affect labor ... -
The effects of fit and reputation in different sponsorship contexts : the role of motive attribution
(Master thesis, 2012)Sponsorship is one of the fastest growing forms of marketing communication. Despite the popularity, sponsorships are a relatively unexplored discipline in academia compared to related marketing areas. This thesis investigates ... -
The effects of government ownership on financial performance : a study of the aquaculture industry
(Master thesis, 2013)This paper empirically investigates the effects of government ownership on financial performance within the seafood industry. Looking at the period of 2005-2012 we measure financial performance using Tobin’s Q and return ... -
The effects of ownership on corporate performance and dividend payout policy : I. Performance in Founder Owned Firms. II. How Do Involved Owners Influence Dividend Payout Policies?
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis consists of two separate papers where the first study examines performance in founder owned firms and the second assess how involved owners influence dividend payout policies. All our tests are based on an ... -
The Effects of popcorn time on Netflix in a two–sided market
(Master thesis, 2016)My thesis discusses the effects on legal streaming agents of entry of free, but illegal, substitutes, in a two–sided video streaming market. Legal streaming agents rely on support from two very different, but inevitably ... -
The effects of reducing the mineral oil tax reimbursement scheme for the Norwegian short-sea shipping and fisheries sectors : conflicting goals, dubious results
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis conducts an analysis of the effects of reducing the mineral oil tax reimbursement scheme for the Norwegian short-sea shipping and fisheries sectors. An important contribution of this study is to review this ... -
The effects of self-congruity on brand attitude : the moderating impact of different usage situations
(Master thesis, 2018)Self-congruity theory is a much researched construct in marketing literature. Nevertheless, the results found are controversial and there is a lack of consensus about several factors including which variables moderate ... -
The effects of tax reform on the capital structure of Listed firms in Norway : an empirical study
(Master thesis, 2017)The goal of this thesis is to determine how changes in the corporate tax rate affect the capital structures of Norwegian firms, and how such effects can be explained by established economic theories. We have applied ... -
The Effects of technology on students’ academic performance rollout of individual laptops in norwegian upper secondary schools
(Master thesis, 2017)Di↵erent technologies have been implemented in the educational system in Norway over the last decade and it has been a subject of debate whether the use of technology enhances students’ educational outcomes. The aim of ... -
The Emergence and Effects of Culturally Congruent Leadership: Current Status and Future Developments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Objective: The purpose of this paper is to provide a critical assessment of the cross-cultural leadership literature and suggest avenues for future developments on both empirical and conceptual fronts.Research Design & ... -
The end of a long term relationship between the price of crude oil and natural gas : a cointegration approach
(Master thesis, 2013)In this master thesis we explore the relationship between the natural gas price and crude oil price in the U.S. We find that the prices have been cointegrated in the period from 1997-2006, and that the prices have decoupled ... -
The ensemble kalman filter for multidimensional bioeconomic models
(Working papers;04/14, Working paper, 2014-03)To serve the needs for integrating economic considerations into management decisions in ecosystem frameworks, we need to build models that capture observed system dynamics and incorporate existing knowledge of ecosystems ... -
The Ensemble Kalman Filter for Multidimensional Bioeconomic Models
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The ensemble Kalman filter in bioeconomics
(Discussion paper;2012:5, Working paper, 2012-05)We demonstrate the power of the Ensemble Kalman Filter in specifying ecosystem models ideal for bioeconomic analysis. Bioeconomic analysis requires models to be relatively simple, but models must still capture the nature ...