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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 ... -
The equity premium in a production economy; A new perspective involving recursive utility
(Discussion paper;15/15, Working paper, 2015-04-10)We study a rational expectations' competitive equilibrium in a production economy, i.e., a system of prices at which firms' profit maximizing production decisions and individuals' preferred affordable consumption choices ... -
The equity risk premium: a solved puzzle : an emperical study of the recursive utility model with estimates for the wealth portfolio
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis, we calibrate recursive utility models in discrete and continuous time, and find a range of plausible preference parameters for the utility discount rate (), the relative risk aversion and the elasticity ... -
The European financial transaction tax : a stabilizing force or a one-dimensional solution to the problem of excessive risk taking?
(Master thesis, 2012)In the wake of the financial crisis, the movement advocating for a financial transaction tax gained considerable support, culminating in the presentation of a proposal for such a tax by the European Commission on September ... -
The European Union emissions trading scheme failure analysis and assessment of market stability reserve solution
(Master thesis, 2016)The European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is presented to be the cornerstone of European Union climate policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Implemented in 2008, it is the first, and still the biggest ... -
The European Union's common fisheries policy : historical challenges and future outlook
(Master thesis, 2011)My thesis aims to create an overview of the history of the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) in the European Union (EU), pointing out important challenges with regards to accession of new member states, an oversized fishing ... -
The evasion gamble : behavioural insights on tax compliance
(Master thesis, 2013)The thesis explores the insights from behavioural economic research for tax compliance. The theoretical model of tax evasion by Allingham and Sandmo (1972) is reviewed and then enriched with findings from research on ... -
The evolution of social mobility: Norway over the 20th century.
(SAM;02/2016, Working paper, 2016-02-12)This paper documents trends in social mobility in Norway starting from fathers born at the turn of the 20th century and ending with sons born in the 1970s. We measure social mobility with intergenerational income ... -
The exercise of covenant defeasace options : a study of the removal of restictive covenants in US corporate bonds, by means of big-data analysis
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis aims to examine the exercise of covenant defeasance options. To find what bonds are defeased, we build a SEC crawler to analyze more than 1.4m SEC filings. Our methods of analysis are descriptive statistics and ... -
The expansion of low cost carriers into the long-haul market: a strategic analysis of Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA
(Master thesis, 2015)The low-cost carrier (“LCC”) business model has been in existence for several decades and their market share has been growing steadily. However, the most successful LCCs such as Southwest, Ryanair and EasyJet have focused ... -
The expansion of the Panama canal : a study of consequences in the container shipping industry
(Master thesis, 2014)The Panama Canal has become a constraining factor on trade across the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean, and the expansion of the Canal is expected to have a positive influence on world trade. Our research investigates the ... -
The effect of corporate sustainability on stock performance : an empirical comparison between European stocks with good and bad ESG performance
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis investigates the effect of corporate sustainability on financial performance in Europe during the period 2005-2017. We examine whether companies with good ESG performance perform better in the stock market than ... -
The family gap in career progression
(Discussion paper;29/14, Working paper, 2014-08)This study investigates whether and when during the life cycle women fall behind in terms of career progression because of children. We use 1987-1997 Norwegian panel data that contain information on individuals’ position ... -
The Family Peer Effect on Mothers´ Labour Supply
(SAM;7/2016, Working paper, 2016-04-26)The well documented rise in female labour force participation in the last century has flattened in recent decades, but the proportion of mothers working full-time has been steadily increasing. In this paper we provide the ... -
The feasibility and challenges of introducing futures exchange to the shrimp markets
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The Feasibility and the Economic Viability of Shipping LNG via the Northern Sea Route
(Master thesis, 2013)The melting of the sea-ice in the Russian Arctic has lead to a stronger optimism than ever before as regards the supply of Norwegian LNG to Asia-Pacific via the Northern Sea Route (NSR). The successful completion of the ...