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The Norwegian and the German mobile telecommunication sectors : what explains the higher German end prices the last five years?
(Master thesis, 2013)The per-unit end prices in the German mobile telecommunication sector are now at Norwegian level, after being about twice as high as the Norwegian per-unit end prices in 2010. By analysing the mobile telecommunication ... -
The Norwegian hydropower : what are the drivers and bottlenecks of the small hydropower industry, and how will these further affect the development?
(Master thesis, 2013)The small hydropower industry in Norway is in a critical phase. The el-certificates system has proven to be a strong driver for new hydropower plants, as well as investments in existing plants, but with this system comes ... -
The Norwegian live fish carrier fleet: Is there a mismatch between capacity, utilization & investments?
(Master thesis, 2016)The Live Fish Carrier Industry is a specialized shipping segment in Norway, transporting and processing live salmon. The underlying driver for the segment is the production of salmon in aquaculture. With an absence of ... -
The Norwegian living dead : an empirical study of the prevalence of zombie firms in Norway, their characteristics, consequences and policy implications
(Master thesis, 2019)Zombie firms are mature firms having persistent problems meeting their interest payments. Previous research links the rise of these firms to falling productivity performance in the OECD, one of the most important drivers ... -
The Norwegian petroleum tax act : is the Norwegian petroleum tax act neutral to investment decisions and treatment of companies with respect to tax position?
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis evaluates the neutrality of the Norwegian Petroleum Tax Act (PTA) in light of theories on neutral taxation by Boadway & Bruce (1984), Fane (1987) and Sandmo (1989). More specific, we investigate if there is ... -
The Object is a Unit of Knowledge
(Journal article, 2008)After an introduction containing definitions of the terminological entity ‘object’ from national and international standards, a classification of types of objects is suggested followed by a brief statement of the nature ... -
The opportunism problem revisited : the case of retailer sales effort
(Working paper;30/13, Working paper, 2013-09)We study a setting where the opportunism or commitment problem identified by Hart and Tirole (1990) may arise. An upstream monopolist may sell its product to two differentiated downstream retailers. Contract unobservability ... -
The optimal extraction rate versus the expected real return of a sovereign wealth fund: Some simulations
(Discussion paper;7/19, Working paper, 2019-09-06)With reference to funds established for the benefits of the public at large, a university endowment, or other similar sovereign wealth fund, we demonstrate that the optimal extraction rate from the fund is significantly ... -
The paradox of openness: Appropriability, external search and collaboration
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)To innovate, firms often need to draw from, and collaborate with, a large number of actors from outside their organization. At the same time, firms need also to be focused on capturing the returns from their innovative ... -
The perfect wave: an estimate of a Norwegian petroleum supercycle
(Master thesis, 2015)Over the last decades, the relationship between natural resource discoveries on macroeconomic development has been thoroughly debated. The importance of maintaining a sustainable development in mainland industries has ... -
The performance of Norwegian investment grade bond funds
(Master thesis, 2016-09-02)The following thesis examines the performance of Norwegian investment grade bond mutual funds in the period from January 2011 to January 2016. In this study we addresstwo important issues. Firstly, by applying a ... -
The Perpetual American Put Option for Jump-Diffusions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)We solve a specific optimal stopping problem with an infinite time horizon, when the state variable follows a jump-diffusion. The novelty of the paper is related to the inclusion of a jump component in this stochastic ... -
The petroleum tax act and investment distortions : did the norwegian petroleum tax system become more or less distorted after the reduction of uplift in 2013?
(Master thesis, 2017)In light of Sandmo’s (1989) definition of neutrality, the objective of the thesis is to measure investment distortions in the Petroleum Tax Act (PTA) before and after the reduction of investment uplift in May 2013. The ... -
The pluralism of fairness ideals: An experimental approach
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)A core question in the contemporary debate on distributive justice is how to understand fairness in situations involving production. Important theories of distributive justice, such as strict egalitarianism, liberal ... -
The Poking Effect: Price Changes, Information, and Inertia in the Market for Mobile Subscriptions
(DP SAM;23/2018, Working paper, 2018-11)We study consumer inertia in the mobile subscription market, focusing on the decision of whether to switch to a competing provider. To identify the extent of inertia, we exploit price changes faced by 270,000 consumers of ... -
The Portuguese fish processing industry from the 1960s to the present
(Working paper;2015:13, Working paper, 2015-12)The purpose of this report is to analyse developments in the Portuguese fish processing industry from the 1960s to the present. In this period, Portugal has undergone tremendous political and macroeconomic changes. While ... -
The power of money : wealth effects in contests
(Discussion Papers;13/2013, Working paper, 2013-06)Two wealth effects typically arise in any contest: i) wealth decreases the marginal cost of effort, but also ii) decreases the marginal benefit of winning the contest. In this paper, we introduce three types of strategic ... -
The predictive power of earnings conference calls : predicting stock price movement with earnings call transcripts
(Master thesis, 2018)Earnings conference calls are considered a valuable text based information source for investors. This paper investigates the possibility to predict the direction of stock prices by analyzing the transcripts of earnings ... -
The price impact and timing of actual share repurchases in Norway
(Master thesis, 2015)Little is known about the price impact and timing of actual share repurchases. Data unavailability has hindered research in most countries, including the United States. Using unique data on actual share repurchase ...