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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 ... -
The Price of Ethical Investing: Evaluating the performance of socially responsible indices
(Master thesis, 2015)We use a Fama-French based approach to investigate the risk-adjusted performance of five regionally diverse sets of SRI indices and their conventional benchmarks from 1997 to 2014. In accordance with most previous research, ... -
'The Prime Minister said...' Voices in translated political texts
(Journal article, 2008)A variety of texts are translated to fulfil functions for political communication across languages, cultures, and ideologies. For example, newspapers regularly provide quotes of statements by foreign politicians, ... -
The principal problem in political economy : income distribution in the history of economic thought
(Discussion Papers;15/2013, Working paper, 2013-09)The paper considers the history of theories of income distribution, from the time of Adam Smith until the 1970s. It is divided into two main parts. Part I considers the positive theory of income distribution, beginning ... -
The Problem of Scientific Uncertainty
(Journal article, 2010)In a certain sense uncertainty and ignorance have been recognized in science and philosophy from the time of the Greeks. However, the mathematical sciences have been dominated by the pursuit of certainty. Therefore, experiments ... -
The process of customer brand engagement in interactive contexts: Prerequisites, conceptual foundations, antecedents, and outcomes
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-11)The purpose of this thesis is to develop a conceptual and theoretical understanding of customer brand engagement (CBE) that is useful for practitioners, particularly for service firms utilizing interactive platforms in ... -
The profitability of Norwegian salmon farming companies : a study of profitability variation
(Master thesis, 2015)The conditions in the Norwegian salmon farming industry are constantly changing. Locally and globally, regulations, consolidation and technological advancements are some of the factors having a deep impact on the current ... -
The Profitability of Norwegian Salmon Farming Companies: a study of profitability variation
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The profitability of pre-commercial floating offshore wind projects : a study of four funding mechanisms
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis analyses the economic impact of different governmental support mechanisms on the investment in a pre-commercial floating offshore wind farm. An important contribution of this study is its investigation of ... -
The profitability of pumped hydro storage in Norway : a study of six pumped hydro storage plants
(Master thesis, 2014)With increasing investments and focus on renewable energy in Europe there has arisen a demand for balancing services due to the intermittency of renewable energy sources like wind and solar power. This thesis examines the ... -
The profitability of value and momentum strategies on the Nordic stock market
(Master thesis, 2017)In this paper, we examine the profitability of value and momentum strategies on the Nordic stock market for the period January 1989 to June 2016. We find evidence of both a value and momentum premium, reflected by positive ... -
The profitability premium : the effect of arbitrage activity on abnormal trading profits
(Master thesis, 2019)Inspired by the Novy-Marx (2013) paper, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate the profitability premium and the effect of arbitrage activity on its abnormal trading profits over the period from June 1964 to December ... -
The protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism the Haugian way
(Discussion paper;1/2012, Working paper, 2012-02)On the basis of availabale sources the present paper seeks to map entrepreneural industrial activities the Norwegian puritan revivalist Hans Nielsen Hauge (1771- 1824) was involved in and quantify his financial activities. ...