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The resolution of norwegian companies in financial distress: an empirical study examining the efficiency of Norwegian restructuring alternatives
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis examines the relative success of the Norwegian bankruptcy legislation with reference to similar mechanisms in Sweden and the U.S. Based on the total population of financially distressed Norwegian companies ... -
The revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) : implications of PSD2 on Norwegian banks
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis focuses on the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), a regulation aiming to make the European payments market more integrated and efficient, make payments easier and more secure and increase innovation and ... -
The risk-return relationship on macroeconomic announcement days : an empirical study of the Norwegian stock market
(Master thesis, 2016)On days when macroeconomic news in Norway is scheduled to be announced, we find a significant and linear relationship between the market beta and average daily excess return. Using Fama-Macbeth regressions, we estimate ... -
The road from diesel to natural gas : the impact of changing fuel sources in road transportation: the case of Kuehne + Nagel
(Master thesis, 2014)With climate change abatement as an important player in the policy agenda of Norway and Europe, the transportation industry finds itself in need of finding new ways to make the industry more environmental-friendly. Fuel ... -
The road to successfully eluding organizational borders : a case study of a multi-agency project
(Report;2014:7, Research report, 2014-10)This master thesis has explored a multi-agency project and issues related to this new way of organizing the work in public agencies. The thesis is based on a case study of a project collaboration between three Norwegian ... -
The role of beta strategies in other asset pricing anomalies
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis is based on the findings of Liu (2018), and therefore considers long-short, zero cost portfolios based on documented asset pricing anomalies. These include momentum, composite equity issuance, return volatility, ... -
The role of ETFs in the corporate bond market : an empirical study of potential impacts of fixed income ETFs on the underlying U.S. corporate bond market
(Master thesis, 2018)Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have become popular investment vehicles in the U.S. corporate bond market. A market that is characterised by over-the-counter transactions, low liquidity and high trading costs, is with ETFs ... -
The Role of Mood in Managing Small Businesses–Evidence from Dairy Farming
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The aim of this paper is to explore how the mood of managers of small family owned firms influence on involvement from other family members, relations with business consultants, and the decision to maintain production. We ... -
The Role of Parenthood on the Gender Gap among Top Earners
(DP SAM;9/2018, Working paper, 2018-04)Is the wage penalty due to motherhood larger among highly qualified women? In this paper, we study the effect of parenthood on the careers of high-achieving women relative to high-achieving men in a set of high-earning ... -
The shock that doesn’t hurt (yet) : a case study of how the second payment service directive is changing the Norwegian banking industry
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis investigates the competitive implications of the newly implemented Payment Service Directive II (PSD2) on the Norwegian banking industry. Specifically, it investigates how 1) the technological shock created ... -
The Silver Lining of Price Spikes: How electricity price spikes can help overcome the energy efficiency gap
(Discussion paper;07/13, Working paper, 2013-08)Studies have shown that many consumers and businesses fail to invest in energy efficiency improvements despite seemingly ample financial incentives to do so – the so-‐called energy efficiency ... -
The socio-economic impact of renewable energy in Sub-Saharan Africa : a ripple effect analysis of the ASYV solar power plant in Rwanda
(Master thesis, 2016)Socio-economic benefits are gaining prominence as a key driver for renewable energy deployment in Sub-Saharan Africa. However, analytical work and empirical evidence on these topics remains relatively limited. In an ... -
The Specialization Effect in Private Equity : an empirical analysis
(Master thesis, 2014)The objective of this thesis is primarily to document the effects of specialization on the success of private equity(PE) funds through an empirical approach. We ex- amine the relationship between a PE-fund's degree of ... -
The stock market reaction to joint venture announcements : an empirical study of companies listed on Nordic stock exchanges
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis examines how the stock market reacts to joint venture announcements by firms listed on Nordic stock exchanges. We performed an event study on a sample of 988 joint venture announcements by 280 firms from January ... -
The stock market’s reaction to contract announcements : an empirical study of companies in the maritime industry listed on Oslo stock exchange
(Master thesis, 2018)The research question of the thesis is “how does the stock market react to contract announcements by companies in the maritime industry listed on Oslo Stock Exchange?”. This is answered using the event study methodology ... -
The Supply of Skill and Endogenous Technical Change: Evidence From a College Expansion Reform
(DP SAM;16/2018, Working paper, 2018-08)We examine the labor market consequences of an exogenous increase in the supply of skilled labor in several cities in Norway, resulting from the construction of new colleges in the 1970s. We find that skilled wages ... -
The sustainability communication challenge : two-sided message framing and virtual reality to tackle the self promoting paradox
(Master thesis, 2018)Although consumers have proven to be increasingly appreciative of companies’ responsibility efforts, sustainability communication toward them is not a widespread practice because of its paradoxical effects on consumers’ ... -
The Tax Sensitivity of Debt in Multinationals: A Review
(Discussion paper;29/15, Working paper, 2015-10-30)The OECD in its BEPS action plan 4 addresses tax base erosion by profit shifting through the use of tax deductible interest payments. Their main concern is interest deductions between outbound and inbound investment by ... -
The tenuous relationship between effort and performance pay
(Discussion paper;2012:8, Working paper, 2012-06)When a worker is offered performance related pay, the incentive effect is not only determined by the shape of the incentive contract, but also by the probability of contract enforcement. We show that weaker enforcement ... -
The tightness of country-specific income shifting regulation and multinationals’ transfer pricing : an empirical study of European multinational corporations and their majority-owned affiliates worldwide
(Master thesis, 2018)The main objective of this study is to analyze the profit shifting behavior of European multinational companies and their worldwide web of majority-owned affiliates. Consequently, we test the effect when income shifting ...