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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 ... -
The trade-off between Ex Ante Pareto and Ex Post Egalitarianism : a study of extended paternalism in distributive choices
(Master thesis, 2017)In this paper, we use an experimental approach to investigate the well-known tension between equality in society and individual freedom of choice. We have conducted a large-scale international experiment with nationally ... -
The Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union: Purpose and activities
(Journal article, 2011)The Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union was established in 1994 to meet the translation needs of the other decentralized Community agencies. It also participates in the Interinstitutional Committee for ... -
The Troms line : an economic analysis
(Master thesis, 2014)The aim of this thesis is to bring the old assessments regarding the Troms Line back to life again, and examine whether it would be a good idea, from an economic point of view, to revive the project. When examining the ... -
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth : the English Corn Returns as a data source in economic history, 1770-1914.
(Discussion paper;9/2013, Working paper, 2013-04)From 1770 to 1914, the British Government collected weekly price and quantity data for all types of grain traded in many market towns; these ‘Corn Returns’ were published in the London Gazette. We computerised the data ... -
The Turkish downstream petroleum industry : Analysis of market efficiency
(Master thesis, 2011)The process of liberalization is shaping the policies of governments regarding the key sectors such as energy. Turkey has also gone through these processes and the current downstream petroleum market is considered to be ... -
The turn-around of Uninor
(Working paper;06/13, Working paper, 2013-01)On October 29, 2008, Telenor of Norway announced its plans to enter the Indian mobile telecom market. Despite a strong start, revenue did not grow in line with business projections. In a highly congested market, price war ... -
The two-way FDI development in Scandinavian countries
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis investigates the two-way FDI development in Scandinavian countries, including Norway, Sweden and Denmark. The concept of two-way FDI, in this paper, refers to a combination of inward FDI and outward FDI. Firstly, ... -
The tyranny of non-aggregation versus the tyranny of aggregation in social choices: a real dilemma
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)Can a tiny gain to sufficiently many well-off justify imposing a much larger sacrifice on the worst-off? We show that if one answers negatively to such a question and endorses replication invariance, one is forced to accept ... -
The tyranny puzzle in social preferences: an empirical investigation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)When forming their preferences about the distribution of income, rational people may be caught between two opposite forms of “tyranny.” Giving absolute priority to the worst-off imposes a sort of tyranny on the rest of the ... -
The use of awareness as a tool to mitigate biases related to source credibility : an experimental study
(Master thesis, 2015)Auditors have to rely on their professional judgment regularly while performing different tasks in an audit. In some areas of audit the quality of their professional judgment is of very sensitive nature and FVMs (fair ... -
The use of contingent value rights in M&A : an empirical review
(Master thesis, 2017)This paper contributes to the literature on payment methods in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A). It seeks to establish how the use of Contingent Value Rights (CVRs) in M&A affect the probability of deal completion following ... -
The value of adapting to climate change for Norwegian salmonid aquaculture : a scenario-based analysis
(Master thesis, 2018)The Norwegian aquaculture industry accounts for 6.5 percent of total exports from Norway. The United Nations projects that by 2030 the world population will grow to 8.5 billion people. In order to maintain food security, ... -
The value of expanding commercial rental space : a real options framework
(Master thesis, 2015)In this thesis, we develop a real options framework to value options to expand a commercial property. We consider the investment in a development project under uncertainty in future rental rates and in the presence of ...