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Universal Childcare for the Youngest and the Maternal Labour Supply
(DP SAM;03/2019, Working paper, 2019-02)In this paper, we investigate whether the expansion of childcare leads to an increase in the female labour supply. We measure female labour supply at both the extensive and intensive margin. For identification, we exploit ... -
Unleashing the potential in ambassador programs : identifying concrete measures to improve the efficiency of ambassador programs
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis aims to analyze how SafetyWing can improve the efficiency of its ambassadors and what the implications are for ambassador programs in general. Ambassador programs are an expanding part of digital marketing ... -
Unleveling the Playing Field? Experimental Evidence on Parents’ Willingness to Give Their Child an Advantage
(DP SAM;21/2023, Working paper, 2023-12)Parents play a pivotal role in shaping the opportunities and outcomes of their children. This paper provides unique evidence on parents’ willingness to give their child an advantage. I report from a large-scale lab-in-the-field ... -
Unlisted assets in the government pension fund global : can private equity and infrastructure improve the fund’s profitability and stability?
(Master thesis, 2018)Is the stock market overpriced? Is it time to sell? Most of the asset pricing research has been directed towards stochastic discount factors, without definitive answer. We study the case of the Norwegian Government Pension ... -
Unlisted infrastructure as an asset class : from the perspective of private investors and governments in the developed world.
(Master thesis, 2018)Adam Smith put it quite brilliant several centuries ago in the midst of the industrial revolution across Western Europe and North America. Moving goods and people and distributing electricity and energy between countries ... -
Unlocking the power of the crowd : a case study analysis of the potential of green crowdfunding platforms to accelerate sustainability transitions
(Master thesis, 2019)In light of the ever-increasing urgency to successfully tackle environmental challenges that arise around the globe, growing attention is given to bottom-up approaches such as sustainable grass-root movements, to incubate ... -
Unraveling Coordination Problems
(Discussion paper;20/23, Working paper, 2023-11-09)The interplay between strategic beliefs and policy complicates policy design in coordination games. To untangle this relationship, we study policy design in the context of equilibrium selection. We characterize the unique ... -
Unraveling the Enigma of Black Swan Events: A Multidisciplinary Examination of Financial and Climatic Extremes : The factors contributing to Black Swan Events and their varying effects
(Master thesis, 2023)Black Swan events (BSE) are events that are highly improbable, unforeseen, and, many times, completely unpredictable and unknowable. The term itself was popularized by Nassim Taleb in his book, The Black Swan: The Impact ... -
Unsupervised machine learning for conference scheduling : a natural language processing approach based on latent dirichlet allocation
(Master thesis, 2020)Academic conference scheduling is the act of organizing large-scale conferences based upon the submission of academic papers in which the author will provide a talk. Traditionally each speaker is placed into a session ... -
Unsupervised machine learning on tax returns : investigating unsupervised and semisupervised machine learning methods to uncover anomalous faulty tax returns
(Master thesis, 2020)In this thesis we investigate whether unsupervised and semisupervised machine learning methods can be applied to detect undiscovered erroneous tax returns, and how the properties of the underlying data affect method ... -
Up the Ante on Bioeconomic Submodels of Marine Foodwebs : a data assimilation-based approach
(Working paper;13/14, Working paper, 2014-09)While economists have discussed ecosystem-based management and similar concepts, little attention has been devoted to the art of modeling. Models of ecosystems or foodwebs that make economic analysis viable should capture ... -
Upstream merger in a successive oligopoly : who pays the price?
(Discussion Papers;17/2013, Working paper, 2013-12)This study develops and uses a successive oligopoly model, with an unobservable non-linear tariff between upstream and downstream firms, to analyze the possible anti-competitive effects of an upstream merger. We find ... -
Upstream merger in a successive oligopoly : who pays the price?
(Working paper;48/13, Working paper, 2013-12)This study develops and uses a successive oligopoly model, with an unobservable non-linear tariff between upstream and downstream firms, to analyze the possible anti-competitive effects of an upstream merger. We find that ... -
Upstream partnerships among competitors when size matters
(Working paper;2017:6, Working paper, 2017-06)In several industries, downstream competitors form upstream partnerships. An important rationale is that higher aggregate upstream volume might generate efficiencies that reduce both fixed and marginal costs. Our focus is ... -
The upstream petroleum industry and local industrial development : a comparative study
(Report, Research report, 2003-05)The report analyzes local industrial development related to the upstream petroleum sector in six selected oil-exporting countries. It focuses on local content in the supply and services industry, and how policies to enhance ... -
The urban system of Eastern Norway
(Working paper, Working paper, 2000-12)This working paper reports from a study carried out as part of the Interreg IIC project «Urban Systems and Urban Networking in the Baltic Sea Region», and has also been published as part of a seminar report by the VASAB ... -
Urban water shuttle : en konseptutredning om miljøvennlig sjøtransport
(Master thesis, 2014)Denne masteroppgaven fokuserer på hvordan fremtidige kollektivtransport- og miljøutfordringer kan løses. Maritime CleanTech har startet utviklingen av et konsept som heter Urban Water Shuttle. Næringsklyngen kaller konseptet ... -
Urban women, rural men : An investigation into the sex ratios in Norwegian municipalities and their determinants.
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis investigates the causes of the relatively high numbers of women in urban areas in Norway compared to rural areas. Edlund (2005) explains this pattern for Swedish municipalities with a model predicting that ... -
US financial crisis impact on Asian economies : does “decoupling” theory hold : the case of Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam
(Master thesis, 2009)Until recently, many investors believed in decoupling theory which says that emerging countries can be resilient from the weakening of US economy and keep stable growths. In 2007, international investors observed a rise ... -
Usage Trend Analysis and Forecasting for Ride Sharing: A case of Bildeleringen : An empirical approach using the car-specific data
(Master thesis, 2022)Car-sharing is gaining a lot of popularity amongst users, as more people are finding various instances and benefits to use this service. With this development, there is increasing number of companies setting up car-sharing ...