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What determines the economic geography of Europe?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 1998-10)This paper focuses on what the driving forces behind industry localisation in Europe are. Based on traditional as well as new trade theory and new economic geography our cross-sectoral empirical analysis seeks to explain ... -
What determines the personal costs of bankruptcy for CEOs? : an empirical study on the personal costs of bankruptcy for CEOs in Norway
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis is a study of personal costs of bankruptcy for CEOs in Norway. If these costs are substantial, they can incentivize CEOs to hedge against bankruptcy. The practical implications can be severe for the firms’ ... -
What determines the post IPO exit process for private equity investors? : an empirical analysis of private equity divestment strategies
(Master thesis, 2016)The objective of this thesis is to investigate what determines the post IPO exit process for private equity (PE) investors, through an empirical approach. Our sample data for the analysis consists of 466 private equity ... -
What Do You Buy When No One’s Watching? The Effect of Self-Service Checkouts on the Composition of Sales in Retail
(Discussion paper;3/18, Working paper, 2018-03-16)Buying items that are unhealthy or are of a private nature may carry a stigma and cause embarrassment. I analyze whether the anonymity provided by self-service checkouts changes customers' shopping patterns in grocery ... -
What does it take to unlock a Public-Private Partnership for Good? Case study on the deployment of Carbon Capture and Storage in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)In light of the world's social and environmental turmoils, cross-sectoral collaboration is often thought of as a potential solution to address sustainability challenges. We contribute to the nascent thread of research ... -
What drives financial distress risk and default rates of leveraged buyout targets? : empirical evidence from european transactions
(Master thesis, 2016-03-29)Recent studies show that private equity ownership leads to increasing risk of financial distress of their target companies, yet not resulting in higher default rates. But can this be observed in all European countries? ... -
What drives the devil’s machine? : an empirical study on dividend withholding taxes, settlement changes, and legislative changes’ effect on trading around the ex-dividend date in European markets.
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores the dividend withholding tax (DWT) schemes related to changes in the general DWT rate, the effect of imposing a DWT on investors, settlement cycles, and legislative measures to limit the DWT ... -
What drives the Rebound Effect in transportation? An evaluation based on a Traveling Purchaser Problem
(Master thesis, 2022)Limiting climate change is one of the most important challenges of the 21st century. Focusing on the transport sector, encouraging the use of more energy-efficient transport modes, and improving the performance of vehicles ... -
What Explains the Gender Gap in College Track Dropout?Experimental and Administrative Evidence.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)We exploit a unique data set, combining rich experimental data with high-quality administrative data, to study dropout from the college track in Norway, and why boys are more likely to drop out. The paper provides three ... -
What Happened in Burlington?
(Discussion paper;26/15, Working paper, 2015-10-07)Three visualization techniques illustrate the distribution of electoral preferences over a candidate triple. Two of them, introduced here, concern an IRV tally. The conditions that may allow the “pushover strategy” and ... -
What happens when it's windy in Denmark?: an empirical analysis of wind power on price volatility in the Nordic electricity market
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-12)This paper attempts to empirically test the effect that wind power production in Denmark has on volatility of the nord-pool wholesale electricity prices. The main result is that wind power tends to significantly reduce ... -
What is stopping Norwegian firms from innovating their business models? : towards a business model perspective on innovation
(Master thesis, 2016)The purpose of this thesis is to explore the diverging concept on business model innovation and understand why Norwegian firms fail to innovate their business models. In doing so, the differences and relationship between ... -
What is the optimal allocation towards real estate in the portfolio of the global pension fund global?
(Master thesis, 2012)In this master thesis we evaluate the optimal future investment allocation towards real estate for the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG). Based on an assessment of the relative ... -
What is the value of ESG ratings for responsible investors in allocating capital towards sustainable companies? : evidence from European institutional investors
(Master thesis, 2020)There is a strong momentum to complement traditional financial measures with sustainability indicators. In that regard, the ESG ratings market plays a role of intermediary between the corporate and the investment sectors. ... -
What is wrong with IRV?
(Discussion paper;13/18, Working paper, 2018-10-22)Struggles over the single-seat preferential election method IRV, Instant Runoff Voting, (a.k.a. AV, Alternative Vote or RCV, Ranked-Choice Voting) go on in many arenas: legislatures, courts, websites, and scholarly ... -
What limits the powerful in imposing the morality of their authority?
(DP SAM;18/2017, Working paper, 2017-10)This paper models a game between an authority, seeking to implement its preferred morality, and a parental generation, seeking to socialize a younger generation into the their own morality. The authority chooses a coercion ... -
What makes employees trust forecasted numbers?
(Report;2015:19, Research report, 2015-12)Volatile and changing market conditions have made financial planning tools of increasing importance for managers and practitioners. In recent years, the use of traditional budgets has been criticised as a management control ... -
What makes employees trust forecasted numbers?: a case study on how employees make sense of the rolling forecasting process and its effect on trust
(Master thesis, 2015)Volatile and changing market conditions have made financial planning tools of increasing importance for managers and practitioners. In recent years, the use of traditional budgets has been criticised as a management ... -
What Makes Hiring Difficult? Evidence from Linked Survey-Administrative Data
(DP SAM;20/2023, Working paper, 2023-12)We designed an innovative survey of firms and linked it to Danish administrative data to yield new insights about the factors that can influence firms’ hiring decisions. Several important findings stand out: (1) search and ...