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Why corporate taxes may rise : the case of economic integration
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-05)Almost all the literature on tax competition in the presence of multinationals (MNCs) ignores the combined effect of profit shifting and economic integration (i.e., a reduction in trade costs) on equilibrium capital ... -
Why corporate taxes may rise : the case of trade liberalization and foreign ownership
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-04)Almost all the literature on tax competition in the presence of multinationals (MNCs) and profit shifting ignores trade costs. This paper studies how economic integration, in terms of reduced trade costs and internationalization ... -
Why Did Norway Encounter Pronounced Levels of Inflation After the Pandemic? A Study of Inflation Dynamics
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis conducts a comprehensive analysis of inflation dynamics, trying to gain a better understanding of why inflation increased to such pronounced levels in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic ... -
Why do committees work?
(DP SAM;18/2023, Working paper, 2023-11-21)We report on the results of an experiment designed to disentangle behavioral biases in information aggregation of committees. Subjects get private signals about the state of world, send binary messages, and finally vote ... -
Why do companies use rolling forecasts? : a case study on the rolling forecast as a management tool
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis focuses on the use of rolling forecast as a management tool in companies. Increasingly dynamic business environments make it important for companies to be more responsive to adjust to changes. Through a case ... -
Why Do Merger Premiums Vary Across Industries and Through Time? Explaining merger premiums by time-varying industry factors
(Master thesis, 2022)To understand how merger premia vary across industries and over time, we analyze 1184 deals involving US public targets and acquirers between 2010 and 2020. The variables and methodology are inspired by Madura, Ngo & ... -
Why do private equity firms perform buy-and-builds? : an empirical analysis of Nordic platform companies
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis seeks to expand the knowledge of why private equity firms are performing buy-andbuild as a strategy in the portfolio companies they invest in†. More specifically, we examine characteristics of buy-and-build ... -
Why Does It Feel So Good To Be Bad? An empirical analysis of traditional and modern sin stock returns in developed countries from January 2000 to August 2022
(Master thesis, 2022)This study aims to give managers and investors a better financial basis to assess whether they should be exposed to sinful companies. Accordingly, this thesis examines the presence of alpha for sin stocks in developed ... -
Why does the Allais paradox occur also among business students?
(Master thesis, 2017)The reasons for people making certain decisions has always been a question of interest among researchers. This paper presents a broad study in the field of Behavioral Finance on the topic of the Theory of Rational Choice ... -
Why does the Norwegian bond market issue so few green bonds? : a comparative study of the Norwegian and Swedish green bond markets
(Master thesis, 2019)To uncover the underlying reasons why the Norwegian bond market issues so few green bonds, the thesis contains two objectives. The first objective is to analyze the performance of green bonds in the primary and secondary ... -
Why don’t similar e-commerce companies choose similar logistics distribution system? : a case study of two e-commerce companies in China based on transaction cost theory
(Master thesis, 2016)During the last decade, the importance of “last mile delivery” has become increasingly prominent due to the booming development of e-commerce. Logistics services have become the bottleneck of the development of e-commerce ... -
Why Europe should love tax competition - and the U.S. even more so
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-04)Is global competition for mobile capital harmful (less public goods) or beneficial (less government waste)? This paper combines both aspects within a generalized version of the comparative public finance model (Persson, ... -
Why is economic growth lagging behind in former Comecon republics?
(Master thesis, 2019)Since 1990, former Comecon countries have been poorer than their neighbors in Western Europe and, over the past 30 years, convergence has been weak. Economic theory and previous research suggest that the region should ... -
Why is on-net traffic cheaper than off-net traffic?
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-04)Received literature have shown that if competing Telecom networks are restricted to linear pricing and are unable to discriminate between on- and off-net calls, high access charges can be a device for facilitating collusion. ... -
Why is the adoption rate of real options valuation low among practitioners? : a multiple case study
(Master thesis, 2018)Real options valuation has been advocated as an appropriate valuation method for high-risk projects. Despite its popularity in literature, adoption among practitioners continues to be low. This paper researches why the ... -
Why is the Chinese Saving Profile Upside-Down? : a LCH study of Chinese household savings
(Master thesis, 2011)This master thesis estimates the saving profiles of Chinese households in 1995 and 2002 and discusses possible explanations for the high and increasing saving rates among the young and old generation in China. The high ... -
Why local loop unbundling fails?
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-12)The paper examines why local loop unbundling (LLU) mostly fails. Unbundling, in principle, makes the local loop (subscriber line) available to competing operators and enables the development of complementary network devices ... -
Why potential entry may increase platform sponsors’ profit
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2005-09)In this paper we analyze the incentives for platform sponsors to open up their networks for independent rivals. We show that open access may increase the platform sponsors’ profit levels and enhance quality improving investments. -
Why the apple doesn't fall far: Understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2005)Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. Why is this? There are a number of possible explanations. One is a pure selection story: the type of parent who has more education and earns ... -
Why the apple doesn’t fall far : understanding intergenerational transmission of human capital
(Working paper, Working paper, 2005)Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, ...