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Wind power production and electricity price volatility : an empirical study of the effect of increased wind power production on electricity price volatility in Norway
(Master thesis, 2020)As renewable energy sources are gaining increasing importance on the global electricity scene, the importance of understanding their implications increases accordingly. This thesis aims to increase electricity market ... -
Wind power, network congestion and hydro resource utilisation in the Norwegian power market
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-11)Capacity constraints in electricity networks can have important impacts on utilisation of new renewable energy capacity and incumbent generation resources. Neglect of such impacts in development of renewable energy resources ... -
Windonomics : empirical essays on the economics of wind power in the Nordic electricity market
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The winner takes it all? : rederiene flytter - årsaker og konsekvenser
(Arbeidsnotat, Working paper, 2004-04)Siden 1994 er maritime bedrifter solgt fra Norge til utlandet for omlag 44 milliarder NOK. Særlig rederiene opplever store endringer på eiersiden. Utenlandske eiere øker sjansen for at hovedkontorfunksjoner forsvinner fra ... -
Winners and losers from an international investment agreement
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-08)Recent attempts at reaching an international investment agreement have been met with considerable opposition and failed. An important reason for this failure is the diverging interests between the parties involved. The ... -
Winning by a Mile : A Mathematical Programming Approach to Reducing Distance and Ensuring Fairness in Travel in the FIFA World Cup
(Master thesis, 2023)The FIFA World Cup presents a complex logistical challenge, featuring an intricate tournament schedule that requires teams to frequently move between their base camps and match venues. In this thesis, we explore the ... -
Wise use of renewable energy in transport
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The transport sector accounts for around 25 % of global energy use, considering both fuel production and consumption. To mitigate climate change, a fast decarbonization of transport is therefore often seen as a necessity, ... -
Wise use of renewable energy in transport
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The transport sector accounts for around 25 % of global energy use, considering both fuel production and consumption. To mitigate climate change, a fast decarbonization of transport is therefore often seen as a necessity, ... -
Within-group heterogeneity and group dynamics: Analyzing exit of microcredit groups in Angola
(Working paper;03/15, Working paper, 2015-01)The effect of within-group heterogeneity on the survival of social groups is theoretically ambiguous. A greater diversity of ideas, experience, and networks can have a positive effect on members’ benefits from group ... -
Women directors, firm performance, and firm risk: A causal perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Norway was the first of ten countries to legislate gender quotas for boards of publicly traded firms. There is considerable debate and mixed evidence concerning the implications of female board representation. In this paper, ... -
Women Helping Women? Evidence from Private Sector Data on Workplace Hierarchies
(Discussion paper;14/15, Working paper, 2015-06)This paper studies gender spillovers in career advancement using 11 years of employer-employee matched data on the population of white-collar workers at over 4,000 private-sector establishments in Norway. Our data include ... -
Women’s choices of STEM degrees and careers : a comparison of Norway and UK
(Master thesis, 2018)The aim of this thesis is to answer the two research questions whether more women in Norway choose STEM degrees and careers than in the UK, and why do we observe gender differences in the choices of STEM degrees and ... -
Women’s Wages and Empowerment: Pre-industrial Japan, 1600-1890
(SAM DP;18/2022, Working paper, 2022-11-16)Using new evidence from servant contracts, 1600-1890, we estimate women’s wages in Japan. Women’s wages could only sustain 1.5-2 people up to 1900, the lowest recorded in the pre-industrial world. We then show the gender ... -
Work and wage dynamics around childbirth
(Discussion paper;4/2012, Working paper, 2012-03)This study investigates how the first childbirth affects the wage processes of women who are well-established in the labour market. We estimate a flexible fixed-effects wage regression model extended by post-childbirth ... -
Work design and change : a study of the implementation of operational excellence in Accenture Stavanger
(Master thesis, 2012)During the last few years there has been a renewed interest in work design, and a major focus on the study of organisational change. This thesis combines the two by attempting to answer the research question “will an ... -
Work requirements and long term poverty
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 1999)We study how work requirements can be used to target transfers to the long term poor. Without commitment, time consistency requires all screening measures to be concentrated in the first phase of the program. We show ... -
Worker Power, Immigrant Sorting, and Firm Dynamics
(DP SAM;13/2024, Working paper, 2024-07-05)This paper examines how worker power shapes the allocation of immigrants across firms, and the subsequent consequences of such sorting on firm performance and the careers of incumbent workers. Our analysis highlights several ... -
Workforce or workfare?
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Working Capital Management and Firm Performance : An empirical study of the relationship between net working capital and firm performance in Europe
(Master thesis, 2023)Considering the magnitude of working capital as a proportion of a firm's total assets, working capital management should interest corporate managers. We will, in our master's thesis, examine if working capital management ... -
Working for the Best or Bracing for the Worst? Approach and Avoidance Motivation in Planning
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)