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Quality and location choices under price regulation
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-12)In a model of spatial competition, we analyse the equilibrium outcomes in markets where the product price is exogenous. Using an extended version of the Hotelling model, we assume that firms choose their locations and the ... -
Quality competition with profit constraints
(Working paper;30/12, Working paper, 2012-09)Firms in markets such as health care and education are often profit constrained due to regulation or their non-profit status, and they are often viewed as being altruistic towards consumers. We use a spatial competition ... -
Quality competition with profit constraints : do non-profit firms provide higher quality than for-profit firms?
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Quality incentives pay-off?
(Report, Research report, 2000-12)Intermediaries ascertain vessel quality in shipping markets. Thus, the classification societies set minimum quality requirements for trading vessels. Minimum class requirements do not differentiate between high quality and ... -
Quality Investing in the Nordics : An empirical analysis of the QMJ factor in the Nordic countries, excluding Iceland
(Master thesis, 2022)This master thesis provides empirical evidence that quality investing in the Nordics, excluding Iceland, produces abnormal returns. Even though investors are willing to pay a premium for quality, the QMJ factor introduced ... -
Quality minus Junk : en empirisk analyse av kvalitetsinvestering på Oslo Børs
(Master thesis, 2016-09-02)Hovedformålet med denne studien er å undersøke om en kvalitetsbegrunnet investeringsstrategi er i stand til å skape meravkastning på Oslo Børs i perioden 1993-2013. Utredningen tar utgangspunkt i «Quality minus Junk»-faktoren ... -
Quality minus junk : en empirisk analyse av kvalitetsinvestering på Oslo Børs i perioden fra 1998 – 2018
(Master thesis, 2020)I denne masterutredningen undersøker vi om det er mulig å skape meravkastning på Oslo Børs ved å benytte en kvalitetsbasert investeringsstrategi. For dette formål har vi tatt utgangspunkt i metoden brukt i studien «Quality ... -
Quality minus junk : predicting wealth generating stocks with quality minus junk
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we investigate if the quality minus junk (QMJ) factor can be used to predict the stocks responsible for the excess wealth creation in the US. We find that quality has a low predictive power on next months ... -
Quality Regulation and Competition: Evidence from Pharmaceutical Markets
(DP SAM;20/2018, Working paper, 2018-09)We study the effects of quality regulation on market outcomes by exploiting the staggered phase-in of bioequivalence requirements for generic drugs in Chile. We estimate that the number of drugs in the market decreased by ... -
Quantifying domain-specificity: the occurrence of financial terms in a general corpus
(Journal article, 2008)In this paper, I investigate the transfer of terminology from professional discourse to language in general from a corpus-linguistic point of view. Domain-specificity can be approached from a qualitative and a ... -
Quirkian linguistics and prototypes illustrated by the notion of apposition
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Quota Enforcement and Capital Investment in Natural Resource Industries
(Discussion paper;21/15, Working paper, 2015-08)We investigate the relationship between quota enforcement, compliance, and capital accumulation in ITQ regulated fisheries. Over-extraction and over-capacity represent two of the main fisheries management challenges, and ... -
Quota enforcement in resource industries : self reporting and differentiated inspections
(Working paper, Working paper, 2010-06)Individual quotas are a dominant instrument in the management of common pool renewable resources like fisheries. However, there is concern about the basic effectiveness of quota regulation due to widespread non-compliance. ... -
R & D investment responses to R & D subsidies : a theoretical analysis and a microeconometric study
(Discussion paper;2011:15, Working paper, 2011-09)Subsidies to the Norwegian high-tech industries have traditionally been given as matching grants , i.e. the subsidies are targeted, and the firms have to contribute a 50 % own risk capital to the subsidized projects. ... -
R&D and strategic industrial location in international oligopolies
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R&D and strategic industrial location in international oligopolies
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2005-12)In a spatial economy where Oligopolist firms compete in R&D, it is found that geography affects the innovative behaviour of firms. Notably, international differences in market size conduce to endogenous asymmetries between ... -
R&D intensity and intangible assets effect on capital structure : an empirical analysis of the it services industry
(Master thesis, 2019)In the 21st century, firms aim to meet consumer preferences in an absurdly rapid manner with new technological products and solutions. Innovation from R&D investments has become increasingly important to meeting this ... -
R&D investment responses to R&D subsidies : a theoretical analysis and a microeconometric study
(Working paper, Working paper, 2010-08)Whereas many countries subsidize R&D in private companies through tax credits, subsidies to the Norwegian high-tech industries have traditionally been given as matching grants, i.e. the subsidies are targeted, and the firms ... -
R&D investments with competitive interactions
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002)In this article we develop a model to analyze patent-protected R&D investment projects when there is (imperfect) competition in the development and marketing of the resulting product. The competitive interactions that occur ... -
R&D policies, trade and process innovation
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-11)We set up a simple trade model with two countries hosting one firm each. The firms invest in cost-reducing R&D, and each government may grant R&D subsidies to the domestic firm. We show that it is optimal for a government ...