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Are boys still short? : a study on sex differences in stunting prevalence over socio-economic status among children in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Master thesis, 2018)Background: Over 150 million children worldwide are stunted. In Sub-Saharan Africa alone more than 1 in every 3 children is stunted due to insufficient food intake, boys being the most vulnerable according to prior ... -
Are Central Bankers Inflation Nutters? - A Bayesian MCMC Estimator of the Long Memory Parameter in a State Space Model
(Discussion paper;38/14, Working paper, 2014-12)Several central banks have adopted inflation targets. The implementation of these targets is flexible; the central banks aim to meet the target over the long term but allow inflation to deviate from the target in the ... -
Are current Norwegian speed limits optimal? : a quasi-experimental analysis of changes in speed limits on Norwegian freeways
(Master thesis, 2019)The aim of this paper was to examine if Norwegian speed limits on freeways could be more efficient from a social economic standpoint. We examined the relationship between regulations in speed limits and actual speed held ... -
Are Dividend Arbitrage Strategies Present in Asia? An empirical study on cum-cum and cum-ex transactions in Asian markets
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates whether dividend arbitrage strategies are present in Asian markets. The term refers to trading schemes where investors collude to exploit loopholes related to dividend withholding taxes. We focus ... -
Are hedge funds an attractive investment opportunity for a Norwegian private investor?
(Master thesis, 2014)A recent Norwegian legislative proposal, likely to become law in 2014, suggests that hedge funds should be able to approach non-professional, private investors. In light of this, the objective of our thesis is to examine ... -
Are income tax preferences a moral or a selfish choice? : an experimental approach
(Master thesis, 2013)An understanding of personal preferences and attitudes is crucial in order to design an income tax system that people find fair. We have examined, by means of an economic experiment, how selfishness, risk preferences and ... -
Are Individual Forecasters Rational? : A study of inflation expectations using forecasts from the Survey of Professional Forecasters
(Master thesis, 2012)How is the forecast behaviour of professional individuals? Are they accurate and efficient, and how are their performances compared to the consensus’ performance? Do their forecasts differ in the special episodes of the ... -
Are individual forecasters rational? a study of inflation expectations using forecasts from the survey of professional forecasters
(Working paper;50/12, Working paper, 2012-12)How is the forecast behaviour of professional individuals? Are they accurate and efficient, and how are their performances compared to the consensus’ performance? Do their forecasts differ in the special episodes of the ... -
Are individualistic orientations collectively valuable in group negotiations?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2008)This experiment examines how members' individualistic or cooperative motivational orientations affect the processes and outcomes of negotiating groups. A total of 228 students participated in a three-person negotiation ... -
Are knowledge workers more intrinsically motivated than manual workers? : an explanatory study on work motivation in Odfjell Drilling
(Master thesis, 2014)During the last couple of decades researchers have made progress in understanding what motivates knowledge workers and how they differ from traditional, manual workers. The purpose of this thesis is to further explore what ... -
Are loyal customers profitable? : customer satisfaction, customer loyalty and customer profitability at the individual level
(Working paper, Working paper; Working paper, 2000-02)Customer satisfaction is supposed to be positively related to profitability. This conception may be called “the paradigm of customer satisfaction”. Nevertheless, only a few studies have examined this fundamental relationship. ... -
Are pharmaceuticals still inexpensive in Norway? : a comparison of prescription drug prices in ten European countries
(Report, Research report, 2010-05)In this report we compare prices of pharmaceuticals between Norway and nine Western European countries (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and United Kingdom). The purpose is to ... -
Are seasoned equity offerings predictable? Predicting future SEOs with machine learning algorithms
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis explores the predictability of seasoned equity issuance in the United States using the machine learning methods based on logistic regression, decision-trees, random forest and XGBoost. In addition, we ... -
Are social preferences reference dependent? a study of reference dependent social preferences among students at the Norwegian School of Economics
(Master thesis, 2013)This thesis explores whether social preferences are reference dependent. More specifically it examines whether reference points, defined by expectations, regarding income inequality affect our willingness to redistribute ... -
Are state-owned companies more exposed to corruption risk? : a comparative study of the largest state-owned and private companies in Norway
(Master thesis, 2017)Recent corruption scandals have called attention to state-owned companies’ involvement in corruption. The purpose of this study is to explore whether there are in fact differences between state-owned and private companies’ ... -
Are stock-financed takeovers opportunistic?
(Working paper;2013:4, Working paper, 2013)We find that the probability of all-stock financed takeovers increases with measures of bidder overvaluation. However, when we instrument the bidder's pricing error using aggregate mutual fund flows, the reverse happens: ... -
Are tv-viewers and surfers different breeds? : broadband demand and asymmetric cross-price effects
(Working paper, Working paper, 2003-04)We consider two different qualities of broadband access, one that simply means greater access speed to Internet applications and content and a premium version that also gives access to interactive TV-centric applications. ... -
Are we more rational when it matters more? : a study of decision-making under risk among university students in Dar Es Salaam
(Master thesis, 2012)This thesis explores whether there is a difference in the rationality of the decisions at high- and low-stake levels. The rationality of the decisions are measured in two dimensions, the quality of individual decisions, ... -
Are within-season rents maximised in an open-access fishery?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2003-08)It is often assumed that zero rents are generated in an open-access fishery. There are many justifications for this, such as the existence of intraseasonal and interseasonal stock externalities, and entry and exit of vessels ... -
Area fee in the Norwegian salmon farming industry
(Master thesis, 2013)A discussion on a new tax, an area fee, for the Norwegian salmon industry has been on-going for several years. This thesis examines which tax benefits the industry and the host municipalities the most. To investigate this, ...