Blar i NHH Brage på forfatter "Rohrer, Maximilian"
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AI and Firm Values: How the Release of ChatGPT Affected Expectations Toward AI-exposed Firms : A Difference-in-Differences Approach
Pettersen, Espen Møller; Hatling, Fredrik Øverland (Master thesis, 2023)The release of ChatGPT constituted a major technology shock to AI, offering new information about AI advancement and its future potential. This paper studies the impact of the release on analyst stock recommendations and ... -
An empirical analysis of the local weathers’ effect on dwelling prices
Grønvold, Håkon; Gulestø, Kristoffer (Master thesis, 2019)Intuition and psychological evidence predict that pleasant weather is associated with an upbeat mood, and empirical research demonstrates that mood influences decision-making. This thesis investigates the effect of local ... -
CEO options and payout decisions : an empirical analysis of the effects of CEO stock option on the payout decision
Dessingthon, Knut Philip Ek; Bergem, Trygve Nøst (Master thesis, 2018)This thesis studies the effects of CEO stock options on the choice between dividends and share repurchases, by examining 165 companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange in the period from 2012 to 2016. Given the growth in ... -
CEO personality and firm policies
Heidt, Antoine (Master thesis, 2020)This master thesis explores the relationship between the personality of chief executive officers (CEOs) and their chosen firm policies. I am relying on the Big Five model including its 30 facets, which has been shown to ... -
Consumer borrowing after regulations on mortgages : an empirical analysis of the impact of stricter residential mortgage regulations on the use of consumer credit loans in Norway.
Jebsen, Thomas; Tveit, Hanne (Master thesis, 2019)Over the past six years, consumer credit loans have grown at twice the rate of mortgage loans. Yet, policymakers have up to now only manifested regulations on lending practices for residential mortgage loans. In this ... -
Disagreement in the Norwegian housing market
Wingate, Alexander; Svensen, Michael (Master thesis, 2016)Do differences of opinion affect house prices? This thesis investigates how disagreement affects house prices and housing turnover. We construct a disagreement index using household’s beliefs on future house price ... -
Do R&D Subsidies Cause Better Access to External Financing? Empirical Evidence from the Research Council of Norway’s Grant Programs
Andersen, Eirik Lismoen; Kollandsrud, Jakob Hilling (Master thesis, 2021)Public funding of R&D has become a popular policy instrument to alleviate financial constraints for innovation and entrepreneurship. This master’s thesis analyses whether public R&D subsidies lead to better access to ... -
The effect of CEO turnover on ESG disclosure : a study of listed US firms’ ESG disclosure in the management’s discussion and analysis section of 10-K filings and CEO turnover in the period 2011-2019
Iveland, Isak N. Solli; Moe, Tobias A. Watne (Master thesis, 2020)This paper examines the relationship between chief executive officer (CEO) turnovers and environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure. We find that firms led by newly appointed CEOs improve our measure of ESG ... -
ESG in URLs : A Novel ESG Measure An Empirical Analysis of Firms' ESG Disclosure
Botten, Daniel; Resch, Christoffer (Master thesis, 2023)This thesis studies firms' incentives to increase ESG disclosures in anticipation of adverse ESG events. We argue that transparent ESG disclosure before adverse events may mitigate the market reaction as it reduces ... -
ETFs and information acquisition
Falkovich, Katsiaryna (Master thesis, 2021)I examine how exchange-traded funds (ETFs) affect incentives to produce information about individual securities. Due to their low trading costs, ETFs can be used to trade on information about less liquid and more constrained ... -
Explicitness of 10-K reporting on CSR-related topics and board composition.
Narutto, Aleksandr; Raziani, Mostafa (Master thesis, 2021)This paper examines the relationship between board composition characteristics, particularly board gender diversity, size, and independence level on one side, and the level of explicitness in reporting related to corporate ... -
High-frequency market reactions to unscheduled stock-specific news : an empirical analysis of the intraday market dynamics at the Oslo stock exchange
Holm, Philip Baltzersen; Rødde, Jørgen (Master thesis, 2020)We use pre-processed news data combined with high-frequency stock data from the Oslo Stock Exchange to test the following hypotheses: (1) the sentiment of news articles can predict the direction of intraday abnormal ... -
The impact of corona-news on investors’ attention to earnings announcements : an empirical analysis of the Norwegian Stock Marke
Mæland, Matilde Dale; Mjølsnes, Odin Dahl (Master thesis, 2020)We use corona-news readership to analyze the short-term effects of investor attention on financial market reactions to earnings announcements in 2020. Our findings show that corona- news does have a distracting ... -
The Inflation Reduction Act’s Impact on the Future Cash Flow of Green Firms
Berg, Lars Jordet; Harto, Erik Monsen (Master thesis, 2023)The Inflation Reduction Act, representing the biggest step in U.S. climate policy, was a major realization of transition risk. Following its announcement, equity analysts anticipate significantly higher earnings for green ... -
Initial public offerings : an empirical assessment of IPO performance in the energy sector
Brattabø, Ingvild; Knudsen, Stella Bruland (Master thesis, 2016)This thesis investigates Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) on the Oslo Stock Exchange the last ten years (2006-2015). The analysis focuses on short- and long-term aftermarket performance between companies in the energy ... -
Measuring decentralised finance regulatory uncertainty
Zmaznev, Egor (Master thesis, 2021)develop and compare two DeFi regulatory uncertainty indexes based on the specialised media coverage frequency. By applying active learning in combination with SVM to identify uncertainty-related news articles, I show how ... -
Options Speak Louder Than Words : Strategic Negativity in Earnings Calls Prior to Option Grants
Palacio, Nicholas; Toivonen, Michael (Master thesis, 2023)We investigate whether executive compensation affects disclosure during earnings conference calls. In particular, we hypothesize that executives who have an upcoming option grant will use overly negative language in ... -
Real estate underpricing and the removal of surveyor valuations = Underprising i boligmarkedet og avskaffelsen av verditakst
Nguyen, Vinh Duy; Nørstebøen, Ole Sigurd (Master thesis, 2016)According to Norwegian law, it is illegal to strategically underprice (in Norwegian "Lokkeprise") real estate, which involves setting an asking price that the seller is not willing to accept and/or a low asking price ... -
Sales forecasting in fashion retail chain: A case study in Vietnam
Au, Thuong; Phan, Giang (Master thesis, 2022)Sales forecasting is the key to the success of a supply chain, especially in the fashion industry. Vietnam is a major apparel supplier for international brands and has a dynamic, fast-growing market. The lack of complete ... -
Sustainability disclosure and performance : an empirical study of U.S. petroleum corporations
Berstad, Sigurd Ketilson Rykke; Dokkan, Theodor Lange (Master thesis, 2018)This thesis investigates if some of the largest U.S. petroleum companies’ written disclosure regarding sustainability is correlated with their sustainability performance. We measure the companies’ written disclosure with ...