Browsing NHH Brage by Subject "economic analysis"
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A Brazilian soy story : how international soy demand affects deforestation and agricultural land use
(Master thesis, 2018)In this paper, I use municipal soy trade data covering the years 2010 to 2015 to investigate the export market for Brazilian soy and what the expansion of soy exports leads to in terms of land use. The soy data were ... -
An alternative model of political agency
(Master thesis, 2015)This paper develops an alternative political agency model. We add uncertainty related to the payoff of electing the challenger and then we model effort by the politicians as an investment in a public good that will be ... -
An empirical analysis of drivers for electric vehicle adoption : evidence from Norway 2010-2014
(Master thesis, 2016)We examine how government intervention in the automobile market aected the batteryelectric vehicle adoption in the Norwegian counties in the period between 2010 and 2014, and what regional dierences influenced the ... -
An investigation of the Norwegian consumption function : income distribution and wealth effects
(Master thesis, 2016-09-01)Since the financial crisis, Norwegian private consumption has fallen as a share of disposable income. This weak development in consumption was not predicted by the contemporaneous consumption models and led to a ... -
Analysing risk preferences among insurance customers : expected utility theory versus disappointment aversion theory
(Master thesis, 2016)In this thesis we analyse risk preferences among insurance customers using two different theories, namely expected utility theory (EUT) and disappointment aversion theory (DAT). The goal is to find out which of these ... -
Analysing the demand for carsharing in Bergen : an empirical approach using car-specific and demographic data
(Master thesis, 2020)Background: Car-sharing is gaining popularity throughout the world. Currently, there is limited research on car-sharing in Norway. This paper aims to identify empirically, based on past data, what demographic and ... -
Analysis of local electric vehicle incentives in the Norwegian car market : a multi-homing approach
(Master thesis, 2016)This paper analyse how the local incentives for electric vehicles affect the number of people that purchase both conventional and electric vehicles. After the threshold of 50 000 electric vehicles was reached in April ... -
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 ... -
Asset Allocation, Security Selection And Market Timing in Mutual Funds
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Asymmetric information in insurance : the impact of big data on low-ses individuals
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis, we analyze the effect of big data in insurance markets with heterogeneous insurance takers. Through a theoretical approach, we consider the effects of increased information flows on insurance contracts ... -
Automatic machine learning applied to time series forecasting for novice users in small to medium-sized businesses : a review of how companies accumulate and use data along with an interface for data preparation as well as easy and powerful prediction analysis capable of providing valuable insight
(Master thesis, 2019)Data analytics is gradually becoming one of the most essential tools and sources of competitive advantage for modern companies. There is a multitude of analytical services and solutions on the market, and the effect of ... -
The cash-for-care benefit and daycare use : a quasi-experimental approach
(Master thesis, 2011)This paper sets out to explore the effects of a cash incentive on parents’ choice of daytime care for children in the age group 1-3 years. By studying the Norwegian Cash-for-Care reform from 1998/1999 we are able to able ... -
Catalonia : “The power-house of Spain” : FDI and location determinants
(Master thesis, 2005)Catalonia has succeeded in attracting large flows of FDI. It is the main recipient of FDI to Spain with more than 3000 multinationals operating in the region. Determining factors have been its long industrial traditions, ... -
CBAM – Steering the World Trade to Fit the Future
(Master thesis, 2021)A Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, also known as CBAM, is a policy proposed by the European Commission as a part of “Fit for 55” - an intermediate goal along the way to achieve the final goal of the European Green ... -
Chinese foreign direct investment in Africa : exploitation or value creation?
(Master thesis, 2011)Since the turn of the century Chinese foreign direct investments to developing countries have been growing rapidly and several question regarding these investments have asked. This paper takes a closer look at the available ... -
Clean spark spread : Correlation, integration and long-run relationships between electricity, natural gas and CO2 allowances prices. An empirical study on the markets in Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom
(Master thesis, 2012)In this master thesis we study and explore the relationship between the clean spark spread commodities; electricity, natural gas and CO2 allowances prices in Germany, the Netherlands and the U.K. The time period for the ... -
Competitive aspects of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation’s (NRK) radio services : advertising and diversity in a two-sided radio market
(Master thesis, 2016)There has been an ongoing debate in Norway on how the state-owned, commercial-free broadcaster, NRK, influences commercial agents in different media markets. Up to this point, little research has been done on NRK’s impact ... -
Cooperative game theory and optimization in collaborative logistics : a study of coalition structures and cost allocation methods
(Master thesis, 2014)Collaboration among different agents is an effective way t o improve logistic operations. When companies transport items of similar assortments with in the same regions, the re are high potential of efficiency ... -
Coordination between production and sales planning in an oil company based on Lagrangean Decomposition
(Master thesis, 2014)In our work, we study the issues between production and sales planning processes in an oil company . The planning problems involve decisions regarding procurement of crude oil, generation of components , blending ... -
Correcting Witness Reports through Machine Learning : An empirical study of machine learning applied to incident reports
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis we investigate the possibility of using machine learning models to correct witness testimony. Using data from the National Incident-Based Reporting System, we build a model to predict the race of offenders ...