Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Balsvik, Ragnhild"
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Big Bath Accounting in Norway : empirical evidence on earnings management surrounding CEO turnovers in Norwegian firms
Pettersen, Kristine Kyllenstjerna; Søderberg, Lars Erik Eide (Master thesis, 2016)In this thesis, we investigate the empirical relationship between CEO turnovers and big bath accounting by analyzing 5 979 Norwegian firms from 1999 to 2013. Using OLS and Fixed Effects regressions on panel data, we ... -
Boliglånsforskriftens effekt på det norske boligmarkedet : har innstrammingene i boliglånsforskriften 1. januar 2017 hatt effekt på boligprisveksten i Norge?
Fretheim, Hilde; Myrvåg, Oda (Master thesis, 2018)I denne masteroppgaven undersøkes det om innstrammingene i boliglånsforskriften 1. januar 2017 har hatt en effekt på boligprisveksten i Norge. Endringene i boliglånsforskriften på landsbasis innebærer innføringen av en ... -
The contribution of foreign entrants to employment and productivity growth
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Haller, Stefanie A. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-08)We compare employment and productivity dynamics in foreign and domestic entrants, exitors, survivors and acquisitions in Norwegian manufacturing from 1979- 2000. All types of foreign plants are on average more productive ... -
Evaluating the effects of industrial robots on the European labour market : employment and wage effects
Hveem, Elena Natalie Cagnol (Master thesis, 2017)While the nature of work and skill demand has changed multiple times, the pace of the change has accelerated significantly in a way never seen before. An amount of literature explains this by the technological advances ... -
Foreign direct investment and host-country effects
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Foreign firms and host-country productivity : does the mode of entry matter?
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Haller, Stefanie A. (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-01)Foreign direct investment is often considered an important source of knowledge spillovers. However, results from the empirical literature relating overall foreign presence to host country productivity are ambiguous. We ... -
Guided through the "Red tape"? : information sharing and foreign direct investment
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Skaldebø, Line Tøndel (Discussion paper;3/2013, Working paper, 2013-02)What drives the observed tendency of new FDI, other things equal, to be attracted to locations where many other foreign investors are located? One explanation in the literature on FDI location is that expected bene ts ... -
Is labor mobility a channel for spillovers from multinationals? : evidence from Norwegian manufacturing
Balsvik, Ragnhild (Working paper, Working paper, 2009-07)This paper documents labor mobility flows from multinationals (MNEs) to non-MNEs in Norwegian manufacturing during the 1990s. 14,400 workers in MNEs move to non-MNEs during this period. By the year 2000, 28 percent of the ... -
Is mobility of labour a channel for spillovers from multinationals to local domestic firms?
Balsvik, Ragnhild (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-08)This paper documents the extent of labour mobility from multinationals (MNEs) to non-MNEs in Norwegian manufacturing during the 1990s. On average, each year around one percent of workers in MNEs move to non-MNEs. By the ... -
Kunnskapsstatus for hva økonomisk forskning har avdekket om flernasjonale selskapers internprising i Norge
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Jensen, Sissel; Møen, Jarle; Tropina, Julia (Rapport, Research report, 2009-06)Ved å manipulere prisene på selskapsinterne transaksjoner kan flernasjonale selskaper flytte overskudd fra høyskatteland til lavskatteland. Slik overskuddsflytting kan ha stor innflytelse på selskapsskattebasen til ... -
Made in China, sold in Norway : local labor market effects of an import shock
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Jensen, Sissel; Salvanes, Kjell Gunnar (Discussion paper;25/2014, Working paper, 2014-06)We analyze whether regional labor markets are affected by exposure to import competition from China. We find negative employment effects for low-skilled workers, and observe that low-skilled workers tend to be pushed ... -
Multinationals’ mode of entry with presence of vertical spillovers
Balsvik, Ragnhild (Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-02)Multinationals’ mode of foreign expansion may depend on whether or not they expect technological externalities or spillovers to generate new competition. Existing models where ex-post spillovers affect the ex-ante entry ... -
Nav sitt arbeidsmarkedstiltak bedriftsintern opplæring : har statlige subsidier til investeringer i bedriftsintern opplæring positiv effekt på bedrifter i omstilling?
Røyset, Åsmund; Wik, Håkon Halvorsen (Master thesis, 2018)Denne oppgaven undersøker om subsidier gitt gjennom Nav sitt arbeidsmarkedstiltak bedriftsintern opplæring (BIO) har hatt en positiv effekt på bedriftene som har mottatt tilskudd. Vi er ikke kjent med tidligere studier ... -
Ownership change and its implications for the match between the plant and its workers
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Haller, Stefanie A. (Discussion paper;10/15, Working paper, 2015-05)Is ownership change an opportunity for new owners to make systematic changes in the workforce of the acquired plant? This paper explores the adjustments to plant size and the composition of the workforce that occur around ... -
Picking “lemons” or “cherries”? : domestic and foreign acquisitions in Norwegian manufacturing
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Haller, Stefanie A. (Working paper, Working paper, 2009-06)We compare the performance in employment, wages and productivity for domestic plants acquired by new domestic and foreign owners. Prospective foreign owners pick large, high-wage, high-productivity plants, while new domestic ... -
Privatpersoner i delingsøkonomien og etterlevelse av skatteplikt: En risikoevaluering av privatpersoners etterlevelse
Finnevolden, Emilie Nøkleby; Wangsness, Ellen Brevik (Master thesis, 2016)En av utfordringene knyttet til den digitale delingsøkonomien er privatpersoners etterlevelse av skatteplikt. Denne utfordringen fremstilles i media som et stort problem for Skatteetaten. I vår utredning utforsker vi om ... -
Rent Sharing with Footloose Production. Foreign Ownership and Wages Revisited
Balsvik, Ragnhild; Sæthre, Morten (Discussion paper;30/14, Working paper, 2014-09)We present a bargaining model of wage and employment determina- tion, where we show that foreign acquisitions might hurt the bargaining outcome of powerful unions by giving the firm a credible threat to move production ... -
Undervurderes risikoen i forbrukslånsbranjen? : en gjennomgang av bransjens risikofaktorer og påvirkning av nye IFRS 9-regler
Haugen, Lars; Haugen, Ruben Bjørnstad (Master thesis, 2017)Den siste tiden har vi sett en forholdsvis kraftig vekst i forbrukslånsbransjen. Dette har ført til økt oppmerksomhet fra medier og politikere, som er bekymret for konsekvensene. Hovedmålet med denne utredningen har vært ... -
Utenlandske direkteinvesteringer og bilaterale skatteavtaler : Hvilken effekt har skatteavtaler på inngående utenlandske direkteinvesteringer til utviklingsland?
Heimtun, Malin Vindheim; Heggstad, Ida Rusten (Master thesis, 2017)Denne masterutredningen analyserer forholdet mellom utenlandske direkteinvesteringer og bilaterale skatteavtaler. Skatteavtaler reduserer skattemessige hindringer for grenseoverskridende økonomisk aktivitet, noe som ... -
Will robots replace us? : an Empirical analysis of the impacts of robotization on employment in the Norwegian manufacturing industry
Grøndahl, Fredrik; Eriksen, Gina Hegland (Master thesis, 2017)Rapid advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies have introduced renewed concern that labor will become redundant. The aim of this thesis is to assess whether there exists a relationship ...