Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Eskeland, Gunnar S."

A literature review of the vulnerabilities to fraud in the EU ETS and the CDM : how does the environmental context affect fraud in the market?

Bieger, Bibiane (Master thesis, 2018)

The Kyoto Protocol uses financial incentives to reach the environmental goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This environmental context facilitates certain frauds, namely scams, bribery and corruption and fraud ...

Batteries in Offshore Support vessels - Pollution, climate impact and economics

Lindstad, Haakon Elizabeth; Eskeland, Gunnar S.; Rialland, Agathe (Discussion paper;21/16, Working paper, 2016-12-07)

This paper assesses the pros and the cons of installing batteries on offshore support vessels. These vessels are specially designed to provide services to oil and gas operations, such as anchor handling, supply and subsea ...

Carbon footprint - a luxury good : implications for a Norwegian tax proposal

Johnsen, Mathias Juell; Reinem, Petter Lindheim (Master thesis, 2016)

Consumption-based emissions from international trade are substantial, but are not reported to the UNFCCC. In this master thesis, we have analysed the relationship between individual expenditure and the consumption-based ...

CBAM – Steering the World Trade to Fit the Future

Aarrestad, Anniken; Nytrøen, Signe Ellevold (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 ...

CO2 abatement costs of long-haul heavy-duty truck technologies in Germany in 2020 and 2030 : a techno-economic analysis based on state-of-the-art research

Biller, Tobias Edmund (Master thesis, 2020)

Coal-to-gas switching in the power sector in Germany and the UK : assessment of key drivers and projection of future scenarios based on the EU ETS reforms

Gonzalez, Juan Jose Diaz (Master thesis, 2018)

The power sector represents 30% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU). Market concentration and use of available technologies combined with a carbon price could trigger drastic GHG emission ...

Collaboration for sustainability : a qualitative study of the objectives, enablers and barriers for collaborations entered with regard to sustainability

Herland, Lise; Olsvold, Rebecca Høyerholt (Master thesis, 2020)

There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals set to be achieved by 2030, and business collaboration is emphasized as important in achieving these goals. Business actors are encouraged to collaborate and they themselves ...

Effekten av elbilens inntog på bensinsalget i Norge : en empirisk studie fordelt på fylkene i Norge fra 2009 til 2016

Kloster, Hanna Sørenes; Krogedal, Katrine (Master thesis, 2018)

I denne oppgaven undersøker vi hvorvidt elbilens inntog har medført en substitusjon bort fra bensinbiler og over til elbiler ved å se om dette kan vises i etterspørselen etter bensin. Ettersom Norge har den største andelen ...

Efficiency in the Nordic futures power market : an empirical study of the Nordic futures power market

Paulsen, Stian K.; Bergsholm, Aasmund S. (Master thesis, 2020)

In this thesis, we investigate if the Nordic futures power market is efficient. To answer this question, we will perform cointegration tests, test the unbiasedness hypothesis and check the causal relationships between the ...

Fra lineær til sirkulær plastemballasje : en casestudie av BAMAs overgang fra en lineær til sirkulær plastemballasje

Moltubakk, Ragnhild Katrine; Nagendrarasa, Srija (Master thesis, 2019)

Matsvinn regnes som et verdensomfattende problem og etterlater seg ni ganger større karbonfotavtrykk enn produksjon og transport av plast (NRK Forbrukerinspektørene, 2018, 12:50). Samtidig har plast på avveie skapt store ...

Green public procurement practices in Norway : the application of environmental criteria and the use of scoring rules in Norwegian road transport tenders

Fauske, Kristian Ringen; Schrader, Jelena (Master thesis, 2017)

The goal of this thesis is to examine green public procurement (GPP) practices in Norway with a focus on road transport. In recent years, both in Norway and in the European Union there has been an increased focus on using ...

Greening the Vehicle Fleet: Evidence from Norway’s CO2 Differentiated Registration Tax

Yan, Shiyu; Eskeland, Gunnar S. (Discussion paper;14/16, Working paper, 2016-08-31)

Fiscal policies are used to improve vehicle fuel efficiency and reduce CO2 emissions in the transport sector. Years of forceful reform in Norway may be seen as informative. From 2007, Norway has linked its new vehicle ...

Indoor farming : fancy concept or environmental breakthrough? : economic analysis of a small scaled indoor farm producing iceberg lettuce in Bergen, Norway.

Keleş, Kadir (Master thesis, 2018)

The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the concept of indoor farming from an economic perspective. In evaluation of the concept, the study aims to clarify whether current trends and applications of the concept do ...

Leadership in Climate Policy: Is there a case for Early Unilateral Unconditional Emission Reductions?

Eskeland, Gunnar S. (Discussion paper;06/13, Working paper, 2013-06)

One may misread economic theory on climate policy to provide a warning against unilateral mitigation. While important lessons are drawn from ‘global problems require global solutions’, these say little about what to do ...

Missing in Action? Speed optimization and slow steaming in maritime shipping

Assmann, Lisa; Andersson, Jonas; Eskeland, Gunnar S. (Discussion paper;13/15, Working paper, 2015-03-12)

This paper analyzes the claim, made by both academics and by industry insiders, that vessels speed up under conditions of high freight rates and low bunker prices. The rationale for the claim is that a ship should move ...

Sulphur Abatement Globally in Maritime Shipping

Lindstad, Elizabeth; Rehn, Carl Fredrik; Eskeland, Gunnar S. (Discussion paper;8/17, Working paper, 2017-06-29)

In 2016, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) decided on global regulations to reduce sulphur emissions to air from maritime shipping starting 2020. The regulation implies that ships can continue to use residual ...

Sustainable investment : factors influencing the adoption of a sustainable investment strategy : examining how different factors influence the adoption of sustainable investment strategies.

Sivakumaran, Mayuran; Hirst, Jessica (Master thesis, 2021)

With the growth of ESG investing across the finance industry, this paper seeks to explore how different factors influence the adoption of a sustainable investment strategy, with a predominant focus on large asset managers. ...