Browsing NHH Brage by Author "Wong, Po Yin"
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An empirical analysis of toll road exemption as a determinant for electric vehicle adoption : Norway as a case study 2010-2015
Sime, Abiy Getachew; Sivertsen, Erik (Master thesis, 2017)Rising greenhouse gases (GHG) are posing a series of threat to the physical and economical livelihood of individuals living around the globe. The biggest source of world GHG emission is energy production and consumption ... -
Explaining election outcomes using web search data : evidence from the U.S. presidential elections 2008 - 2016
Hauge, Hannah Skaar; Lied, Therese Borge (Master thesis, 2017)Can Google Trends data be used to proxy socially sensitive sentiments, and can such proxies explain election outcomes? This thesis analyzes the effects of different social sentiments, proxied by Google search data, on ... -
Losing in a Boom: Long-term Consequences of a Local Economic Shock for Female Labour Market Outcomes
Bennett, Patrick; Ravetti, Chiara; Wong, Po Yin (DP SAM;03/2020, Working paper, 2020-02)This paper examines the long-term labour market consequences of a positive economic shock, the first discovery of oil and gas in Norway. Existing studies focus on the short-term and men, while less is known about women and ... -
Natural disaster mitigation in developing countries : the role of trade openness
Kondrup, Fredrik Ruud; Stierna, Maria Flinder (Master thesis, 2018)Employing fixed effects estimations in a panel of 137 countries over 37 years, this study empirically investigates the relationship between trade openness and natural disaster fatality rates in developing countries. The ... -
Natural disasters and frequency : effects on political trust : in Central America, Mexico and Colombia
Estenstad, Frank By; Skagestad, Ingvild (Master thesis, 2018)In recent decades, natural disaster frequency and magnitude have been steadily increasing, while climate change continues to be a topic mixed with facts and opinions. The vast majority of researchers are in consensus that ... -
The effects of commodity price shocks on economic sectors : a comparative study of metal exporters
Aponte, Fabián Rocha (Master thesis, 2016)This study investigates the effect of commodity price volatility on sectoral production for three main metal exporters: Australia, Chile, and South Africa. Using quarterly data of the real value added per industry from ...