Blar i Department of Business and Management Science på tittel
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Country risk, country risk indices, and valuation of FDI : a real options approach
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-03)Country risk and in particular political risk may constitute a large part of the total risk investors face when investing in emerging markets. It is not a straightforward task to quantify and include these types of risks ... -
Crash risk in the Nordic Stock Market - a cross-sectional analysis
(Discussion paper;5/23, Working paper, 2023-04-28)This paper takes the viewpoint of an investor that can invest in the Nordic countries Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. The four markets are treated as one integrated market. In the analysis we investigate whether there ... -
Creaming - and the depletion of resources: A Bayesian data analysis
(Discussion paper;16/17, Working paper, 2017-11-16)This paper considers sampling in proportion to size from a partly unknown distribution. The applied context is the exploration for undiscovered resources, like oil accumulations in different deposits, where the most promising ... -
Creating a National Champion: International Competition and Unbundling in Rail Transportation
(Discussion paper;18/15, Working paper, 2015-04-10)This article investigates the incentives to unbundle operations and infrastructure in the railway industry in a two-country model with international network effects from the viewpoint of national governments. The analysis ... -
Credit spreads and incomplete information
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2008-03)A new model is presented which produces credit spreads that do not converge to zero for short maturities. Our set-up includes incomplete, i.e., delayed and asymmetric information. When the financial market observes the ... -
Credit supply shocks, financial constraints and investments for small and medium-sized firms
(Discussion paper;2012:11, Working paper, 2012-09)In this paper, we find that reduced credit supply reduces firm investments in our sample of small private firms. The effect is strongest for the least financially constrained firms. We use a representative survey of ... -
Crime and punishment: When tougher antitrust enforcement leads to higher overcharge
(Discussion paper;05/13, Working paper, 2013-05)The economics of crime and punishment postulates that higher punishment leads to lower crime levels, or less severe crime. It is how- ever hard to get empirical support for this rather intuitive relationship. This paper ... -
Data assimilation into biomass dynamics models : a Monte Carlo simulation experiment
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001)In this paper, we use a variational data assimilation method to fit biomass dynamics models to simulated data. The method is the variational adjoint technique in which a cost function measuring the distance between the ... -
Dead battery? Wind power, the spot market, and hydro power interaction in the Nordic electricity market
(Discussion paper;2011:16, Working paper, 2011-09)It is well established within both the economics and power system engineering literature that hydro power can act as a complement to large amounts of intermittent energy. In particular, hydro power can act as a "battery" ... -
Dead Battery? Wind Power, the Spot Market, and Hydropower Interaction in the Nordic Electricity Market
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)It is well established within both the economics and power system engineering literature that hydropower can act as a complement to large amounts of intermittent energy. In particular hydropower can act as a “battery” where ... -
Debt Shifting and Thin-Capitalization Rules – German Experience and Alternative Approaches
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This paper presents the general design of thin-capitalization rules and summarizes the economic effects of such rules as identified in theoretical models. We review empirical studies providing evidence on the experience ... -
Debt shifting in response to international tax incentives : Evidence from European multinational corporations
(Master thesis, 2015)This study examines whether national and international tax factors can explain leverage decisions of European multinational corporations. Using the model specification proposed by Møen, Schindler, Schjelderup and Tropina ... -
Decompositions of travelling salesman problems
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The defeasance of control rights
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Delkontantstrømdiskontering og nøytralitet i det norske petroleumsskatteregimet
(Master thesis, 2015)Det er stor uenighet mellom Finansdepartementet og oljeselskapene om hvorvidt felt på den norske kontinentalsokkelen skal verdsettes med bruken av delkontantstrømdiskontering. Finansdepartementet argumenterer for at ... -
The demand attributes of assurance services and the role of independent accountants
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004)Several initiatives and auditors’ professional organizations have argued that assurance about the quality of information, processes, or compliance encompasses the future market base for the accounting profession. However, ... -
Den norske eiendomsskatten
(Master thesis, 2015)Formålet med denne utredningen er å vurdere den norske eiendomsskatteordningen. Vi har diskutert de tre ulike ordningene statlig, obligatorisk kommunal og frivillig kommunal eiendomsskatt . Videre har vi vurdert ... -
Den norske eiendomsskatten : en empirisk analyse av eiendomsskattens langsiktige påvirkning på boligpriser i norske kommuner
(Master thesis, 2017)Denne masterutredningen tar for seg eiendomsskattens effekt på boligpriser i norske kommuner. Med utgangspunkt i perioden fra 2007 til 2015 undersøker vi ved hjelp av empiriske analyser om det er en signifikant forskjell ... -
Design and pricing of equity-linked life insurance under stochastic interest rates
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 1998-11)A valuation model for equity-linked life insurance contracts incorporating stochastic interest rates is presented. Our model generalizes some previous pricing results based on deterministic interest rates. Moreover, a ... -
Development and Effectiveness of Controlled-Foreign-Company Rules : Empirical evidence from European multinational companies
(Master thesis, 2016-09-02)This thesis studies the development of CFC rules and assesses the effect that CFC rules have on capital structure decisions of MNCs. CFC rules are an anti-taxavoidance measure that aims to prevent profit shifting. If CFC ...