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Backhauling in forest transportation : models, methods and practical usage
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006)Transportation planning in forestry is divided into strategic, tactical and operational depending on the length of the planning horizon. We consider a tactical problem of finding efficient backhauling routes. Given a set ... -
Balanced scorecards: a relational contract approach
(Discussion paper;3/20, Working paper, 2020-05-08)Reward systems based on balanced scorecards typically connect pay to an index, i.e. a weighted sum of multiple performance measures. However, there is no formal incentive model that actually describe this kind of index ... -
Bank Supervision after the Financial Crisis: Signals from the Market for Liquidity
(Discussion paper;14/15, Working paper, 2015-04-10)The financial turmoil that we have been living with since August 2007 has left central banks, regulators, politicians, and economists with two big, overriding questions: How do we best get out of the crisis and how should ... -
Batteries in Offshore Support vessels - Pollution, climate impact and economics
(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 ... -
Batteries in offshore support vessels – Pollution, climate impact and economics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)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 ... -
Bayesian estimation of NIG-parameters by Markov chain Monte Carlo methods
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-01)The Normal Inverse Gaussian (NIG) distribution recently introduced by Barndorff-Nielsen (1997) is a promising alternative for modelling financial data exhibiting skewness and fat tails. In this paper we explore the Bayesian ... -
A behavioral explanation of the relative performance evaluation puzzle
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-11)We study the effects of competitive preferences, where Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) compare their wage to the wage of other CEOs within the same industry, and derive additional utility from being ahead of them. We show ... -
Belønninger som styringsverktøy - når bør toppledelsen holde fingrene av fatet?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Utviklingen i virksomhetsstyring de siste 20-30 årene har vært preget av mer systematisk bruk av ikke-finansiell informasjon og større utbredelse av variabel avlønning. I denne artikkelen ser vi disse to trendene i sammenheng ... -
Benefit efficient statistical distributions on patient lists
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006)In this paper we consider statistical distributions of different types of patients on the patient lists of doctors. In our framework different types of patients have different preferences regarding their preferred choice ... -
Best estimate reporting with asymmetric loss
(Discussion paper;07/15, Working paper, 2015-01-30)This paper considers the problem of point prediction based on a predictive distribution, representing the uncertainty about the outcome. The issue explored is the reporting of a single characteristic, typically the mean, ... -
Beta-creaming
(Discussion paper;08/15, Working paper, 2015-02-09)This paper considers sampling proportional to expected size from a partly unknown distribution. The applied context is the exploration for undiscovered resources, like oil accumulations in different deposits, where the ... -
Betydning av skatt på omdisponering av kapital : endring av kredittvilkår og internprising av kortsiktige kreditter som svar på skatteforskjeller
(Master thesis, 2013)Denne oppgaven er en empirisk oppgave hvor man har analysert i hvor stor grad norske multinasjonale bedrifter benytter seg av handelskreditter for å omdisponere kapital som svar på forskjeller i skattesatser. Dette er et ... -
Beyond the local mean-variance analysis in continuous time. The problem of non-normality
(Discussion paper;11/15, Working paper, 2015-02-23)The paper investigates the effects of deviations from normality on the estimates of risk premiums and the real equilibrium, short-term interest rate in the conventional rational expectations equilibrium model of Lucas ... -
Bidding and performance in repo auctions : evidence from ECB open market operations
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2005-07)Repo auctions are used to inject central bank funds against collateral into the banking sector. The ECB uses standard discriminatory auctions and hundreds of banks participate. The amount auctioned over the monthly reserve ... -
Bidding in mandatory bankruptcy auctions : theory and evidence
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-07)We analyze bidding incentives and present evidence on takeover premiums in mandatory Swedish bankruptcy auctions, where three-quarters of the firms are sold as going concerns. The bankrupt firms’ main creditors (banks) ... -
Bitcoin: En analyse av Bitcoins implikasjoner og hvordan norske skattemyndigheter utfordres
(Master thesis, 2017)Bitcoin er en virtuell og desentralisert valuta som for første gang muliggjør betalinger direkte fra person til person, uten at betalingen må verifiseres av noen sentral, finansiell institusjon. Siden Bitcoin ble introdusert ... -
Bok og nettside som integrert læreverk
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Denne artikkelen bruker et konkret pedagogisk prosjekt i finans til å vise hvordan ønsket om undervisning med relevans og mangfold kan avleire seg i et læreverk. Vår nøkkel er å utvikle bok og nettside i tidsmessig parallell ... -
A branch and price algorithm for the combined vehicle routing and scheduling problem with synchronization constraints
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2007)In this paper we present a branch and price algorithm for the combined vehicle routing and scheduling problem with synchronization constraints. The synchronization constraints are used to model situations when two or more ... -
Business model digitalization, competition, and tax savings
(Discussion paper;6/24, Working paper, 2024-03-13)We examine the effect of business model digitalization on competition and how corporate tax savings through digitalization may augment this relationship. Global policymakers express concern that digitalization-related tax ... -
Callable risky perpetual debt : options, pricing and bankruptcy implications
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2006-01-05)Issuances of perpetual risky debt are often motivated by capital requirements for financial institutions. However, observed market practice indicates that actual maturity equals first possible call date. We analyze callable ...