• All Quiet on the Market Front : A stock market analysis of the Ukraine-Russia War 2022 

      Zimmermann, Maximilian Johannes; Comes, Elena (Master thesis, 2023)
      This thesis examines the stock market reaction to changes in the public's perception of the likelihood of a conflict in an approach to find evidence for the "war puzzle" theorem by Brune et al. (2015). We use time series ...
    • Exploiting the index effect to extra alpha 

      Melingen, Karoline; Brennmoen, Martin (Master thesis, 2018)
      This thesis aims to provide a better understanding of the index effect on the Oslo Stock Exchange Benchmark Index (OSEBX) and generate potential trading strategies for Borea Asset Management. The exploitation of the index ...
    • Is there a consensus trap in earnings forecasts? : an empirical study 

      Øritsland, Eirik Thune (Master thesis, 2018)
      This paper revisits Grüner (2009) and seeks to establish whether there is a consensus trap in earnings forecasts. There is a consensus trap if analysts’ forecasts are more likely to be wrong when forecasts are homogeneous, ...
    • Why does the Allais paradox occur also among business students? 

      Firsova, Julija (Master thesis, 2017)
      The reasons for people making certain decisions has always been a question of interest among researchers. This paper presents a broad study in the field of Behavioral Finance on the topic of the Theory of Rational Choice ...