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The impact of providing business training to microfinance clients: empirical evidence from Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2010)This master thesis studies the impact of providing business training to microfinance clients in Tanzania. Based on data collected six months after the programme ended, we cannot confirm positive treatment effects from ... -
The impact of the 2014 oil price shock on corporate sustainability and performance
(Master thesis, 2020)Our thesis aims to study whether high sustainability companies in Europe outperform low sustainability companies in terms of stock performance following the oil price shock in 2014. To conduct this analysis, we employ a ... -
Initial Public offerings in Scandinavia : an empirical assessment of underpricing and aftermarket performance in the scandinavian market : are scandinavian initial public offerings good investments?
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis contributes to the existing academic literature on the initial public offering anomalies by providing findings on underpricing and aftermarket performance in the Scandinavian market between 2007 and 2016. ... -
Institutions and deforestation in the Brazilian amazon: a geographic regression discontinuity analysis
(Master thesis, 2017)This study explores the impact of institutional quality at the municipal level on deforestation in the Legal Amazon. We add to this insufficiently understood topic by implementing a geographic regression discontinuity ... -
Integration of dispatchable with non-dispatchable renewable systems and market power : An assessment of the Nordlink interconnector
(Master thesis, 2023)An increase in integration of electricity markets is allowing for a frequent collaboration between dispatchable and non-dispatchable technologies. The dispatchable nature of the former technology creates a potential for ... -
Internasjonal valuta: faktorer som påvirker etterspørsel og utviklingen til verdens ledende valutaer
(Master thesis, 2015)I denne oppgaven ser vi nærmere på forholdene som påvirker en valutas internasjonale etterspørsel ved å se på hvilke faktorer som spiller inn på pengers funksjon som byttemiddel, verdimål og verdioppbevaringsmiddel. Ved ... -
Inventors in tax havens
(Master thesis, 2020)The aim of this thesis is to examine to which extent inventors engage in tax havens, as well as the characteristics of the inventors engaged in tax haven compared to the average inventor. Inventors are behind the innovations ... -
Kan nudging øke oppmøtet til lærerstudiet? : en studie initiert av Kunnskapsdepartementet
(Master thesis, 2016)Hensikten med denne masteroppgaven er å avdekke om nudging kan være et effektivt tiltak for å påvirke flere kvalifiserte søkere til å begynne på tilbudt lærerstudieplass. Studien er en del av forskningsprosjektet «Små ... -
Labour economic outcomes and the returns to language acquisition : a comparative study of refugees and economic immigrants in Germany
(Master thesis, 2017)This paper analyses the differences in labour economic and language outcomes between refugees and economic immigrants in Germany. We use data from the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP), a yearly household survey of the ... -
Liberty, Equality, Inheritance? An empirical study of inheritance’s impact on wealth inequality in Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)The intention of this paper is to assess the short-term impacts of inheritance on wealth inequality in Norway. I apply Norwegian population-wide individual-level data from 1994- 2013 to empirically estimate a direct ... -
Machine learning for resource economics : a review of modern computational statistics with empirical applications in fisheries management
(Master thesis, 2019)Machine learning increasingly permeates our everyday lives, from artificial intelligence suggesting how we complete a text message to big data selecting creepily relevant ads to show us as we browse the web. While science ... -
Matematikk som suksessfaktor i grunnskolelærerutdanningene : en analyse av sammenhengen mellom inntakskarakterer og prestasjoner i grunnskolelærerutdanningene
(Master thesis, 2017)Skjerpede opptakskrav til grunnskolelærerutdanningene er et av flere tiltak i regjeringens strategi Lærerløftet, hvor ambisjonen er å løfte kvaliteten på og statusen til lærerutdanningen. Høsten 2016 ble et krav om minimum ... -
Mergers in two-sided media markets : pricing- and welfare implications
(Master thesis, 2011)This paper discusses the pricing- and welfare implications of mergers in two-sided media markets. Media firms typically rely on revenues from two very different, but inextricably linked, customer groups: consumers and ... -
Migration and remittances : an analysis of the determinants of remittances in Mexico
(Master thesis, 2011)The objective of this thesis is to investigate the determinants of international remittances at a household and community level. It analyses both the determinants of which households that receives remittances and the amount ... -
Monetary policy in crisis : an assessment of the Norwegian monetary policy response to the Covid-19 pandemic
(Master thesis, 2021)In order to assess the monetary policy response to the ongoing crisis, this thesis combines a broad case study with detailed graphical analyses of key events and economic variables. We discuss how a broad range of policies ... -
Money and the air : the impact of income, preferences, and regulation on particulate matter pollution
(Master thesis, 2019)In this thesis we investigate the impact of preferences, income and regulation on PM2.5 levels. The thesis uses a combined data set of income, population weighted concentration levels of PM2.5 for 157 countries from 1990 ... -
Norwegian beef trade with Botswana and Namibia : an analysis of the two quota-schemes
(Master thesis, 2013)We examine the Norwegian preferential beef import from Botswana and Namibia, which is administered under two different quota-schemes. The General System of Preferences (GSP) quota of 2,700 tons is allocated to Norwegian ... -
The Norwegian model for wage settlements : theoretical analysis and illustrations
(Master thesis, 2020)This study has examined the research question; How can The Norwegian model for wage settlements be improved using insight from the Ricardo-Viner and Heckscher-Ohlin models? by formulating hypotheses and illustrating these ... -
Nowcasting Norwegian GDP : the hard, the soft and the uncertainty data
(Master thesis, 2018)This Master thesis investigates nowcasting, or predicting real time GDP, power of the following series: i) hard data gauging real economy; ii) soft indicators reflecting business and financial markets’ sentiment and iii) ... -
Oil exploration and institutions : do oil companies prefer to drill in democracies?
(Master thesis, 2015)In this master thesis, I investigate the impact institutional quality has on exploration and drilling activities in the oil and gas industry. I use ordinary least square regressions (OLS) and two stage least square ...