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Do investors reward gender diversity? An event study of the MSCI World Women’s Leadership Index
(Master thesis, 2021)The aim of this thesis is to study how global markets value companies that exhibit a commitment towards gender diversity among their board of directors and among the leadership positions. We investigate how stock returns ... -
Do maritime anti-corruption efforts affect economics? An analysis of waiting time in the Suez Canal
(Master thesis, 2019)The purpose of this study was to investigate whether becoming member of the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) comes with a monetary penalty in terms of longer waiting times for entering the Suez Canal. This thesis ... -
Do Mechanical Value Investing Strategies Beat The Market In The Nordics?
(Master thesis, 2022)In this thesis, we study whether three mechanical value investing strategies consistently generate excess risk-adjusted returns (alpha) on the Nordic exchanges for a Norwegian investor (returns are reflected in NOK). We ... -
Do mergers & aquisitions undertaken by developed countries acquirers in emergin markets generate more returns than those with US targets? : An event study
(Master thesis, 2013)The purpose of this master thesis is to answer whether a Developed Country firm would generate higher returns to its shareholders by acquiring a company from the US or by acquiring an Emerging Market target. It includes ... -
Do Norwegian bond funds create value?
(Master thesis, 2020)Performance evaluations of Norwegian bond mutual funds have until this date received limited attention. The introduction of updated credit-indices by Nordic Bond Pricing, has allowed for new opportunities to analyse funds ... -
Do R&D Subsidies Cause Better Access to External Financing? Empirical Evidence from the Research Council of Norway’s Grant Programs
(Master thesis, 2021)Public funding of R&D has become a popular policy instrument to alleviate financial constraints for innovation and entrepreneurship. This master’s thesis analyses whether public R&D subsidies lead to better access to ... -
Do Retail Investors Fall for Bad Boys? An empirical study of whether narcissistic CEOs manipulate retail investors into financial peril
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether retail investment decisions are influenced by CEO personalities, and whether it has adverse financial implications. Specifically, we are interested in the notion that ... -
Do Shipping Freight Rates Predict Stock Market Returns? An Empirical Study of the Relationship between Shipping Freight Rates and Broad Stock Market Returns
(Master thesis, 2023)Given the availability and real-time inference of shipping freight rates, they are often regarded as a gauge for the economy. Stock market commentators and participants often stress the importance of falling freight rates ... -
Do Smart Beta ETFs Outperform the World Market? An empirical analysis on the returns of smart beta ETFs in the European and US markets
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates if smart beta ETFs in the US and/or Europe deliver excess return relative to the world market and how performance compares between the two markets. We focus on nine smart beta categories in our ... -
Do venture capital backed companies show value added performance? : a study of growth in Norwegian venture capital backed companies compared to benchmarks of non venture capital backed comparable companies
(Master thesis, 2009)The purpose of this thesis is to find out if companies that have received Venture Capital funding perform better than they are assumed to perform without. To test this, growth in sales, revenues, assets and employees in ... -
Do venture capitalists succeed outside their comfort zone? : an empirical study of venture capital firms' performance as they move into new nations or industries
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis aims to analyze the performance of venture capitalists (VCs) at the moment they invest in new nations or industries. Our sample consists of 29,172 venture capital back ed entrepreneurial firms from ... -
Do zombie funds underperform other PE funds? : an empirical study of the Nordic private equity market
(Master thesis, 2014)This thesis investigates the scope, magnitude and performance of zombie funds in the Nordic private equity market. Our sample comprises of a total 266 funds from the 5 different Nordic countries. The vintage years of our ... -
Dobbelt diktatorspill : en studie av generøsitet og fordelingsidealer i et asymmetrisk maktspill
(Master thesis, 2016)Denne masterutredningen presenterer resultatene knyttet til et eksperiment som ser på omfordeling i et diktatorspill hvor mottaker har noe makt. Tidligere forskning har vist at det å gi en svak part makt ikke nødvendigvis ... -
Does a country`s corruption level affect the outcome of a corruption scandal?: An event study of the effects of a country`s level of corruption on firms`s cumulative abnormal returns resulting from the news about corruption
(Master thesis, 2015)By investigating the phenomenon of corruption, we found that corruption represents a huge cost on society. There exists extensive theory and literature on the costs of corruption, but costs on firm-level has been limited. ... -
Does a legal penalty announcement matter? An event study of various market reactions to legal penalty announcements
(Master thesis, 2021)This paper investigates whether the penalty announcements have any impact on the stock return of listed firms in some specific countries. The study is focused on observing if the abnormal return (AR) is negative on the ... -
Does a Wealth Tax Discourage Individual Risk Taking? Evidence from Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)The interest in capital taxation has been revived by increasing inequality over the past decades. Norway is one of the few countries persisting with a wealth tax policy, making it an interesting research setting. The ... -
Does Analyst Affiliation Matter? Analyzing Performance of Security Analyst Recommendations Subsequent fPO) Loan Syndication) and MBA Events.
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the differences in the value of analyst consensus recommendations subsequent to IPOs, syndicated loans, and M&A deals depending on their affiliation status. Relying on recommendations issued on U.S. ... -
Does certification of green bonds add value to investors? : the role of CBI-certification in informational efficiency
(Master thesis, 2020)This study looks into Climate Bonds Initiative’s certification of green bonds to see whether it provides value for investors and contributes to market efficiency. We explore whether issuers of certified bonds have a higher ...