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Does climate transition investments pay off? An empirical analysis of active Nordic funds and performance effects of exposure to carbon transition risk
(Master thesis, 2022)Sustainable finance and investment strategies have received increasing attention the previous years. In this thesis, we investigate the performance effects of carbon transition risk exposure in Nordic mutual funds. The ... -
Does Corporate Governance Failure Facilitate Crime? An empirical study of companies domiciled in the US using textual data analysis
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis aims to investigate whether corporate governance failures facilitate crime. There is an arising awareness of corporate crime and the huge consequences of corporate governance failures. Therefore, we explore ... -
Does eco-friendliness come at the expense of quality? : an experimental study on how green product attributes affect quality and preference for eco-friendly products
(Master thesis, 2018)There is unrealized potential for businesses in the market of green products as more consumers are moving in the direction of conscious consumption. In order to understand how to best exploit this potential, there has ... -
Does ethnicity affect normal people in non-political times? : a study that looks at the impact of ethnicity on peoples willingness to contribute to the funding of public goods in an ethnic diversified society
(Master thesis, 2014)The intention with this study is to contribute to the field of research that looks at the impact of ethnic divergence in a country. More specifically, I investigate social cooperation in an ethnic diversified society by ... -
Does fossil fuel divestment contribute to the clean energy transition? : an event study on fossil fuel divestment announcements
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis aims to assess whether fossil fuel divestment announcements of institutions have a financial impact on the energy transition, by utilizing event study methodology to measure abnormal returns and trading volume ... -
Does heterogeneity in contract-type and employment sector matter? : an analysis of transitions of the temporarily employed in Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)Over the past few decades, temporary contracts have become increasingly important in determining career trajectories of individuals. For some, it has worked as a bridge to permanent employment, while for others, it has led ... -
Does including more female board members help corporations to reduce non-compliance? A study on California’s mandatory gender quota
(Master thesis, 2023)California enacted the law of SB826 in 2018, which mandates corporate boards to include a minimum number of female directors. I study companies’ reactions to this gender quota from the perspective of board diversity as ... -
Does increased bilateral transparency affect offshore activity? Evidence from Offshore Leaks Database
(Master thesis, 2022)Tax havens, also known as secrecy jurisdictions, facilitate tax avoidance and other forms of behaviour that cause a challenge to societies. Offshore data leaks such as Panama Papers have intended to reveal the players ... -
Does increased creditworthiness lead to a reduced interest rate? : a study of external credit ratings' potential to influence a company's average interest rate
(Master thesis, 2014)The main objective is to explain whether increased creditworthiness leads to decreased average interest rates. The creditworthiness is represented by Bisnode’s credit rating codes. Involved in the study are Norwegian limited ... -
Does Innovation Norway’s grants have an effect? : an empirical research paper examining the effects of the establishing grant and development grants
(Master thesis, 2016)This paper examines the possible effects of government financial support to firms through Innovation Norway (IN). We compare firms that received support from IN in the years 2006- 2010 with comparable firms that applied ... -
Does institutional quality matter for offshore supply rates? : an empirical analysis of the relationship between costs and institutional quality, as evidenced by day rates in the PSV market 1995-2013
(Master thesis, 2015)The role of institutions for long-run economic development is widely recognized as important. However, we have limited knowledge about how institutional quality systematically influence prices in a specific market. This ... -
Does nature have a value? : a qualitative study to pinpoint incentives for implementing valuation of ecosystem services
(Master thesis, 2014)There is a growing consensus worldwide that human economies and human well-being rely on ecosystem services. The Economics of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity [TEEB], a global initiative launched in 2007 as a response ... -
Does population growth affect housing bubbles? : a study on population growth’s influence on the U.S. housing market during the 2000’s
(Master thesis, 2012)The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship between population growth and house prices. It analyses whether housing bubbles existed in American cities during the recent financial crisis by comparing ... -
Does Private Ownership in the Kindergarten Sector Benefit the Children? Empirical Evidence from Norway Does the kindergarten's ownership form impact the quality?
(Master thesis, 2022)This paper investigates whether private ownership in the Norwegian childcare sector benefits children. The paper seeks to do so by investigating whether there are differences in quality between public and private kindergartens, ... -
Does recent rolatility in the housing market challenge traditional models of saving? : a study on the importance of housing wealth for explaining household saving in the United States during the crisis
(Master thesis, 2012)The purpose of this thesis is to study the importance of housing wealth for explaining household saving in the United States during the recent crisis. We present two fundamentally different models of saving – the Keynesian ... -
Does self-attention influence sustainable choices? : an experimental study on how self-attention affects sustainable product preference and the false consensus effect
(Master thesis, 2019)The purpose of this research is to investigate how consumers can be influenced to act more frequently on their ‘green’ values and attitudes. We test whether increased self-attention has an effect on preference for the ... -
Does size really matter? : a study of banking sector size as it relates to money laundering and anti-money laundering enforcement
(Master thesis, 2019)Money laundering has been a problem for governments ever since it began 4000 years ago in China. In recent years though, the problem seems to be spiraling out of control. When HSBC was sanctioned for money laundering in ... -
Does the choice of performance measure shape the appraisal of private equity funds?
(Master thesis, 2009)Conducting an empirical study on cash flows of 71 private equity funds, spanning the vintages 1990 to 2008, we compare the two most common performance measures, IRR and TVPI, to four proposed alternatives. We also document ... -
Does the e-retailing of luxury brands really damage their brand image?
(Master thesis, 2014)With an increasing focus on e-commerce and the lack of research in the respected area within the luxury industry the underlying thesis assumes particular relevance. The main concern was to contribute to existing theory ... -
Does the Market Emphasize Violation of Green Commitment? A comparison of stock price response to negative ESG incidents between companies that have issued a green vs. conventional bond
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis examines the difference in stock price response to ESG incidents between green and conventional bond issuers. By using exact and nearest-neighbor matching on a sample of 86 green bond issuers and 177 conventional ...