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Dividend Withholding Tax Reforms: A Comparative Analysis of Market Responses in Norway and Finland
(Master thesis, 2024)This master thesis investigates the dividend withholding tax reforms in Finland and Norway and their impacts on foreign investments and corporate dividend policies. Utilizing a difference-in-differences analysis, this study ... -
DN-porteføljene : en analyse av risikojustert meravkastning i perioden fra 2005 til 2010. Inkludert event-studie av kursbevegelser i dagene før og etter at en aksje tas inn eller ut av porteføljen
(Master thesis, 2010)I denne utredningen analyseres aksjeporteføljene i porteføljekonkurransen til Dagens Næringsliv (DN). Tre eller fire meglerhus anbefaler hver mandag en portefølje av aksjer for den kommende uken. Hovedformålet med denne ... -
Do active managers live up to their pitch? : an empirical study on Scandinavian active fund performance in crises
(Master thesis, 2020)Active fund management is a heated topic. Investors have been willing to pay for skilled active managers in the belief that they will obtain greater returns. The literature remains skeptical. In their defence active ... -
Do agency costs of free cash flow impact private equity acquisitions : an empirical analysis of the free cash flow hypothesis’ impact on US private equity transactions
(Master thesis, 2019)The bidders in the acquisition market can be divided into two groups, strategic and financial acquirers, where the majority of the latter group consists of private equity firms. The two groups have different purposes for ... -
Do all stocks fail to outperform treasury bills? : an inquiry into the return distributions of individual stocks in United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Sweden
(Master thesis, 2018)Inthispaper, weinvestigatethedistributionofindividualstockreturnsinUnited Kingdom, Japan, Germany, France, Italy and Sweden from 1986 to 2017. Specifically, our results highlight the strong presence of positive skewness ... -
Do Borrowers Benefit from Sustainability-Linked Loans? An analysis of explicit ESG information in loan contracts and borrowers’ incentives to enter sustainability-linked loans
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis examines the explicit use of ESG information in loan contracts and borrowers' incentives to enter sustainability-linked loans (SLLs). We explore whether shareholders respond to announcements of sustainability-linked ... -
Do consumers really trust their doctors’ suggestions and drugs they prescribe? : the relationship between perceived risk and trust in consumer buying decisions on prescription drugs, and how pharmaceutical companies can improve consumer’s trust through marketing activities in China
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis examines how perceived risk and trust affect consumer’s buying decisions during the process of buying and consuming prescription drugs, and investigates how pharmaceutical companies can improve consumer’s trust ... -
Do cross-border stock exchange consolidations affect cross-border M&A? : a study of cross-border stock exchange consolidations’ effect on merger volumes and payment methods
(Master thesis, 2020)Since the early 2000s, there has been a trend of stock exchanges consolidating across borders with Euronext and Nasdaq being the most prominent examples. We analyse the effect crossborder stock exchange consolidation has ... -
Do Earnouts Sweeten the SPAC Deal? An empirical study on the effect earnouts have on SPAC deals
(Master thesis, 2021)The purpose of this research is to explore contractual agreements related to Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs). Even though this backdoor to the public market has been around for decades, the SPAC market has ... -
Do ESG ratings promote green innovation inside the European Union?
(Master thesis, 2024)The research provides a detailed analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the context of EU Member States. The impact of ESG metrics is explored, ranging up from their roots conceptualized with ... -
Do foreign investors have an edge? : a study of Norwegian equity mutual funds
(Master thesis, 2013)This paper examines the performance and investor behavior of Norwegian equity mutual funds in the time periods 1990-2012 and 2006-2012, respectively. The behavioral part try to reveal differences between local (Norwegian) ... -
Do fossil fuel divestments from large capitalization fossil fuel firms lead to a change in emissions and returns?
(Master thesis, 2023)How should asset managers deal with the issue of divesting or engaging with fossil fuel companies? By looking at the effect divesting has on variables that are important to the fund and its owners. In this debate, we ... -
Do Fraudulent Companies Employ Different Linguistic Features in Their Annual Reports? An Empirical Study Using Logistic Regression and Random Forest Methodologies
(Master thesis, 2022)The use of textual analysis to uncover fraudulent actions in 10-K filings is widespread. The previous studies have looked at the Management Disclosure and Analysis (MD&A) section of annual reports to predict illicit ... -
Do household withdraw home equity for cosumption?
(Master thesis, 2017)Home equity refinancing played a key role in laying the groundwork for the 2007-2008 financial crisis (Mian and Sufi (2011)). How homeowners spend the money that they withdraw influences how vulnerable they are to financial ... -
Do interest rates really respond to financial stability concerns? : an analysis of monetary policy in Norway 1999-2018
(Master thesis, 2018)This master thesis estimates monetary policy reaction functions for the Norwegian economy from 1999 to 2018 using a Taylor rule. In a Taylor rule the interest rate is typically set dependent on inflation and the output ... -
Do Investors Care About the Credibility of Green Commitments? A study of stock market reactions to corporate green bond announcements and the credibility of firms’ commitment
(Master thesis, 2021)We study stock market reactions to firms’ announcements of first-time green bond issuances in two major markets, the US and Japan. Specifically, we attempt to answer two research questions: 1) whether green bond announcements ... -
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 ...