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Dagens boligmarked : euforiske tilstander - eller strukturelle endringer? : en studie av bobletendenser og etterspørselsforhold i det norske boligmarkedet
(Master thesis, 2007)Hovedformålet med denne masterutredningen er å gjennomføre en grundig analyse av tilstanden i det norske boligmarkedet i dag, og se denne i lys av utviklingen siden 1980. I den første delen av utredningen ønsker vi ved ... -
Dagens høye gjeldsnivå: en trussel for boligmarkedet? : en empirisk studie av boligprisenes rentefølsomhet og i hvilken grad denne kan forsterkes av sårbarheten til husholdningene
(Master thesis, 2013)Norske husholdninger sin gjeld er i dag på rekordhøye nivåer. Det lave rentenivået fører derimot til at gjelden ikke oppleves som særlig belastende for den private økonomien. Motivasjonen bak denne utredningen er å undersøke ... -
Dagligvareportal : til forbrukernes beste?
(Master thesis, 2013)Selv om norske forbrukere har det dårligste utvalget av dagligvarer i Norden, møter de det høyeste prisnivået. Dagligvaremarkedet i Norge består i hovedsak av fire store grupperinger, og har ... -
Dagsaviser og gratisaviser : konkurranse i tosidige markeder
(Master thesis, 2006)Eksplosjonen i antall gratisaviser er et tegn på en utvikling som snart kan komme til å gjøre seg bemerket i det norske avismarkedet. Gratisavisene stjeler annonsører fra dagsavisene, som opplever økt konkurranse både i ... -
Data presentation form and efficiency in decision making
(Master thesis, 2007)This thesis reviews relevant literature and presents the results of an exploratory experimental study to enhance the understanding of whether - and how - data presentation forms influence decision making effectiveness. ... -
Data Reconciliation in Electricity Markets : Implementing and Testing a Physics-Informed Optimization Framework to Correct Data Inconsistencies on the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform
(Master thesis, 2023)Climate goals and geopolitical shifts have forced the European electricity system into transition. High-quality electricity data is a critical success factor for stakeholders in this transition. This thesis examines the ... -
Datadeling i et digitalt plattformøkosystem : En casestudie om hvordan oppdrettsnæringen kan lykkes med datadeling i et digitalt plattformøkosystem
(Master thesis, 2021)I nyere tid har det vokst frem en ny variant av digitale økosystemer, der konkurrerende aktører går sammen for å nå felles mål gjennom datadeling på en digital plattform hvor aktørene oppnår gjensidige fordeler. I litteraturen ... -
Datadrevet innovasjon: Er dataintensiv problemløsing en oppgave for økonomen eller teknologen?
(Master thesis, 2021)I samarbeid med DIG-senteret ved NHH og Knowit har vi i denne oppgaven forsket på hvordan humankapital påvirker evnen til datadrevet innovasjon. Et datadrevet forsikringscase ble benyttet til å generere kreative ideer ... -
The daughter effect : how the sex of offspring influences father’s attitudes toward intimate partner violence : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
(Master thesis, 2020)Violence against women is to date one the most prevalent and destructive human right violations in the world (UN, 2020). Yet, our understanding of how violent attitudes are shaped and developed, is rather limited (Picon, ... -
The Day-of-the-Week effect at Oslo stock exchange : examining the presence of, and explanations for, the Day-of -the-Week effect in Norway from 2000 to 2019
(Master thesis, 2020)We study the Day-of-the-Week effect in the Norwegian securities market from 2000 to 2019, in which we examine whether daily returns are lower on Monday and higher on Friday than the other days of the week. We find evidence ... -
Deal-Makers or Deal-Takers : An Empirical Analysis of Target-Initiated M&A Transactions
(Master thesis, 2022)The purpose of this paper is to introduce research on deal initiation in the Norwegian merger & acquisition (M&A) market. We have manually collected and assessed deal initiation data in order to investigate 1) the ... -
Debt heterogeneity : an empirical study of debt structure determinants for the companies in the OSEBX index
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis aims at investigating how firm-specific characteristics affect the debt structure, debt specialisation and debt priority structure decisions of the firms in the OSEBX index. In the period 2009-2018, we observe ... -
Debt repurchases : does it have an effect on equity valuation? : an event study
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Debt shifting in loss-making affiliates : an empirical study on parental debt in Norwegian multinationals
(Master thesis, 2019)As the economy is becoming more globalised, debt shifting in multinational corporations has received increasing attention from policy makers, academics and the media. MNCs have an advantage of using differences in corporate ... -
Deceptive Communication in Sustainability Reports : A study of the opportunities to deceive in sustainability reports and the consequences on stakeholders’ perceptions
(Master thesis, 2022)Paltering and obfuscation are two particularly enticing forms of deception as they do not contain untruthful statements when misleading the reader. This thesis studies deceptive communication in corporate sustainability ... -
Decision making in Norwegian dairy farming using mathematical programming : maximising farmer’s gross margin under subsidy regulations
(Master thesis, 2019)Norwegian dairy farming is characterised by increased consolidation and a wide array of governmental support schemes. The farming industry can utilise business analytics to assist the complex decision making facing ... -
Decoding insider trades : an empirical analysis of how the Swedish stock market reacts to insider trading activity
(Master thesis, 2015)In our study we explore and analyze 6 627 insider trades made on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm between 2010 and 2014. We ask if publicly available information on insider trading can give insight into where stock prices will ... -
Decoding the Coded: Understanding the characteristics of the Norwegian software development sector and market
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis provides an in-depth analysis of the dynamic Norwegian software development market, which has undergone significant growth and structural evolution in recent years. It offers a comprehensive view of the market’s ... -
Decommissioning of petroleum installations on the Norwegian continental shelf : a real options approach
(Master thesis, 2016)Many fields on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) are maturing, and there are consequently a great number of petroleum installations that will be decommissioned in the near future. Decommissioning entails the full or ... -
Default in the Nordic high-yield bond market : a study on original issue high-yield bonds
(Master thesis, 2016)In this thesis, we analyze the determining factors of default in the Nordic high-yield bond market. The study is carried out on 627 original issue bonds in the period 2006 to 2014. Binary logit models are used to identify ...