Blar i Thesis på forfatter "Gavrilova-Zoutman, Evelina"
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Are avocados the blood diamonds of Mexico? : an empirical study on how increasing demand for Mexican avocados is related to cartel violence
Madslien, Simen (Master thesis, 2020)Has the increasing demand for Mexican avocados caused an escalation of violence between Mexican cartels? I theorize that the cartels enter growing licit industries to diversify their revenue stream from the drug trade. ... -
Can we unveil the secrecy of tax havens?
Arif, Daniyal (Master thesis, 2020) -
Detecting Illegal Arms Trade in South Sudan : A quantitative analysis of arms trade during embargo
Krishnan, Arjun Kumar; Nygaard, Petter Sveen (Master thesis, 2021)This thesis uses an event study methodology to detect potential embargo violations in South Sudan based on chains of reactions by individual stocks. The results show that out of 87 companies included in this study, 10 ... -
Does Corporate Governance Failure Facilitate Crime? An empirical study of companies domiciled in the US using textual data analysis
Stjern, Kristin Jennings; Manger, Silje (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 ... -
Gender Diversity and Its Effects on Arms Embargo Violations : Prediction Probability of Embargo Violations With Company Board Diversity
Petrozza, Christian; Salmon, Alexandre (Master thesis, 2021)The research conducted in this report seeks to uncover the effects diversity in corporate board of directors have on the illegal sales of weapons to countries experiencing U.N arms embargoes. From our analysis and for the ... -
Going where you're treated best : tax-based migration from high to low tax jurisdictions
Pasich, Alexander (Master thesis, 2021)Many Western and Scandinavian have continued to raise taxes while the cost of living in their countries has continued to rise. In contrast, the amount of subsequent benefit the individual taxpayer receives continues to ... -
Likelihood of Arrests for Violent Crime Incidents in America: An exploratory study using logistic regression and random forest methods
Shukla, Mayank (Master thesis, 2021)The use of policing algorithms to predict for arrest is rising in America. However, research indicates that these algorithms may be biased against certain populations. These false perceptions of who commits these crimes, ... -
The obscure truth about governance quality and tax havens : an empirical analysis of the effect of governance and institutional quality on the nancial secrecy index
Flystveit, Vegard; Øyna, and Håvard (Master thesis, 2020)This thesis aims to clarify the obscure perception about tax havens being well-governed countries. Empirical studies on tax havens usually take a dichotomous approach whereby a jurisdiction is either a tax haven or not. ... -
Private and public sanctions : investigating cartel decisions using Twitter data
Tjøstheim, Knut Henrik; Nygaard, Arne Bjørnevik (Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates whether the announcement of cartel decisions by the European Commission provides new information for investors and if Twitter data can be used to explain abnormal returns. The dataset consists ... -
Tax-motivated trading in the Scandinavian countries : an empirical study on cum-cum transactions and potential tax loss in Norway, Sweden and Denmark
Dalsbø, Ole Andreas; Solli, Hallvard (Master thesis, 2019)In recent years, foreign investors have taken advantage of loopholes in European taxation systems in order to avoid paying taxes on dividends and to steal from the public treasury for their own benefit. This has happened ... -
The effect of foreign cash holdings on returns during repatriation tax holidays : a study of the American jobs creation act of 2004
Krutnes, Ole August; Spinnangr, Steinar Rinvik (Master thesis, 2018)On October 22, 2004, President George W. Bush enacted a repatriation tax holiday under the American Jobs Creation Act. It allowed companies incorporated in the U.S. to repatriate foreign earnings at a reduced effective tax ... -
The way exchange of information impacts money laundering : empirical analysis on how exchange of information agreements impacts trade gaps between tax havens
Kjønnøy, Paul (Master thesis, 2021)Is there a trade gap between tax havens, and is this trade gap affected by exchange of information agreements? This thesis aims to show that value preserving objects can be used as a mean for money laundering or tax evasion ... -
Who Benefits in Times of Strife and Uncertainty?: A study of mining companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Ngo, Maily; Hanssen, Tiril (Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we show that violence–escalating events lead to an increase in stock prices for mining companies holding concessions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The increase in value is higher during the ...