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ESG - does it Pay in M&A? : investigating the ESG premium in mergers and acquisitions
(Master thesis, 2021)Using a sample of 762 international M&As, we find a positive effect of ESG performance on deal premia. We find that resource use, human rights, and management are the most important categories of ESG. These aspects might ... -
ESG and stock market performance : An Empirical Study of the Link between ESG Performance and Stock Performance of Scandinavian Companies
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates the relationship between environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) performance and stock performance in Scandinavia between 2011-2020. We analyze the difference in stock performance ... -
ESG and stock market performance during COVID-19 : an empirical analysis of Nordic publicly listed firms in the COVID-19 stock market
(Master thesis, 2021)In the wake of the COVID-19 stock market crash, the debate over ESG’s ability to preserve shareholder value through turbulent times has received increasing attention. In this thesis we analyze the effect of ESG on stock ... -
ESG Disclosure and Short-term Return After IPO: A study of the ESG indicators of Norwegian new listing companies in 2020 and their returns
(Master thesis, 2021)With the concept of sustainability gaining traction in the business world, ESG indicators are beginning to be used by investors as one of their investment metrics. While global finances were hit hard by the pandemic in ... -
The ESG Effect on IPO Underpricing: A study using textual analysis to explore the effect of ESC disclosure on IPOs first-day returns on Oslo Stock Exchange and Euronext Growth
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis examines the relationship between ESC disclosure and underpricing of IPOs on Oslo Stock Exchange and Euronext Growth. By employing textual analysis methods and an ESC dictionary, we construct a measure of ESC ... -
ESG i krigens skygge: Hvordan påvirkes ESG-scores? En difference-in-differences studie av europeiske våpen-, olje- og gass- og fornybarselskaper etter invasjonen av Ukraina
(Master thesis, 2023)Studien har som formål å vurdere hvorvidt bærekraftsprestasjonene til europeiske selskaper innenfor våpen-, olje- og gass- og fornybarsektorene er blitt påvirket av krigen mellom Ukraina og Russland. Utvalget av sektorer ... -
ESG in URLs : A Novel ESG Measure An Empirical Analysis of Firms' ESG Disclosure
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis studies firms' incentives to increase ESG disclosures in anticipation of adverse ESG events. We argue that transparent ESG disclosure before adverse events may mitigate the market reaction as it reduces ... -
ESG Integration in the Nordic private equity industry
(Master thesis, 2016)After the financial crisis, the private equity industry is increasingly regulated. Macroeconomic developments are changing the business landscape, and firms are finding that they have to work harder to create returns. ... -
ESG Investments : exploring the impact of sustainability on financial performance
(Master thesis, 2019)In this thesis, we investigate the relationship between sustainability, measured by ESG score, and financial performance. The time period of the study is 2008-2018. We perform three different analyses. The first is a ... -
ESG Investments in Turbulent Waters : A Fund Flow Analysis During Market Distress : An empirical analysis of European sustainability-rated mutual funds before and after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic & the Russia-Ukraine war
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis explores how investments focused on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria are affected by two distinct economic shocks: the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war. To examine the main ... -
ESG News and Stock Market Reactions : Insights from Oslo Stock Exchange
(Master thesis, 2022)awareness of firms’ ESG performance, and the amounts invested in accordance with ESG criteria, have increased substantially in recent years. This thesis examines how the Norwegian stock market reacts to announcements of ... -
ESG og lønnsomhet i det nordiske markedet : en studie av sammenhengen mellom ESG og lønnsomhet for børsnoterte selskaper i Norden
(Master thesis, 2021)Verden står for tiden overfor store samfunns- og klimautfordringer, som blant annet fattigdom og økende temperaturer. Av den grunn forventes det i større grad at selskaper tar ansvar for å håndtere disse utfordringene ... -
The ESG puzzle : a meta-analysis exploring the academic dissensus on the link between ESG and financial performance
(Master thesis, 2020)In this thesis, we aim to untangle the lack of consensus among previous studies on the subject of ESG investing. We replicate four articles that focus on the Global, U.S. and European markets, at different time periods, ... -
ESG Ratings and Financial Performance : An Empirical Investigation of the Link Between ESC Ratings and Stock Performance in Emerging Markets
(Master thesis, 2022)Our study aimed to investigate the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESC) performance and financial performance in emerging markets. We collected ESC scores from three different rating providers ... -
ESG ratings and stock performance : an empirical investigation of the link between ESG ratings and stock performance of European large cap firms
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates the link between ESG ratings and stock performance of European large capitalization firms. Using ESG ratings from three independent providers – Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg and Sustainalytics – we ... -
ESG Score Changes and Stock Price Reactions : an event study of stock market reactions to changes in Thomson Reuters’ ESG Score in the Nordic region
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis investigates whether ESG Score announcements by Thomson Reuters present new information to investors in the Nordic region. The data set consists of 1278 unique events for 309 unique firms publicly noted in ... -
ESG Scores and Firm Performance in the Nordics: An Empirical Study of the Link Between ESG Scores and Profitability, Firm Value and Cost of Capital in the Nordics
(Master thesis, 2022)The relationship between environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) performance and profitability, firm value, and cost of capital in the Nordics is explored in this thesis. The influence of ESG is examined ... -
ESG-uenighet og aksjeavkastning: En empirisk studie av sammenhengen mellom uenighet i ESC-rating og aksjeavkastning blant skandinaviske selskaper
(Master thesis, 2022)Bærekraftige investeringer, på engelsk omtalt som ESC (environmental, social, og governance) investing, har det siste tiåret blitt svært populært og en trend blant investorene. Mange spør seg om det i det hele tatt ... -
ESG: All Bark and No Bite? Exploring the utility of environmental, social and governance variables in empirical asset pricing via machine learning
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis I investigate the impact of including environmental, social and governance (ESG) variables in explaining the cross section of expected stock returns. Using three machine learning frameworks applied to a ... -
ESG: The Nexus of Sustainability & Cost of Capital? An empirical study of the relationship between ESG scores and WACC for European firms
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the relationship between STOXX Europe 600 firms’ ESG scores and their weighted average cost of capital (WACC) across the 11 Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sectors. To investigate this ...