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Hedging revenues with weather derivatives : a literature review of weather derivatives & a case study of Ringnes AS
(Master thesis, 2009)The corporate world has hedged their revenues for decades. By use of futures, forwards, options and swaps companies have hedged risks related to stock investments, commodities, interest rates, currency and relevant ... -
Hedging risks in shipping using futures contracts traded on Imarex
(Master thesis, 2010)This thesis has studied the hedge performance of some of Imarex’s futures contracts for freight and bunker. It starts with a presentation of the shipping market and fundamental theory regarding futures and forward contracts ... -
Hedging the fishy fishmeal prices : an investigation into the viability of a potential fishmeal futures contract
(Master thesis, 2018)Salmon futures contracts have existed for more than a decade, and futures contracts for aquaculture feed ingredients such as corn, soybean meal and wheat have existed much longer. Fishmeal is also a key feed ingredient, ... -
Helårig petroleumsvirksomhet i Lofoten-Barentshavet : risiko og avkastningsmuligheter
(Master thesis, 2006)Denne oppgaven vil i all hovedsak drøfte de muligheter som befinner seg i å utvide norsk olje- og gassvirksomhet til områdene i nord. Hensikten er å rette fokus på den empiri som støtter en slik utbygging, samtidig trekke ... -
Hellas og euroen : er det optimalt for Hellas å være en del av eurosamarbeidet?
(Master thesis, 2013)I denne oppgaven har jeg forsøkt å belyse, ved hjelp av teori knyttet til valutaområder, om det er optimalt for Hellas å være en del av eurosamarbeidet. Lav grad av symmetri og åpenhet med resten av medlemslandene, samt ... -
Helsekapital i Norge : en empirisk analyse av endringer i befolkningens selvopplevde helse i perioden 1995 – 2012
(Master thesis, 2016)Hovedformålet med denne utredningen var å se på endringer i befolkningens selvopplevde helse. Befolkningens helse blir delt inn i tre hovedfaktorer: forventede leveår, sykdomsutbredelsen og effekten av sykdommer og aldring. ... -
Helsesektor som et tosidig marked : analyse av hvordan teorien om tosidige markeder påvirker tilpasningen til regulerte sykehus
(Master thesis, 2016)I denne oppgaven ser vi på hvordan sykehus opptrer i et tosidig marked. Sykehusene er profittmaksimerende og benytter seg av ulike virkemidler for å tiltrekke seg både pasienter og leger. Flere studier viser at kvalitet ... -
“Her er rammene. Kjør på. Vi er her hvis du trenger det”. En kvalitativ undersøkelse om hvordan en erfaren rektor danner grunnlag for god ledelse de 90 første dagene i ny kontekst.
(Master thesis, 2022)Bakgrunn, hensikt og problemformulering I denne masteroppgaven har vi ønsket å utforske hvordan erfarne rektorer planlegger og gjennomfører de tre første månedene i ny kontekst, og hvordan dette danner grunnlag for ... -
Heterogeneity in inflation : analysing the performance of the mean, median and individual forecasters
(Master thesis, 2013)In this thesis heterogeneity in inflation forecasts is analysed. First, the Survey of Professional Forecasters and the Michigan survey are analysed with focus on the mean, median and individual forecasters. The forecasters ... -
Hewlett-Packard’s global business center in Poland as an example of a successful shared services center
(Master thesis, 2010)This master thesis investigates the Hewlett-Packard’s global business center in Poland as a successful example of a shared services center. The center performs and manages global business processes for the corporation ... -
Hidden champions in Norway : a study of the existence and characteristics of hidden champions in the region of Hordaland in Norway
(Master thesis, 2012)Previous research has shown that some small to medium sized niche companies are global world market leaders in their respective field, and that they have high share of export. Many of these companies have a low public ... -
The hidden costs of passive investing : an empirical study on the impact of passive investing on the liquidity and price efficiency of Norwegian stocks
(Master thesis, 2020)In this thesis, we examine the relationship between passive ownership in the Norwegian stock market and the liquidity and price efficiency of the underlying stocks. We suggest that a shift from active to passive investing ... -
A high level of employees' organizational identification in early merger integration : its impact on leader behavior effectiveness : an empirical analysis on StatoilHydro merger
(Master thesis, 2009)StatiolHydro’s internal survey result reveals that employees have already identified themselves strongly with the firm in current merger integration phase. The purpose of the thesis is to learn how such employees’ ... -
High yield bonds or junk bonds?: an empirical study of the Norwegian high yield corporate bond market in the years 2005 - 2015
(Master thesis, 2016)The objective of this thesis is to calculate the returns in the Norwegian high yield bond market between 2005 and 2015. To further strengthen our results, we attempt to find and measure explanatory factors for the ... -
High-frequency market reactions to unscheduled stock-specific news : an empirical analysis of the intraday market dynamics at the Oslo stock exchange
(Master thesis, 2020)We use pre-processed news data combined with high-frequency stock data from the Oslo Stock Exchange to test the following hypotheses: (1) the sentiment of news articles can predict the direction of intraday abnormal ... -
High-Frequency Trading : en ønsket utvikling?
(Master thesis, 2010)Denne masterutredningen omhandler handelsmetoden High-frequency trading (HFT) og ulike strategier som benyttes i forbindelse med metoden. Utredningen ser på hvordan likviditet og effisiens blir påvirket av HFT. Vi har ... -
Higher-moment portfolios with practical constraints based on Polynomial goal programming
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis contributes to the field of portfolio selection by constructing and analyzing the impact of incorporating higher-moments by Polynomial goal programming. We construct the mean-variance-skewness and the ... -
Historical index of human development on Scandinavian countries 1820-2020 : construction and interpretation
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis calculates and analyses wealth through the Historical Index of Human Development, which is constructed to account for both economic (GDP per capita/income) and social variables (life expectancy/health and ... -
Historical price indices and price shocks : Norway 1736–1766 : a macroeconomic and historical approach
(Master thesis, 2018)In this paper, we use the Laspeyres index to construct a cost of living index (CLI), a wholesale price index (WPI), and a producer price index (PPI) for Norway for the period 1736–1766. We use the newly published database ...