Browsing Master Thesis by Title
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Norwegian equities mean reversion : statistical arbitrage as a source of views in the Black-Litterman Model
(Master thesis, 2018)A trading strategy incorporating s-scores and conditional mean returns in the BlackLitterman model is backtested over a 13-year period, 01.01.2005-29.12.2017, on the OBX index at the Oslo Stock Exchange. Estimating the ... -
Norwegian equity funds: an empirical study of active management & performance
(Master thesis, 2015)This thesis is a comprehensive study of fund management in Norway, with particular emphasis on active management and performance. The utilized sample include 59 Norwegian equity mutual funds from 1996-2014. In general, ... -
The Norwegian EV policy : a local-level study on the impact of subsidies
(Master thesis, 2019)Norway is the country in the world having the highest percentage of electric vehicles on the roads, with a stunning 31.2% market share in 2018 (Karagiannopoulos and Solsvik, 2019). Part of the reason behind such high ... -
Norwegian gross domestic product by industry 1830 - 2006 : empirical evidence on Norwegian industrial development and business cycle chronology
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis seeks to contribute to the historical national accounting and economic history environment in Norway. First, I present a novel series for Norwegian gross domestic product by industry covering the period ... -
Norwegian households’ debt capacity : an empirical analysis of Norwegian households’ debt level, financial vulnerability and debt capacity
(Master thesis, 2014)We have conducted a descriptive and empirical analysis of the Norwegian household debt based on micro data for all Norwegian households. We identify the drivers behind the significant growth in debt levels over the last ... -
The Norwegian model for wage settlements : theoretical analysis and illustrations
(Master thesis, 2020)This study has examined the research question; How can The Norwegian model for wage settlements be improved using insight from the Ricardo-Viner and Heckscher-Ohlin models? by formulating hypotheses and illustrating these ... -
Norwegian Municipalities' Investments in Capital Markets: An Empirical Study of Norwegian Municipalities’ Investment Portfolios
(Master thesis, 2022)Unfamiliar to many, Norwegian municipalities manage substantial investment portfolios totaling 35 billion NOK (3.7B USD). In this thesis we investigate what characterizes Norwegian municipalities' investments in capital ... -
Norwegian mutual fund newsletters : newsletter information and its relation to performance, fund manager efforts, and investor flows
(Master thesis, 2020)By analysing the sentiment and similarity of monthly Norwegian mutual fund newsletters, we find that more positive sentiment and higher similarity is associated with higher performance in the relevant month. We find no ... -
Norwegian og Sterlings allianse på det norske markedet : en analyse av styringsmekanismer basert på spillteoretiske utfordringer
(Master thesis, 2006)Denne utredningen ønsker å gi svar på hvordan styringsmekanismer kan skape økonomiske gevinster og redusere sannsynligheten for opportunistisk atferd i Norwegian og Sterlings allianse. Herunder hvordan selskapene kan påvirke ... -
Norwegian petroleum taxation and its effect on conditional variance in the Norwegian krone : evidence from the Norwegian krone - U.S. dollar market
(Master thesis, 2013)The principles of Norwegian petroleum taxation create a loop of excessive currency exchange operations. Petroleum firms operating on the Norwegian shelf is obligated to pay tax in Norwegian krone. The government petroleum ... -
Norwegian students’ perceptions of gender equality
(Master thesis, 2018)Women have made incredible progress in the 20th century globally, however still gender gap in terms of pay and advancement opportunities still exists. This study focuses on the gender equality scenario in Norway, which is ... -
Notekvalitet i IAS 36 og IFRS 3 : hvordan overholdelse påvirker notekvalitet?
(Master thesis, 2018)Mange har en forventning om at notekrav blir overholdt til det fulle, dette er blitt bevist i flere studier ikke er tilfelle. I denne studien analyserer jeg overholdelsesgraden av notekravene tilknyttet IFRS 3 – ... -
Nova Sea AS : strategisk rekneskapsanalyse og verdivurdering
(Master thesis, 2017)Målet med masteroppgåva er å estimere eigenkapitalverdien til Nova Sea AS, heretter Nova Sea, per 31.12.2015, og synleggjere uvissa i verdiestimatet. Dette vert gjennomført ved å nytte teknikken fundamental verdivurdering, ... -
A Novel Rating Model Basing on ESG Disclosure
(Master thesis, 2022)This article has discussed a new way to explore the relationship between the company's disclosure and the company’s ESG performance. during the exploration, this article has proved the feasibility to evaluate a company’s ... -
Nowcasting GDP Growth on a Weekly Basis : Leveraging Comprehensive News Article Information and Macroeconomic Indicators
(Master thesis, 2023)Timely economic indicators are crucial for effective macroeconomic decision-making. In particular, this applies during crises when economic shifts can be large and costly. In this thesis, we produce weekly Gross Domestic ... -
Nowcasting Norwegian GDP : the hard, the soft and the uncertainty data
(Master thesis, 2018)This Master thesis investigates nowcasting, or predicting real time GDP, power of the following series: i) hard data gauging real economy; ii) soft indicators reflecting business and financial markets’ sentiment and iii) ... -
NPEs’ patent acquisitions : empirical analysis of patent data
(Master thesis, 2018)Patent trolls, or NPEs, act as intermediaries in the markets for technology and behave opportunistically to earn profit through patent litigation and licensing. Some researchers claim that NPEs harm the economy and ... -
Nuclear energy: boon or bane? : reassessing nuclear costs and evaluating feasibility of nuclear insurance
(Master thesis, 2012)In the next 20 years, the demand for energy is anticipated to grow by 40 per cent. All available energy sources would need to be leveraged in order to satisfy the growing demand, however, in reality it does not happen. The ... -
Nuclear shutdown to NIMBY-ism : an assessment of public attitudes before and after the nuclear phase-out in Germany
(Master thesis, 2015)The Merkel Government’s decision in 2011 to phase-out nuclear power in Germany by 2022 marked a seminal moment in German energy policy. The decision after the Fukushima Daiichi accident was a combination of a strong ... -
Nudging for økt kildesortering Et eksperiment på borettslag i Bergen kommune
(Master thesis, 2021)Hensikten med denne masterutredningen har i hovedsak vært å undersøke hvordan en kan benytte sosial nudging, i form av en visuell appell om miljø og informasjon om sosiale normer, til å oppnå økt grad av kildesortering. ...