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Why Did Norway Encounter Pronounced Levels of Inflation After the Pandemic? A Study of Inflation Dynamics
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis conducts a comprehensive analysis of inflation dynamics, trying to gain a better understanding of why inflation increased to such pronounced levels in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic ... -
Why do companies use rolling forecasts? : a case study on the rolling forecast as a management tool
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis focuses on the use of rolling forecast as a management tool in companies. Increasingly dynamic business environments make it important for companies to be more responsive to adjust to changes. Through a case ... -
Why Do Merger Premiums Vary Across Industries and Through Time? Explaining merger premiums by time-varying industry factors
(Master thesis, 2022)To understand how merger premia vary across industries and over time, we analyze 1184 deals involving US public targets and acquirers between 2010 and 2020. The variables and methodology are inspired by Madura, Ngo & ... -
Why do private equity firms perform buy-and-builds? : an empirical analysis of Nordic platform companies
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis seeks to expand the knowledge of why private equity firms are performing buy-andbuild as a strategy in the portfolio companies they invest in†. More specifically, we examine characteristics of buy-and-build ... -
Why Does It Feel So Good To Be Bad? An empirical analysis of traditional and modern sin stock returns in developed countries from January 2000 to August 2022
(Master thesis, 2022)This study aims to give managers and investors a better financial basis to assess whether they should be exposed to sinful companies. Accordingly, this thesis examines the presence of alpha for sin stocks in developed ... -
Why does the Allais paradox occur also among business students?
(Master thesis, 2017)The reasons for people making certain decisions has always been a question of interest among researchers. This paper presents a broad study in the field of Behavioral Finance on the topic of the Theory of Rational Choice ... -
Why does the Norwegian bond market issue so few green bonds? : a comparative study of the Norwegian and Swedish green bond markets
(Master thesis, 2019)To uncover the underlying reasons why the Norwegian bond market issues so few green bonds, the thesis contains two objectives. The first objective is to analyze the performance of green bonds in the primary and secondary ... -
Why don’t similar e-commerce companies choose similar logistics distribution system? : a case study of two e-commerce companies in China based on transaction cost theory
(Master thesis, 2016)During the last decade, the importance of “last mile delivery” has become increasingly prominent due to the booming development of e-commerce. Logistics services have become the bottleneck of the development of e-commerce ... -
Why is economic growth lagging behind in former Comecon republics?
(Master thesis, 2019)Since 1990, former Comecon countries have been poorer than their neighbors in Western Europe and, over the past 30 years, convergence has been weak. Economic theory and previous research suggest that the region should ... -
Why is the adoption rate of real options valuation low among practitioners? : a multiple case study
(Master thesis, 2018)Real options valuation has been advocated as an appropriate valuation method for high-risk projects. Despite its popularity in literature, adoption among practitioners continues to be low. This paper researches why the ... -
Why is the Chinese Saving Profile Upside-Down? : a LCH study of Chinese household savings
(Master thesis, 2011)This master thesis estimates the saving profiles of Chinese households in 1995 and 2002 and discusses possible explanations for the high and increasing saving rates among the young and old generation in China. The high ... -
Why volunteer? : a case study of volunteers in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship 2011 Oslo, Holmenkollen
(Master thesis, 2011)This thesis is a case study conducted on the volunteers in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championship 2011 in Oslo, Holmenkollen. The focus has been to study why the volunteers are motivated. I have investigated this through ... -
Why women still can’t have it all : a causal analysis of the reduction in the paternity quota on mothers’ labor participation and career prospects
(Master thesis, 2017)The Norwegian paternity quota was reduced from 14 to 10 weeks in 2014. This resulted in an immediate fall in the average length of fathers’ parental leave. In this paper, we investigate what effect this has had on mothers’ ... -
Will a factor-based Markowitz implementation beat the market?
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis, we look at whether a factor-based implementation of the Markowitz (1952) framework beats the market. Different sets of factors are used in the framework, to see whether this choice affects the results. ... -
Will a Norwegian EU membership be a benefit for Lerøy Seafood Group ASA?
(Master thesis, 2009)Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (LSG) is based in Bergen and is one of Norway’s largest exporters of fish. LSG operates companies worldwide, both inside and outside the EU. The company has been growing strongly over the last ... -
Will robots replace us? : an Empirical analysis of the impacts of robotization on employment in the Norwegian manufacturing industry
(Master thesis, 2017)Rapid advances in robotics, artificial intelligence, and digital technologies have introduced renewed concern that labor will become redundant. The aim of this thesis is to assess whether there exists a relationship ... -
Will Saudi Arabia run out of money? : “they talk the talk, but can they walk the walk?”
(Master thesis, 2015)We examine when and if Saudi Arabia run out of money in order to predict if Saudi Arabia will change their oil policy due to the low oil price we are facing today. This is done by running different static analyses, time ... -
Will the olympic flame shine once more? : a study into the profitability of hosting the 2034 winter olympic and paralympic games in Norway
(Master thesis, 2020)The topic of this thesis is the project of hosting the 2034 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Norway, studying its potential profitability. Subsequent to a recent project by the International Olympic Committee, known ... -
The Willingness to Disclose Personal Information to a Website : The Role of Website Personality, Context Sensitivity and Self-Congruity
(Master thesis, 2022)Nowadays, consumer data collection is crucial for companies; however, what determines the individual’s disposition to disclose data is not well investigated. This study analyses the willingness to disclose personal ...