Blar i Master 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. ... -
Are Dividend Arbitrage Strategies Present in Asia? An empirical study on cum-cum and cum-ex transactions in Asian markets
Formo, Rasmus; Mataev, Emi (Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates whether dividend arbitrage strategies are present in Asian markets. The term refers to trading schemes where investors collude to exploit loopholes related to dividend withholding taxes. We focus ... -
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 ... -
Detecting Money Laundering Through Trade Flow Analysis: An Empirical Case Study on Money Laundering in the Belgium Cocaine Trade
Brunvoll, Bendik; Øvstedal, Bjørn (Master thesis, 2022)Europe has seen an increase in cocaine seizures in recent years. As the criminal landscape in South America has seen noticeable changes, there has been a shift in how cocaine enters Europe. Belgium has become the primary ... -
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 ... -
Does including more female board members help corporations to reduce non-compliance? A study on California’s mandatory gender quota
YI, Wendi (Master thesis, 2023)California enacted the law of SB826 in 2018, which mandates corporate boards to include a minimum number of female directors. I study companies’ reactions to this gender quota from the perspective of board diversity as ... -
Does increased bilateral transparency affect offshore activity? Evidence from Offshore Leaks Database
Karjalainen, Elisa; Tabassum, Nausheen (Master thesis, 2022)Tax havens, also known as secrecy jurisdictions, facilitate tax avoidance and other forms of behaviour that cause a challenge to societies. Offshore data leaks such as Panama Papers have intended to reveal the players ... -
The Dynamics in Financial Markets During the Russia- Ukraine War : A quantitative analysis of stock prices in the oil and gas industry
Hjelmevoll, Kathrine; Mannseth, Tonje Kjelby (Master thesis, 2022)This thesis analyses the impact of statements regarding Russian petroleum during the Russia- Ukraine war on stock prices of oil and gas companies in Europe. In addition, the paper analyses differences in this impact on ... -
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, ... -
A Novel Rating Model Basing on ESG Disclosure
Zhao, Wei (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 ... -
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. ... -
The Price of Conflict: A study of Oil Companies in Nigeria
Düring, Balder; Aarbu, Bendik (Master thesis, 2022)In this thesis, we use an event study methodology to investigate whether oil producers holding concessions in Nigeria have benefitted from conflict and regulatory shocks assumed to inflict changes in the business ... -
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 ... -
Relationship Between Political Parties and CO2 Emissions : Are emissions from Norwegian municipalities influenced by political parties?
Sharma, Robin; Hauksson, Úlfar Steinn (Master thesis, 2023)In this thesis, we investigate the relationship between political parties and carbon dioxide emissions in Norwegian municipalities from 2009 to 2021. We initially use a panel data approach to analyse Norway’s eight largest ... -
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 ...