Blar i Master Thesis på forfatter "Gerasimova, Nataliya"
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Bitcoin – a currency or an asset?
Sunde, Mariell Landaas (Master thesis, 2019)Cryptocurrencies is a part of the fast growing fintech market. Bitcoin is the first cryptocurrency, but also the currency with the largest market share. Bitcoin was created in 2009, by Satoshi Nakamoto, and have in the ... -
Can European unicorns defend the high valuations? : a challenge of the post-money valuation approach
Lomheim, Kristian Hansen; Øritsland, Ola Thune (Master thesis, 2018)We apply a DCF-based R-model on a sample of 12 European unicorns to show that postmoney valuations overstate the fair value of VC-backed companies. At best, the initial result suggests that the majority of the sample is ... -
Do investors reward gender diversity? An event study of the MSCI World Women’s Leadership Index
Fekete, Thomas Glede; Hagen, Erik (Master thesis, 2021)The aim of this thesis is to study how global markets value companies that exhibit a commitment towards gender diversity among their board of directors and among the leadership positions. We investigate how stock returns ... -
Does the market reward exceptional environmental performance? : an event study of the WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index
Grendstad, Erik Riseng; Braa, Jørgen Haugrønning (Master thesis, 2020)This thesis studies if the market rewards exceptional environmental performance. To do this, we examine whether inclusion in the WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index (NEX) yields positive abnormal returns and ... -
Eat the Rich : The Aftermath of the Meme Stock Craze: An Empirical Analysis
Nakstad, Martin; Hasle, Jonas F. (Master thesis, 2022)Recently, the r/wallstreetbets subreddit has sent shock waves through the financial industry. The subreddit has been the subject of widespread discussion regarding the unintuitive price actions caused by the platform ... -
Economic policy uncertainty and Norwegian stock returns : an empirical study of the relation between economic policy uncertainty and stock returns with evidence from the Oslo stock exchange in the period of 1992 - 2019
Eriksen, Sindre Kolnes; Tobiassen, Jens Sønsteby (Master thesis, 2020)This study investigates if economic policy uncertainty (EPU) is priced in stock returns at the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE). The analysis is conducted by exploring the linear relationship between exposure to economic policy ... -
An empirical analysis of the northwestern european housing market : a panel vector error correction model approach
Berge, Didrik Hauglund; Lindland, Audun Hagen (Master thesis, 2019)We examine the international relevance of the house price model by Jacobsen and Naug (2004). First, we evaluate if the model is relevant to describe the housing market in Norway when extending the sample. In contrast to ... -
Empirical analysis of value and momentum strategies in BRIC stock markets
Mikkelsen, Andreas Larsen; Ding, Hong (Master thesis, 2020)Our Master’s thesis examines whether value and momentum strategy has been profitable in each of the BRIC countries, in the ten cross - BRIC country sectors and in BRIC as a whole from January 2002 to June 2019. We find ... -
Financial literacy and other determinants of consumer complaint behavior : an empirical study utilizing the CFPB’s complaint database
Halvorsen, Jostein Lund; Møkkelgård, Petter Johnsen (Master thesis, 2018)Too many in the United States lack the necessary skills to make sound financial choices. In combination with a wide range of options in the consumer-finance market and the inherent conflict of interest that exists between ... -
Funds – not aging well? : an empirical evaluation of the relationship between fund age and performance in Nordic mutual funds
Dassouli, Karim; Lund, Ole-Petter Røseth (Master thesis, 2021)This study examines how fund age empirically affects the performance of Nordic mutual funds. Our research questions are motivated by a high level of investments in actively managed funds in the Nordic countries, yet we ... -
Gender differences and the effect of remote working during the covid-19 pandemic : an empirical analysis of remote working and its impact on performance in the American mutual fund industry
Claussen, Espen; Totland, Sindre (Master thesis, 2020)During the COVID-19 pandemic, forced remote working has been an important tool for authorities all over the world attempting to stop the spread of the virus. Looking at gender, early reports indicate a disproportionate ... -
Impact of use of proceeds disclosure in seasoned equity offerings : empirical evidence on how the intended use of proceeds impacts stock price returns and offer price discounts in seasoned equity offerings on the Oslo Stock Exchange
Width, Erlend; Årseth, Olav Andreas (Master thesis, 2018)We add to the existing research on security issues by examining the announcement effect of seasoned equity offerings on the Oslo Stock Exchange between 2005 and 2018. Previous studies report significant costs for firms ... -
Likviditeten i det norske obligasjonsmarkedet under Covid-19 : en studie av likviditetsendringer og Statens obligasjonsfonds rolle i markedet
Aamodt, Henrik Jensen; Bjerch-Andresen, Mons (Master thesis, 2021)Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å undersøke likviditetsendringene i det norske obligasjonsmarkedet som følge av koronapandemien og hvilken rolle Statens obligasjonsfond har spilt i markedets bedring. Vi estimerer spreader ... -
Measuring skill in the Nordic hedge fund industry : an empirical study of the value Nordic hedge fund managers extract from financial markets
Berntsen, Mathias Mossing; Skjellaug, Knut (Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis, we use a unique dataset on Nordic hedge funds from January 2004 to August 2018 to investigate managerial skill in the Nordic hedge fund industry. Managerial skill is measured by the value hedge fund managers ... -
Measuring the effect of business incubation in Oslo : an empirical study on performance, survival, and access to public subsidies
Eide, Arve F.; Jelsa, Thomas (Master thesis, 2020)This paper examines the effect of participation in a business incubation program in Oslo, Norway, measured in terms of economic performance, survival rates, and access to public subsidies. Our research involves incubated ... -
Short-term performance of Norwegian serial acquirers: An empirical analysis of bidder announcement returns
Børresen, Henrik; Gandrud, Petter Blesvik (Master thesis, 2022)This thesis studies the short-term performance of Norwegian serial acquirers by investigating bidder announcement returns. For a long time, there has been no clear evidence of whether the net performance of serial acquirers ... -
The role of ETFs in the corporate bond market : an empirical study of potential impacts of fixed income ETFs on the underlying U.S. corporate bond market
Rotlid, Vetle; Rubi, Yngve (Master thesis, 2018)Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have become popular investment vehicles in the U.S. corporate bond market. A market that is characterised by over-the-counter transactions, low liquidity and high trading costs, is with ETFs ... -
Transparency and its relation to sustainability performance : aA textual mining approach to sustainability performance of mutual funds and disclosure in underlying companies
Bergsland, Dag Håvard G.; Hansen, Thomas (Master thesis, 2019)Over the last decade, sustainability has truly moved from niche to mainstream when it comes to attracting attention among investors and policymakers. The number of funds investing under environmental, social and governance ...