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Feasibility of an Urban Consolidation Centre in Bergen? Transferability of best practice
(Master thesis, 2021)Transportation sector is responsible for the majority part of non-quota emissions in Norway. The local government in Bergen has introduced several measures to reduce the number of polluting passenger cars on the streets. ... -
Behavioral Responses to the Norwegian Wealth Tax
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis I use a bunching design and regression discontinuity to examine how the Norwegian wealth tax affect taxpayers’ portfolio composition. The hypothesis is that taxpayers change the composition of their investment ... -
Who will you trust to do your banking, in an era of Fintech fever?
(Master thesis, 2021)Disruptive technology is exponentially taking more place in our everyday lives and opens a tremendous number of opportunities. The FinTech industry is by far dispensed from this. The technological development combined with ... -
Shapley values in the context of GDPR Can Shapley Values be used as a means of interpreting black-box machine learning models while also complying with the General Data Protection Regulation?
(Master thesis, 2021)The General Data Protection Regulation implemented in 2018 by the European Union imposes strict requirements when handling personal data regarding European citizens. This is especially true when processing said data in ... -
Do Investors Care About the Credibility of Green Commitments? A study of stock market reactions to corporate green bond announcements and the credibility of firms’ commitment
(Master thesis, 2021)We study stock market reactions to firms’ announcements of first-time green bond issuances in two major markets, the US and Japan. Specifically, we attempt to answer two research questions: 1) whether green bond announcements ... -
Does a legal penalty announcement matter? An event study of various market reactions to legal penalty announcements
(Master thesis, 2021)This paper investigates whether the penalty announcements have any impact on the stock return of listed firms in some specific countries. The study is focused on observing if the abnormal return (AR) is negative on the ... -
Brasiliansk soya i norsk l akseproduksjon : En kvalitativ studie av brasiliansk soya i norsk laksefôr
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne utredningen har som formål å undersøke bruken av brasiliansk soya i norsk lakseproduksjon. Norsk laksefôr inneholder rundt 20 prosent soyaproteinkonsentrat, og mesteparten av dette kommer fra Brasil. Den brasilianske ... -
SPACs : Nyttig for det norske kapitalmarkedet?
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne oppgaven har som formål å besvare hvorvidt det er gunstig og behov for å innføre SPACs i Norge. Oppgaven finner at SPAC burde innføres, og at markedet deretter kan avgjøre om noteringsmekanismen får bli. Vi studerer ... -
Backtesting trading strategies on the Oslo Stock Exchange : Can a non-professional investor beat the market with financial ratios?
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis analyzes if a non-professional investor can outperform the market with trading strategies based on easy-accessible financial information from companies on the Oslo Stock Exchange. To answer this question, we ... -
Enabling technology intelligence : An analytical, hybrid similarity framework to generate practical insights from patent data
(Master thesis, 2021)Technology intelligence plays a crucial role for corporate strategy, especially during times of accelerating technological progress. Accompanying advancements in computing capacities and natural language processing tools ... -
Interorganizational cooperation within the Northern Norwegian tourism industry : A case study of Innovatiev Opplevelser
(Master thesis, 2021)The adventure tourism industry experienced substantial growth before the Covid-pandemic, and the pandemic has caused significant challenges for the actors within the industry. This thesis investigates how inter-organizational ... -
Prevent or Promote? Exploiting Loss Biasness to Nudge Norwegian Consumers towards Eco-Friendly Packaged Wine
(Master thesis, 2021)Players in the wine industry across the world, including the Norwegian monopoly player Vinmonopolet, are increasing their efforts to reduce their environmental footprint and achieve sustainable production and operation. A ... -
Pasientene tar regningen for kjeveortopedenes høye kostnader og statens refusjonskutt : En studie av lønnsomhetsvariasjoner, refusjonsutbetalinger og pasientbetalinger innen kjeveortopedi
(Master thesis, 2021)Kjeveortopediske behandlinger medfører store utgifter både for staten og for pasientene. I denne oppgaven analyserer vi kjeveortopediske klinikker sin lønnsomhet, sett i sammenheng med myndighetenes refusjoner og pasientenes ... -
Skattefrie Innretninger : En utredning av vilkårene for skattefritak etter skatteloven § 2-32
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne oppgaven belyser gjeldende rett for skattefritak etter skatteloven § 2-32, samt hvilke effekter skatte- og avgiftslettelser har for konkurransen og fordelingsmekanismene i Norge. For Norge og dets innbyggere har ... -
Leverage and Firm Value: The Case of Listed Nordic Real Estate Firms : An empirical study of the relationship between leverage and market value
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis we examine the relationship between leverage and firm value for 31 listed Nordic real estate companies for the period Q1 2006 to Q2 2021. We use enterprise value to invested capital (EV/IC) as a measurement ... -
Active Fund Performance : A meta analysis on active fund performance , the value of active funds in crisis and the active share measurement
(Master thesis, 2021)I present in this meta-analysis a comprehensive analysis of active fund management. The master thesis is done using both the ‘conventional view’ of active fund management based upon research by Carhart (1997) complemented ... -
Innovation via Proxy – Benefits of Innovating through Spin-Offs : An Exploratory Case Study
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis explores how an established firm benefit from spinning off and innovate via proxy. Innovation via proxy refers to the benefits that the established firm experienced from the innovation activities of its spin-offs ... -
Supply Factor Analysis of the Norwegian Housing Market : How do Supply Factors in the Property Market Affect House Prices in the Short Run?
(Master thesis, 2021)The purpose of this thesis is to examine whether supply factors in the property market affect house prices in the short run. By applying time-series regressions, we examine how changes in supply factors affect housing ... -
Hvordan brukes styringssystemer for å implementere en bærekraftsstrategi? En casestudie om implementering av sykkelstrategien i Oslo kommune
(Master thesis, 2021)Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å skape bedre innsikt i hvordan styringssystemer brukes for å implementere en bærekraftsstrategi. Simons’ (1995) rammeverk Levers of Control beskriver hvordan bruken av fire styringsspaker ... -
The (R)Evolution of Financing the Green Transition : An empirical study on green innovation efforts and how investors can accelerate the clean energy transition
(Master thesis, 2021)The purpose of the thesis is to investigate whether the current momentum of responsible investment approaches, hereunder the increasing adoption of excluding energy firms from investment portfolios, is the most efficient ...