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Does a country`s corruption level affect the outcome of a corruption scandal?: An event study of the effects of a country`s level of corruption on firms`s cumulative abnormal returns resulting from the news about corruption
(Master thesis, 2015)By investigating the phenomenon of corruption, we found that corruption represents a huge cost on society. There exists extensive theory and literature on the costs of corruption, but costs on firm-level has been limited. ... -
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 ... -
Does a Wealth Tax Discourage Individual Risk Taking? Evidence from Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)The interest in capital taxation has been revived by increasing inequality over the past decades. Norway is one of the few countries persisting with a wealth tax policy, making it an interesting research setting. The ... -
Does a Wealth Tax Discriminate against Domestic Investors?
(Discussion paper;16/19, Working paper, 2019-11-21)This paper studies the impact of a capital-income tax and a wealth tax on investor behavior in an efficient capital market under various assumptions regarding uncertainty and time horizons. We show that investors who face ... -
Does agglomeration explain regional income inequalities?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2004-08)This paper seeks to explain regional income inequalities in Norway. Similar to the EU countries, Norway is characterized by substantial income disparities. I use sub-regional NUTS 4 data for the Norwegian manufacturing ... -
Does Analyst Affiliation Matter? Analyzing Performance of Security Analyst Recommendations Subsequent fPO) Loan Syndication) and MBA Events.
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the differences in the value of analyst consensus recommendations subsequent to IPOs, syndicated loans, and M&A deals depending on their affiliation status. Relying on recommendations issued on U.S. ... -
Does brand building matter? A study of the bacalhau brand Dybvik
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2017)Brand building results in brand equity creation based on intellectual efforts. Thus brand equity is perceived as intellectual capital of the brand builder. Building strong brands has become a priority for many organizations, ... -
Does certification of green bonds add value to investors? : the role of CBI-certification in informational efficiency
(Master thesis, 2020)This study looks into Climate Bonds Initiative’s certification of green bonds to see whether it provides value for investors and contributes to market efficiency. We explore whether issuers of certified bonds have a higher ... -
Does climate transition investments pay off? An empirical analysis of active Nordic funds and performance effects of exposure to carbon transition risk
(Master thesis, 2022)Sustainable finance and investment strategies have received increasing attention the previous years. In this thesis, we investigate the performance effects of carbon transition risk exposure in Nordic mutual funds. The ... -
Does Corporate Governance Failure Facilitate Crime? An empirical study of companies domiciled in the US using textual data analysis
(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 eco-friendliness come at the expense of quality? : an experimental study on how green product attributes affect quality and preference for eco-friendly products
(Master thesis, 2018)There is unrealized potential for businesses in the market of green products as more consumers are moving in the direction of conscious consumption. In order to understand how to best exploit this potential, there has ... -
Does education foster voter participation? : an empirical study using a Norwegian school reform
(Master thesis, 2016)There is a common agreement that education is an essential part of a stable democracy. This is based on the belief that education encourages citizens to participate in democratic processes, and provides them with the ... -
Does ethnicity affect normal people in non-political times?
(Master thesis, 2014)The intention with this study is to contribute to the field of research that looks at the impact of ethnic divergence in a country. More specifically, I investigate social cooperation in an ethnic diversified society by ... -
Does ethnicity affect normal people in non-political times? : a study that looks at the impact of ethnicity on peoples willingness to contribute to the funding of public goods in an ethnic diversified society
(Master thesis, 2014)The intention with this study is to contribute to the field of research that looks at the impact of ethnic divergence in a country. More specifically, I investigate social cooperation in an ethnic diversified society by ... -
Does fossil fuel divestment contribute to the clean energy transition? : an event study on fossil fuel divestment announcements
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis aims to assess whether fossil fuel divestment announcements of institutions have a financial impact on the energy transition, by utilizing event study methodology to measure abnormal returns and trading volume ... -
Does fuel efficiency pay? Empirical evidence from the drybulk timecharter market revisited
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The time charter market for ships represents a classical example of the principal-agent problem, where shipowners can opt to invest in energy efficient ships, yet any savings in fuel expenditures accrue to the charterers. ... -
Does grief transfer across generations? Bereavements during pregnancy and child outcomes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Using population data from Norway, we examine the effects of stress induced by the death of the mother’s parent during pregnancy on both the short-run and the long-run outcomes of the infant. Using a variety of empirical ... -
Does grief transfer across generations? In-utero deaths and child outcomes
(Discussion paper;23/2014, Working paper, 2014-06)While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the ...