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Do ESG ratings promote green innovation inside the European Union?
(Master thesis, 2024)The research provides a detailed analysis of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in the context of EU Member States. The impact of ESG metrics is explored, ranging up from their roots conceptualized with ... -
Do firms really share rents with their workers?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-05)We use matched firm - worker panel data from France and Norway to consider observationally equivalent alternatives to the hypothesis that firms share product market rents with their workers in the form of higher wages. ... -
Do foreign investors have an edge? : a study of Norwegian equity mutual funds
(Master thesis, 2013)This paper examines the performance and investor behavior of Norwegian equity mutual funds in the time periods 1990-2012 and 2006-2012, respectively. The behavioral part try to reveal differences between local (Norwegian) ... -
Do fossil fuel divestments from large capitalization fossil fuel firms lead to a change in emissions and returns?
(Master thesis, 2023)How should asset managers deal with the issue of divesting or engaging with fossil fuel companies? By looking at the effect divesting has on variables that are important to the fund and its owners. In this debate, we ... -
Do Fossil fuel Taxes Promote Innovation in Renewable Electricity Generation?
(DP SAM;16/2016, Working paper, 2016-11-29)We evaluate the role of a fossil fuel tax and research subsidy in directing innovation from fossil fuel toward renewable energy technologies in the electricity sector. Using a global firm-level electricity patent database ... -
Do Fraudulent Companies Employ Different Linguistic Features in Their Annual Reports? An Empirical Study Using Logistic Regression and Random Forest Methodologies
(Master thesis, 2022)The use of textual analysis to uncover fraudulent actions in 10-K filings is widespread. The previous studies have looked at the Management Disclosure and Analysis (MD&A) section of annual reports to predict illicit ... -
Do Generous Parental Leave Policies Help Top Female Earners?
(DP SAM;07/2020, Working paper, 2020-05)Generous government-mandated parental leave is generally viewed as an effective policy to support women’s careers around childbirth. But does it help women to reach top positions in the upper pay echelon of their firms? ... -
Do household withdraw home equity for cosumption?
(Master thesis, 2017)Home equity refinancing played a key role in laying the groundwork for the 2007-2008 financial crisis (Mian and Sufi (2011)). How homeowners spend the money that they withdraw influences how vulnerable they are to financial ... -
Do incumbents have incentives to degrade interconnection quality in the internet?
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Do interest rates really respond to financial stability concerns? : an analysis of monetary policy in Norway 1999-2018
(Master thesis, 2018)This master thesis estimates monetary policy reaction functions for the Norwegian economy from 1999 to 2018 using a Taylor rule. In a Taylor rule the interest rate is typically set dependent on inflation and the output ... -
Do internet incumbents choose low interconnection quality?
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2004-06)In this paper we analyze the interconnection incentives for two networks that differ with respect to size of their installed based. In the first part we prove that the smaller firm may be harmed in competition for new ... -
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 ... -
Do investors reward gender diversity? An event study of the MSCI World Women’s Leadership Index
(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 ... -
Do key audit matters impact financial reporting behavior?
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Do Koopmans’ postulates lead to discounted utilitarianism?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-12)In this paper we consider variations of Koopmans’ (1960) postulates and demonstrate that these lead to a class of social preferences that is wider than discounted utilitarianism. We formulate a utilitiarian condition ... -
Do maritime anti-corruption efforts affect economics? An analysis of waiting time in the Suez Canal
(Master thesis, 2019)The purpose of this study was to investigate whether becoming member of the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) comes with a monetary penalty in terms of longer waiting times for entering the Suez Canal. This thesis ... -
Do Mechanical Value Investing Strategies Beat The Market In The Nordics?
(Master thesis, 2022)In this thesis, we study whether three mechanical value investing strategies consistently generate excess risk-adjusted returns (alpha) on the Nordic exchanges for a Norwegian investor (returns are reflected in NOK). We ... -
Do mergers & aquisitions undertaken by developed countries acquirers in emergin markets generate more returns than those with US targets? : An event study
(Master thesis, 2013)The purpose of this master thesis is to answer whether a Developed Country firm would generate higher returns to its shareholders by acquiring a company from the US or by acquiring an Emerging Market target. It includes ... -
Do non-enforceable contracts matter? Evidence from an international lab experiment
(Discussion paper;2/2012, Working paper, 2012-02)Many verifiable contracts are impossible or difficult to enforce. This applies to contracts among family and friends, contracts regulating market transactions, and sovereign debt contracts. Do such non-enforceable contracts ... -
Do non-enforceable contracts matter? Evidence from an international lab experiment
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Many verifiable contracts are impossible or difficult to enforce. This applies to contracts among family and friends, contracts regulating market transactions, and sovereign debt contracts. Do such non-enforceable contracts ...