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Batteries in offshore support vessels – Pollution, climate impact and economics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This paper assesses the pros and the cons of installing batteries on offshore support vessels. These vessels are specially designed to provide services to oil and gas operations, such as anchor handling, supply and subsea ... -
Bayesian estimation of NIG-parameters by Markov chain Monte Carlo methods
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2001-01)The Normal Inverse Gaussian (NIG) distribution recently introduced by Barndorff-Nielsen (1997) is a promising alternative for modelling financial data exhibiting skewness and fat tails. In this paper we explore the Bayesian ... -
The beautiful game and abnormal returns: the impact of match outcomes and ex-ante expectations on a football club’s stock price : an event study
(Master thesis, 2020)The aim of this study is to examine the stock price reaction of listed football clubs to different types of match outcomes and the ex-ante expectations about the outcomes. Analysing 8472 matches of 22 European football ... -
Bedriftenes erfaringer med VRI-satsingen i Hordaland
(Rapport;2010:27, Research report, 2011-06)Denne rapporten retter søkelyset mot bedriftenes erfaringer med VRI-satsingen i Hordaland. VRI-programmet (Virkemidler for regional FoU og innovasjon) ble lansert i februar 2007 som Norges forskningsråds nye satsing på ... -
Begrepsforståelse - et bærende element i terminologi- og ordboksarbeidet
(Journal article, 2007)One of the statements in this article is that the translators’ profession is perhaps one of the most demanding professions you can think of. Professional translators are supposed to be both linguistically and factually ... -
Behandling av bomavgifter i konseptvalgsutredninger : i henhold til økonomisk teori?
(Master thesis, 2011)Det er tydelig at det er store mangler ved behandlingen av optimale bomavgifter i konseptvalgsutredninger. I denne oppgaven blir det vist at det mulig å øke den samfunnsøkonomiske lønnsomheten betraktelig dersom avgiftene ... -
Behandlingsatferd knyttet til lakselus i norsk lakseoppdrett : en kvantitativ studie av et utvalg aktører i Nordland
(Master thesis, 2017)Den norske oppdrettsnæringen assosieres gjerne med skyhøye driftsmarginer og eventyrlig vekst. I de senere år har det likevel ikke bare vært rosenrødt, men stagnerende vekst og økt lakselusproblematikk. Lakselus er av ... -
Behavioral Barriers and the Socioeconomic Gap in Child Care Enrollment
(SAM DP;16/2021, Working paper, 2021-09-01)Children with lower socioeconomic status (SES) tend to benefit more from early child care, but are substantially less likely to be enrolled. We study whether reducing behavioral barriers in the application process increases ... -
Behavioral Disinhibition Can Foster Intentions to Healthy Lifestyle Change by Overcoming Commitment to Past Behavior
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)To curb the trend towards obesity and unhealthy living, people may need to change their entire lifestyle to a healthier alternative, something that is frequently perceived to be problematic. The present research, using a ... -
Behavioral equilibrium and evolutionary dynamics in asset markets
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper analyzes a dynamic stochastic equilibrium model of an asset market based on behavioral and evolutionary principles. The core of the model is a non-traditional game-theoretic framework combining elements of ... -
A behavioral explanation of the relative performance evaluation puzzle
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2002-11)We study the effects of competitive preferences, where Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) compare their wage to the wage of other CEOs within the same industry, and derive additional utility from being ahead of them. We show ... -
Behavioral Impact of Short-Term Stock Price Trends on Equity Research : A Textual Analysis of Trend-Chasing Bias in Norwegian Equity Research Reports Covering the Oslo Stock Exchange
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis employs XGBoost and linear regression to reveal whether short-term stock price trends can explain the variance in textual sentiment in Norwegian equity research reports covering the Oslo Stock Exchange, ... -
Behavioral Responses to Tax Salience : Evidence from Tanzania : An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Tax Salience on Mobile Money Transactions
(Master thesis, 2023)A central assumption in public economics is that individuals optimize fully to tax policies, meaning they respond to tax changes similarly to price changes. However, a growing body of evidence in the field of tax salience ... -
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 ... -
Behind the hedge : a closer study of Nordic hedge funds
(Master thesis, 2007)This Master thesis is dedicated to the performance of Nordic hedge funds. A lot of international studies have been conducted on American hedge funds, but little on Nordic funds. Common for most of these studies are that ... -
Behov for revitalisering : eller er det bare snakk om forsterkning og merkevareutvidelser
(Master thesis, 2006)Denne utredning omhandler revitalisering ut ifra den opplevelsen av at det meste av merkevarer i dagens marked skifter navn, logo og / eller image. Etter en innledning for å utdype problemstillingen i tittelen, blir det ... -
Beliefs About Racial Discrimination and Support for Pro-Black Policies
(DP SAM;02/2019, Working paper, 2019-02-05)We examine whether beliefs about racial discrimination causally affect support for pro-black policies. Using representative samples of Americans, we elicit quantitative and incentivized beliefs about the extent of labor ... -
Belønning og motivasjon i et styringsmessig perspektiv : en komparativ studie av to selskaper innen bank- og forsikringsbransjen
(Master thesis, 2015)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å utforske styrings- og belønningssystemets innvirkning på motivasjonen til ansatte i organisasjoner ved å besvare følgende problemstilling: «Hvilken innvirkning har styrings- og ... -
Belønninger som styringsverktøy - når bør toppledelsen holde fingrene av fatet?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Utviklingen i virksomhetsstyring de siste 20-30 årene har vært preget av mer systematisk bruk av ikke-finansiell informasjon og større utbredelse av variabel avlønning. I denne artikkelen ser vi disse to trendene i sammenheng ...