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Who are the least advantaged?
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2005-01)The difference principle, introduced by Rawls (1971, 1993), is generally interpreted as leximin, but this is not how he intended it. Rawls explicitly states that the difference principle requires that aggregate benefits ... -
Who Benefits in Times of Strife and Uncertainty?: A study of mining companies in the Democratic Republic of Congo
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we show that violence–escalating events lead to an increase in stock prices for mining companies holding concessions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The increase in value is higher during the ... -
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 ... -
Why 1990 international Geary-Khamis dollars cannot be a foundation for reliable long run comparisons of GDP
(DP SAM;25/2018, Working paper, 2018-11)Using a large, new dataset of agricultural prices and quantities for many countries and regions, we create five new international Geary-Khamis pounds – for 1870, 1845, 1775, 1705, and a superior chained series. We show ... -
Why are mobile voice calls so expensive when abroad?
(Working paper, Working paper, 2007-11)Mobile phone usage when traveling abroad is expensive. We show that the more firms enter the market - which may lower domestic voice call prices - the higher wholesale and retail prices for mobile usage abroad may become. -
Why children of college graduates outperform their schoolmates : a study of cousins and adoptees
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2010-09)There is massive cross-sectional evidence that children of more educated parents outperform their schoolmates on tests, grade repetition and in educational attainment. However, evidence for causal interpretation of this ... -
Why constrain yourself? A cross-industry analysis of Internal Carbon Pricing in relation to the regulatory framework.
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper investigates the reasons that lead companies to introduce Internal Carbon Pricing as a way to internalize the impact of their GHG emissions in their processes. In order to do this, the usage of Internal Carbon ... -
Why corporate taxes may rise : the case of economic integration
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2003-05)Almost all the literature on tax competition in the presence of multinationals (MNCs) ignores the combined effect of profit shifting and economic integration (i.e., a reduction in trade costs) on equilibrium capital ... -
Why corporate taxes may rise : the case of trade liberalization and foreign ownership
(Working Paper, Working paper, 2002-04)Almost all the literature on tax competition in the presence of multinationals (MNCs) and profit shifting ignores trade costs. This paper studies how economic integration, in terms of reduced trade costs and internationalization ... -
Why Did Norway Encounter Pronounced Levels of Inflation After the Pandemic? A Study of Inflation Dynamics
(Master thesis, 2023)This master thesis conducts a comprehensive analysis of inflation dynamics, trying to gain a better understanding of why inflation increased to such pronounced levels in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic ... -
Why do committees work?
(DP SAM;18/2023, Working paper, 2023-11-21)We report on the results of an experiment designed to disentangle behavioral biases in information aggregation of committees. Subjects get private signals about the state of world, send binary messages, and finally vote ... -
Why do companies use rolling forecasts? : a case study on the rolling forecast as a management tool
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis focuses on the use of rolling forecast as a management tool in companies. Increasingly dynamic business environments make it important for companies to be more responsive to adjust to changes. Through a case ... -
Why Do Merger Premiums Vary Across Industries and Through Time? Explaining merger premiums by time-varying industry factors
(Master thesis, 2022)To understand how merger premia vary across industries and over time, we analyze 1184 deals involving US public targets and acquirers between 2010 and 2020. The variables and methodology are inspired by Madura, Ngo & ... -
Why do private equity firms perform buy-and-builds? : an empirical analysis of Nordic platform companies
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis seeks to expand the knowledge of why private equity firms are performing buy-andbuild as a strategy in the portfolio companies they invest in†. More specifically, we examine characteristics of buy-and-build ... -
Why Does It Feel So Good To Be Bad? An empirical analysis of traditional and modern sin stock returns in developed countries from January 2000 to August 2022
(Master thesis, 2022)This study aims to give managers and investors a better financial basis to assess whether they should be exposed to sinful companies. Accordingly, this thesis examines the presence of alpha for sin stocks in developed ... -
Why does the Allais paradox occur also among business students?
(Master thesis, 2017)The reasons for people making certain decisions has always been a question of interest among researchers. This paper presents a broad study in the field of Behavioral Finance on the topic of the Theory of Rational Choice ... -
Why does the Norwegian bond market issue so few green bonds? : a comparative study of the Norwegian and Swedish green bond markets
(Master thesis, 2019)To uncover the underlying reasons why the Norwegian bond market issues so few green bonds, the thesis contains two objectives. The first objective is to analyze the performance of green bonds in the primary and secondary ... -
Why don’t similar e-commerce companies choose similar logistics distribution system? : a case study of two e-commerce companies in China based on transaction cost theory
(Master thesis, 2016)During the last decade, the importance of “last mile delivery” has become increasingly prominent due to the booming development of e-commerce. Logistics services have become the bottleneck of the development of e-commerce ... -
Why Europe should love tax competition - and the U.S. even more so
(Discussion paper, Working paper, 2004-04)Is global competition for mobile capital harmful (less public goods) or beneficial (less government waste)? This paper combines both aspects within a generalized version of the comparative public finance model (Persson, ... -
Why is economic growth lagging behind in former Comecon republics?
(Master thesis, 2019)Since 1990, former Comecon countries have been poorer than their neighbors in Western Europe and, over the past 30 years, convergence has been weak. Economic theory and previous research suggest that the region should ...