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What are the major drivers behind listing volume fluctuations in Norway and Sweden?
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis investigates potential drivers behind fluctuations in listing volume in Norway and Sweden between 2000 and 2016. The paper replicates findings in previous literature by investigating whether aggregate capital ... -
What are, if any, the explanatory financial factors of bankruptcy in Norwegian startups?
(Master thesis, 2020)In this paper, we investigate startups that have survived the first crucial years, but which then went bankrupt during the following years. The intention behind this focus is to acknowledge why some startups do not cross ... -
What Can We Learn from #StopHateForProfit Boycott Regarding Corporate Social Irresponsibility and Corporate Social Responsibility?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In July 2020 more than 1,100 companies paused their paid advertising on Facebook to demand clear and unequivocal actions to stop its platform from being used to spread and amplify racism and hate. This Business-to-Business ... -
What characterizes targets acquired by private equity firms compared to strategic buyers, and how does this affect takeover premiums? Evidence from European transactions
(Master thesis, 2018)This master thesis investigates differences in target characteristics and takeover premiums in acquisitions performed by private equity firms and strategic buyers. We use a dataset of 67 takeovers of listed European ... -
What Do We Value Most In Schools? An Empirical Study of Stakeholders’ Preference Rankings of School Attributes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objectives A key question in education policy as well as individuals’ school choice involves the characteristics of schools we value most. It is thereby important to understand any heterogeneity in parents’, teachers’, ... -
What does the yield curve tell us about the exchange rate predictability in Norway?
(Master thesis, 2016)This research paper examines if information of the term structure of interest rates can predict exchange rate movements in Norway. We look at the Norwegian kroner relative to the US dollar from a period of August 2001 ... -
What drives oil prices? Emerging versus developed economies
(CAMP Working Paper Series;2/2012, Working paper, 2012)We analyze the importance of demand from emerging and developed economies as drivers of the real price of oil over the last two decades. Using a factor-augmented vector autoregressive (FAVAR) model that allows us to ... -
What drives performance in the Nordic private equity market?
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis, we study the performance of Nordic private equity buyout and venture funds between 2005 to 2016 using a dataset from Preqin. We have defined the Nordic to include Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. By ... -
What drives sound symbolism? Different acoustic cues underlie sound-size and sound-shape mappings
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Sound symbolism refers to the non-arbitrary mappings that exist between phonetic properties of speech sounds and their meaning. Despite there being an extensive literature on the topic, the acoustic features and psychological ... -
What Drives the Output Gap in Norway? Evidence from a multivariate Beveridge-Nelson decomposition
(Master thesis, 2022)We estimate the trend and cycle of real GDP in Norway using a multivariate Beveridge–Nelson decomposition with a large information set. This method allows us to identify a small collection of variables that are major ... -
What happens to firm performance and financing when bank branches close?
(Master thesis, 2019)The thesis study how bank branch closures affect firm performance and financing, with a special focus on rural areas in Norway and the savings bank branches role in these areas. To analyze the topic, we use a ... -
What if AI is not that fair? - Understanding the impact of fear of algorithmic bias and AI literacy on information disclosure -
(Master thesis, 2021)Boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of AI technology to collect personal information regarding the population's health has been gaining traction globally. Public authorities worldwide pinned their hopes on developing ... -
What impacts wind and solar stock prices? Evidence before and after the financial crisis of 2008
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis investigates the value drivers of wind and solar energy stocks. Through a lag-augmented vector autoregressive model, we test the impact of shocks to interest rates, oil prices and technology stocks on the ... -
What is music good for? A dialogue on technical and ritual rationality
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)In different ways and in different contexts it has been and still is argued that music education should be prioritized because of its positive impact on pupils in terms of general development as good citizens and in terms ... -
What is the effect of macroeconomic news on the VIX?
(Master thesis, 2018)This study investigates the impact of different macroeconomic variables on the VIX index. It introduces the index itself, and the global events which have affected it severely. The investigating model builds on empirical ... -
What Is the Empirical Relationship Between Trading Volume and Stock Returns on Oslo Stock Exchange?
(Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis we have investigated the relationship between stock return and trading volume at the Oslo Stock exchange. Our research question was ”What is the empirical relationship between trading volume and stock ... -
What is the impact of the down payment requirement on the housing market in Oslo?
(Master thesis, 2018)On March 1st 2010 the Norwegian government implemented a down payment requirement of 10%, later increased to 15% on December 1st 2011. The down payment requirement states the amount of equity needed to be applicable for ... -
What is the relationship between ESG Performance and Financial Constraints? Evidence from Europe
(Master thesis, 2021)The importance of the ESG and firm behavior connection has evolved rapidly in recent years. The introduction of EU’s Green Deal in 2020 la- beled Europe as a particularly interesting area for further research. Prior academic ... -
What is the right thing to do? The constitutive role of organizational ethical frameworks in collective ethical sensemaking
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In the complex realm of ethical decision making, organizations are increasingly developing comprehensive ethical frameworks as guides. These frameworks prescribe ethical principles and decision-making processes to steer ... -
What kinds of countries have better innovation performance?–A country-level fsQCA and NCA study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Innovation is critical to boosting economic growth and combating social problems. Based on national innovation systems, this study investigates how combinations of multiple factors (i.e., R&D investment, human capital, ...