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Does corporate activism affect brand equity? an event study on 55 american brands

Brenstad, Ida Mathilde Stokke; Sølsnes, Malén Vestavik (Master thesis, 2019)

With the rise of corporate activism many have questioned the partaking of companies in political and social debates, and whether such engagement is appropriate. And, maybe more importantly from a managerial perspective, ...

Does Cultural Sensitivity Matter to Maintaining Business Relationships in the Export Markets?: An empirical investigation in the Norwegian seafood industry

Alteren, Gro (Series of Dissertations, Doctoral thesis, 2007)

The aim of this study is twofold. The first aim is to develop the cultural sensitivity concept. A review of literature, including literature focusing on international business, marketing, and adaptive selling, has provided ...

Does emotional intelligence and resilience moderate the relationship between the Dark Triad and personal and work burnout?

Furnham, Adrian; Grover, Simmy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

This paper used moderator analysis to test whether emotional intelligence and resilience moderated the relationship between the Dark Triad variables and burnout. 232 adults completed measures of all variables. Primary ...

Does ESG Investments Come at a Cost?

Cruz, Eirin Eiken; Jansen, Steffan (Master thesis, 2020)

This thesis investigates the financial market’s reaction to the implementation of ESG related investment methods. In order to investigate this, we estimated the riskadjusted performance, evaluated and compared a high-rated ...

Does ESG rating affect sin stock performance? Evidence from sin stocks in US markets

Tala, Mats; Odden, Marcus Ødegaard (Master thesis, 2020)

Sin stocks and ESG are two sides of a story that has received extensive attention separately, but not many researchers have looked at the possibility to connect the two. Previous research show puzzling evidence about a ...

Does ETF Ownership Increase S&P 500 Stock Volatility?

Normann, Anette; Plaum, Emilie Gravdal (Master thesis, 2020)

This thesis studies the relation between exchange-traded fund ownership and volatility for 396 equity ETFs in the United States, using a data set comprising 11 years, from January 2008 to December 2018. We study stocks ...

Does Firm Performance Improve After CEO Turnover?

Sharma, Arvind; Skolt, Svein (Master thesis, 2020)

Several papers have evaluated the relationship between firm performance and CEO turnover. There is robust evidence that the separation between forced and voluntary resignations affects performance changes in the US. ...

Does forecast combination improve Norges Bank inflation forecasts?

Bjørnland, Hilde C.; Gerdrup, Karsten; Jore, Anne Sofie; Smith, Christie; Thorsrud, Leif Anders (CAMAR Working Paper Series;2/2010, Working paper, 2010)

We develop a system that provides model-based forecasts for inflation in Norway. We recursively evaluate quasi out-of-sample forecasts from a large suite of models from 1999 to 2009. The performance of the models are then ...

Does information asymmetry vary between insiders in different industries

Schønning, Erlend; Vatne, Olav Adrian Ødegård (Master thesis, 2018)

In this master thesis, we examine the level of private information of insiders on the Oslo Stock Exchange. We contribute to the understanding of the issue by recognizing how the sector characteristics influence insider ...

Does information sharing reduce the role of collateral as a screening device?

Stacescu, Bogdan; Karapetyan, Artashes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)

Information sharing and collateral are both devices that help banks reduce the cost of adverse selection. We examine whether they are likely to be used as substitutes (information sharing reduces the need for collateral) ...

Does internet usage impact voter turnout?

Cornejo, Jose Aleksander; Osadcha, Alina (Master thesis, 2017)

This master thesis explores the effect of internet usage on political participation and voters’ political preferences, as measured by voter turnout and party vote shares. We conduct a two-stage least squares analysis ...

Does it pay to be active? Norwegian mutual fund performance from 1991 to 2019

Mehl, Knut; Reitan, Henrik Aunemo (Master thesis, 2020)

This research paper shows that Norwegian active funds have first-order stochastically dominated Norwegian index funds for the subperiod 1991 to 2005, measured by net returns, not accounting for redemption and subscription ...

Does macro uncertainty affect stock markets?

Chouliaras, Nicolas Koller; Dramstad, Marius (Master thesis, 2016)

This thesis concerns the topic of uncertainty and its application to economics. Uncertainty is a situation which involves imperfect and/or lack of information necessary for the prediction of future events. In this study, ...

Does management compensation affect the usage of financial derivatives? A study on non-financial firms listed on the Oslo stock exchange

Stråbø, André Dybvikstrand; Rosten, Gaute (Master thesis, 2014-02-19)

The purpose of this master thesis is to examine how management compensation affects the usage of financial derivatives. The study focused on non-financial firms listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange with the data collected ...