Browsing BI Open by Subject "financial economics"
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Female ceos : why so few?
(Master thesis, 2017)There has been much debate on CEO gender and its effects on firm performance and characteristics. In this paper, we tried to explain the reasons for female chief executive officers (CEOs) fewness, while examining the ... -
Financial evaluation of the Airbus A380Neo program
(Master thesis, 2016)Executive summary Topic Financial evaluation of the Airbus A380Neo program Abstracta (Executive summary in Portuguese, requirement by Católica Lisbon) Num futuro próximo, a fabricante de aviões Airbus terá que tomar ... -
Foreign versus domestic buy-outs: evidence from returns of private equity
(Master thesis, 2019)This study investigates the differences between foreign- and domestic private equity investments and identifies that factors explain these differences. We used a unique dataset acquired from Bloomberg, analyzing 700 deals ... -
Google search volume as a proxy of investor attention : are previous findings robust?
(Master thesis, 2017)I assess the robustness to different periods and panel models of several findings in the literature that uses Google search volume as an investor attention proxy. With all S&P 500 stocks between 2004 and 2016, I confirm ... -
Government Effectiveness as a Factor Explaining Listings in Developing Countries
(Master thesis, 2021)In this paper, we investigate the e↵ect government e↵ectiveness has on the number of listed firms worldwide from 2000 to 2016. We find that government e↵ectiveness has a positive and significant e↵ect on listings. A ... -
Hedging, exposure and rm value: A study of European and U.S. Airlines
(Master thesis, 2019)For several reasons, the airline industry is a reasonable industry to analyze the relation between corporate risk exposure, hedging policy, and rm value. We ex- plore the relationship between hedging, exposure, and rm ... -
House Price Dynamics : Analysis of the Oslo Market
(Master thesis, 2016)In this paper we empirically examine the house price dynamics in the Oslo market. Housing prices in Oslo have been a searing topic in the last couple of years, thus, we believe this will be an important contribution to ... -
How bond risk affects risk parity portfolios
(Master thesis, 2020)We document the performance of risk parity portfolios (RPP) of U.S. equities and government bonds over more than fty years of daily and monthly data. RPP's strong outperformance compared to 60/40 portfolios has to some ... -
How did banks´ reliance on short-term funding affect their performance during the 2008 financial crisis?
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis investigates the relationship between short-term funding and bank performance during the 2008 financial crisis. The research is conducted by running cross-sectional regressions on the 50 largest banks in the ... -
How does the Norwegian stock market react to unexpected dividend announcements?
(Master thesis, 2017)This study investigates the dividend signaling hypothesis by examining stock price reactions to unexpected dividend announcements on the Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE). While previous research relies on the market model, this ... -
How does the Norwegian, Dutch and Canadian models compare in terms of investment management and returns?
(Master thesis, 2017)This paper examines the similarities and differences between the Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP (Algemeen Burgerlijk Pensioenfonds), the Canadian Pension Plan and the Government Pension Fund Global. Based on the funds’ ... -
Human Capital and its Implications on Financial Risk-taking
(Master thesis, 2018)When most people think of portfolio composition and optimal asset allocation, words like stocks, bonds, real estate and diversification come to mind. However, people tend to ignore one specific and highly important asset ... -
Hybrid ownership structure and sustainability: a study of the Norwegian saving banks
(Master thesis, 2017)Until 29 years ago, all Norwegian banks were either commercial or saving banks. Since that time, we have witnessed changes in the institutional context of the banking industry which resulted in the emergence of a new ... -
The Impact of Capital Requirements on Bank Lending Behavior
(Master thesis, 2020)In this paper, we investigate if stricter capital requirements have a significant impact on bank lending to European households and corporations. The Basel III accords tightened Tier 1 capital and Common Equity Tier 1 ... -
Industrial electricity : the business cycle and state level risk premiums
(Master thesis, 2017)Industrial electricity usage measured at the state level can predict stock returns of companies with headquarters in the state. Although predictive powers vary from state to state, we show that in general there is a state ... -
Institutional selling around forced CEO-turnover
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Internet IPOs & the DotCom Bubble: Determinants of Post- Issue Performance
(Master thesis, 2020)This paper investigates the short-term and long-term performance of initial public offerings (IPO) within the internet industry using a sample of 596 and 572 US listings from 1996 until 2016, respectively. Internet ... -
Is it possible to earn abnormal returns by following Insiders? A study from Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE)
(Master thesis, 2016)The main purpose of this paper is to study whether it is possible for an outsider to earn abnormal returns by following insider’s transactions. The special focus will be to revise both previous research and Dovre studies ... -
Is Managerial Ownership a Determinant of Cash Holdings? : An Empirical Investigation of Corporations Listed at the Oslo Stock Exchange.
(Master thesis, 2016)In this master thesis, we investigate managerial ownership as a possible determinant of corporate cash holdings in a sample of Norwegian corporations listed at the Oslo Stock Exchange. We focus on the importance of ... -
IS THE "HANDLING REGLER" SUSTAINABLE IN THE LONG RUN? RETURN UNCERTAINTY, PAYOUT RULES, AND SURVIVAL OF THE NORWEGIAN PENSION FUND GLOBAL
(Master thesis, 2019)The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global enjoys the position of being one of the largest global sovereign funds in line with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, China Investment Corporation and Saudi Arabian Authority ...