• Political Rents and Voter Information in Search Equilibrium 

      Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Heggedal, Tom-Reiel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Political parties commited to grab rents may run for election, and even win, if citizens are uninformed. But, how is the political equilibrium affected if citizens can mitigate this information problem through costly ...
    • Political Rents and Voter Information in Search Equilibrium 

      Andersen, Jørgen Juel; Heggedal, Tom-Reiel (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Political parties committed to grab rents may run for election, and even win, if citizens are uninformed. But, how is the political equilibrium affected if citizens can mitigate this information problem through costly ...
    • Political risk and international investment : the renewable energy market in Australia and the 2013 election 

      Kirsebom-Aronsen, Cecilie (Master thesis, 2013-02-13)
      Renewable energy has become a controversial political- and economical topic. The world community are on a global scale experiencing shrinking reserves of non-renewable energy sources such as fossil fuels, which also are ...
    • Political skill, participation in decision-making and organizational commitment 

      Thompson, Geir; Buch, Robert; Kuvaas, Bård (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Purpose Research has demonstrated that political skill is associated with leadership effectiveness. However, the field still lacks understanding of how political skill makes leaders more effective. The purpose of this paper ...
    • Politicians and Scandals that Damage the Party Brand 

      Schönhage, Nanna Lauritz; Geys, Benny (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Scandals can cause serious damage to political parties’ brand name and reputation, which may taint all members of the party—even those not implicated in the scandal. In this article, we therefore explore how (uninvolved) ...
    • The Politics of Distributing Blame and Credit: Evidence from a Survey Experiment with Norwegian Local Politicians 

      Schönhage, Nanna Lauritz; Bækgaard, Martin; Geys, Benny (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      How do politicians attribute responsibility for good and poor policy outcomes across multiple stakeholders in a policy field where they themselves can affect service provision? Such ‘diffusion’ decisions are crucial to ...
    • Politiets strategiske terrorbekjempelse av al-Qaida og ISIL 

      Dalen, Lena Helene; Rabe, Stian (Master thesis, 2017)
      Formålet med denne oppgaven er å undersøke om det finnes viktige forskjeller og likheter mellom al-Qaida og ISIL, som kan ha betydning for politiets strategi for bekjempelse av terror. Vi har benyttet en kvalitativ ...
    • Politikkens mørke side 

      Mogensen, Tobias Lindhardt; Hagmansen, Jonas; Hennum, Helena Tømmerås (Bachelor thesis, 2019)
      denne bacheloroppgaven blir det undersøkt hvordan ulike velgergruppers atferd, i form av nytteeffekt, blir påvirket av negativ og positiv politisk reklame. Velgerne er kategorisert etter personlighetstrekk, og apati til ...
    • Politiske eliter: Er det forskjell på personlighetstrekk hos toppolitikere og toppbyråkrater? 

      Reinvang, Rasmus (Master thesis, 2022)
      Denne studien har undersøkt om det er forskjell på personlighetstrekk (Big 5) hos toppolitikere og toppbyråkrater i Oslo, og hva en slik forskjell i så fall består i. Studien bekreftet hovedhypotesen om at det foreligger ...
    • Politiske konjunktursykler i Norge 

      Løland, Lisbeth (Bachelor thesis, 2018)
      I denne utredningen tar jeg for meg temaet politiske konjunktursykluser i Norge etter andre verdenskrig, og analyseres innenfor et rammeverk for makroøkonomisk teori. Utredningen har følgende problemstilling: Finnes det ...
    • Portfolio Optimization : On Risk Measures and Estimation Techniques 

      Barstad, Johannes Andreas; Heitmann, Olve (Master thesis, 2016)
      This thesis focuses on the risk measure in the Markowitz algorithm. We discuss why assuming normality is unrealistic, and why the unconditional sample covariance matrix is an inappropriate input for the algorithm. We compare ...
    • Portfolio risk hedging: Currency exposure and Shrinkage techniques 

      Sokolova, Daria; Boyadzhieva, Elitsa Todorova (Master thesis, 2022)
      We apply different shrinkage techniques to the covariance and concentration matrices used for the minimum variance currency risk hedging of a globally diversified portfolio. The techniques are applied with the aim to induce ...
    • Portfolio Tax Trading with Carryover Losses 

      Ehling, Paul; Gallmeyer, Michael; Srivastava, Sanjay; Tompaidis, Stathis; Yang, Chunyu (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      We study portfolio choice with multiple stocks and capital gain taxation assuming that capital losses can only offset current or future realized capital gains. We show, through backtesting using empirical distributions, ...
    • Ports as Actors in Industrial Networks 

      Hatteland, Carl Johan (Series of Dissertations;6, Doctoral thesis, 2010)
      The purpose of this thesis is to consider how port authorities can be characterized as actors in industrial contexts. The thesis uses the Industrial Network Approach to avoid bringing in typical views of what a port is ...
    • Ports as Actors in Industrial Networks 

      Hatteland, Carl Johan (Series of Dissertations;6/2010, Doctoral thesis, 2010)
      The purpose of this thesis is to consider how port authorities can be characterized as actors in industrial contexts. The thesis uses the Industrial Network Approach to avoid bringing in typical views of what a port is ...
    • Posisjonering av Deli de Luca Trondheim 

      Koch, Elisabeth Marie; Ervig, Anette (Bachelor thesis, 2012-10-18)
      Denne oppgaven er skrevet om bedriften Deli de Luca i Trondheim, og oppgaven tar for seg posisjoneringen av Deli de Luca. Ut i fra at Deli de Luca var ny oppstartet i januar når vi iverksatte denne oppgaven ble vi enige ...
    • Posisjonering av Kultursenteret ISAK 

      Espenes, Thale Merete (Bachelor thesis, 2014-09-11)
      Denne oppgaven er skrevet om Kultursenteret ISAK i Trondheim. Deres virksomhet, som er en del av Kulturenheten i Trondheim Kommune, er til for å gi ungdom et sted utforske og oppleve kultur. Kultursenteret ISAK har behov ...
    • Posisjonering av Mercursenteret 

      Sætnan, Tonje Raknes; Moxness, Siri Ravlosve; Friman, Malin Anna (Bachelor thesis, 2013-12-18)
      Oppgaven har til hensikt å finne ut hvordan Mercursenteret skal styrke sin posisjon. Problemstillingen ble utarbeidet da vi hadde en antakelse om at kjøpesenterets posisjon var svak. Problemstillingen ble da Hvordan ...
    • Posisjonering på Omega-3 markedet 

      Tidemand-Johannessen, Sindre; Løvbakken, Sondre Skauge; Sletten, Martin (Bachelor thesis, 2012-10-18)
      Denne oppgaven er utformet på bakgrunn av et oppdrag fra arbeidsgiver i SALfresh. SALfresh er en ny aktør og har et nytt produkt på Omega-3 markedet. De trengte derfor hjelp til hvordan å nå markedet med sitt produkt. I ...
    • The positive feedback loop between academic self-efficacy, academic initiative, and grade point average: a parallel process latent growth curve model 

      Kristensen, Sara Madeleine; Danielsen, Anne G; Urke, Helga Bjørnøy; Larsen, Torill Marie Bogsnes; Aanes, Mette (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      This study investigates the associations between students’devel-opmental changes in academic self-efficacy, academic initiative,and grade point average (GPA) during a three-year upper second-ary education. The sample ...