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Will the locals benefit? The effect of wind power investments on rural wages
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)An important and poorly understood question when communities consider wind power investments is whether the local population will benefit financially. I examine the effect of wind power investment on wages in rural counties ... -
Will you still trust me tomorrow? The causal effect of terrorism on social trust
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)How do people respond to terrorist events? Exploiting the timing of the 2010 wave of the annual ‘Society Opinion Media’ survey in Sweden, we study the causal effect of the Stockholm bombings of 11 December 2010 on Swedish ... -
Willingness to buy US products in three Southeast European countries: The effects of cognitive, affective and conative components of country-of-origin image.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The objective of this research is to present results from a survey conducted in Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, addressing the negative influence of warfare by USA upon consumer behavior in the region. The results ... -
Willingness to Pay for Crowdfunding Local Agricultural Climate Solutions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The recent rise in climate concern among citizens worldwide is coinciding with a rising interest in agricultural climate solutions. The future scaling-up of these solutions, however, requires more knowledge about the ... -
The Winners and Losers of COVID-19 - A Global Comparative Study
(Master thesis, 2021)Determinants explaining country-level success and failure when handling COVID-19 are disputed. The gender of state leaders, political affiliation and stringency of containment measures have all been argued as potential ... -
Winston Churchills politiske gjerning i lys av teori om karismatisk ledelse
(Master thesis, 2023)Aristokraten Winston Churchill videreførte den politiske arven etter sin far Lord Randolph Churchill, Tory Democracy. Han hadde en klar oppfatning av noblesse oblige, at hans klasse nok holdt en opphøyet posisjon, men at ... -
With a little help of my peers. The supportive role of online contacts for the unemployed
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Unemployment is an unfortunate reality, whose overcoming often depends on social support, among other factors. Online social media, such as social network sites and communities, may offer an additional source of such ... -
With great power comes great responsibility": A meta-narratiue reuiew of ethical considerations and implications in the crossroads of Al and Marketing
(Master thesis, 2023)This meta-narrative review examines the ethical implications of using artificial intelligence (AI) in marketing and explores how companies can mitigate the associated risks. To address these concerns, a comprehensive ... -
"With great power comes great responsibility": A meta-narrative review of ethical considerations and implications in the crossroads of Al and Marketing
(Master thesis, 2023)This meta-narrative review examines the ethical implications of using artificial intelligence (AI) in marketing and explores how companies can mitigate the associated risks. To address these concerns, a comprehensive ... -
With or Against Others? Pay-for-Performance Activates Aggressive Aspects of Competitiveness
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)While paying employees for performance (PfP) has been shown to elicit increased motivation by way of competitive processes, the present paper investigates whether the same competitive processes inherent in PfP can also ... -
Wittgenstein’s Revenge: How Semantic Algorithms Can Help Survey Research Escape Smedslund’s Labyrinth
(Chapter, 2020)Empirical research has shown how semantic algorithms can often predict the statistics of survey data a priori, particularly in topics like “leadership” and “motivation.” In those cases, the survey data reflect the language ... -
Women and Employee-Elected Board Members, and Their Contributions to Board Control Tasks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)We present results from a study about women and employee-elected board members, and fill some of the gaps in the literature about their contribution to board effectiveness. The empirical data is from a unique data set of ... -
Women and multiple board memberships: Social capital and institutional pressure
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)We show unintended consequences of quota regulations to get women on boards. Board members may have diferent characteristics, and even among women, there are variations. We assume that the characteristics of the board ... -
Women and white-collar crime - A comparative study of Iranian and Norwegian offenders
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Economic wrongdoing committed by privileged members of society’s upper social and economic elite is known as white-collar crime. The research on the gender gap among white-collar offenders is expanded in this study, where ... -
Women Entrepreneurship and Management in Norway
(Working paper, 2001)This paper presents a statistical analysis of the current situation for women and men in business. Based on the extraordinary access we have had to important Norwegian databases, the data gives the most comprehensive ... -
Women in Finance
(Master thesis, 2023)The percentage of women in executive positions within the finance industry is remarkably low. This evident gender disparity is frequently attributed to the “glass ceiling” phenomenon. This study seeks to examine the ... -
Women seek more variety in rewards when closer to ovulation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)We propose that women's increased generalized sensitivity to rewards during the fertile phase of the menstrual cycle causes them to seek more variety in rewards when they are in the fertile phase than when they are not in ... -
Women’s Justification of White-Collar Crime
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)In an empirical study of white-collar criminals in Norway, only 8 % out of 255 convicted criminals in recent years were women. There are many potential explanations for the low female share of crime. This paper concentrates ... -
Words are the new numbers: A newsy coincident index of business cycles
(CAMP Working Paper Series;4/2016, Working paper, 2016)In this paper I construct a daily business cycle index based on quarterly GDP and textual information contained in a daily business newspaper. The newspaper data is decomposed into time series representing newspaper topics ... -
Work motivation as a determinant of organisational and professional commitment in temporary organisations : theoretical lenses and propositions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)