• ESG and Socially Responsible Investment: A Critical Review 

      Gerard, Bruno (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      We review the literature on ESG and Socially Responsible Investment with a special focus on fixed-income investments. Most of the academic research is focused on the link between corporate CSR and ESG activities, investors’ ...
    • Essays in Macro-Finance 

      Juelsrud, Ragnar Enger (Series of Dissertation; 11/2018, Doctoral thesis, 2018)
      This thesis is motivated by the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008. The financial crises posed a challenge for economics - both in terms of understanding the events that were unfolding and in terms of understanding the ...
    • Ethics and Society: A Theory of Comparative Worldviews 

      Zhang, Tong (Journal article, 2022)
      This article outlines a theist social science paradigm. The central thesis, derived from the assumption of an omnibenevolent and powerful God, is the Law of Divine Selection. It states that the motives of people, or the ...
    • Ethnically Biased? Experimental Evidence from Kenya 

      Berge, Lars Ivar Oppedal; Bjorvatn, Kjetil; Galle, Simon; Miguel, Edward; Posner, Daniel; Tungodden, Bertil; Zhang, Kelly (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Ethnicity has been shown to shape political, social, and economic behavior in Africa, but the underlying mechanisms remain contested. We utilize lab experiments to isolate one mechanism—an individual's bias in favor of ...
    • Ettervirkning - grunnlag, rekkevidde og betydning 

      Skjønberg, Alexander Næss (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Artikkelen er et innlegg i den pågående debatten om ettervirkning. Forfatteren mener at det er endel misoppfatninger om hva den alminnelige regelen om ettervirkning går ut på. I artikkelen utdypes regelens rettsgrunnlag, ...
    • EU Energy Union: A Critical View 

      Noreng, Øystein (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This paper discusses the Energy Union project of the current European Union (EU), asmanifest in the 2018 Clean Energy for All.1 The focus is on energy policy objectives in relation to wider political ambitions, using energy ...
    • Evaluation of fraud examinations: The case of inappropriate accounting practices at Fuji Xerox 

      Gottschalk, Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      There is a growing business for global auditing firms and local law firms as well as independent detectives to conduct forensic investigations at client organizations when there is suspicion of white-collar misconduct and ...
    • Evaluation of fraud examinations: The case of inappropriate accounting practices at Fuji Xerox 

      Gottschalk, Petter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      There is a growing business for global auditing firms and local law firms as well as independent detectives to conduct forensic investigations at client organizations when there is suspicion of white-collar misconduct and ...
    • Evaluation stasis continues in PR and corporate communication: Asia Pacific insights into causes. 

      Zerfass, Ansgar; Macnamara, Jim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      The first comprehensive study of public relations (PR) and corporate communication practices across Asia-Pacific countries has found that, despite being an area of rapid growth, evaluation remains limited, is often not ...
    • Evaluering av strategiske allokeringsbeslutninger: Regionfordelingen i SPU 

      Henriksen, Espen; Tretvoll, Håkon (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Mange investorer velger å delegere forvaltningen av formuen sin til en forvaltningsbedrift. For eksempel har Finansdepartementet delegert gjennomføringen av forvaltningen av SPU («Oljefondet») til Norges Bank. Avkastning ...
    • Evidence of Industry Scale Effects on Audit Hours, Billing Rates, and Pricing 

      Dekeyser, Simon; Gaeremynck, Ann; Willekens, Marleen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Using a proprietary dataset consisting of all private firm audit engagements in 2000 from one Big 4 firm in Belgium, we investigate: (1) whether audit office industry scale is associated with a reduction of total, partner ...
    • Examining the longitudinal association between toddlers’ early shyness and their well-being during their first year in Norwegian early childhood education and care 

      van Trijp, Catharina Petronella Johanna; Lekhal, Ratib; Drugli, May Britt; Rydland, Veslemøy; Buøen, Elisabet Solheim (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      Toddlers’ social – emotional well-Being in ECEC Shyness Being shy in ECEC Longitudinal association between early shyness and well-being in ECEC The present study Method Results Discussion Acknowledgements Disclosure statement ...
    • Expectations, Realizations, and Approval of Tablet Computers in an Educational Setting 

      Hassan, Mamdouh; Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The introduction of new technologies in classrooms is often thought to offer great potential for advancing learning. In this article, we investigate the relationship between such expectations and the post-implementation ...
    • Experimental Methods in Economics and Psychology: A Comparison 

      Madsen, Dag Øivind; Stenheim, Tonny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)
      This article compares the use of experiments as a research method in economics and psychology. We outline the most important differences between the two fields in terms of their use of experimental methods. The purpose of ...
    • Expert elicitation to estimate the size of an iceberg based on the tip: Some methodological challenges in determining the magnitude of white-collar crime 

      Gottschalk, Petter; Gunnesdal, Lars (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Expert elicitation is a research method designed to make estimations in areas where we have no knowledge, only indicators and experiences. By systematic interviews of experts, we tried to estimate the magnitude of white-collar ...
    • Explaining Voter Turnout: A Meta-Analysis of National and Subnational Elections 

      Cancela, Joao; Geys, Benny (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Research about voter turnout has expanded rapidly in recent years. This article takes stock of this development by extending the meta-analysis of Geys (2006) in two main ways. First, we add 102 studies published between ...
    • An Explorative Study on Heuristic Effects of Healthy Food Labels in an Online Shopping Situation 

      Fagerstrøm, Asle; Richartz, Philip; Arntzen, Erik; Sigurdsson, Valdimar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      This study focuses on the representativeness heuristic effects of healthy food labels on consumer choice of healthy food. A within-subject experiment was arranged to identify whether consumers rely on representativeness ...
    • An Exploratory Literature Study on Sharing and Energy Use of Language Models for Source Code 

      Hort, Max; Grishina, Anastasiia; Moonen, Leon (Chapter, 2023)
      Large language models trained on source code can support a variety of software development tasks, such as code recommendation and program repair. Large amounts of data for training such models benefit the models’ performance. ...
    • Exploring PMOs Through Community of Practice Theory 

      Aubry, Monique; Müller, Ralf; Glückler, Johannes (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)
      This article explores project management offices (PMOs) through community of practice theory. Preliminary results from a national health care case study are used to confirm the legitimacy of this approach. Today’s ...
    • Exploring societal cultural values and human rights and development 

      Bertsch, Andy; Warner-Søderholm, Gillian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)
      This study is an exploration of the relationships between societal cultural values and various observable societal practices. We drew on extant data sources and explored relationships between societal values and human ...