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MOMENTUM PROFITS AND INVESTOR SENTIMENT
(Master thesis, 2022)This paper studies investor sentiment as a predictive factor of momentum profits and evaluates momentum trading profitability for investors. We identify momentum profits on the Norwegian stock market by recreating the ... -
Monetary policy shocks and cross-country heterogeneity in the Euro area
(Master thesis, 2017)In our thesis, we analyze the transmission of monetary policy in the four largest Euro area economies, namely Germany, Italy, France and Spain. The focus of the analysis is to examine the heterogeneity and time variation ... -
Monetary policy surprises : house prices and household credit in Norway
(Master thesis, 2017)In this master thesis we analyze the effects of monetary policy shocks on economic and financial variables in Norway, where we focus in particular on the responses of house prices and household credit. Our main approach ... -
Money in Norwegian Politics: How does political representation at the national level affect the funding of local party organizations?
(Master thesis, 2022)Money in Norwegian politics is often perceived as not as prominent as in other countries such as the United States. Is the funding in Norway anything related to the elections? This master thesis examines if there exists a ... -
Moral hazard : complex exchange ties in embedded networks
(Master thesis, 2012-05-11)Network form of economic organization is subtle compared to markets and hierarchies, due to the importance or social interactions. Based on a literature review we establish complex exchange ties; a set of behavioral patterns ... -
Moral hazard and adverse selection in delegated portfolio management
(Master thesis, 2013-02-18)We investigate the investor-manager relationship in a partial equilibrium principal agent model. The industry for the delegated portfolio management is characterized by information asymmetry on many different levels. ... -
Motivation and Compensation among Management Consultants: Incentive Effects, Perceived Fairness, Exchange Relationships, Intrinsic Motivation, and Turnover Intention
(Master thesis, 2020)In this study, we explored the relations between motivation and compensation amongst knowledge workers, particularly management consultants, through various employee outcomes. This study posits that management consultants ... -
Motivational climate, attitudes toward change and the mediating role of employees mindset
(Master thesis, 2017)This study seeks to explore how perceived motivational climate at work may influence employees’ attitudes to change, and further, whether employees’ mindset mediates this relationship. According to the results, the ... -
Mottak og håndtering av varsling : et dybdestudium av "VimpelCom-saken".
(Master thesis, 2017)Formålet med oppgaven har vært å få en bredere forståelse av varslingspraksis innad virksomheter, og hvordan mottak av håndtering behandles, basert på VimpelCom-saken. Oppgaven skal besvares i form av vår overordnede ... -
Moving towards a Circular Economy: The effect of cooperation on eco-innovation. Evidence from German firms
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper aims to investigate how cooperation influences firms to conduct eco-innovations. The main research objective is to empirically ascertain the presence of a positive association between inter-firm cooperation and ... -
Moving towards a Circular Economy: The effect of cooperation on eco-innovation. Evidence from German firms
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper aims to investigate how cooperation influences firms to conduct eco-innovations. The main research objective is to empirically ascertain the presence of a positive association between inter-firm cooperation and ... -
Multi-sensory matters: How to Increase Online Purchase Intention for Experience Goods
(Master thesis, 2021)The present research study focuses on the effects of textual and visual website attributes on customers’ purchasing intention for experience products that require a smell-sensory experience (i.e., fragrances). Additionally, ... -
Multi-sensory matters: How to Increase Online Purchase Intention for Experience Goods
(Master thesis, 2021)The present research study focuses on the effects of textual and visual website attributes on customers’ purchasing intention for experience products that require a smell-sensory experience (i.e., fragrances). Additionally, ... -
Multifactor Strategy Implementation in the Norwegian Equity Market
(Master thesis, 2021)We study the performance of implementation methods for multifactor strategies in the Norwegian equity market. We compare the risk-adjusted performance of three different strategies implemented with equal weights, ... -
Multinational Tax Avoidance and Tax Policy
(Master thesis, 2018)Previous literature provides evidence that multinational corporations (MNC) are significantly less profitable in terms of taxable income than domestic controlled corporations (DCC) in Norway. The differential in taxable ... -
Mutual fund management costs and lifetime wealth accumulation : a consumption utility function
(Master thesis, 2017)I am studying how mutual fund management costs affect lifetime wealth accumulation and thus consumption utility. I take an individual who is 25 years old and starts saving for retirement, retires at age 65 and stays ... -
Mutual Fund Performance in the U.S. Market
(Master thesis, 2016)This paper examines whether actively managed U.S. mutual equity funds exhibit any statistical persistence in mutual fund performance by applying three different methods. The backbone for the methods is the sorting procedure ... -
Mutual Fund Size and Fund Performance
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis studies the relationship between size and performance for 67 equity mutual funds in Norway, using a 14 years dataset free of survivorship bias from January 2005 to December 2018. We construct three portfolios ... -
Narcissism, span of supervision, and outcomes in a municipality context
(Master thesis, 2017)Purpose: To enhance the understanding of the complex interplay between leaders and followers we examined the link between narcissistic leadership and two follower outcomes; loyalty and job satisfaction in a Norwegian ... -
Narratives of change in Norsk Gjenvinning: A journey towards sustainable waste management
(Master thesis, 2018)According to Erik Osmundsen, the CEO of Norsk Gjenvinning (NG), the waste management business is intrinsically a very sustainable industry, but it is operating in a non-sustainable way. Sustainability has become the ...