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The Five-Factor Asset Pricing Model: A Corporate Finance Point of View
(Master thesis, 2018)Derivations of the ‘Terminal Value of Free Cash Flow’-formula (Koller & Goedhart, 2015) show that the return on investment capital is a key driver of firm value. This implies that the investment factors from well-established ... -
The foreign exchange market : can order flow improve a currency carry trade?
(Master thesis, 2013-02-05)The objective of this master thesis is to examine if a currency carry trade can be improved by accounting for order flow. We construct a carry trade strategy by pairing the three highest interest rate currencies to the ... -
The function of managers’ job crafting in their subordinates’ role overload and role ambiguity.
(Master thesis, 2019)This study builds on the literature from the research area of job crafting and job demands-resources perspective. It advances the current knowledge of the topic of job crafting with its possible disadvantages by taking ... -
The fundamental-derived equity premium
(Master thesis, 2013-02-13)We investigate Fama and French’s (2002) fundamental-derived dividend growth model in 13 markets for the 1970-2011 period. We find that in most of the markets the dividend growth model produces both lower and more precise ... -
The Government pension fund global : an analysis of the climate change strategy in the period 2006 to 2012
(Master thesis, 2013-02-15)This thesis in Political Economy is a case study of the Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) and the climate change strategy in the period 2006 to 2012. Climate change is a topic of growing interest among investors, and ... -
The Green Bond Premium: An Extension with Use of Proceeds
(Master thesis, 2019)We compare the yields of green bonds to those of their constructed conventional twins while controlling for liquidity to address the green bond premium, defined as the yield differential between a green bond and a ... -
The host-country regulatory institutional environment influence on the entry mode choice: oil and gas exploration and development
(Master thesis, 2014-02-11)The present research looks into relations between institutional environment and institutional arrangements and builds a more complex view on the entry mode choice. Specifically, it investigated the entry mode choices in ... -
The impact of brand extension fit, extension strategy and product exposure on attitudinal responses to brand extensions
(Master thesis, 2013-02-08)Brand extensions have for decades been one of the most used strategies for growth, but the sad reality is that 8 out of 10 extensions fail, making the likelihood of failure unattractively high. In addition, competition and ... -
The impact of consistency and inconsistency between a selfdeclared claim and a mandatory fact information label on a packaging on the consumer pre-purchase behaviour
(Master thesis, 2018)Our Master thesis tests the impact of consistency and inconsistency between a self-declared claim1 and a mandatory fact information label2 on a same product packaging on the consumer pre-purchase behaviour in terms of ... -
The impact of customer-initiated communication and customer behaviour on contract renewal likelihood: An empirical study
(Master thesis, 2018)PURPOSE The purpose of the thesis is to contribute to customer retention literature by developing an empirical model explaining which drivers affect renewal likelihood in a contractual context. The framework consists ... -
The impact of demographic and personal features on attitude towards online advertising in e-commerce industries
(Master thesis, 2019)The aim of the study is to investigate the influence of demographic factors and customers’ personal characteristics on their attitude toward online advertising in ecommerce industries. In the study, we significantly ... -
The Impact of Foreign Financial Shocks on the Norwegian Macroeconomy : A quest for causal inference
(Master thesis, 2016)In this master thesis, I evaluate empirically the importance of foreign financial shocks for explaining business cycle fluctuations and monetary policy stance in Norway. These shocks are a U.S. monetary policy shock and a ... -
The impact of intellectual capital on firms’ competitive advantage: An empirical study of listed integrated oil companies
(Master thesis, 2016)The aim of the thesis is to examine the relationship between intellectual capital and competitive advantages/disadvantages within firms. A sustained competitive advantage is defined as sustained superior performance ... -
The Impact of Monetary Policy on Leading Variables for Financial Stability in Norway
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The impact of moods and cognitive processing on framing effects
(Master thesis, 2013-02-18)This study examined the effects of mood and cognitive processing on risky choice framing. A mixed between- and within-subject lab experimental design was conducted to investigate our hypotheses. As predicted, the results ... -
The impact of oil price shocks on the U.S.stock market after becoming a net oil exporter
(Master thesis, 2017)In our thesis, we study the effects of oil price shocks on the U.S. stock market. The U.S. has transitioned from being a net importer of oil, to becoming a net exporter in recent years. This is mainly due to “The Shale ... -
The impact of scarce natural resources predictions and policies on consumer behaviour
(Master thesis, 2019)Purpose: The main purpose of this study is to evaluate consumers believability and their behaviour in two situations: first when they are exposed to a natural resource depletion prediction and secondly when they learn ... -
The Implications of Industrial Robots on the European Labour Market
(Master thesis, 2018)As robots and other computer-assisted technologies substitute labour in an increasing number of tasks, there are increasing concerns to how this development will influence employment and wages. In this paper, we analyse ... -
The importance of general manager's cultural awareness in Norwegian-owne companies in Lithuania
(Master thesis, 2014-02-12)This Master’s thesis is done in order to analyse the importance of general managers’ cultural awareness in Norwegian-owned companies in Lithuania. The thesis covers the following main parts: The introduction of this ... -
The importance of market movements, asset allocation policy and active management for government pension funds – evidence from GPFG, CPP and GPIF
(Master thesis, 2019)The motivation behind this paper is to identify how important market movements, asset allocation policy and active management is for the Norwegian, Canadian and Japanese government pension funds’ returns. We use data ...