Blar i Master of Science på tittel
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Entrepreneurial risk taking, financial policy and the influence of outside CEO’s: A study of Norwegian family firms
(Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis we used a sample of Norwegian firms to investigate the effects on entrepreneurial risk taking from family ownership, as well as the effects on risk taking and leverage in family firms from employing an ... -
Entrepreneurship and uncertainty: a phenomenological approach
(Master thesis, 2023)Uncertainty has been, for more than a hundred years now, a topic of interest for both the economic and strategic literatures. While uncertainty is often depicted as a generator of threats that ought to be thwarted by ... -
Environmental scores and firm cost of debt – A study examining differences across industries and regions of Europe in the context of the EU Taxonomy
(Master thesis, 2022)The increasing interest in firms' ESG activities among investors has led to different attempts of measuring the environmental dimension, recently through the EU Taxonomy. This thesis investigates the impact of the environmental ... -
Equal risk contribution adopts time series momentum
(Master thesis, 2017)We study risk based portfolios with an emphasis on equal risk contribution, in a time series momentum setting. The benchmark strategies in which we compare the equal risk contribution includes inverse volatility, minimum ... -
Equity Allocation in the Government Pension Fund Global
(Master thesis, 2018)The equity allocation in the Government Pension Fund Global has a major impact on the fund’s overall long-term risk and return. The purpose of this study is to examine the optimal equity allocation in the GPFG by analyzing ... -
Equity entry modes and corruption in emerging economies
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Equity Share and the Downside Risk at the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPF-G)
(Master thesis, 2021)This paper studies the changes in asset and equity allocations across asset classes and markets in the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global’s (GPF-G or "The Fund") portfolio. It evaluates how the shifts in the ... -
Er det behov for å endre skatteamnestiordningen?
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne masteroppgaven tar for seg hvorvidt det er et behov for å endre skatteamnestiordningen. Problemstillingen er svært dagsaktuell da Skattedirektoratet i 2021 fremmet et forslag om å endre reglene for frivillig retting. ... -
Er det forskjeller mellom BDO og «Big 4» når det gjelder revisors beslutningsprosess ved fortsatt drift – usikkerhet?
(Master thesis, 2018)I denne masteroppgaven gjennomfører jeg en panelstudie av alle selskaper i Norge i perioden 2005 – 2015. Oppgaven tar for seg revisors beslutningsprosess ved usikkerhet om fortsatt drift. Hovedformålet med oppgaven er å ... -
Er det muligheter for Pareto-forbedringer i det norske merverdiavgiftssystemet?
(Master thesis, 2016)Det norske merverdiavgiftssystemet har en alminnelig merverdiavgiftssats på 25 pst. og flere reduserte satser (0 pst., 10 pst., og 15 pst.). Norge har ulike merverdiavgiftssatser for ulike varer og tjenester, og systemet ... -
Er reglene om generell tilbudsplikt og tilhørende bestemmelser i verdipapirhandelloven kapittel 6 fornuftig utformet? - En kvalitativ analyse basert på sentrale markedsaktørers erfaringer
(Master thesis, 2021)Denne masteroppgaven omhandler en vurdering av dagens regler om generell tilbudsplikt og tilhørende bestemmelser i verdipapirhandelloven kapittel 6, med særlig utgangspunkt i oppkjøp og oppkapitaliseringer. Tilbudsplikt ... -
ERM usage and value premium for Norwegian firms
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis examines the effect of risk management on firm value. We test our main hypothesis that the implementation of ERM provides a value premium relative to TRM usage. By identifying ERM and TRM usage in Norwegian ... -
ESG and corporate financial performance: A study on differences across countries and industries in Europe
(Master thesis, 2021)We study the relationship between ESG performance and nancial performance in Europe. We bring new insight to this eld of research by dividing the sample into subsamples based on industry and geographic location to ... -
ESG and impact investing in VC: The relationship between company-level ESG and VC fund performance
(Master thesis, 2022)Sustainable investing has garnered increasing popularity in both public, and more recently, private markets, with the promising potential of “doing good while doing well.” Studies on VC impact investing have shown mixed ... -
ESG Disagreement: Determining Factors and Impact on Stock Performance
(Master thesis, 2021)Using a sample of S&P 500 firms in the period 2010-2020. We will first study the rating variation of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) ratings among some of the top prominent agencies. Secondly, we will study ... -
The ESG disclosure and the stock price crash risk -evidence from China
(Master thesis, 2023)With the continuous improvement of China’s ESG information disclosure system, the quality of ESG information disclosure will have an important impact on the stock price crash risk. However, there is no literature in China ... -
ESG Integration in the European Priuate Equity Industry: Does ESG integration prouide superior risk-adjusted returns?
(Master thesis, 2022)Integration of sustainable investing in the financial sector has rapidly increased in recent decades. Private equity firms incorporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment criteria as the metrics are ... -
ESG Performance, Green Bonds, and Yield Spreads - an empirical study of the Norwegian corporate bond market
(Master thesis, 2022)This paper seeks to study the relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance, green bonds, and yield spreads in the Norwegian corporate bond market. By imposing a clustering model with fixed ... -
ESG rankings, lnuestor Preferences, and Net Flows: Euidence from US Mutual Equity Funds in Market Downturns
(Master thesis, 2023)This study examines the relationship between fund sustainability and net flows of open-ended US mutual equity funds, and investor preferences in market downturns. We find evidence of a pattern using panel data fixed ... -
ESG rating and financial performance in the Nordic market
(Master thesis, 2019)Stakeholders’ interest in firms have increased in recent years and ESG rating have become more important. Previous literature has had difficulties concluding on the effect of ESG rating on financial performance. The ESG ...