Blar i Master of Science på emneord "finans"
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Do macroeconomic factors affect U.S. stock market returns?
(Master thesis, 2018)Macroeconomic factors and their influence on stock returns is a widely discussed topic in both previous and recent academic literature. In this paper, we examine whether macroeconomic factors affect U.S. stock market ... -
Do managerial incentives prevent value-destroying acquisitions?
(Master thesis, 2019)This paper examines how managerial incentives affect certain deal characteristics in acquisitions and how these characteristics are related to announcement returns and shareholder wealth. Based on our own results and ... -
Do Norwegian start-ups and smaller business benefit from being located in an area serviced by a local savings bank?
(Master thesis, 2017)We examine the effect of the Norwegian bank industry consolidation, and consequent decrease in local savings banks, on the survival and growth of small businesses. The analysis uses year-by-year financial information for ... -
Do stocks outperform Treasury bills?
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis highlights the important role of positively skewed short horizon stock returns, and the effect of compounding on the long-term return distribution. I show that the majority of individual common stocks deliver ... -
Do Sustainable Mutual Funds Offer Protection in Times of Market Instability?
(Master thesis, 2021)Our thesis examines the nancial performance of open-ended mutual funds with a Morningstar Sustainability rating from January 2015 to December 2020. We use four di erent factor models to investigate whether the hypothesis ... -
Do US Managers Cater to Investor Demand for Dividends?
(Master thesis, 2023)We investigate whether managers cater to investor preferences when demand for dividend-paying stocks is high, implementing a simple model developed by Baker and Wurgler (2004a). Expanding upon their work, we extend the ... -
Does a master’s degree at BI generate added value for a bachelor’s graduate?
(Master thesis, 2021)The aim of our master thesis is to investigate whether taking a master’s degree at BI Norwegian Business School generates added value in terms of lifetime salary earnings for a bachelor graduate. In addition, we plan to ... -
Does analyst dispersion on macro economic factors affect the foreign exchange risk premium?
(Master thesis, 2018)Borrowing in low-interest countries and investing in high-interest countries is recognized as a “carry trade” strategy, where the return is identified as the currency risk premium. In this paper, we examine if a more ... -
Does ESG Investments Come at a Cost?
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis investigates the financial market’s reaction to the implementation of ESG related investment methods. In order to investigate this, we estimated the riskadjusted performance, evaluated and compared a high-rated ... -
Does ESG rating affect sin stock performance? Evidence from sin stocks in US markets
(Master thesis, 2020)Sin stocks and ESG are two sides of a story that has received extensive attention separately, but not many researchers have looked at the possibility to connect the two. Previous research show puzzling evidence about a ... -
Does ETF Ownership Increase S&P 500 Stock Volatility?
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis studies the relation between exchange-traded fund ownership and volatility for 396 equity ETFs in the United States, using a data set comprising 11 years, from January 2008 to December 2018. We study stocks ... -
Does Firm Performance Improve After CEO Turnover?
(Master thesis, 2020)Several papers have evaluated the relationship between firm performance and CEO turnover. There is robust evidence that the separation between forced and voluntary resignations affects performance changes in the US. ... -
Does information asymmetry vary between insiders in different industries
(Master thesis, 2018)In this master thesis, we examine the level of private information of insiders on the Oslo Stock Exchange. We contribute to the understanding of the issue by recognizing how the sector characteristics influence insider ... -
Does it pay to be active? Norwegian mutual fund performance from 1991 to 2019
(Master thesis, 2020)This research paper shows that Norwegian active funds have first-order stochastically dominated Norwegian index funds for the subperiod 1991 to 2005, measured by net returns, not accounting for redemption and subscription ... -
Does macro uncertainty affect stock markets?
(Master thesis, 2016)This thesis concerns the topic of uncertainty and its application to economics. Uncertainty is a situation which involves imperfect and/or lack of information necessary for the prediction of future events. In this study, ... -
Does management compensation affect the usage of financial derivatives? A study on non-financial firms listed on the Oslo stock exchange
(Master thesis, 2014-02-19)The purpose of this master thesis is to examine how management compensation affects the usage of financial derivatives. The study focused on non-financial firms listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange with the data collected ... -
Does Materiality Matter? Links Between ESG Issues and Firm Performance
(Master thesis, 2020)Using material classifications of sustainability categories, we map industry-specific sustainability indicators into materiality-adjusted firm-level ESG scores in a unique geographical sample of the Nordics and the United ... -
Does mortgage regulation affect speculation in the housing market?
(Master thesis, 2019)This paper examines the contribution of mortgage regulations to changes in housing speculation. By defining speculative behaviour in the housing market as short-term investments with a resale within 12 months, we were ... -
Does Originating From A Wealthy Family Affect Entreprenurial Performance? A Thesis Investigating Norwegian Entrepreneurial Businesses
(Master thesis, 2018)In this paper, we delve into several questions regarding wealth and entrepreneurial performance in Norway. Specifically, we investigate whether or not entrepreneurs that originate from wealthy families perform better as ... -
Does the gender of the CEO have a significant impact on firms’ financial performance?
(Master thesis, 2023)We examine the impact of CEO gender on the financial performance of Norwegian firms using panel data analysis from 2000 to 2020. Our study includes a comprehensive dataset of 160 091 firms and controls for variables such ...