Browsing Master of Science by Subject "applied economics"
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Buried in debt? An analysis of the heterogeneous effects of public debt overhang on growth
(Master thesis, 2021)Both theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that excessive government indebtedness has adverse effects on economic stability. The Great Recession left many countries with the legacy of sluggish economic growth and ... -
Can you use oil and natural gas prices to forecast the norwegian krone?
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis studies if we can use a commodity prices, namely oil and gas to forecast the NOK/USD exchange using data at a monthly frequency. We analyze the commodities predictive ability through two main models. The first ... -
The Effect of Monetary Policy on House Prices during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Norway
(Master thesis, 2022)This thesis investigates the impact of monetary policy on the housing market in Norway over the past twenty years, paying particular attention to changes in the transmission of the policy rate to house prices during the ... -
Extracting Sentiment of Selected Twitter Accounts and Considering Its Relationship with the S&P 500 Index
(Master thesis, 2021)Twitter is a source of streaming data. In this thesis, we examine whether and to what extent we can find a relationship between the sentiment of selected Twitter accounts and the S&P 500 index. This thesis uses data from ... -
Green parties and their effect on policy
(Master thesis, 2022)This paper examines the effect of green parties on environmental policy in Norway. Environmental policy is measured through the share of bike roads, number of charging stations for electric vehicles per capita, and ... -
High Household Debt and the Transmission of Monetary Policy: A Canadian Case Study
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis investigates whether the transmission of monetary policy in Canada is affected by the level of household indebtedness. The answer to this has remained distinctly unclear in the literature across countries. ... -
The Impact of Monetary Policy on Unemployment: A Comparison of Local Projections and SVAR Analyses from Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis concerns the transmission of monetary policy shocks on the unemployment rate in Norway over the past 20 years. The study compares impulse response functions from local projections - estimated through OLS and ... -
An inquiry into the relation between Business cycles and Income Inequality
(Master thesis, 2022)We evaluate the role of business cycles and some key economic indicators on income disparity within- and between municipalities. We decompose Norwegian mainland GDP between 2006-2017 to a cyclical and trend component ... -
Is the Electricity Market Efficient? - An Investigation of the Norwegian Electricity Market
(Master thesis, 2022)The electricity retailing market has been brought to attention recently for gaining massive revenues and confusing consumers in its pricing settings. This paper intends to examine the efficiency in the electricity end-user ... -
Local Economic Structures and their Impact on MPs Engagement in Environmental Debates: A Case Study of Rogaland
(Master thesis, 2023)This study examines whether Members of Parliament (MPs) from Rogaland, Norway, are influenced by the local economic structure in their home constituency during parliamentary debates on environmental issues. By analysing ... -
Measuring price elasticities with a difference-in-difference design: Investigating the North-South electricity spot price gap in Norway
(Master thesis, 2023)This study uses spot price and municipality-level electricity consumption panel data spanning around three years to derive short run estimates of the price elasticity of electricity demand (PEED) for the Norwegian ... -
Predicting the Macroeconomic Effects of Reducing Petroleum Activity in Norway: A Scenario Evaluation Approach
(Master thesis, 2022)In the late nineteen sixties Norway discovered large oil and gas reserves on the continental shelf. This changed the economy profoundly and Norway quickly became a resource-exporting economy. Today, around fifty years after ...