• ESG Ratings and Stoel! Returns in the US Equity Market 

      Gurrik, Tobias Wike; Haagensen, Cornelia Fjeld (Master thesis, 2023)
      This thesis investigates the relationship between ESG ratings and stock returns in the US equity market. Using the companies listed on the S&P 500 as a benchmark for the American stock market we perform a long-short zero ...
    • ESG Ratings and the European Stock Market 

      Ballou, Kathrine Michelle; Kristiansen, Kristine Vilde (Master thesis, 2023)
      In recent years, there has been a remarkable surge in stakeholders’ interest in the socially and ethically responsible conduct exhibited by companies. This has prompted numerous companies to integrate Environmental, ...
    • ESG Scores and Company Financial Performance in the United States 

      Hovde, Herman Austad; Korstad, Kristian (Master thesis, 2023)
      This objective of this thesis was to examine the relationship between financial performance and environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) scores in the United States over the time period 2003 to 2022. The ...
    • ESG Scores and Equity Value: A Study of ESG Premium in the Nordic markets 

      Samuelsen, Torstein; Svendsen, Casper Sormerud (Master thesis, 2023)
      This study explores the relationship between ESG scores and P/B ratios for Nordiclisted companies. We find indications of differences in average P/B and ESG scores. To explore if ESG drives P/B differences, we develop a ...
    • ESG Scores and Secondary Equity Offerings: A Case of Secondary Equity Offering in the US 

      Eriksson, Anders G.; Zunder, Håkon (Master thesis, 2023)
      The relationship between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores and secondary equity offerings (SEO) has received limited attention in the literature. This thesis explores this topic using a sample of US-listed ...
    • ESG Uncertainty and Stock Returns in Europe 

      Jensen, Sander August Standal; Holmeset, Endre Rørvik (Master thesis, 2023)
      In this paper we analyze whether ESG uncertainty can predict stock returns by studying the 3000 largest common stocks within Europe. We observe a tendency of predictability between ESG uncertainty in the aggregated ESG ...
    • ESG-Ratings and Returns 

      Ottesen, Dan Fredrik Clemp; Zilinskas, Sarunas (Master thesis, 2020)
      We nd that value-weighted portfolios long US stocks from compa- nies with low Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)-ratings and short stocks with high ESG-ratings have returned annualized 5-factor alphas between ...
    • ESG-SCORE & ABNORMAL RETURNS IN THE EUROPEAN MARKET 

      Gandolfi, Valentina; Andersen, Benedicte Marie (Master thesis, 2022)
      This thesis investigates if investing in European stocks based on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) scores can generate abnormal returns from 2011 to 2021. By performing positive, best-in-class, and negative ...
    • Essay on the determinants of oil, and the post-oil era and democracy 

      Hamang, Jonas Hveding (Series of Dissertations;, Doctoral thesis, 2023)
      Quantifying supply-side climate policies (by: Lassi Ahlvik, Jørgen Juel Andersen, Jonas Hveding Hamang, Torfinn Harding) Abstract: What are the effects of supply-side climate policies? We use global company-level data ...
    • Essays in Macro-Finance 

      Juelsrud, Ragnar Enger (Series of Dissertation; 11/2018, Doctoral thesis, 2018)
      This thesis is motivated by the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008. The financial crises posed a challenge for economics - both in terms of understanding the events that were unfolding and in terms of understanding the ...
    • Essays in prediction, expectation, formation, and labor economics 

      Ellingsen, Jon (Series of Dissertations;, Doctoral thesis, 2023)
      News media versus FRED-MD for macroeconomic forecasting (Jon Ellingsen, Vegard Larsen, Leif Anders Thorsrud) Abstract: Using a unique dataset of 22.5 million news articles from the Dow Jones Newswires Archive, we perform ...
    • Essays on decision making dynamics in politics and consumer choice 

      Røhr, Helene Lie (Series of Dissertation;8/2018, Doctoral thesis, 2018)
      Individuals’ choices are the foundation in economics; an individual makes the choice that maximizes her utility. Doing nothing or maintaining a previous decision is also a choice—the status quo choice (Samuelson and ...
    • Essays on Market Microstructure 

      Saakvitne, Jo Albertsen (Series of Dissertation;2/2019, Doctoral thesis, 2019)
      This dissertation consists of four paper: “Fixing the fix? Assessing the Effectiveness of the 4PM Fix Benchmark”, “Trading strategies and information flow around price benchmarks”, “A note on optimal trade times for financial ...
    • Essays on relational outcomes in mixed-motive situations 

      Acar-Burkay, Sinem (Series of Dissertations;7/2014, Doctoral thesis, 2014-06-19)
      The current dissertation comprises three chapters, each of which is a separate research article, on relational outcomes in mixed-motive situations. Chapter 1 uncovers how trustors’ social-cognitive motivation to manage ...
    • Establishing corporate ventures in the context of new media innovation 

      Aale, Christina; Drugli, Oda Krohn (Master thesis, 2016)
      In response to the need for research examining the effects of individuals on all forms of corporate entrepreneurship, we investigate the role of individuals, teams and managers in the process of establishing- and developing ...
    • Estimating Pricing Rigidities in Bilateral Transactions Markets 

      Oglend, Atle; Asche, Frank; Straume, Hans-Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Many price indices are constructed using bilateral transaction prices. This paper shows how the time series behavior of cross-sectional price moments can reveal useful information about pricing behavior in bilateral ...
    • Estimating taxable income responses using the Norwegian tax reform in 2006 

      Gravdal, Elisabeth Aune; Sleire, Mathias Hosøy (Master thesis, 2019)
      In this paper, we will examine the Norwegian tax reform from 2006, which included a decrease in overall marginal taxes. By using the approach of Gruber & Saez (2002), we will provide new estimates of the elasticity of ...
    • Et bilde sier mer enn tusen ord : Hvordan bilde på CV påvirker vurderingen av en jobbsøker 

      Sandvik, Åsmund Haugstad; Hansen, Christian Lundevall (Master thesis, 2017)
      Bør man legge ved bilde av seg selv på jobbsøknaden? De lærde strides. På den ene siden kan det gjøre jobbsøknaden mer personlig, og at det er enklere å skille seg ut. På den andre siden, er det å skille seg ut alltid ...
    • Et dult for en sunnere hverdag 

      Blokkum, Katrine Haugen; Larssen, Line Bjerkset; Engh, Maren Valheim (Bachelor thesis, 2019)
      Kan utvalgte dult få kunder som handler matvarer på nett til å ende opp med en sunnere handlekurv? I denne oppgaven har vi gjennomført et eksperiment i nettbutikken til Meny for å finne svar på akkurat dette. Med ...
    • Et ekspansivt budsjett, preget av usikkerhet 

      Bjørnland, Hilde C (Journal article, 2020)
      ‘Regjeringen lot seg ikke lede inn i fristelsen, men har levert et overraskende nøkternt budsjett…’, kunne man lese i en kommentar i E24 etter at regjeringen la frem nasjonalbudsjettet 7. oktober. Og mange av kommentarene ...