Browsing Handelshøyskolen BI by Subject "samfunnsøkonomi"
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Oil and Government Expenditures: The Short Run Versus the Long Run Effect
(Master thesis, 2018)Dependency on oil rents (the difference between oil revenue and production cost) may not be sustainable over the short or the long run for oil dependent countries. Oil rents fluctuate with the oil price which is known ... -
Oil price shock on the Norwegian mainland economy and various sectors
(Master thesis, 2023)In this paper, we compare the effects of two demand shocks to macroeconomic variables for the mainland economy and five different sectors of Norway, by using a Structural Vector Autoregressive (SVAR) model. The two structural ... -
Oil Price Shocks and the Norwegian Economy ; A Sector-Specific Study
(Master thesis, 2016)In this paper, I compare the macroeconomic consequences of two types of oil price shocks on different sectors in Norway by the use of a Structural Autoregressive (SVAR) model. The two structural shocks are each identified ... -
Patent Applications After TRIPS: A Global Shift?
(Preprint, 2023)This thesis explores how the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) has influenced patent application trends in developed and developing countries. It focuses on the patent system and ... -
Selection into Politics : The Significance of Local Government Revenue
(Master thesis, 2018)This master thesis investigates selection effects in Norwegian local governments and explores the effect of increased revenue in local governments on the quality of politicians. Quality is measured by educational level, ... -
Seniority purchase option in the norwegian housing market, and its effect on auction dynamics
(Master thesis, 2017)In our thesis, we study the effects of the presence of “forkjøpsrett”, or seniority purchase option (SPO), on the market for cooperative apartments. Norwegian housing is transacted via English auctions, and we hypothesize ... -
Shocks and stocks: An examination of stock market returns and -uolatility in relation to changes in the oil marke
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper reexamines the dynamic relationship of the oil- and stock markets by extending the original Structural vector autoregressive model (SVAR) for oil market shocks, proposed by Kilian (2009), to include two separate ... -
Shocks and stocks: An examination of stock market returns and -uolatility in relation to changes in the oil market
(Master thesis, 2023)This paper reexamines the dynamic relationship of the oil- and stock markets by extending the original Structural vector autoregressive model (SVAR) for oil market shocks, proposed by Kilian (2009), to include two separate ... -
Should the Timing of Covid-19 Restrictions be Determined by Country Characteristics? A Global Cross-Country Analysis
(Master thesis, 2021)The Covid-19 pandemic was declared on 11 March 2020 by the World Health Organization. Previous studies on viral diseases have suggested that the socioeconomic factors of countries can provide an explanation for which ... -
Suboptimal producer behavior: Evidence from the Permian basin
(Master thesis, 2018)In this master thesis we examine to what extent shale well producers in the Permian basin respond flexibly in terms of allocating output intertemporally to price incentives. We use an extensive panel data based on micro ... -
Teacher quality and high school completion : Evidence from Norwegian register data
(Master thesis, 2017)Students assigned to high value-added teachers benefit in the long term. They are more likely to attend college, get higher income, and less likely to have children as teenagers (Chetty, Friedman, & Rockoff, 2011). ... -
Testing the Efficiency of the Housing Market in Oslo and Stavanger
(Master thesis, 2016)Our research tests the efficiency hypothesis on data from the housing market in Oslo and Stavanger, covering the period 2002-2014. We utilize the Case-Shiller time structure test on a repeated sales house price index and ... -
The Effect of Benchmarking on Public School Performance
(Master thesis, 2018)Theory on public policy processes together with a range of private sector evidence suggest that implementing benchmarking improves efficiency, and thereby may work to improve public policy outcomes. A similar prediction ... -
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 Monetary Policy on Leading Variables for Financial Stability in Norway
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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 political dynamics of bureaucratic turnover: Evidence from Norwegian municipalities
(Master thesis, 2018)An emerging literature shows that bureaucrats in countries with strong meritocratic traditions are exceedingly influenced by political factors. Agentprincipal theories predicts that if bureaucrats have policy preferences ... -
The Real Price of Patents
(Master thesis, 2018)In this thesis we seek to determine whether there exists a potential alteration or supplementation to the patent system of today. We propose the establishment of an International Organization with the sole purpose of ... -
The U.S Shale Oil Boom: The Impact of U.S. Supply Shocks on the Global Oil Price
(Master thesis, 2016)We examine the role of the U.S. shale oil boom in driving global oil prices. We give a brief discussion of the recent developments in the oil markets, paying special attention to the U.S. shale oil boom. We estimate a ... -
Theory in practice : the implementation of the foolproof way in Switzerland and the Czech Republic
(Master thesis, 2017)We analyse the similarities between the Svensson’s (2000) “The zero bound in an open economy: A foolproof way of escaping from a liquidity trap” and the exchange rate target commitment implemented in Switzerland and the ...