Økende bekymring for konsekvensene av klimaendringer har ført til ambisiøse og omfattende klimamål verden rundt. I den forbindelse har Norges regjering gått i bresjen for at de betydelige havvindressursene på norsk ...

The Norwegian salmon farming industry is currently facing significant obstacles to future growth. The major challenge is posed by the high level of sea lice in the sea nets at the salmon farms. At the moment both salmon ...

Denne oppgaven ser på det optimale investeringsnivået i forskning og utvikling for et firma som har muligheten til å gjennomføre et teknologibytte. Oppgaven modellerer investeringen i forskning og utvikling ved å påvirke ...

This thesis investigates the optimal investment decisions of a firm, when the characteristics of the firm's stochastic environment are dependent on these decisions. We model situations where the market the firm operates ...

Technological innovations often formulate new market regimes and create incentives to abandon existing, less attractive ones. However, this decision depends not only on market forces, such as economic and technological ...

We measure policy uncertainty for three small open economies and show how policy uncertainty indices can capture important historical events, both local events such as referendums and certain general elections, as well as ...

De siste årene har man observert to tydelige utviklingstrekk innenfor norsk vindkraft. Det første er at vindkraftprosjekter begynner å bli lønnsomme uten statlige subsidier. Nummer to er den økte bruken av såkalte ...

This paper studies investment behavior of firms deciding when to introduce an upgrade in a durable goods market. The firm chooses both the investment timing and the price of the upgrade while facing the risk of the upgrade ...

This paper evaluates the optimal timing to undertake an investment in a post-smolt production facility under both profit and technology uncertainty, using a real options approach. Two multi-factor stochastic models are ...

The Norwegian salmon farming industry is struggling with sea lice and diseases. This makes the authorities reluctant to allow an increase in production despite of a growing demand. A measure which can enable better utilization ...