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The educational wage premium
(Master thesis, 2023)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å analysere lønnspremien ved å ta høyere utdanning, eller lønnsforskjellen mellom høyt og lavt utdannede, på Norges befolkning i 2014. Lavt utdannede er definert ved å bare ha fullført ... -
The educational wage premium
(Master thesis, 2023)Formålet med denne oppgaven er å analysere lønnspremien ved å ta høyere utdanning, eller lønnsforskjellen mellom høyt og lavt utdannede, på Norges befolkning i 2014. Lavt utdannede er definert ved å bare ha fullført ... -
The Effect of Business Plan Competitions on Entrepreneurial Intention and Behavior
(Master thesis, 2012)Paper one tests the self-efficacy part of the theory of planned behavior, for which the paper finds empirical support. Further, it is found that self-efficacy is increased through participation in business plan competitions, ... -
The Effect of Capacity Payments on Peaking Generator Availability in PJM
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This paper aims to study the effects of capacity payments on the operational decisions of plant managers for peaking units in the PJM Interconnection. We achieve this through a structural estimation of maintenance and ... -
The Effect of Certain Factors on FDI Attraction - A cross-country analysis
(Master thesis, 2016)In this Master Dissertation we examine the effects of (i) the direct taxes to GDP ratio, of (ii) the nominal unit labor cost, and of (iii) the business cycle fluctuations on the FDI net inflows, for the 19 Euro Area member ... -
The effect of corporate governance characteristics on ESG ratings: An exploratory study of Norwegian listed companies
(Master thesis, 2022)Den betydelige utviklingen av bærekraftige og ansvarlige investeringer det siste tiåret har resultert i opprinnelsen av ESG-karakterer som en kvalitetsreferanse på ESG-rapportering. En voksende mengde forskning tyder på ... -
The effect of corporate governance on valuation in Scandinavian firms
(Master thesis, 2017)This master thesis examines the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and firm valuation. The mechanisms being studied are: CEO being board member, CEO compensation, board size, independency diversity, ... -
The effect of education on cognitive ability
(Working Paper Series, 1503-299X; 2006:9, Research report, 2006)We analyze whether the amount of schooling influences intelligence as measured by IQ tests. By use of a novel longitudinal dataset we are able to condition on early cognitive ability to account for selection into non-compulsory ... -
The effect of education on mental health
(Master thesis, 2019)Denne masteroppgaven ser på det ofte observerte forholdet mellom utdanning og mental helse, som kan karakteriseres som lite intuitivt. Initielt utfører jeg en vanlig OLS-analyse som blir stegvis mere omfattende og finner ... -
The effect of emergency department delays on 30-days mortality in Central Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objective: To assess whether prolonged length of stay in the emergency department was associated with risk of death. Methods: We analysed data from 165,183 arrivals at St. Olav’s University Hospital’s emergency ... -
The Effect of Far Right Parties on the Location Choice of Immigrants: Evidence from Lega Nord Mayors
(Journal article, 2018)Immigration has increasingly taken centre-stage in the political landscape. Part of this has been a rise in far-right, anti-immigration parties in a range of countries. Existing evidence suggests that the presence of ... -
The effect of gender diversity and board size on firm performance indicators among Norwegian Public Limited companies
(Master thesis, 2019)Purpose: The board of directors plays a role in the central mechanism in the implementation of the principles of corporate governance (Paul et al., 2011). Board size, as one of the major characteristics of the board that ... -
The Effect of HR Practices on Employee and Customer Satisfaction - A Study of an Airport Infrastructure Manager
(Master thesis, 2017)Problem Statement: The aim of this study is to identify how the use of Human Resource (HR) practices are able to affect employee attitudes and behaviours, and how these in turn affect organizational performance measured ... -
The effect of ISA 701 on audit quality, audit costs, and corporate governance´s mediating effect
(Master thesis, 2022)Formålet med denne masteroppgaven er å undersøke om implementeringen av ISA 701 har ført til økt revisjonskvalitet og økte revisjonskostnader for svenske børsnoterte selskaper. ISA 701 introduserte et nytt rapporteringsregime, ... -
The effect of Loan-to-Value restrictions on Norwegian household debt
(Master thesis, 2014)Household debt has reached record high levels in Norway and is considered to be a threat to the financial stability. To dampen the rapid accumulation of household debt and increasing housing prices, the Financial Supervisory ... -
The Effect of Oil Prices on Norwegian Petroleum Wages - An Empirical Analysis from 1973 to 2015
(Master thesis, 2018)From the exploration of the first profitable oil field, Ekofisk, the Norwegian economy has been highly reliant on the petroleum sector. In 2017, the oil and gas industry accounted for 52.8% of total exports. With the economy ... -
The Effect of Permanent Employment on Absenteeism: Evidence from Labor Reform in Spain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Restrictive employment protection legislation has been highlighted as a key reason for lower labor productivity in Europe compared to the United States. Evidence in the literature has shown robust effects of employment ... -
The Effect of R&D Investments on Financial Performance: An empirical study of companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange
(Master thesis, 2023)I denne masteroppgaven undersøker vi hvilken effekt investeringer i FoU har på den finansielle prestasjonen til selskaper notert på Oslo Børs. Vi studerer hvilken prestasjon som kan forventes ved å undersøke både kortsiktige ... -
The Effect of Seniority on the Pricing and Risk of Corporate Debt
(Master thesis, 2018)This thesis looks at what effect seniority has on corporate debt. I have used a theoretical approach and expanded the model developed by Merton (1974). My analysis is based on the corporate debt being pure discount bonds. ... -
The Effect of Subsidies in Hydrogen Projects at Equinor
(Master thesis, 2021)