• Budget institutions, politics and fiscal outcomes: Five essays on local government policy outcomes 

      Tovmo, Per (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:20, Doctoral thesis, 2004)
      This thesis contains five empirical papers on policy outcomes in local government. Four of the papers are based on Norwegian data, while one is based on data from Danish local governments. Three of the studies on Norwegian ...
    • Essays on capital structure, debt maturity, trade credit, and default probability 

      Hol, Suzan (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:108, Doctoral thesis, 2004)
      To finance investments, a firm needs to decide which sources are to be used to attract funds; that is how the financial structure of the firm should be. The main subjects of this thesis are how the firm’s financial structure ...
    • Essays on Worker Absenteeism 

      Ose, Solveig Osborg (Doctoral thesis, 2003)
      This thesis for the doctorate includes four essays on worker absenteeism in addition to an introduction chapter. The main aim of this work has been to gain more knowledge about worker absenteeism, both theoretically and ...
    • Information and Communication Technologies in Practice - A Study of Advanced Users in the Workplace in Norway and the United States 

      Sørnes, Jan-Oddvar (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:70, Doctoral thesis, 2004)
      This dissertation examines Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use in workplace environments in Norway and the United States. Despite the appropriateness and timeliness of the World Wide Web and Internet as ...
    • Managing End-user Flexibility in Electricity Markets 

      Pettersen, Erling (Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2004:17, Doctoral thesis, 2004)
      Over the past couple of decades, electricity markets across the world have been deregulated. When the electricity systems were being developed, governments exercised extensive control over the industry to ensure reliable ...
    • Politics and resource use in local government service production 

      Kalseth, Jorid (Doctoral thesis, 2003)
      This thesis included five essays studying the performance of local governments in Norway. Four of the essays address variation in resource allocation and efficiency between the local governments, the fifth analyses variation ...