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Aktiv forvaltning i Folketrygdfondet : en evaluering av Statens pensjonsfond Norge
(Master thesis, 2016)I denne oppgaven har vi sett nærmere på om Folketrygdfondet (FTF) har klart å skape risikojusterte meravkastninger utover fondets egen referanseindeks. Dette har blitt gjort ved å utføre regresjonsanalyser på fondets ... -
Ansatteopsjoner ved Oslo Børs : en empirisk analyse av utbredelse og verdsetting
(Master thesis, 2015)Denne oppgaven er en empirisk undersøkelse av utbredelsen av ansatteopsjoner i selskapene notert på Oslo Børs ved utgangen av 2013. Oppgaven undersøker hvilke selskaper som bruker slike opsjoner og hvordan bruken av opsjoner ... -
“Cash-out” refinancing – funding entry into self-employment? - A study on self-employed using a matching approach
(Master thesis, 2015)In recent years, the Norwegian housing prices and household debt to disposable income have reached extraordinary new heights. Su et. al (2014) points to cash-out refinancing as one of the key drivers behind the debt to ... -
Demokratisering i Kina : vil den økonomiske veksten ha reelle politiske konsekvenser?
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The Economics of Climate Change: Impacts, Mitigation and Adaptation
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Elevprestasjon og søskenparitet : empirisk analyse av søskenrekkefølgeeffekt og skoleeffekter
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Empirical properties of Norwegian inflation expectations from 2002-2015
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Er det å ri på rentekurven, i markedet for norske statspapirer, en lønnsom strategi?
(Master thesis, 2016)I denne oppgaven undersøker vi om investor,i markedet for norske statspapirer,kan øke sine avkastninger ved å følge en aktiv investeringsstrategi som i internasjonal litteratur er omtalt som"riding the yield curve", og ... -
Essays on Economics of Education: Teacher Labor Market Choices and Immigrant Students
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2017:57, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Summary of the thesis This thesis studies two topics within economics of education: Recruitment and retainment of teachers, and how immigrants participate in education. The thesis consists of empirical studies based on ... -
Essays on Macroeconometrics: Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models, Expectations and Forecasting
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2021:10, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Summary Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium (DSGE) models are popular within macroeconomic research, and used in many central banks for both forecasting and analysing monetary policy. However, the models are debated ... -
Essays on the Macroeconomics of Natural Resources
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:50, Doctoral thesis, 2015)The relationship between natural resources and the macroeconomy is the topic of this thesis, which is composed of three self-contained essays. The first essay - "On the interplay between intergenerational transfers and ... -
Essays on urbanization and population scale effects
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:332, Doctoral thesis, 2015)The theme that unifies the essays in this dissertation is the focus on population scale effects; specifically, I investigate the relationship between population scale and economic outcomes like quality of life, probability ... -
Finanspolitikk i en oljeøkonomi
(Master thesis, 2016)Denne oppgaven vurderer kortsiktige effekter på norsk økonomi som følge av et midlertidig oljeprisfall og drøfter hvordan en aktiv finanspolitikk kan bidra til makroøkonomisk stabilisering. Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i ... -
Firm-size wage premiums around the world : evidence from PIAAC : an empirical analysis using PIAAC 2013 data
(Master thesis, 2016)Larger firms pay higher wages. In spite of the large and growing importance of the firm-size wage premium, previous attempts to account for this premium using observable worker or firm characteristics have had limited ... -
Fiscal Federalism in Practice: Four essays on local public service production in Norway
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:103, Doctoral thesis, 2015)The Norwegian public sector appears both centralized and decentralized. On the one hand, municipalities are responsible for a large share of public sector spending, producing a wide range of important welfare services. On ... -
Flyplasser som regionalpolitikk
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Forecasting the Norwegian Krone exchange rate using the oil price : a trader's and a statistician's perspective
(Master thesis, 2015)In the past nearly one year, there has been a 30% depreciation of the Norwegian currency. The dramatic fall in the oil price is blamed to be the key reason since the oil price drop can be considered as an exogenous shock ... -
Forecasting volatility in European equity indices : an empirical study of GARCH models
(Master thesis, 2016)In this thesis first order univariate GARCH models are applied to three European equity indices, DAX30, FTSE100 and OMXS30. The objective is to determine which one of the included models is best suited for out-of-sample ...