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Direkte og indirekte eiendomsinvesteringer i Norge : et historisk perspektiv
(Master thesis, 2019)I lang tid har det vært et tverrpolitisk mål om at nordmenn skal eie sin egen bolig og for mange er selveid bolig et av de viktigste velferdsgodene. Parallelt med boligprisveksten fra tidlig på 1990-tallet er det mye som ... -
Disability types and children’s schooling in Africa
(CLTS Working paper;04/22, Working paper, 2022)The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set up by the United Nations include an overarching principle of “leaving no one behind” and aim for, among other goals, equal access to education for children with disabilities. ... -
Do commodities offer diversification benefits in multi-asset portfolios?
(Master thesis, 2015-08-04)During the last decade commodities have increased in popularity as an alternative asset class. Previous research reports the diversification benefits when adding individual commodity indices or futures to a traditional ... -
Do futures prices help forecast the spot price in the Nordic power market?
(Master thesis, 2021)This thesis focuses on the Nordic electricity market, mainly the ability of futures contracts to forecast subsequent electricity spot prices in the Nordic power market. Our forecasting horizons are 1 to 4 months. We first ... -
Do the poorest want credit? A case study from West Kalimantan, Indonesia
(Master thesis, 2010-10-29)The idea of microcredit being a powerful weapon against poverty has become part of the conventional wisdom in development. The more recent debate is about whether microfinance institutions are reaching the poorest or not, ... -
Do they get what they want? : an analysis of cost and biodiversity effectiveness of voluntary versus government initiated forest conservation in Norway 2005-2013
(Master thesis, 2015-05-28)The study analyzes cost and utility-cost effective use of government funds for voluntary conservation and government initiated conservation of forest in Norway from 2005 to 2013, to better understand bias in voluntary ... -
Does carbon pricing really work? : an empirical evaluation of CO2 emissions on both the Norwegian Continental Shelf and the UK Continental Shelf
(Master thesis, 2017)Does carbon pricing reduce CO2 emissions from the petroleum industry? This thesis studies the driving forces behind the CO2 emissions per produced unit of both the UK and Norwegian offshore oil and gas extraction. One of ... -
Does Energy Consumption Contribute to Economic Performance Or Vice Versa? An Economic Analysis of Energy Consumption & GDP In 9 Sub-Saharan African Countries
(Master thesis, 2023)This study examines the relationship between energy consumption and economic growth in Rwanda, South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Ethiopia, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The period for the study ... -
Does Ethiopia's productive safety net program improve child nutrition?
(CLTS Working paper;2014:1, Working paper, 2014)We study the link between Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) and short-run nutrition outcomes among children age 5 years and younger. We use 2006 and 2010 survey data from Northern Ethiopia to estimate parameters ... -
Does land registration and certification reduce land border conflicts?
(CLTS Working paper;2011:5, Working paper, 2011)This paper assesses factors related to local land border conflicts and how low cost land registration and certification has affected land conflicts during and after land registration and certification using data from ... -
Does luck make people more optimistic and patient? - Lessons from an experiment with students and rural subjects in Malawi
(CLTS Working paper;04/24, Working paper, 2024-07)We investigate how random luck in repeated variants of the risky investment game of Gneezy, Leonard, and List (2009); Gneezy and Potters (1997) influences risk-taking and discounting behavior in future risky prospects with ... -
Does Norway have the best cost control in road and fixed links projects? : comparative research of cost performance in Northern and Western Europe
(Master thesis, 2018)The comparative research of national studies across Northern and Western Europe shows the high level of cost performance for Norwegian Public Road Administration. The superior results are observed across the international ... -
Does off-farm income compete with farm income?: Evidence from Malawi
(Master thesis, 2011-12-30)In rural areas of Malawi, where farmers have small land holding sizes, abundant labour resources and where markets are imperfect; off-farm income has complex but interesting linkages with farm productivity. The question ... -
Does respondents' recruitment method affect the willingness-to-pay for clean-up of contaminated marine sediments? : comparing two internet panels and SMS recruited respondents in a contingent valuation survey
(Master thesis, 2021)The purpose of this study is investigate the effects of combining recruitment methods from two survey agencies in a contingent valuation (CV) survey on Norwegian households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for restoration of ... -
Does the polluter pay in the EU ETS, or does the EU ETS pay the polluter? : a firm-level analysis of the EU ETS and its impact on Norwegian firms' profitability and CO2 emissions
(Master thesis, 2014-08-14)English abstract: This thesis provides insight into how the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) has affected firm profitability and CO2 emissions in Norway since its inception in 2005. Using historical emissions and ... -
Doing well by doing good? : an empirical study of 69 S&P Dow Jones ESG Indices 2009-2019
(Master thesis, 2019)This thesis discusses whether one sacrifices returns by investing in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) screened portfolios. Assuming that the ESG investments are channelled into funds that are trading one of the ... -
Dominated choices in Risk and Time Elicitation
(CLTS Working paper;01/24, Working paper, 2024-06)Many risk and time elicitation designs rely on choice lists that aim to capture a switch point. A choice list for a respondent typically contains two switch point defining choices; the other responses are dominated in the ... -
Driftsopplegg i sykehjem : kommunalt versus privat
(Master thesis, 2012-04-27)Fokus: Å påpeke eventuelle forskjeller og likheter når det gjelder driftsopplegg mellom kommunalt og privat drevne sykehjem. Metode: Kvalitative intervjuer av ledere i sykehjem. To kommunale og to private sykehjem er valgt ... -
Driftsoptimalisering i virksomheter gjennom kostnadskalkulasjon ABC, forskjeller mellom bedrifter og forutsetninger for vellykket gjennomføring av metoden
(Master thesis, 2021)Formålet med denne utredningen er å gjennomføre en sammenligningsanalyse av ABC-implementeringserfaringer i ulike selskaper for å kunne danne et bedre bilde av hvilke selskaper/bransjer som har bedre forutsetninger for å ... -
Drikkevarebransjens vei mot en grønn vekst : en kvalitativ studie av drikkevarebransjens bruk av bærekraft i deres innovasjonsarbeid
(Master thesis, 2022)En av de viktigste pådriverne for innovasjonsarbeid kommer på bakgrunn av miljøproblematikken og bærekraft. Bærekraftige løsninger er nå en vesentlig del av bedrifters verdiskapningsprosess. Utviklingen har medført til ...