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Heldigital samhandling i bedriftsmarkedet : en casestudie om hvordan tre norske virksomheter har håndtert overgangen til heldigital samhandling som følge av Covid-19 pandemien
(Master thesis, 2021)Covid-19 pandemien førte til at store deler av bedriftsmarkedet måtte omstille måten de samhandler med sine kunder på. Strenge nasjonale restriksjoner resulterte i at tilnærmet all samhandling mellom bedrifter måtte forekomme ... -
High discount rates : an artifact caused by poorly framed experiments or a result of people being poor and vulnerable?
(CLTS Working paper;2013:8, Working paper, 2013)This study revisits the issue whether poverty and shocks are associated with high discount rates by using an incentive compatible Multiple Price List approach in a poor rural population in Africa where a substantial share ... -
High-performance in BPO
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Historical distribution, volatility and value-at-risk in the tanker shipping market
(Master thesis, 2012-06-19)The shipping market is characterised as a risky market, which makes it even more important to get a deeper understanding of the risks and its dynamics. We have examined freight rates for the five most popular tanker routes, ... -
Holdninger til Grønn skattekommisjons foreslåtte klima- og miljøavgifter
(Master thesis, 2017)Samfunnsutfordringer knyttet til klima og miljø får i dag stadig større oppmerksomhet i den politiske debatten. Som kanskje den største utfordringen har vi global oppvarming. Ettersom stadig mer forskning tyder på at vi ... -
Homicides in the developing world : is capital punishment an effective deterrent? : an empirical analysis
(Master thesis, 2020)This study uses a panel data on 24 developing countries across four continents Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe on homicide rates for a period of 12 years from 2001-2012. Data for the analysis were taken from different ... -
Homo economicus på NMBU : en komparativ studie av økonomistudenter og ikke-økonomistudenter
(Master thesis, 2017)A number of independent studies have shown that those who study economics are more prone to selfish behavior than students of other subjects. One explanation behind these findings seems to be that there is an ideological ... -
Household welfare effects of low-cost land certification in Ethiopia
(CLTS Working Paper;2011:3, Working paper, 2011)Several studies have shown that the land registration and certification reform in Ethiopia has been implemented at an impressive speed, at a low-cost, and with significant impacts on investment, land productivity, and ... -
How are social preferences of youth related to their motivation to invest in environmental conservation (local public goods)?
(CLTS Working paper;03/21, Working paper, 2021)We have used simple incentivized social preference experiments for a sample of 2427 resource-poor rural youth that have formed natural-resource based youth business groups in their home communities. The experiments were ... -
How can bunker oil price risk be reduced using fuel oil futures?
(Master thesis, 2018)The primary objective of this thesis is to study fuel oil futures contacts to find possible ways to reduce bunker oil price risk. Specified, by examining the hedge performance of fuel oil futures to find out “how can bunker ... -
How can “tragedies of the commons” be resolved? Social dilemmas and legislation
(CLTS Working paper;01/23, Working paper, 2023-01)Humanity’s problem with climate change has been likened to a “tragedy of the commons”. If the atmosphere is seen as an open access dump for gasses like CO2 or methane, Garret Hardin’s conclusion from 1968: “Freedom in a ... -
How do social preferences and norms of reciprocity affect generalized and particularized trust?
(CLTS Working paper;8/19, Working paper, 2019)We study how social preferences and norms of reciprocity are related to generalized and particularized trust among members of youth business groups in northern Ethiopia. Members of these groups are recruited among land-poor ... -
How does Ethiopia’s productive safety net program affect livestock accumulation and children’s education?
(CLTS Working paper;2014:8, Working paper, 2014)We use panel data from Northern Ethiopia to investigate the welfare impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program. We assess whether the program raised livestock asset levels and children’s education among participant ... -
How have ESG-investments performed during the Covid-19 pandemic? : an event study of S&P ESG indices
(Master thesis, 2021)In this thesis, we investigate the impact of covid-19 on ESG versions of broad market indices from S&P. We use a cross-market approach and look for abnormal returns in Europe, the US, and the global market. A total of nine ... -
How Large is the Endowment Effect in the Risky Investment Game?
(CLTS Working paper;04/21, Working paper, 2021)The risky investment game of Gneezy and Potters (1997) has been a popular tool used to estimate risk tolerance and myopic loss aversion. Holden and Tilahun (2021) tested and found that the simple one-shot version of this ... -
How much are sustainable funds influenced by changes in the oil price? An empirical analysis of risk-adjusted returns, 2018-2023
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the impact of oil price changes on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) funds. As sustainable investment funds gain popularity in response to growing environmental concerns, understanding the ... -
How pro-poor are land rental markets in Ethiopia?
(CLTS Report;2016:1, Report, 2016)This study builds on data collected over a 15 year period (1998-2013) in three regions in Ethiopia through funding from the Research Council of Norway, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, NORAD, Global Land Tools Network ... -
How related are risk preferences and time preferences?
(CLTS Working paper;4/19, Working paper, 2019)Risk and time preferences are fundamentally important for financial decisions. We study such preferences for business group members based on field experiments in Ethiopia. The relationship between risk preferences and time ... -
How WEIRD are student samples? Lessons based on the trust game in Malawi
(CLTS Working paper;06/23, Working paper, 2023-11)We have used the standard trust game on a random sample of university students (N=764) and a random sample of rural residents (N=834) in Malawi. The study identifies social preference types (Bauer, Chytilov´a, & Pertold-Gebicka, ... -
How will increased demand for electric vehicles influence the price and production of cobalt and lithium?
(Master thesis, 2018)The demand for electric vehicles is predicted to increase drastically mainly due to climate concerns. Lithium and cobalt, two metals used in the battery for electric vehicles have therefore gained more attention as there ...