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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 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 ... -
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 ... -
Driver oljeprisen kobberprisen?
(Master thesis, 2016-08-24)Denne oppgaven er en studie av sammenhengen mellom olje- og kobberprisen på verdensbasis fra og med år 2001 til og med år 2015. Hypotesen for studiet er at oljeprisen driver kobberprisen. Det er da også av interesse å ... -
Driver oljeprisen maisprisen?
(Svein Harald Skjerstad;, Master thesis, 2016-08-25)This master thesis in economics from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences is addressing the relationship between oil and corn prices from the beginning of 1985 until the end of 2015 through time series analysis. Based ... -
Drivere og barrierer for teknologiaksept av telemedisinske løsninger, spesifikt AR-briller, i helse- og omsorgssektoren : en kvalitativ studie med dybdeintervjuer, simulering, fokusgruppe og observasjon av beslutningstakere og brukere
(Master thesis, 2021)Bakgrunn: Helsesektoren står ovenfor flere voksende utfordringer som krever en betraktelig økning av arbeidskraft i fremtiden for å kunne være bærekraftig (Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet, 2013). Det medfører at teknologi ... -
Drivere og utfordringer for adopsjon av hydrogenteknologi : en casestudie av veibasert godstransport
(Master thesis, 2020)This thesis goes through a qualitative integrated case study of drivers and challenges related to adoption of hydrogen technology in the Norwegian transportation industry. Through the thesis, we perform a deep dive in ... -
Drivers and barriers for small-scale projects in the face of post-2012 uncertainty
(Master thesis, 2011-04-29)The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was introduced as part of the Kyoto Protocol to provide industrialised countries with more low cost ways to meet their GHG emission reductions. It has the dual objective through also ... -
Dynamic factor portfolios in the Norwegian stock market
(Master thesis, 2016-08-31)We test how dynamic factor portfolios utilizing acknowledged market anomalies perform on Oslo Stock Exchange in the period 1998 to 2015. The individual factor portfolios have varying performance over the market through ... -
Dynamisk styring i Sparebank 1 Gruppen : en kvalitativ studie av endring i virksomhetsstyringsystem og effektene av dette
(Master thesis, 2013-09-10)Sparebank 1 Gruppen har valgt å gå bort fra tradisjonell økonomistyring med budsjetter, og innført en Beyond Budgeting-tilnærming med prognoser som grunnlag for sin virksomhetsstyring. Konsernledelsen valgte å kalle det ...