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norskMastergradsoppgaver i samfunnsøkonomi: Recent submissions
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The future of Norwegian milk Production. An investment analysis of dairy farms
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-31)This master thesis examines the dairy industry in Norway. Since World War 2 the total number of farms and farmers has decreased. Even though the dairy sector is developing and becoming more efficient, the milk production has stagnated and led to an increase in import of dairy products. To maintain the political goals; spread settlement, preserving the cultural landscape and food security, the ... -
Analysis of demand for cod in EU Mainland. An investigation of the demand for different product forms of cod
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-30)This study is a demand analysis for the European Union mainland’s import of the different product forms of cod. A system of demand equations are specified with a Linearized Almost Ideal Demand System ( LA-AIDS) to analyze the demand for fresh, frozen, clip, salt and dried cod using a data set from 1988-2014. The time series properties are explored and found to be non-stationary but they cointegrate. ... -
Import demand elasticities for farmed salmon in the European Union and United States.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-29)This research has been conducted to investigate the demand structure of farmed salmon in EU and US markets between 2002 and 2014, and moreover to find the impact of the financial crisis on the demand for farmed salmon. The analysis includes 155 monthly observations from January 2002 to November 2014 in respect of the quantity and value of farmed fresh and frozen salmon exported from Norway, Chile ... -
Labor market programs in Norway. Do labor market programs improve the job prospects for individuals with reduced working ability? An evaluation.
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-26)An econometric framework, anchored in the literature, is used to evaluate the effect of Norwegian labor market programs. In Norway, the social benefits can roughly be divided into: unemployment benefits, sickness benefits, work assessment allowance (WAA) and disability pension. Receivers of WAA are individuals that has been declared with reduced working ability because of physical/mental/social ... -
Tourism Demand in Northern and Southern Norway: A Survival Analysis Approach
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-08)The twentieth century is a golden era for technology and transportation boost, which facilitates taking journey all over the world. Traveling for any purpose such as leisure, meetings, conferences, conventions, business, educational and medical trips is considered to be one the most profitable industries in the world and the cornerstone of many economies. Norway has a great reputation among overseas ... -
In which way can the Break-Even Requirement benefit European football? A theoretical study of the contest model
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-06-01)The background of the introduction of the Break-Even Requirement (BER) by UEFA is the huge funding from rich owners and the significant debt of many professional European clubs. With the BER, the clubs gradually being forced to live within their means. Meaning that clubs cannot use more money than they earn. The purpose of this thesis is to find an answer on the question. To investigate the effects ... -
Electric vehicles in Norway: a cost-benefit analysis
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-31)This research looks at the socioeconomic effects between the procurement and use of an electric vehicle compared to a conventional vehicle under today´s policy measures. In order to get a sufficient comparison between electric and vehicles the cost-benefit analysis was chosen. The cost-benefit analysis was done in three separate scenarios, where each scenario included different variables. This was ... -
Price structure in football clubs. A theoretical approach using two-sided market models
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-02-16)Football (also known as soccer) is by far the most popular sport in the world with several billion fans worldwide. In this thesis the focus will be on two different sides of a football club, spectators and advertisers (sponsors). These two sides have fundamentally different incentives why they want to associate with a football club; the spectators have emotional incentives, while the advertisers ... -
The Lunch effect. Can it result in biased grading at universities?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-12-01)Examining exam results from an oral exam at a Norwegian university, reveals that there may be supporting evidence for the existence of a lunch-effect. Results suggests that censors are making the “easy” choices right before lunch, as compared with right after. The results are both a support to Danziger et al. (2011a) and to the existing literature on biased grading in general. -
An analysis of structure change of food demand in China
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-06-01)The estimation of consumer demand is playing an important role in applied econometrics. Chinese food demand has fundamentally changed as the result of growing income and urbanization ever since the economic reform in 1978. Although food demand of the western countries has been widely studied in the literature, the study of demand in the developing countries like China has been much ignored. In this ... -
Anchoring & Auctions - Willingness to pay for public goods and anchoring in an auction
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-05)This thesis discusses the cognitive bias anchoring observed in economics, psychology and in general. Anchoring effect describes the common human tendency to rely too heavily on the first piece of information offered (the anchor) when making decisions. The thesis reports on an experiment examining anchoring effect on willingness to pay for a set of consumer goods. In this study I find that the actual ... -
Absenteeism in Norway - How does the North differ from the rest? A panel data study of the period from 2002 to 2011
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-05-30)A panel data study of sick leave behavior in the Norwegian population is conducted on a municipality level for the period from 2002 to 2011. Data on sickness insurance usage is fitted against a selection of variables describing different regional characteristics that have been linked with absenteeism in the earlier literature. A basic model for sick leave usage is constructed, and further divided ... -
Can stock returns be used as a proxy for corporate bond yields?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-06-04)In this paper, I have investigated the relationship between the change in yield and stock returns for 27 firms for 47 consecutive business days. Firstly, I have found that there is an inverse relationship between the rating of firms and the degree of correlation between the stock return and the change in yield for bonds issued by the same firm. Secondly, I have not successfully managed to demonstrate ... -
Renewable energy policy Comparison between EU and China - An empirical analysis with experience curve on EU and Chinese Solar industry
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-06-06)The renewable energy sources (RES) has been largely adopted in the world, especially European Union and it has become the main market for wind energy and solar photovoltaic energy. With the stimulation impact from the Feed-in tariffs (FIT), the Solar PV market blowout since 2004. However, even tough with the stimulation of support schemes, the solar energy is still beyond publics bearing. The ... -
Theories and tests for bubbles
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En nytte- kostnadsanalyse av den mulige "flerbruksveien" i Lyngen
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-11-15)Denne oppgaven utfører en nytte- kostnadsanalyse av en mulig skogsvei til flerbruk i Lyngen. Flere av økosystemtjenestene i området vil kunne påvirkes av en mulig vei, og disse tjenestene blir forsøkt beskrevet, og tallfestes der det er mulig. På nyttesiden er det rekreasjonsverdi og innsparinger i terrengtransport som er de største prissatte komponentene. Investeringskostnader og vedlikeholdskostnader ... -
Challenges in Experimental Economics: Discussions based on a field study among fishermen
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-05-29)Experimental economics has in later decades evolved to become a part of the economics science and is now steadily reported in economics journals. But there are still debates going on in this field; these debates regard for example whether theory should be revised due to findings from experiments, whether experiments should be conducted in the laboratory or in the field in addition to debates regarding ... -
Ghanaian Oil Production; A look at the future prospects for the Ghanaian population, government and businesses
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-05-29)Ghana started their oil production in 2010. I am looking at the prospects for the Ghanaian population into the future, what they may expect. With respect to African experiences with rich natural resources, we have seen several situations where they can get caught up in the resource curse. This have several reasons, and I have tried to look at some key factors and compare these with the current ... -
Sentrum og periferi : Dixit-Stiglitz-Krugman modellen
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-04)SAMMENDRAG Primærkilden for denne masteroppgaven er; Fujita, Masahisa – Krugman, Paul og Venables, Antony J: ”The Spatial Economy ”, The MIT Press 1999. Den grunnleggende 2x2x2 Dixit-Stiglitz-Krugman modellen for monopolistisk konkurranse, med 14 koplede likninger, er utviklet ved bruk av gitte data og Dixit-Stiglitz funksjonen – og én optimering. I primærkilden brukes to optimeringer. Fra denne ... -
Regional verdiskaping : mangfold eller spesialisering?
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-11-30)Oppgaven drøfter klyngefenomenet med et fokus på eksternaliteter. Et skille presenteres mellom de geografisk betingede Jacobs urbaniserings eksternaliteter mellom sektorer, og Marshalls lokaliserings eksternaliteter internt for sektorer. Identifisering av de ulike typene klyngeeksternalitetert blir drøftet ved hjelp av teoretisk modellering og eksemplifiserer ved en empirisk tilnærming. Videre ...
