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The economic impact of future increase in tropical cyclones in Japan

2009

Published version of an article from the journal:Natural Hazards. Also available from SpringerLink: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-010-9522-9 This article estimates the non-first-order economic loss in Japan due to a future increase in tropical cyclones. One possible effect of global warming could be the increase in intensity of tropical cyclones. Using historical storm tracks between the years 1978 and 2007 and altering their intensities due to this potential increase in their intensity, this paper calculates the future potential regional GDP loss in a certain area that is affected by tropical cyclones. Most of the literature is concerned with physical damage and the loss of lives due to…

Atmospheric ScienceVDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Geosciences: 450::Meteorology: 453MeteorologyGlobal warmingClimate changeTropicsTropical cyclone scalesGeographyEffects of global warmingEconomic costClimatologyNatural hazardClimate change scenarioEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212Environmental scienceEconomic impact analysisTropical cycloneWater Science and TechnologyIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
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Determinants of CEO compensation in Pakistan from 2007 to 2009

2010

Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2010 Most studies of the determinants of executive compensation are based on the experience of developed countries. This paper examines the relationship between firm size, firm performance and board composition on CEO compensation, in the context of an emerging and developing economy of Pakistan. Data for 83 listed firms from Lahore stock exchange, Pakistan has been used for 2007 to 2009. The findings show that firm size is one of the major determining factors of CEO compensation rather than performance. A family recruited CEO has a negative and significant effect upon the CEO compensation. In this study we also look at a num…

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Regnskapsmanipulering og regnskapskvalitet : kartlegging av diagnostiseringsmetoder med mulig anvendelsespotensiale

2009

Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2009 Hensikten med denne oppgaven er å gi en presentasjon av temaet regnskapsmanipulering og regnskapskvalitet. Jeg har startet med å definere kreativ regnskapsføring og earnings management, samt beskrevet hvilke incentiver som ligger til grunn for kreativ regnskapsføring. Deretter har jeg beveget meg over til regnskapet, god regnskapsføring, samt ulike metoder for regnskapsføring. Jeg har inkludert disse momentene i oppgaven da jeg føler det er nødvendig for å få en forståelse for hvorfor de ulike manipuleringsmetodene strider mot lovlig regnskapsføring. Videre i oppgaven har jeg beskrevet ulike metoder for regnskapsmanipule…

BE 501VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212
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Analysis of the impact of transaction costs on the performance of Bull ETFs

2010

Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2010 Since 2008 both Handelsbanken and DnbNOR have offered the Bull funds on the Oslo stock exchange. These are funds whose shares trade like stocks on the stock exchange, and the fund provide investors with twice the daily return of the OBX-index. In order to do so, the fund managers utilize OBX-stock index futures contracts. Fund managers take long futures positions of twice the value of the fund to achieve the double exposure. To maintain the double exposure, fund managers must rebalance the fund at the end of each trading day. They do this by adjusting the number of futures contracts so that the exposure is always twice t…

BE 501VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212
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En grundigere studie av en kvantitativ markedstimingmodell : er markedstimingmodellen virkelig så god som resultatene antyder?

2012

Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2012 I følge teorien om effisiente markeder og random walk, skal fortiden ikke kunne brukes til å forutsi fremtiden. Om hypotesene er valide, vil dette bety at teknisk analyse er bortkastet. Videre baserer moderne porteføljeteori seg på at det skal være en trade-off ved å investere i aksjer – man blir kompensert for å påta seg risiko. Faber (2009) presenterer en kvantitativ metode som benytter seg av en enkel teknisk indikator kombinert med momentum handlingsregler. Denne metoden forbedrer risikojustert avkastning på tvers av diverse verdiklasser, relativt til kjøp-og-hold strategi. Strategien er testet for perioden 1973 til …

BE 501VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212
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"Value relevance of accounting information : emphasis on the financial crisis in 2008

2010

Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2010 Macroeconomic instability may increase the probability of default and accelerated to financial collapse, which consequently have an impact on value relevance of accounting information. The objective in this study is to enhance the understanding of value relevance in the Norwegian stock market with emphasis on which consequences the financial crisis in 2008 had on value relevance. Given the considerable amount of value relevance research throughout time, it is impossible to adequately summarize the entire field, hence, this study presents a comprehensive review of the major areas in value relevance literature to give the …

BE 501VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212
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Is the EURO sustainable?

2011

Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2011 The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the economic sustainability of the Eurozone. The thesis has a macro-economic approach which looks at the Eurozone as a whole, with special emphasis on the peripheral countries of Europe that are experiencing a sovereign-debt crisis at the moment. Both economic theory and history will be used to illustrate the topic. The role of the currency union in the time of crisis is the main scope of the thesis. A monetary union in reality means fixing the exchange rates of the members against each other. Many countries outside the Eurozone that were also suffering from the economic shock of…

BE 501VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212
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Looking at the public private partnerships and the traditional way of construction of projects

2010

Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2010 There has been increasing demand for infrastructure development and service delivery both in developed and developing countries. The traditional way of construction of projects continue to be used in Ghana which results in cost and budget overruns, delays in delivering projects, abandoned projects for lack of finance, lack of quality and increase in the level of corruption among heads and leaders of institutions who see to the implementation of government projects. The study aims to find other possible and relevant alternative in establishing projects and hence look at the Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and the tradit…

BE 501VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212
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Bidrar vestlige oljeselskap til en reduksjon av ressursforbannelsen? Hvordan kan vestlige oljeselskap operere innenfor internasjonale lovverk i korru…

2015

Masteroppgave økonomi og administrasjon- Universitetet i Agder, 2015 (Konfidensiell til/confidential until 01.07.2020)

BE 501VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212
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Innsatsstyrt finansiering- kun et finansieringssystem eller også et insentivsystem?

2012

Masteroppgave i økonomi og administrasjon - Universitetet i Agder 2012 I 2011 utgjorde Norges utgifter til helsesektoren 10 % av statsbudsjettet, noe som tilsvarer ca. 250 milliarder kroner. Av dette var 100 milliarder kroner utgifter til spesialisthelsetjenesten, det vil si sykehussektoren. Størrelsen på Norges helseutgifter og ressursprioriteringen innad i helsesektoren er i dag utsatt for store diskusjoner. Disse dreier seg blant annet om prioritering av ulike pasientgrupper og hvordan finansieringssystemet påvirker dette. Vi har i denne masteroppgaven, som en del av vår mastergrad i økonomisk styring og prosjektledelse ved UiA, undersøkt om det innsatsstyrte finansieringssystemet i hels…

BE 501VDP::Social science: 200::Economics: 210::Economics: 212
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