TOPICS FOR MASTER THESES
the Macro, Risk and Sustainability Centre is always interested in working with Master students on their thesis. You are welcome to discuss your own ideas, and we are currently proposing topics such as:
Diversity in Firms: collect new firm level data from newspapers and articles through scraping information to document and analyse how firms incorporate the SDGs (gender equality etc.) into their firm policy.
Wages and the Input Factor Labor: Explore the Norwegian register data to generate indicators measuring economic conditions around wages and the input factor labor. The analysis can be framed either in economic history, macro-economic modelling or in an empirical analysis.
Monetary and Fiscal Policy, Productivity, and Macro Outcomes: Using empirical macroeconometric methods to analyse finance-related topics with macroeconomic angles.
Housing prices in Norway during the pandemic: Was there a housing bubble in Oslo during the Covid-19 pandemic?
The following list shows some previous master theses written on topics within the centre's research areas, and with supervision from faculty at the centre.
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2022
2022
Fossan, Andreas Habtamu; Friestad, Lars;
Can LAW be justified to prevent financial instability? A cost-benefit analysis of leaning against the wind (LAW) in Norway : Evidence from a Bayesian VAR modelPettersen, Fride Remøy;
Denne krisen er annerledes – eller er den? En analyse av Norges Banks pengepolitikk på vei ut av koronakrisen, sammenlignet med tidligere kriserDahle, Ingrid Rage; Ellefsen, Martine Listou;
Competition in the Norwegian Mortgage Market: Use of Diversion Ratios to Investigate the Competitive Proximity between DNB and Sparebanken VestGrytnes, Kasper Christian; Sommerseth, Lasse Kvalnes;
The Effect of Uncertainty on Investment: Empirical evidence from listed Norwegian firms 2005-2018Uthaug, Martin; Kårstad, Petter;
Material ESG and Stock Performance: A Textual Analysis Approach to Investigate the Relationship Between Material ESG Performance and Stock PerformanceHaile, Siem Yeman; Strømmen, Lars Berg;
Searching for Inflation: An Empirical Study of Real-Time Micro Behaviour Data on InflationNowcasts -
2021
2021
Etterlid, Synnva Eide; Iden, Anna Emilie;
Monetary policy in crisis : an assessment of the Norwegian monetary policy response to the Covid-19 pandemicMysen, Stina Johanne; Thornton, Elisabeth Marie;
Forecasting the Price of Aluminium Using Machine Learning Empirical comparison of machine learning and statistical methodsSilver, Philip Anthony Løseth; Stavenes, Aleksander Leikvoll;
Economic Uncertainty and Norwegian Producer Prices: An empirical study of the relationship between uncertainty and producer prices in Norway with evidence from Norwegian PPI data in the period of 2005-2016 -
2020
2020
Bertelsen, Torjer Stuland; Johansen, Jonas;
The Use of Textual Data Analysis and Machine Learning in Bankruptcy Prediction: Evaluating the predictive power of sentiment scores and ratios from news articles for bankruptcy prediction in the Norwegian market using machine learningSkuterud, Håvard; Webster, Ingeborg Munthe-Kaas;
Synchronization of Price Changes within Firms and Industries: A micro-level analysis using PPI dataMolumby, Thomas; Skjæveland, Arne;
The Effects of Fiscal Policy in a Small, Open Economy A Structural VAR Analysis of Fiscal Shocks in Norway Employing Sign Restrictions -
2019
2019
Bankson, Christian Alex; Holm, Andreas Madsen;
Kunstig intelligens i makroøkonomisk prognosearbeid : en empirisk studie av hvor godt maskinlæring evner å predikere norsk økonomisk vekstWinners of Best master's thesis award in monetary economics 2019, from the Central Bank of Norway
Lim, Wei Ze; Håvarstein, Erik;
Intergovernmental transfers in brazil : corruption and deforestationRingstad, Ingrid Emilie Flessum; Tandberg, Julie Lie;
The effect of commodity prices on deforestation in Brazil : an empirical analysis investigating the effect of futures and spot prices for soy and maize on deforestation in Brazilian municipalitiesRamm, Aleksander; Alver, Atle;
Are current Norwegian speed limits optimal? : a quasi-experimental analysis of changes in speed limits on Norwegian freewaysBeliakova, Liza;
Oljeprisens betydning for sysselsetting i Norge : en empirisk studie av oljeprissjokk på tvers av norske kommunerFranzoni, Federico; Semere, Solomon Amanuel;
Deforestation in Brazil : an empirical evaluation on the effectiveness of the Soy MoratoriumFlatten, Dominik Josef;
Economic decision making in salmon aquaculture : an analysis of the investment behavior for production licenses under the Norwegian traffic light systemPotter, Ryan Jeffrey;
Machine learning for resource economics : a review of modern computational statistics with empirical applications in fisheries managementSamdal, Kristoffer; Ringdal, Herman;
Money and the air : the impact of income, preferences, and regulation on particulate matter pollutionMjøs, Erik Eikeseth; Pedersen, Maria Eithun;
The effects of financial constraints on business fundamentals and asset returns : evidence from a small open economyJordheim, Anders Sundve; Kjørnes, Torbjørn;
Estimering av en finanspolitisk regel for Norge i perioden 1980-2018 : hvordan har finanspolitiske sjokk fra regelen påvirket norsk økonomi?Amdal, Nikolai; Thøring, Eivind;
Forecasting Norwegian GDP : an empirical analysis of categorized macroeconomic dataAnda, Simen Andreas; Carron, Matthieu Kjerland;
Taylor rule estimation with the presence of a ZLB-period : how the inclusion of shadow rate affect the precision of Taylor rule estimation on the federal funds rateSelle, Simon Flatebø;
Resource rent in the Norwegian aquaculture industry : a bottom-up approachFlatten, Dominik Josef;
Economic decision making in salmon aquaculture : an analysis of the investment behavior for production licenses under the Norwegian traffic light system -
2018
2018
Jansen, Halvard Sandvik;
A Brazilian soy story : how international soy demand affects deforestation and agricultural land useSvahn, Joakim; Brunner, Dominik;
Did the Soy Moratorium reduce deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? : a counterfactual analysis of the impact of the Soy Moratorium on deforestation in the Amazon BiomeCurran, Jonathan; Sunde, Helene;
Has Norway’s oil riches hampered education? : oil activity and its relative effects on the educational attainment of affiliated municipalitiesHusby, Torbjørn Flisnes
Har boliglånsforskriftens særegne krav hatt effekt på boligpriser i Oslo? : en regresjonsanalyse som sammenligner boligpriser i Oslo med boligpriser i AkershusHarsheim, Ingrid Gaarder; Nakkim, Vilde Larsen;
Agricultural productivity and the fight against deforestation : an empirical analysis of the effect of factor-biased technical change on agricultural land use and forests in Brazil(Winner of Best Master's Thesis Award in Economics 2019 at NHH.)
Aubell, Christian André Pettersen; Hamarsland, Ida Haugen;
The economic effects of the production area regulation : an empirical study of the norwegian aquaculture industryHelland, Aleksander;
The value of adapting to climate change for Norwegian salmonid aquaculture : a scenario-based analysisHernes, Sigrid Marthea; Bruvik, Sofie Handal;
Integration of electricity markets : an analysis of TSO-owned and non-TSO-owned cross-border interconnectorsEstenstad, Frank By; Skagestad, Ingvild;
Natural disasters and frequency : effects on political trust : in Central America, Mexico and ColombiaKondrup, Fredrik Ruud; Stierna, Maria Flinder;
Natural disaster mitigation in developing countries : the role of trade opennessKillingland, Mona; Dahl, Lisa Blakstad;
Central bank digital currencies – fad or the future? : a framework for country level assessment of central bank digital currenciesSemjonovs, Andrejs;
Nowcasting Norwegian GDP : the hard, the soft and the uncertainty dataTorset, Walther;
An empirical analysis of the Norwegian housing market : what drives the house price?Monsrud, Marius; Mjelde, Mikhail Eek;
Do interest rates really respond to financial stability concerns? : an analysis of monetary policy in Norway 1999-2018 -
2017
2017
Westby, Benjamin S.; Folgerø, Ingrid Kristine;
Environmental speed limits : do temporary speed limits improve air quality?Bogetvedt, Ingvild Engen; Hauge, Mari Johnsrud;
Institutions and deforestation in the Brazilian amazon: a geographic regression discontinuity analysisChristie, Mikkel Storm; Krøvel, Elias Blindheim;
Forutsigbarhet i pengepolitikken : en empirisk analyse av overraskelser tilknyttet Norges Banks pengepolitikkHøjklint, René; Hansen, Charlotte Hofvander;
The adverse effects of the Norwegian electric vehicle incentive scheme with emphasis on congestion and public fundingVedeler, Henrik Vandvik;
Viral diseases in salmonid aquaculture : quantifying economic losses associated with three viral diseases affecting norwegian salmonid aquacultureSime, Abiy Getachew; Sivertsen, Erik;
An empirical analysis of toll road exemption as a determinant for electric vehicle adoption : Norway as a case study 2010-2015Yiqi, Yu;
The effect of oil prices on housing prices in the Norwegian marketHauge, Hannah Skaar; Lied, Therese Borge;
Explaining election outcomes using web search data : evidence from the U.S. presidential elections 2008 - 2016Hvesser, Henrik; Høvik, Henrik Lange;
En empirisk analyse av leiepriser for kontoreiendom i Oslo 1998-2016 : med fokus på prognostisering av fremtidige leiepriserJohnsen, Lars Konrad; Nordvang, Thomas;
The more the merrier? : a factor-augmented VAR analysis of the Norwegian monetary policy transmission mechanismDuesund, Sindre Lauvås; Eliassen, Iver Ruud;
Valutakursmodellering av kronekursen : en empirisk analyse av valutahandelsstatistikkens nytteverdiNishchal, Shrey;
Asset returns, wage rigidity and the business cycle : a dynamic stochastic general equilibrium approachAalbu, Erlend F.; Navdahl, Sebastian;
An analysis of the long-term and dynamic effects of the US money market fund reform on NIBORNilsen, Maren; Neverlien, Mia;
Behandlingsatferd knyttet til lakselus i norsk lakseoppdrett : en kvantitativ studie av et utvalg aktører i NordlandAmy, Christopher;
Efficiency evaluation of hypothetical whole home energy efficiency programs : in British Columbia, CanadaTrodal, Sondre Rygh; Risnes, Håkon Jondal;
Laksepriseksponering: en studie av børsnoterte oppdrettsselskaperHole, Andreas; Karlsen, Johannes,
A race to the bottom? : a game-theoretic approach to monetary policy interdependenceHæreid, Ingrid; Helsvig, Mari;
Pengepolitikk og boligpriser : en analyse av styringsrentens påvirkning på boligprisutvikling og bidrag til finansiell stabilitet -
2016
2016
Christie, Mikkel Storm; Krøvel, Elias Blindheim;
Forutsigbarhet i pengepolitikken : en empirisk analyse av overraskelser tilknyttet Norges Banks pengepolitikkAponte, Fabián Rocha;
The effects of commodity price shocks on economic sectors : a comparative study of metal exportersFondevik, Kine; Nyland, Guro Ekroll;
Effektivitet i Skandinaviske banker : En effektivitetsstudie av norske, svenske og danske banker i perioden 2011-2014 ved bruk av Data Envelopment AnalysisØrpetveit, Andreas; Hansen, Tormod;
Markedseffisiens på Oslo Børs : en studie av prisanomalier før, under og etter finanskrisenEriksen, Andreas Bjelland; Jakobsen, Mons Petter;
Cost function estimation in the Norwegian pelagic fisheries : a study of coastal vessels, purse seiners and pelagic trawlers through a cost minimisation approachGramstad, Emma Hartland; Wærness, Katrine Willumsen
A critical readjustment : Analyzing the regional employment composition in Norway during times of changePettersen, Malin Karlberg; Håland, Marianne
The Global Saving Glut in the light of demographic developments : a numerical simulation of the developments in China and the USJohnsen, Herman K. Lange; Bratlie, Johannes;
Assessing the effect of moves in the key policy rate : a narrative approach for NorwayHaug, Sverre Wiseth; Nesse, Martin Bergsholm;
Taylor rules and monetary policy in the Eurozone -
2015
2015
Lystad, Guro;
Oil exploration and institutions : do oil companies prefer to drill in democracies?Utseth, Lars Petter; Sandvik, Kristoffer Bergquist;
Performance, persistence and business cycle asymmetries in Norwegian mutual fund returns: do mutual funds perform when it matters the most?Olsen, Martin Okstad; Velgaard, Erlend;
Oljeprisens påvirkning på norsk økonomi : med utgangspunkt i avkastning på Oslo BørsBerge, Harald; Kvitstein, Eivind;
Multiples and future returns : an investigation of pricing multiples’ ability to predict abnormal returns on the Oslo Stock ExchangePotter, Ryan Jeffrey;
Machine learning for resource economics : a review of modern computational statistics with empirical applications in fisheries managementAlnæs, Axel Adrian Brattgjerd;AMS-måleres effekt på strømforbruket i private husstander : en analyse av målerdata fra Demo Steinkjer og fra Odderhei og Søm
Goodwin, Arturo; Storaker, Katrine Hildre;
Hydrogen in the maritime sector : a feasibility study on hydrogen as fuel in Norwegian ferriesStøhlmacher, Synne Sogge; Meyer, Sara Skjeggestad;
On the verge of re-entry: readjustment of labour and the optimal policy towards a postpetroleum Norwegian economyDevold, Kristine A.; Wiksnes, Runar;
The perfect wave: an estimate of a Norwegian petroleum supercycle -
2014
2014
Mowatt, Therese Espeland; Syverud, Sigrun;
Determinants of the Chinese footprint in sub Saharan Africa : the effects of energy resourcesHopland, Alexander;
The credit rating puzzle : a study on the relationship between equity returns and corporate credit ratings in the US stock marketHustad, Rune;
Handelsstrategier basert på historiske avkastningstall : En empirisk analyse av handelsstrategier på OBX