Publications

 Centre for Corporate Governance Research

Working papers
Research reports
Journal publications
Student papers


Working papers

15. Janis Berzins, Øyvind Bøhren and Bogdan Stacescu, "Tax concerns and agency concerns in dividend policy: Holding companies as a separating device", CCGR Working Paper 2/2013.

14. John Christian Langli and Tobias Svanström, "Audits of private firms", CCGR Working Paper 1/2013.

13. Paul Ehling and David Haushalter, "When Does Cash Matter? Evidence from Private Corporations", CCGR Working Paper 6/2011, December, 2011. Revised November 2012.

12. Janis Berzins, Øyvind Bøhren and Bogdan Stacescu, "Stockholder Conflicts and Dividend Payout", CCGR Working Paper 5/2011, December, 2011. Revised July 2012.

11. Sturla Lyngnes Fjesme and Øyvind Norli, "Initial Public Offering or Initial Private Placement? ", CCGR Working Paper 4/2011, April, 2011.

10. Charlotte Ostergaard and David C. Smith, "Corporate Governance Before There Was Corporate Law", CCGR Working Paper 3/2011, April, 2011.

9. Sturla Lyngnes Fjesme, "Laddering in Initial Public Offering Allocations", CCGR Working Paper 2/2011, January, 2011.

8. Charlotte Ostergaard, Amir Sasson, and Bent E. Sørensen, "Cash Flow Sensitivities, and Bank-Finance Shocks in Nonlisted Firms", CCGR Working Paper 1/2011, January, 2011. Revised October 2012.

7. Sturla Lyngnes Fjesme, Roni Michaely and Øyvind Norli, "Using Brokerage Commissions to Secure IPO Allocations", CCGR Working Paper 4/2010, November, 2010.

6. Mohammad Abdolmohammadi, Erlend Kvaal and John Christian Langli, "Earnings Management Priorities of Private Family Firms", CCGR Working Paper 3/2010, November, 2010.

5. Ole-Kristian Hope, John Christian Langli and Wayne B. Thomas, "Agency Conflicts and Auditing in Private Firms", CCGR Working Paper 2/2010, March, 2010. Revised June 2012.

4. Roland E. Kidwell and Arne Nygaard, "The Dual-Agency Problem Reconsidered: A Strategic Deviance Perspective on the Franchise Form of Organizing", CCGR Working Paper 1/2010, March, 2010. Revised September 2010.

3. Øyvind Norli, Charlotte Ostergaard and Ibolya Schindele, "Liquidity and Shareholder Activism", CCGR Working Paper 1/2009, July, 2009.

2. Paul Ehling, "Risk management with cash and insurance in non-listed firms", CCGR Working Paper 1/2008, June, 2008. Revised July 2009.

1. Ole-Kristian Hope and John Christian Langli, "Auditor independence in a private firm and low litigation risk setting", CCGR Working Paper 1/2007, December, 2007. Revised April 2009.


Research reports (ISSN 1891-0807)

2. Janis Berzins, Øyvind Bøhren and Pål Rydland, "Corporate finance and governance in firms with limited liability: Basic characteristics", CCGR Research Report 1/2008, September, 2008.

1. Øyvind Bøhren and Morten G. Josefsen, "Do stakeholders matter for corporate governance? Behavior and performance of Norwegian banks 1985-2002", CCGR Research Report 1/2007, March, 2007.


Journal publications

15. Øyvind Bøhren, Morten G. Josefsen and Pål E. Steen, "Stakeholder Conflicts and Dividend Policy", Journal of Banking & Finance 36, 2012, pp. 2852 - 2864.

14. Ole-Kristian Hope, John Christian Langli and Wayne B. Thomas, "Agency Conflicts and Auditing in Private Firms", Forthcoming, Accounting, Organizations, and Society, 2012.

13.John Christian Langli,"Kjønnskvoterte styrer", Praktisk Økonomi og Finans, nr.4, 2011, pp. 67-92.

12. Pingying Zhang, "Power and trust in board–CEO relationships", Journal of Management and Governance, Online First™, October 2011.

11. Roland Kidwell and Arne Nygaard, "A Strategic Deviance Perspective on the Franchise Form of Organizing", Entrepreneurship Theory & Practice,  Vol. 35, (3).  2011. 

10. Øyvind Bøhren and Øystein Strøm, "Governance and Politics: Regulating Independence and Diversity in the Board Room", Journal of Business Finance & Accounting 37(9) & (10), 2010, pp.1281–1308.

9. Paul Ehling, "Sikret seg mot finanskrisen", Magma, nr. 4, 2010, pp. 14-15.

8. Ole-Kristian Hope and John Christian Langli, "Er høye honorarer for revisjon og rådgivning en trussel mot uavhengigheten?", Praktisk Økonomi og Finans, nr. 4, 2009, pp. 55-63.

7. Janis Berzins and Øyvind Bøhren, "Unoterte aksjeselskaper er viktige, uutforskede og spesielle", Praktisk Økonomi og Finans, nr. 2, 2009, pp. 65-76.

6. John Christian Langli, "Hvem er brukerne av årsregnskapene til små aksjeselskaper, og trenger de reviderte regnskaper?", Praktisk Økonomi og Finans, nr. 1, 2009, pp. 104-119.

5. Ole-Kristian Hope and John Christian Langli, "Auditor independence in a private firm and low litigation risk setting", The Accounting Review, Vol. 85 (2), 2010.

4. Øyvind Norli, "Børsintroduksjoner", Praktisk Økonomi og Finans, nr. 3, 2007.  

3. Øyvind Bøhren and Jørgen Haug, "Managing earnings with intercorporate investments", Journal of Business Finance and Accounting  33, 2006, pp. 671-695.

2. Øyvind Bøhren, "Eierskap og lønnsomhet" (Ownership and value creation). Økonomisk Forum 59 (5), 2005, pp. 4-14.

1. Øyvind Bøhren and Nils Erik Krosvik,"Tvangsinnløsning av minoritetseiere: Rettsøkonomien i norske skjønnssaker gjennom 25 år" (Minority buyouts: Law and economics in Norwegian courts over 25 years). Tidsskrift for Rettsvitenskap 118 (1-2), 2005,  pp. 122-152.


Student papers

36. Kenny Strandberg and Fredrik Falkendal Nilsen, "The Implications of the Financial Crisis on Norwegian Target Companies' Performance and Private Equity Funds' Strategies", MSc thesis, September 2012. Supervised by: Bogdan Stacescu.

35. Anders Søgård and Per Skøien, "CEO's Dilemma - Can CEO Minority Ownership Increase the Power of the Minority Group?", MSc thesis, September 2012. Supervised by: Bogdan Stacescu.

34. Cristina Voinea, "The effect of the 2006 tax reform on the companies’ capital structure", MSc thesis, September 2012. Supervised by: Bogdan Stacescu.

33. Fredrik Snellingen and Kai Fredrik Mohr Dye, "Can Ownership Structure Explain Dividend Policy in Norwegian Private and Public Firms?", MSc thesis, September 2012. Supervised by: Bogdan Stacescu.

32. Jannicke Olsen and Louise Samuelsson, "On the Determinants of Derivatives Usage", MSc thesis, September 2012. Supervised by: Paul Ehling.

31. Halvor Melau Sørensen and Tarje Melau Sørensen, "On the effect of the 2006 Norwegian tax reform on cash flows from firms to private investors", MSc thesis, August 2012. Supervised by: Bogdan Stacescu.

30. Morten H. Finslo and Rune O. Steihaug, "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Network Messages and M&A Activitiy",  MSc thesis, August 2012. Supervised by: Amir Sasson.

29. Jon Vestrum and Håvard Gjerding-Smith, "Åtte måneder med frivilig revisjon i Norge; En totalundersøkelse av hva som kjennetegner selskapene som valgte bort revisor", MSc thesis, June 2012. Supervised by: Tobias Svanstrøm.

28. Ina Bjørnsen, "Revisors rapportering om fortsatt drift i revisjonsberetningen for konkursforetak i og under finanskrisen", MSc thesis, April 2012. Supervised by: Tobias Svanstrøm.

27. Johan Herman Storm, "Survey on Financial Risk Management", MSc thesis, December 2011. Supervised by: Paul Ehling.

26. Line Floan Almli and Kathrine Lærke Søndergaard, "Characteristics of family firms with family management", MSc thesis, September 2011. Supervised by: Øyvind Bøhren.

25. Jier Xiao and Qiongjie Yu, "Dividend changes and firm performance", MSc thesis, September 2011. Supervised by: Bogdan Stacescu.

24. Kai Andre Kristiansen and Therese Reksten, "Earnings management by norwegian private firms", MSc thesis, September 2011. Supervised by: John Christian Langli.

23. Lise Dørum-Persen and Marten Reiten, "CEO substitution: Are long-term investors better monitors?", MSc thesis, September 2011. Supervised by: Ibolya Schindele.

22. Torbjørn Magnussen and Martin Bie Sundelius, "Do family firms grow differently than non-family firms?",  MSc thesis, September 2011. Supervised by: Øyvind Bøhren.

21. Diana Cristina Iancu and Georgiana Radulescu, "Ownership Dynamics - How ownership changes hands over time and the determinants of these changes", MSc thesis, August 2011. Supervised by: Øyvind Bøhren.

20. Ole Andreas Grenstad and Magnus Jahr, "Resultatstyring ved hjelp av pensjoner i ikke-børsnoterte selskaper", MSc thesis, September 2010. Supervised by: John C. Langli. 

19. Namhee Matheson and Heidi Remmen, "Minority Expropriation: Study on Tunneling in Norway", MSc thesis, September 2010. Supervised by: Øyvind Bøhren. 

18. Lage Bøhren and Bjarke Mogensen, "Is there a relationship between growth and profitability: Evidence from a large sample of Norwegian private firms", MSc thesis, September 2010. Supervised by: Ibolya Schindele

17. Ragnhild Raftevold Grodås and Tine Camilla Sørensen, "Debt Capacity and Payout Policy", MSc thesis, September 2010. Supervised by: Bogdan Stacescu.

16. Stian Abrahamsen and Tobias W. Balchen, "Do Dividens Predict Future Firm Performance?", MSc thesis, September 2010. Supervised by: Bogdan Stacescu.

15. Marthe Johansen and Marthe Johanne Stenersen, "Does It Pay To Be Green?", MSc thesis, September 2010. Supervised by: Bogdan Stacescu.

14. Elise Botten and Marthe Kristine Hafsahl Karset, "Financial Constraints for Norwegian Non-Listed Firms", MSc thesis, September 2010. Supervised by: Bogdan Stacescu.

13. Øyvind Nilsen Aas and Jonas Momkvist, "Industry Dynamics and Productivity: The Effect of Productivity Change on Worker Reallocation", MSc thesis, August 2010. Supervised by: Espen Moen. 

12. Stine Marguerite Burchardt and Martin Styrmoe Moen, "R&D and productivity: A firm level investigation of the Norwegian manufacturing industry", MSc thesis, September 2009. Supervised by: Espen Moen.  

11. Malin Berg Mathisen and Linda Waldal, "Gender Diversity on the Board", MSc thesis, September 2009. Supervised by: Øyvind Bøhren.

10. Lirika Buzhala and Tom A. S. Helgesen, "Governance Mechanisms and Ownership Structure - A study of Norwegian banks", MSc thesis, September 2009. Supervised by: Øyvind Bøhren.

9. Jessica Samuelsson and Eirik M.M. Schau, "Exploring the private dividend world - An investigation of Norwegian firms", MSc thesis, September 2009. Supervised by: Paul Ehling.

8. Øystein Hagen and Saurab Joshi, "Ownership Structure and Investor Behavior", MSc thesis, September 2009. Supervised by: Paul Ehling.

7. Jonas Carlsen and Hermann H. Øverlie, "Why firms purchase employee insurance", MSc thesis, September 2009. Supervised by: Paul Ehling.

6. Tor Arild Asbjørnsen and Magnar Nikolaisen, "Downsizing: Family ownership, family management and listing status - Evidence from Norwegian Firms", MSc thesis, August 2009. Supervised by: Janis Berzins.

5. Shanshan Cui and Nicoleta Vaja, "Drivers of Derivatives Use - Evidence from the Oslo Stock Exchange", MSc thesis, August 2009. Supervised by: Paul Ehling.

4. Emily Zhan, "Does Property Insurance Increase Firm Value?", MSc thesis, August 2009. Supervised by: Paul Ehling.

3. Henning Sveum Kristensen and Mats Johan Storrød, "The Debt Maturity Structure of Norwegian Limited Liability Firms", MSc thesis, August 2009. Supervised by: Øyvind Bøhren.

2. Bjørn Morten Svalland and Lasse Cornelius Vangstein, "Family Firms and Diversification", MSc thesis, August 2009. Supervised by: Øyvind Bøhren.

1. Ove Andreas Staurset and Annette Storstein, "Are PE firms better owners?", MSc thesis, August 2009. Supervised by: Ibolya Schindele. 

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