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BI Research Centre

Centre for Corporate Governance Research

The CCGR aims to produce high-quality research on how ownership and governance of firms impact value-creation and the welfare of firms’ stakeholders.

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2025

2024

  • Mark J. Garmaise, Mark Jansen, and Adam Winegar

    CCGR Working Paper 6/2024

  • Luciana Orozco, Silvina Rubio

    Journal of Money, Credit and Banking

  • Renata Silva de Almeida

    Essays in Household Finance

    PhD dissertation, November 2024. Supervised by Bogdan Stacescu

  • Moqi Groen-Xu, Gosia Ryduchowska

    CCGR Working Paper 5/2024

  • Christopher Bleibtreu, Mert Erinc, Luciana Orozco, Zhenyang Shi

    Journal of Business Economics

  • Hamid Boustanifar, Edward J. Zajac, Dan Zhang

    CCGR Working Paper 4/2024

  • Adam Winegar, Mark Jansen

    Review of Corporate Finance Studies

  • Thomas Geelen, Jakub Hajda, Erwan Morellec, Adam Winegar

    Journal of Financial Economics

  • Roberto Tubaldi, Francesco Franzoni, Mariassunta Giannetti

    CCGR Working Paper 3/2024

  • Zack Liuy and Adam Winegar

    Journal of Corporate Finance

  • Kasper Sveistrup, Markus Ribe

    Fiscal Waves in Aquaculture

    MSc thesis, July 2024. Supervised by Bogdan Stacescu.

  • Jonas Skarsfjord Rørvik, Sigurd Wangen

    MSc thesis, July 2024. Supervised by Bogdan Stacescu.

  • Irena Kustec, Charlotte Ostergaard, and Amir Sasson

    Underperformance in Family Successions: The Role of Outside Work Experience

    CCGR Working Paper 1/2024

  • Marco Di Maggio, Francesco Franzoni, Massimo Massa, Roberto Tubaldi

    Journal of Financial Markets

2023

2022

2021

  • Siri Tronslien Sagbakken and Dan Zhang

    Journal of Asset Management (forthcoming)

  • Charlotte Haugland Sundkvist and Tonny Stenheim

    Journal of Applied Accounting Research (forthcoming)

  • Janis Berzins and Alminas Zaldokas

    Conflicts in Private Family Firms

    CCGR Working Paper 1/2021

  • Asmund Rygh and Gabriel R. G. Benito

    Journal of Management and Governance (forthcoming)

2020

  • Charlotte Ostergaard, Amir Sasson and Bent E. Sorensen

    International Journal of Banking, Accounting and Finance, 2020 Vol.11 No.1, pp.35 - 70

  • Janis Berzins, Øyvind Bøhren and Bogdan Stacescu

    Realøkonomiske effekter av formuesskatt i Norge: Hovedfunn i en empirisk undersøkelse

    CCGR Working Paper 1/2020

  • Irena Kustec

    PhD dissertation, April 2020. Supervised by: Charlotte Østergaard.

  • Gilberto Loureiro, Anil K. Makhija and Dan Zhang

    Journal of Business Research, vol. 109, 2020, pp. 425-439

  • Øyvind Bøhren, Diana Iancu, Georgiana Radulescu and R. Øystein Strøm

    CCGR Working Paper 2/2020.

2019

  • Gilberto Loureiro, Anil K. Makhija and Dan Zhang

    One Dollar CEOs

    CCGR Working Paper 3/2019. 

  • Dhia Talal Ahmed and Gaute Igland Hellerslia

    MSc thesis, July 2019. Supervised by Bogdan Stacescu.

  • Trygve Dommersnes and Mattias Husum Ødegaard

    MSc thesis, June 2019. Supervised by Siv Jønland Staubo.

  • Terese Solberg Andreassen and Katinka Strand Dahle

    MSc thesis, July 2019. Supervised by Bogdan Stacescu.

  • Martinius Kostveit Hars and Merete Granli

    MSc thesis, July 2019. Supervised by Bogdan Stacescu.

  • Johanna Ellen Gateman and Ingrid Elen Eskeland

    MSc thesis, July 2019. Supervised by Siv Jønland Staubo.

  • Kristine Lindland and Hanne Celine Tandberg

    MSc thesis, July 2019. Supervised by Ignacio Garcia de Olalla Lopez.

  • Dhia Talal Ahmed and Gaute Igland Hellerslia

    MSc thesis, July 2019. Supervised by Bogdan Stacescu.

  • Janis Berzins, Øyvind Bøhren and Bogdan Stacescu

    European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Finance Working Paper no. 540/2017.  Journal of Corporate Finance, forthcoming, 2019.

  • Madeleine Stenerud and Karoline Høgalmen

    MSc thesis, June 2019. Supervised by Siv Jønland Staubo.

  • Øyvind Bøhren, Bogdan Stacescu, Line F. Almli and Kathrine L. Søndergaard

    When Does the Family Govern the Family Firm?

    Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, vol. 54, issue 5, 2019, pp. 2085-2117.

  • Gabriel R. G. Benito, Birgitte Grøgaard and Asmund Rygh

    Journal of International Business Studies, vol. 50, issue 8, 2019, pp. 1310-1337. 

  • Janis Berzins and Øyvind Bøhren and Bogdan Stacescu. 

    CCGR Working Paper 2/2019. Revised August 2022.

  • Mark Jansen and Adam Winegar

    on-pecuniary Benefits: Evidence from the Location of Private Company Sales

    CCGR Working Paper 1/2019.

2018

  • Gabriel R. G. Benito and Asmund Rygh

    Management International Review, volume 58, issue 3, 2018, pp. 389–411.

  • Matti Keloharju, Samuli Knüpfer and Joacim Tåg

    What Prevents Female Executives from Reaching the Top?

    CCGR Working Paper 2/2018.

  • Janis Berzins, Øyvind Bøhren and Bogdan Stacescu

    The Governance and Finance of ºÚÁÏרÇø Family Firms: Main Characteristics of the Population

    CCGR Working Paper 1/2018.

  • Emilie Brække and Frida Lundsrud

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by John Christian Langli.

  • Anders Bjergaard and Håvard Dalby

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Siv Jønland Staubo.

  • Gabriella Magnussen and Elisabeth Steinsvik

    MSc thesis, August 2018. Supervised by Janis Berzins.

  • Jaran S. Salvesen and Henrik W. Jenssen

    MSc thesis, July 2018. Supervised by Siv J. Staubo.

  • Renée Adams, Matti Keloharju and Samuli Knüpfer

    Are CEOs Born Leaders? Lessons from Traits of a Million Individuals

    CCGR Working Paper 3/2018. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial Economics. 

  • Renée Adams, Matti Keloharju and Samuli Knüpfer

    Are CEOs Born Leaders? Lessons from Traits of a Million Individuals

    Journal of Financial Economics, vol 130, 2018, pp. 392-408.

  • Ole Kristoffer Rokkan and Olav Østrem

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by John Christian Langli.

  • Øyvind Bøhren, Bogdan Stacescu, Line F. Almli and Kathrine L. Søndergaard

    When Does the Family Govern the Family Firm?

    CCGR Working Paper 4/2018. Accepted for publication in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.

  • Oliver Hansson and Håvard Landgraff Solli

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Ignacio Garcia de Olalla Lopez.

  • Didrik Dihle and Vegard Nilsson

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Janis Berzins.

  • Adam Balog and Eivind B. Lundby

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Leon Bogdan Stacescu.

  • Martine Ulstein

    Earnings management, IPOs and SEOs: an empirical study of the ºÚÁÏרÇø stock market

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Tonny Stenheim. Confidential.

  • Joachim Granheim and Geir Einar Borgen

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Ignacio Garcia de Olalla Lopez.

  • Benedicte Aass and Yvette Carolan

    Bachelor thesis, June 2018. Supervised by Ignacio Garcia de Olalla Lopez. 

  • Limei Che, John Christian Langli and Tobias Svanstrøm

    Education, Experience and Audit Effort

    Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory (AJPT), vol. 37, no. 3, 2018, pp. 91-115. 

  • Olena Martynchuk and Olga Pisla

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Salvatore Miglietta.

  • Andrea Kristiansen Bruu and Marianne Seljelid

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Ignacio García de Olalla López. 

  • Borgar Haug and Elias Kosmo Larsen

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by John Christian Langli. 

  • Johannes Berrum and Daniel Birkelund

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Leon Bogdan Stacescu.

  • Mari Junker Martinsen and Kristin Schønberg-Moe

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by John Christian Langli.

  • Dayana Bjørling Hansen

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by John Christian Langli. 

  • Ragnhild Aase and Hanne Lovise Jore

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Siv Jønland Staubo.

  • Espen Bryn Johannessen and Victor Simonsen

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Leon Bogdan Stacescu. 

  • Per Johan Danielsen and Gøran Wara

    MSc thesis, September 2018. Supervised by Janis Berzins. 

  • Janis Berzins, Øyvind Bøhren and Bogdan Stacescu

    Shareholder Conflicts and Dividends

    Review of Finance, vol 22, 2018, pp. 1807-1840.

2017

  • Joachim Andersen and Axel Heim Tveiten

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by Ignacio Garcia de Olalla Lopez.

  • Sindre Holen Eimhjellen and Erlend Jevnaker Straand

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by Hamid Boustanifar.

  • Kennet Baarlid and Christoffer Klem Seljeseth

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by Ignacio Garcia de Olalla Lopez.

  • Ole H. Alnæs and Johan Leistad

    MSc thesis, August 2017. Supervised by Ignacio Garcia de Olalla Lopez.

  • Ingvild Olette Bergheim and Karin Finstad Busch

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by Ignacio Garcia de Olalla Lopez.

  • Alice Hayward and Anna Årdal

    The Auditor Effect on Bankruptcy Frequency Distribution and Debt Coverage when Firms Opt-Out

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by Tobias Svanstrøm.

  • Shiying Liu and Ketil Målbakken

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by: Charlotte Ostergaard. 

  • Mike Burkart, Salvatore Miglietta and Charlotte Ostergaard

    Why Do Boards Exist? Governance in the Absence of Corporate Law

    CCGR Working Paper 1/2017.

  • Oda Martine Bjørnsen and Kai Tai Lau

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by: Charlotte Ostergaard.

  • Runhild Bjerkomp Soelberg

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by Danielle Zhang.

  • Frode Helleren and Christian Flacké Stige

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by Pål Berthling-Hansen.

  • Torstein Edvardsen and Sarah Bjanger Andersen

    Prising og risiko på det norske revisjonsmarkedet

    MSc thesis, Confidential, November 2017. Supervised by Tobias Svanström.

  • Helene Berge and Ingrid Solheim

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by: Charlotte Ostergaard.

  • Anelia Petrova and Milena Gauslaa

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by Bogdan Stacescu.

  • Just Christian Heide and Knut Østtveit Aardal

    MSc thesis, August 2017. Supervised by John Christian Langli. 

  • Marina England Dokken and Truls Fosse

    MSc thesis, September 2017. Supervised by: Charlotte Ostergaard.

  • Christian Strandin and Magnus Løvstad

    Oppkjøp i Norge - En studie av målselskapets lønnsomhet etter oppkjøp

2016

  • Rasmus Bendvold and Kjetil Tøressen

    Excess Cash and Investments

    MSc thesis, 2016. Supervised by Janis Berzins.

  • Sebastian Christoffersen and Simen Lerfaldet

    Determinants of Turnout to Stockholder Meetings

    MSc thesis, September 2016. Supervised by Øyvind Bøhren.

  • Eirik Langseth Røtnes and Eirik Eide Haugen

    Capital Structures in ºÚÁÏרÇø Private Owned Firms

    MSc thesis, September 2016. Supervised by Ignacio Garcia de Olalla Lopez.

  • Martine B. Akselsen and Astrid K. Hansen

    Firm Performance During the Global Financial Crisis: A comparison of ºÚÁÏרÇø Private Family and Non-family Firms

    MSc thesis, July 2016. Supervised by Siv Staubo.

  • Sorush Ashgarnia and Kim-Anders Eikrem

    Reduseres revisjonshonoraret når ansettelsesforholdet mellom revisor og klient forlenges?

  • Shahjahan Ul Hassan and Mads André Valderhaug

    MSc thesis, September 2016. Supervised by: Charlotte Ostergaard.

  • Asmund Rygh

    Corporate Governance and International Business: Essays on Multinational Enterprises, Ownership, Finance and Institutions

    PhD dissertation, April 2016. Supervised by: Gabriel Benito.

  • Håvard Huse

    Determinants of Working Capital

    MSc thesis, 2016. Supervised by Hakim Lyngstadås.

  • Tonje Sveinunggard and Ingjerd Sørensen

    The Effect of CEO Gender on Corporate Leverage Decisions

    MSc thesis, 2016. Supervised by Charlotte Oestergaard.

  • Mahdieh Vosough Gohari and Kateryna Rylova

    MSc thesis, September 2016. Supervised by Bogdan Stacescu.

  • Helena Thømt and Ida Johansen

    Endring i aksjelovens utbytteregler og dens konsekvens for utbyttepolitikken

    MSc thesis, August 2016. Supervised by Ignacio Garcia de Olalla Lopez.

  • Alessandra Luzzi and Amir Sasson

    Individual Entrepreneurial Exit and Earnings in Subsequent Paid Employment

    Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, vol 40, issue 2, 2016, pp. 401–420.

  • Ilan Cooper and Richard Priestley

    The Expected Returns and Valuations of Private and Public Firms

    Journal of Financial Economics, vol. 120, issue 1, 2016, pp. 41-57.

  • Anton Diachenko

    Ownership Type, Performance, and Context - Study of Institutional and Industrial Owners

    PhD dissertation, 2016. Supervised by: Torger Reve.

  • Nils Grønstad and Thomas Sandbæk

    Er det sammenheng mellom corporate governance-faktorer og earnings management?

    MSc thesis, September 2016. Supervised by Tonny Stenheim.

  • Herman Kornerud Christensen and Vetle Knutsen-Øy

    MSc thesis, September 2016. Supervised by Hamid Boustanifar.

  • Junaid Arshad and Vincent Hoang

    MSc thesis, September 2016. Supervised by Hamid Boustanifar.

  • Charlotte Ostergaard, Ibolya Schindele and Bent Vale

    Social Capital and the Viability of Stakeholder-Oriented Firms: Evidence from Savings Banks

    Review of Finance, vol. 20, issue 5, 2016, pp. 1673–1718.

  • Hege Eriksen Haug and Unni Wennevold Reinartsen

    Revisjonskvalitet og rådgivning - En empirisk studie av det norske, private markedet

    MSc thesis, August 2016. Supervised by Tobias Svanström.

  • Daniel Brändli

    Family Firms Across Industries

    MSc thesis, 2016. Supervised by Bogdan Stacescu.

  • Vegard Solberg and Knut Erlend Malmin

    Is Managerial Ownership a Determinant of Cash Holdings? : An Empirical Investigation of Corporations Listed at the Oslo Stock Exchange

    MSc thesis, August 2016. Supervised by Charlotte Oestergaard.

  • Sturla Lyngnes Fjesm

    Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, vol. 51, issue 5, 2016 , pp. 1663-1688.

  • Øyvind Bøhren and Siv Staubo

    Mandatory Gender Balance and Board Independence

    European Financial Management, vol. 22, issue 1, 2016, pp. 3-30.

  • Pål Klavenes and Eirik Kalkvik Stenberg

    MSc thesis, 2016. Supervised by Jeff Downing.

  • Kenneth Austad and Kristoffer H. Henriksen

    Insider Trading and Earnings Management in Norway

    MSc thesis, September 2016. Supervised by Tonny Stenheim.

  • Gabriel R. G. Benito, Asmund Rygh and Randi Lunnan

    The Benefits of Internationalization for State-Owned Enterprises

    CCGR Working Paper 1/2016.

  • Valeriia Shvediuk

    Mandatory Gender Board Composition Requirements in Norway and Company Performance

    MSc thesis, 2016. Supervised by Yona Rubinstein (London School of Economics).

  • Anna Christine Rasmussen and Morten Vollckmar

    The Effect on Firm Performance When a Dilution of Family Control Occurs in Family Firms

    MSc thesis, August 2016. Supervised by Ignacio Garcia de Olalla Lopez.

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