Browsing by Author "Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg"
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A theoretical framework explaining the mechanisms of nudging
Löfgren, Åsa; Nordblom, Katarina (2019-03)In this paper we develop a theoretical model to clarify the underlying mechanisms that drive individual decision making and responses to behavioral interventions, such as nudges. The contribution of the paper is three-fold: ... -
Aid and child health: Local effects of aid on stunting in Malawi
Durevall, Dick; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie (University of Gothenburg, 2022-11)Abstract: Motivated by a recent setback in the fight against child malnutrition, this study explores whether aid projects help to reduce stunting, or impaired growth, among children in the local area. Focusing on Malawi, ... -
All it takes is one: The effect of weakest-link and summation aggregation on public good provision under threshold uncertainty
Carlsson, Fredrik; Ek, Claes; Lange, Andreas (University of Gothenburg, 2021-11)We report experimental evidence on the voluntary provision of public goods under threshold uncertainty. By explicitly comparing two prominent technologies, summation and weakest link, we show that uncertainty is particularly ... -
An Electricity Trading System with Tradable Green Certificates and CO2 Emission Allowances
Widerberg, Anna (2011-05)Combinations of various policy instruments to deal with the threat of climate change are used throughout the world. The aim of this article is to investigate an electricity market with two di¤erent policy instruments, Tradable ... -
Are women less effective leaders than men? Evidence from experiments using coordination games
Heursen, Lea; Ranehill, Eva; Weber, Roberto A (2020-11)We study whether one reason behind female underrepresentation in leadership is that female leaders are less effective at coordinating action by followers. Two experiments using coordination games investigate whether female ... -
Attitudes to Personal Carbon Allowances
David, Andersson; Åsa, Löfgren; Anna, Widerberg (2011-05)A personal carbon allowance (PCA) scheme targets emissions from individual consumption and allocates allowances directly to individuals by dividing the carbon budget on a per capita basis. In this study we analyse the ... -
Can the environment be an inferior good? A theory with context-dependent substitutability and needs
Dupoux, Marion; Martinet, Vincent (2019-04)Theoretical models often assume the environment to be a normal good, irrespective of one’s income. However, a priori, nothing prohibits an environmental good from being normal for some individuals and inferior for others. ... -
CAPABILITY, HEALTH, AND THE LABOUR MARKET – THE RETIREMENT DECISION
Bolin, Kristian; Lood, Qarin (University of Gothenburg, 2021-09)The time of retirement is analyzed in a theoretical framework taking capability and health into account. Capability if formalized as a stock characteristic which determines the attained amounts of a composite good which ... -
Changing local customs: Long-run impacts of the earliest campaigns against female genital cutting
Congdon Fors, Heather; Isaksson, Ann-Sofie; Lindskog, Annika (University of Gothenburg, 2023-03)This paper investigates the long-run impacts of Christian missionary expansion on the practice of female genital cutting (FGC) in sub-Saharan Africa. The empirical analysis draws on historical data on the locations of early ... -
Charity as Income Redistribution: A Model with Optimal Taxation, Status, and Social Stigma
Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof; Wendner, Ronald (2019-09)Our framework integrates (i) public and private redistribution, (ii) the warm glow of giving and stigma of receiving charitable donations, and (iii) status concerns emanating from social comparisons with respect to charitable ... -
Charity, Status, and Optimal Taxation: Welfarist and Paternalist Approaches
Aronsson, Thomas; Johansson-Stenman, Olof; Wendner, Ronald (2019-04)This paper deals with tax policy responses to charitable giving, defined in terms of voluntary contributions to a public good, to which the government also contributes through public revenue; the set of tax instruments ... -
Child Human Capital – The Importance of Parenting Style
Bolin, Kristian; Caputo, Michael R. (2019-08)Investments in the human capital of children during their upbringing determine the opportunities available in adulthood. Recognizing that the parent-child interaction plays a significant role in the accumulation of child ... -
Chinese aid and local ethnic identification
Isaksson, Ann-Sofie (2019-04)Recent empirical evidence suggests that Chinese development finance may be particularly prone to elite capture and patronage spending. If aid ends up in the pockets of political elites and their ethno-regional networks, ... -
Closing wells; fossil exploration and abandonment in the energy transition
van den Bijgaart, Inge; Rodriguez, Mauricio (2020-08)Despite ambitious climate goals and already substantial stocks of developed fossil energy reserves, development of new fossil energy reserves continues to be high. This raises concerns, as it reinforces the fossil industry’s ... -
Compound Returns
Farago, Adam; Hjalmarsson, Erik (2019-06)We provide a theoretical basis for understanding the properties of compound re-turns. At long horizons, multiplicative compounding induces extreme positive skewness into individual stock returns, an effect primarily driven ... -
Conditional Persistence? Historical Disease Exposure and Government Response to COVID-19
Lindskog, Annika; Olsson, Ola (University of Gothenburg, 2023-08)In this paper, we investigate differences in government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on the theory of the Behavioral Immune System and the Parasite Stress Theory, we hypothesize that a higher historical ... -
Conflicts of Interest, Ethical Standards, and Competition in Legal Services
Bouckaert, Jan; Stennek, Johan (University of Gothenburg, 2022-04)We study how the legal profession manages representational conflicts of interest. Such conflicts arise when the same law firm represents clients with adverse interests. They may compromise the legal process, ultimately ... -
Convergence rate of estimators of clustered panel models with misclassification
Dzemski, Andreas; Okui, Ryo (2020-08)We study kmeans clustering estimation of panel data models with a latent group structure and N units and T time periods under long panel asymptotics. We show that the group-speci c coe cients can be estimated at the ... -
Determinants of Economies of Scope in Retail
Maican, Florin; Orth, Matilda (2020-08)This paper studies the determinants of economies of scope and quantifies their impact on the extensive and intensive product margins in retail. We use a framework based on a multiproduct technology to model stores’ incentives ... -
Discontinuities in the Age-Victimization Profile and the Determinants of Victimization
Bindler, Anna; Hjalmarsson, Randi; Ketel, Nadine; Mitrut, Andreea (2021-12): Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported victimizations, we find sharp and discontinuous increases in victimization rates at these ages: about 13% for both ...