Browsing by Author "Nordblom, Katarina"

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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: ...

    • Are Men Really More Overconfident than Women? - A Natural Field Experiment on Exam Behavior 

      Johansson Stenman, Olof; Nordblom, Katarina (2010-08)
      This paper reports from a simple natural field experiment based on an eco-nomics exam. Part of the exam consisted of 30 multiple choice questions, where the students obtained 1 point per correct answer while 1 point was ...

    • BEQUESTS, GIFTS, AND EDUCATION Swedish evidence on parents transfer behavior 

      Ohlsson, Henry; Nordblom, Katarina (2002)
      We study the motives behind parents' transfers to their children, and the relationship between tangible transfers and educational investments. Another issue is the channels parents choose for tangible transfers. Do they ...

    • Child-care quality and fee structure: Effects on labor supply and leisure composition 

      Nordblom, Katarina; Brink, Anna (2005)
      This paper studies the effects of public child-care subsidies on parental time allocation. We develop a model where parents are allowed to utilize subsidized care during both working and leisure hours. The model distinguishes ...

    • Endogenous Norm Formation over the Life Cycle. The Case of Tax Evasion 

      Nordblom, Katarina (2011-06)
      This paper offers an explanation to why the general observation that elderly hold stronger moral attitudes than young ones may be an age rather than a cohort effect. We apply mechanisms from social psychology to explain ...

    • Family-Size Effects on Earnings – Definitions Matter 

      Lampi, Elina; Nordblom, Katarina (2009-05-20)
      Number of siblings has previously been found to adversely affect earned income. However, we still lack understanding of whether nature or nurture drives this effect. We examine in detail the effects of having different ...

    • Gender and birth-order differences in time and risk preferences and decisions 

      Lampi, Elina; Nordblom, Katarina (2009-10-05)
      We study how gender, birth order, and number of siblings are related to stated time and risk preferences and to real-life decisions. We use survey data covering about 2,300 individuals and find that time and risk preferences ...

    • How Policy Legitimacy affects Policy Support Throughout the Policy Cycle 

      Jagers, Sverker; Matti, Simon; Nordblom, Katarina (2016-11)
      We analyze the importance of legitimacy and compare how drivers of public policy attitudes evolve across the policy process consisting of the input (i.e., the processes forgoing acquisition of power and the procedures ...

    • How Policy Legitimacy Affects Policy Support Throughout the Policy Cycle 

      Jagers, Sverker C.; Matti, Simon; Nordblom, Katarina (2016-12)
      We analyze the importance of legitimacy and compare how drivers of public policy attitudes evolve across the policy process consisting of the input (i.e. the processes forgoing acquisition of power and the procedures ...

    • Intergovernmental grants and fiscal competition 

      Jakobsson, Niklas; Nordblom, Katarina (2009-01-08)
      This theoretical paper shows how a central government can induce a policy concerning a municipal matter through a package of a policy requirement and a grant. We find that, due to fiscal competition and the possibility ...

    • Loss evasion and tax aversion 

      Engström, Per; Nordblom, Katarina; Ohlsson, Henry; Persson, Annika (2011-11)
      The objective of this paper is to study if taxpayers behave in a loss averse manner when filing their tax returns. This is important for tax design but also for understanding human behavior in general. The predictions of ...

    • Maximum fee vs child benefit: A welfare analysis of Swedish child-care fee reform 

      Brink, Anna; Nordblom, Katarina; Wahlberg, Roger (2007-04-03)
      The effects of a recent Swedish child-care fee reform are compared with those of an alternative reform, increased child benefits. The fee reform implied considerably decreased fees and was intended to increase both labor ...

    • Money and Success –Sibling and Birth-Order Effects on Positional Concerns 

      Lampi, Elina; Nordblom, Katarina (2008-04-18)
      Survey data is used to investigate how birth order and having siblings affect positional concerns in terms of success at work and of income. We find that only-children are the most concerned with relative position, but ...

    • Motives for Private Gift Transfers: Theory and Evidence from Romania 

      Mitrut, Andreea; Nordblom, Katarina (2007-09-04)
      In many developing and transitional countries with limited public income redistribution, inter-household transfers in general, and gifts in particular, are sizable and very important. We use unique Romanian survey data ...

    • Multiple Misbehaving: Loss Averse and Inattentive to Monetary Incentives 

      Engström, Per; Nordblom, Katarina; Stefánsson, Arnaldur (2018-04)
      We study what determines taxpayers’ deduction behavior when filing tax returns. Preliminary deficits might be viewed as losses assuming zero preliminary balance as reference point. Swedish taxpayers may escape these losses ...

    • Nudges and Threats: Soft vs Hard Incentives for Tax Compliance 

      Andersson, Henrik; Engström, Per; Nordblom, Katarina; Wanander, Susanna (2021-02)
      We study what induces delinquent taxpayers to pay their taxes due. We use high quality administrative data from the Swedish Tax Agency. We find a strong effect of the standard enforcement regime: a threat of having the ...

    • Puzzling tax attitudes and labels 

      Nordblom, Katarina; Löfgren, Åsa (2006)
      We find that through labeling one can significantly affect attitudes towards a tax. The gasoline tax meets a stronger reluctance than virtually the same tax when it is called the CO2 tax on gasoline.

    • Risk-taking middle-borns: A study on birth- order and risk preferences 

      Lampi, Elina; Nordblom, Katarina (2010-03-29)
      We analyze the impacts of birth order and presence/absence of siblings on risk preferences with respect to economic, health/safety, and sport/lifestyle related risks. We study both the answer to a hypothetical lottery ...

    • Social preferences during childhood and the role of gender and age - An experiment in Austria and Sweden 

      Martinsson, Peter; Nordblom, Katarina; Rützler, Daniela; Sutter, Matthias (2010-11)
      We examine social preferences of Swedish and Austrian children and adolescents using the experimental design of Charness and Rabin (2002). We find that difference aversion decreases while social-welfare preferences increase ...

    • Social preferences in childhood and adolescence - A large-scale experiment 

      Sutter, Matthias; Feri, Francesco; Kocher, Martin G.; Martinsson, Peter; Nordblom, Katarina; Rützler, Daniela (2010-06)
      Social preferences have been shown to be an important determinant of economic decision making for many adults. We present a large-scale experiment with 883 children and adolescents, aged eight to seventeen years. Participants ...