dc.contributor.author | Medhin, Haileselassie | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-24T11:28:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-24T11:28:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-09-24 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-91-85169-86-3 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2077/33889 | |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis comprises of seven self-contained papers. While the papers are quite distinct
in the questions they address and each is based on its own dataset, there are
some relations between them either in the topic covered, theories applied or empirical
methods used. Generally put, the first five papers focus on the application of behavioral
and experimental economics to the livelihood and behavior of poor households
in developing countries. While the sixth paper also utilizes experimental data from
poor farmers, it mainly focuses on subject pool issues related to the generalization of
results from laboratory experiments. The seventh paper experimentally compares the
cooperative behavior of individuals and teams.All in all, the research in this thesis shows that there is much to learn from recent
developments in behavioral and experimental economics regarding important
issues in developing countries, such as natural resource management and technology
adoption. The livelihood of many people in developing countries is intertwined with
each other and their environment. New insights from behavioral economics are becoming
increasingly useful in understanding the complexities in such systems, and
developing tools that promote technology adoption and enhance cooperation in the
management of important resources like land and forests. Experimental economics is
complementing these efforts by opening for new and reasonably cheap possibilities of
evaluating policies and interventions. This thesis aspires to contribute to these exciting
developments in the field of economics. | sv |
dc.language.iso | eng | sv |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Economic Studies | sv |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | 215 | sv |
dc.relation.haspart | Akay, A., Martinsson, P., & Medhin, H. (2012). Does positional concern matter in poor societies? Evidence from a survey experiment in rural Ethiopia. World Development, 40(2), 428-435. ::doi::10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.06.004 | sv |
dc.relation.haspart | Akay, A., Martinsson, P., Medhin, H., & Trautmann, S. T. (2012). Attitudes toward uncertainty among the poor: an experiment in rural Ethiopia. Theory and decision, 73(3), 453-464. ::doi::10.1007/s11238-011-9250-y | sv |
dc.subject | Africa | sv |
dc.subject | argriculture | sv |
dc.subject | ambiguity attitudes | sv |
dc.subject | conditional cooperation | sv |
dc.subject | conflict | sv |
dc.subject | Ethiopia | sv |
dc.subject | experiment | sv |
dc.subject | experimentation | sv |
dc.subject | farmers | sv |
dc.subject | forward induction | sv |
dc.subject | free-riding | sv |
dc.subject | land grabbing game | sv |
dc.subject | land reform | sv |
dc.subject | positional concern | sv |
dc.subject | poverty | sv |
dc.subject | public goods | sv |
dc.subject | reference groups | sv |
dc.subject | relative income | sv |
dc.subject | risk attitudes | sv |
dc.subject | social learning | sv |
dc.subject | social preferences | sv |
dc.subject | subject pool | sv |
dc.subject | subjective well-being | sv |
dc.subject | survey experiment | sv |
dc.subject | team decision | sv |
dc.subject | technology adoption | sv |
dc.subject | threshold public goods | sv |
dc.subject | volunteer's dilemma | sv |
dc.title | The Poor and Their Neighbors: Essays on Behavioral and Experimental Economics | sv |
dc.type | Text | |
dc.type.svep | Doctoral thesis | eng |
dc.gup.mail | haileselassie.medhin@economics.gu.se | sv |
dc.type.degree | Doctor of Philosophy | sv |
dc.gup.origin | Göteborgs universitet. Handelshögskolan | sv |
dc.gup.department | Department of Economics ; Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik | sv |
dc.gup.defenceplace | Friday October 11, 2013, at 10.15 am. Lecture hall E 44, School of Business, Economics and Law, Vasagatan 1, Gothenburg | sv |
dc.gup.defencedate | 2013-10-11 | |
dc.gup.dissdb-fakultet | HHF | |