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Peers, policy, and attitudes as drivers of antibiotic prescribing
(University of Gothenburg, 2021-05)
In this study we investigated how treatment norms about antibiotic use affect a doctor´s decision to prescribe antibiotics. We also investigated the attitudes and behavior of the same physicians as private persons. We find ...
THE INDIVIDUAL WELFARE COSTS OF STAY-AT-HOME POLICIES
(2020-06)
This paper reports the results of a choice experiment designed to estimate the private welfare costs of stay-at-home policies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is conducted on a large and representative sample of the ...
The Climate Decade: Changing Attitudes on Three Continents
(2020-05)
We examine how attitudes and willingness to pay (WTP) for climate policies have changed over the past decade in the United States, China, and Sweden. All three countries exhibit an increased willingness to pay for climate ...
Celebrity Endorsement in Promoting Pro-Environmental Behavior
(2020-10)
We conduct a natural field experiment on the effect of having a celebrity endorse an information campaign aiming to induce pro-environmental behavior in the context of single-use plastics consumption. We find that an ...
How much does it take? Willingness to switch to meat substitutes
(University of Gothenburg, 2021-01)
Meat production and consumption have several negative environmental externalities and health impacts. Using a stated preference survey, this study identifies main barriers to and drivers of switching to the following meat ...
Sustainable food: can food labels make consumers switch to meat substitutes?
(2021-12)
Using a stated preference survey, we investigate whether the introduction of a set of food labels affects consumers´ willingness to make costly shifts from meat products to meat substitutes. We investigate the role of food ...
Food labels: how consumers value moral, environmental, and health aspects of meat consumption
(2020-04)
Policy changes could improve health and environmental outcomes by addressing the many externalities and internalities related to food consumption. Using a stated preference approach, we investigate to what extent consumers ...
All it takes is one: The effect of weakest-link and summation aggregation on public good provision under threshold uncertainty
(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 ...
Sexual objectification of women in media and the gender wage gap: Does exposure to objectifying pictures lower the reservation wage?
(University of Gothenburg, 2022-08)
Using an online experiment, we investigate the influence of sexual objectification in media on economic decision making. In the experiment, subjects are asked to evaluate advertisements in women’s magazines. In the treatment ...
Leading by example? EU citizens’ preferences for climate leadership
(University of Gothenburg, 2022-10)
For global problems like climate change, strong international agreements are difficult
to achieve. Alternative solutions might therefore be necessary. In this paper, we study
the support for climate leadership in seven ...