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Can we do policy recommendations from a framed field experiment? The case of coca cultivation in Colombia
(2008-05-27)
Laboratory experiments are potentially effective tools for studying behavior in settings where little or no information would otherwise exist such as participation in illicit activities. However, using laboratory experiments ...
Science for sale – build or criticize science as trademark
(2008-10-21)
Over history science has, in a more and more agnostic world, come to replace religion as the most important hegemonic factor how to decide what is correct and what is incorrect, what is necessary and what may not be done, ...
Same Same but Different? A Comparison of Institutional Models
(2008-11-19)
In the growing literature on the creation of institutions, the theories
emphasizing colonial and legal origin, religious affiliation, Western European
influence, and settler mortality, have been especially influential. ...
A decisive intelligence failure? British intelligence on Soviet war potential and the 1939 Anglo-French-Soviet alliance that never was
(2008-03-06)
In 1939 the British Government tried to assess Soviet war potential in order to know
more about their potential ally, as part of the negotiations concerning an Anglo-French-Soviet
alliance. British assessments of Soviet ...
Resource Conflict in Vulnerable Environments: Three Models Applied to Darfur
(2008-10-23)
A recurring argument in the global debate is that climate deteriora-
tion is likely to make social conflicts over dwindling natural resources
more common in the future. In this paper, we present a modelling
framework ...
Intertwined Coordination Mechanisms in Interorganizational Relationships with Dominated Suppliers
(Elsevier, 2008)
Contemporary business society shows many examples of industrial customers that manage their smaller, dependent suppliers by using bureaucratic mechanisms. The restrictions these control processes put on the suppliers´ ...
HIV/AIDS, Adult Mortality and Fertility: Evidence from Malawi
(2008-02-05)
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the impact of HIV/AIDS on fertility in Malawi. The future course of fertility will have an impact on both macroeconomic variables, such as GDP per capita, and various socioeconomic ...
Investeringar i kraftvärme – Ekonomiska och miljömässiga fördelar
(2008-03-03)
This study investigates the advantages of investing in plants for cogeneration, i.e. combined heat and power (CHP), when the heat is utilized for district heating. A focus is set on Swedish municipalities.
The demand for ...
On curve estimation under order restrictions
(2008-02-04)
Robust regression is of interest in many problems where assumptions of a parametric
function may be inadequate. In this thesis, we study regression problems where the
assumptions concern only whether the curve is increasing ...