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Robust Control in Global Warming Management: An Analytical Dynamic Integrated Assessment
(2009-04-17)
Knightian uncertainty in climate sensitivity is analyzed in a two sec-
toral integrated assessment model (IAM), based on an extension of
DICE. A representative household that expresses ambiguity aversion
uses robust ...
Essays in Climate Change and Forest Management
(2009-03-12)
Economic Inequality and HIV in Malawi
(2009-12-28)
Market Imperfections and Farm Technology Adoption Decisions - A Case Study from the Highlands of Ethiopia
(2009-11-30)
This paper investigates the impacts of market and institutional imperfections on technology
adoption in a model that considers fertilizer use and soil conservation to be joint decisions. Controlling
for plot characteristics ...
Estimating Returns to Soil and Water Conservation Investments - An Application to Crop Yield in Kenya
(2009-11-30)
Productivity gains from soil and water conservation (SWC) have empirical support in research
stations. Previous empirical results from on-farm adoption of SWC are, however, varied. This study
investigated the impact of ...
Household decision making and the influence of spouses’ income, education, and communist party membership: A field experiment in rural China
(2009-04-20)
We study household decision making in a high-stakes experiment with a random sample of
households in rural China. Spouses have to choose between risky lotteries, first separately and
then jointly. We find that spouses’ ...
Have Countries with Lax Environmental Regulations a Comparative Advantage in Polluting Industries?
(2009-12-04)
We aim to study whether lax environmental regulations induce comparative advantages, causing
the least-regulated countries to specialize in polluting industries. The study is based on Trefler and Zhu’s
(2005) definition ...
Discrimination in Scientific Review - A natural field experiment on blind versus non-blind review
(2009-12-09)
This paper analyzes the impacts of gender, as well as other author characteristics, on reviewers’ grading of papers submitted to an international conference in economics in Sweden in 2008. Correcting for other variables, ...
Testing for Unit Roots in Panel Time Series Models with Multiple Breaks
(2009-09-29)
This paper proposes two new unit root tests that are appropriate in the presence of an
unknown number of structural breaks. One is based on a single time series and the other
is based on a panel of multiple series. For ...
The Impact of the EU Emissions Trading System on CO2 Intensity in Electricity Generation
(2009-06-09)
Prior to the launch of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in 2005, the electricity sector was widely proclaimed to have more low-cost emission abatement opportunities than other sectors. If this were true, effects ...