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Subjective well-being among preadolescents - Evidence from urban China
(2011-05)
We examine what factors are correlated with subjective well-being among Chinese preadolescents. In particular, we investigate whether preadolescents’ subjective well-being is correlated with their parents’ subjective ...
The first time is the hardest: A test of ordering effects in choice experiments
(2010-10)
This paper addresses the issue of ordering effects in choice experiments, and in particular how learning processes potentially affect respondents’ stated preferences in a sequence of choice sets. In a case study concerning ...
Funding a New Bridge in Rural Vietnam: A field experiment on conditional cooperation and default contributions
(2011-05)
The ability to provide public goods is essential for economic and social development, yet there is very limited empirical evidence regarding contributions to a real local public good in developing countries. This paper ...
The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth - A Multiple Country Test of an Oath Script
(2010-11)
Hypothetical bias is one of the main issues bedeviling the field of nonmarket valuation. The
general criticism is that survey responses reflect how people would like to behave, rather than how
they actually behave. In ...
Social Norms and Information Diffusion in Water-saving Programs:Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in Colombia
(2016-04)
This paper investigates direct and spillover effects of a social information campaign aimed at encouraging residential water savings in Colombia. The campaign was organized as a
randomized field experiment, consisting of ...
Reducing the gap between stated and real behavior in transportation studies: The use of an oath script
(2017-09)
We investigate whether taking an oath in a survey situation affects respondent behavior in choice experiments with a focus on travel time, comfort, and cost. We conduct two studies in Beijing: one with car commuters and ...
Is Fairness Blind? - The effect of framing on preferences for effort-sharing rules
(2010-03-29)
By using a choice experiment, this paper focuses on citizens’ preferences for effort-sharing
rules of how carbon abatement should be shared among countries. We find that Swedes do not
rank the rule favoring their own ...
Cost of Power Outages for Manufacturing Firms in Ethiopia: A Stated Preference Study
(2018-05)
Having a reliable supply of electricity is essential for the operation of any firm. In most developing countries, however, electricity supply is highly unreliable. In this study, we estimate the cost of power outages for ...
Paying for Mitigation: A Multiple Country Study
(2010-05-17)
Unique survey data from a contingent valuation study conducted in three different countries (China, Sweden, and the United States) were used to investigate the ordinary citizen’s willingness to pay (WTP) for reducing CO2 ...