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Does experience eliminate the effect of a default option? - A field experiment on CO2-offsetting for air transport
(2009-10-23)
Earlier research has shown that using a default option has a decisive effect on individuals’ choices. In many cases, however, the low proportion of subjects who switch from the pre-set default option might partly explained ...
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 ...
Diffusion of NOx abatement technologies in Sweden
(2014-01)
This paper studies how different NOx abatement technologies have diffused under
the Swedish system of refunded emissions charges and analyzes the determinants of the time to adoption. The policy, under which the charge ...
Bioeconomic Model of Community Incentives for Wildlife Management Before and After CAMPFIRE
(2009-12-03)
This paper formulates a bioeconomic model to analyze community incentives for wildlife
management under benefit-sharing programs like the Communal Areas Management Programme for
Indigenous Resources (CAMPFIRE) in Zimbabwe. ...
Agricultural Risk Management through Community-Based Wildlife Conservation in Rural Zimbabwe
(2009-12-03)
This paper investigates whether the risk faced by rural farmers in Zimbabwe could poten-
tially be managed by using community-based wildlife conservation. Community-based wildlife
conservation could be an additional asset ...
Integrating Soil Science into Agricultural Production Frontiers
(2012-12)
This paper integrates soil science variables into an economic analysis of agricultural output among small-scale farmers in Kenya’s highlands. The integration is valuable because farmers’ choice of inputs depends on both ...
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 ...
Discounting and Relative Consumption
(2013-03)
We analyze optimal social discount rates when people derive utility from relative consumption. We compare the social, private, and conventional Ramsey rates. Assuming a positive growth rate, we find that 1) the social ...
Public Disclosure of Industrial Pollution: The PROPER Approach for Indonesia?
(2009-12-08)
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of the Program for Pollution Control Evaluation and Rating
(PROPER) in Indonesia. PROPER, the first major public disclosure program in the developing world,
was launched in June ...
Output and Abatement Effects of Allocation Readjustment in Permit Trade
(2009-12-08)
In permit trading systems, free initial allocation is common practice. A recent example is
the European Union Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading Scheme (EU-ETS). We investigate
effects of different free allocation schemes ...