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Gender, Risk and Stereotypes
(2006)
This paper reports results from an economic experiment where respondents are asked to make choices between risky outcomes for themselves and others. In addition, we elicit information about the respondents’ perception of ...
Essays in Climate Change and Forest Management
(2009-03-12)
Putting decomposition of energy use and pollution on a firm footing - clarifications on the residual, zero and negative values and strategies to assess the performance of decomposition methods
(2006)
I show how the problems with zero and negative values in decomposition
can in principle be resolved by avoiding ill-defined mathematical
operations used to derive the decomposition formulae (division by zero and
taking ...
Using Ex Post Data to Estimate the Hurdle Rate of Abatement Investments - An Application to the Swedish Pulp and Paper Industry and Energy Sector
(2007-03-21)
We propose a method for estimating hurdle rates for firms’ investments in pollution
abatement technology, using ex post data. The method is based on a structural option value
model where the future price of polluting ...
Svenska nätbolags syn på nätnyttomodellen 2005
(2005)
This paper reports the results of a survey study regarding the attitudes towards the Network Performance Assessment Model (NPAM). The NPAM is a revenue cap regulation model that has been developed to evaluate revenue ...
Are demand elasticities affected by politically determined tax levels? : simultaneous estimates of gasoline demand and price
(2007-10-14)
Raising the price of fossil fuels is a key component of any effective policy to deal with climate change. Just how effective such policies are is decided by the price elasticities of demand. Many papers have studied this ...
Modelling Default Contagion Using Multivariate Phase-Type Distributions
(2007-10-31)
We model dynamic credit portfolio dependence by using default contagion
in an intensity-based framework. Two different portfolios (with 10 obligors), one in the
European auto sector, the other in the European financial ...
Would The Right Social Preference Model Please Stand Up!
(2006)
A number of competing social preference models have been developed inspired by the evidence from economic experiments. We test the relative performance of some of these models using an experimental design that is aimed at ...
Community-based customer involvement for improving packaged software development
(2004)
Noting the widespread use of virtual communities for interacting with customers, this thesis explores the role of virtual communities for involving distributed customers in packaged software development (psd) and the ...