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Emissions Trading Subject to Kantian Preferences
(2018-01)
We study a cap-and-trade market equilibrium where different regions belonging to an emissions trading regime have different ambitions about the stringency of the cap. Specifically, we introduce a segment of consumers with ...
Normkritisk granskning av övningsexempel på juristutbildningen i Göteborg
(Handelshögskolan vid Göteborgs Universitet, 2018)
Do consumers choose to stay ignorant? The role of information in the purchase of ethically certified products
(2018-01)
The paper analyzes how consumers access information about ethical certificates and how access to this information influences consumers’ purchasing decisions. Using an experimental market game and letting consumers choose ...
Field of study and family outcomes
(2018-08)
This paper uses administrative data from 16 cohorts of the Dutch population to study the relationship between field of study and family outcomes. We first document considerable variation by field of study for a range of ...
Organizing Labour Market Integration of Foreign-born Persons in the Gothenburg Metropolitan Area
(Göteborgs universitet, 2018-09)
The overall purpose of this report is to review contemporary labour market integration initiatives targeting foreign-born persons (though not necessarily such persons only). The initiatives we list here are undertaken in ...
The impact of the announcement of temporary building sites for refugees on house prices in Gothenburg
(2018-02)
We evaluate the price development of apartments in neighborhoods surrounding temporary housing for refugees using the unpredicted announcement of three building sites, targeting refugees, in Gothenburg. More in particular, ...
Roman Roads to Prosperity: Persistence and Non-Persistence of Public Goods Provision
(2018-02)
How persistent is public goods provision in a comparative perspective? We explore the link between infrastructure investments made during antiquity and the presence of infrastructure today, as well as the link between early ...
Determinants of Enterprises’ Use of Energy Efficient Technologies:Evidence from Urban Ethiopia
(2018-02)
We conducted a cross-sectional survey of 8174 micro, small and medium enterprises from ten major urban areas in Ethiopia to study the determinants of the enterprises’ adoption of energy efficiency practices and technologies. ...
Development constrained – Essays on land as a factor in nineteenth-century industrialization and trade
(2018-05-18)
This dissertation consists of an introductory chapter, four research essays and one essay that describes the collected dataset. The first essay examines how the balance of land embodied in British trade developed during ...
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 ...