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Chinese aid and local ethnic identification
(2019-04)
Recent empirical evidence suggests that Chinese development finance may be particularly prone to elite capture and patronage spending. If aid ends up in the pockets of political elites and their ethno-regional networks, ...
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 ...
Incentives and Forest Reform: Evidence from China
(2017-05-24)
Chapter I: Forest Devolution Reform in China: A Trigger for Investment or Deforestation?
I investigate whether and how the devolution of forestland to households in China triggered investment in forestland, and its effect ...
Essays on Team Cooperation and Firm Performance
(2014-05-23)
Paper I: Cooperation in teams: The role of identity, punishment and endowment distribution.
Common identity and peer punishment have been identified as crucial means to reduce free riding and to promote cooperation in ...
Can Stated Preference Methods Accurately Predict Responses to Environmental Policies? The Case of a Plastic Bag Regulation in China
(2010-05-06)
This study investigates the validity of using stated preference (SP) estimates to predict policy
effects on plastic bag consumption. Before implementation of a plastic bag regulation, when bags
were still free of charge, ...
Is there a hidden cost of imposing a minimum contribution level for public good contributions?
(2016-04)
We examine the effects of either exogenously imposing or endogenously letting subjects choose whether to impose minimum contribution levels (MCLs) in a linear public goods experiment
using the strategy method. Our results ...
A Fair Share : Burden-Sharing Preferences in the United States and China
(2010-10)
Using a choice experiment, we investigated preferences for distributing the economic
burden of decreasing CO2 emissions in the two largest CO2-emitting countries: the United
States and China. We asked respondents about ...
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 ...
Chinese aid and local corruption
(2016-06)
Considering the mounting criticisms concerning Chinese aid practices, the present paper investigates whether Chinese aid projects fuel local-level corruption in Africa. To this end, we
geographically match a new geo-referenced ...
Long-run effects of family policies: An experimental study of the Chinese one-child policy
(2018-05)
We present lab-in-the-field experimental evidence of the effects of the Chinese one-child policy on individuals’ preferences and behavior as adults. The experiments were conducted in three different provinces because the ...