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Social Dilemmas: The Role of Incentives, Norms and Institutions
(2008-02-14)
The subject of this dissertation is social dilemmas. In a social dilemma situation, there is a clear incentive not to cooperate. However, if nobody cooperates, then everybody is worse off than if they had cooperated. The ...
Carpe Diem or Seize your Health? The Economics of Time Preferences, Health, and Education
(2022-01-20)
Who is more likely to follow medical recommendations, invest in their health and pursue higher degrees of schooling? Behavioral economic theory provides a clear answer to this question: more patient individuals (who discount ...
Essays on Behavioral Economics and Policies for Provision of Ecosystem Services
(2013-04-30)
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Paper 1: Incentives, Impacts, and Behavioural Issues in the Context of Payment for Ecosystem Services Programmes: Lessons for REDD+
Payment for environmental services (PES) aims to increase the provision of ...
Essays on Development and Experimental Economics: Migration, Discrimination and Positional Concerns
(2013-11-22)
Paper 1: A Field Experiment of Discrimination in the Norwegian Housing Market: Gender, Class, and Ethnicity
We test for gender, class, and ethnic discrimination in the Norwegian rental housing market using fake application ...