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Dealing with ignored attributes in choice experiments on valuation of Sweden’s environmental quality objectives
(2008-02-20)In this paper we use follow-up questions to investigate whether attributes have been ignored in a choice experiment on environmental goods. This information is subsequently used in the estimation of the model by restricting ... -
Debt Relief and Adjustment Effort in a Multi-Period Model
(2005)This paper shows that if the period following the granting of debt relief is taken into account, debt relief increases adjustment effort (investment), irrespective of whether there is an initial debt overhang or not. -
Deciding Who's Decisive: Municipality Break-Ups and the Behavior of Local Politicians
(2003)Swedish municipality parts aiming for secession are highly dependent on the municipal council's acceptance in order to succeed. Only four of the 25 municipality break-up verdicts passed by the central government have not ... -
Decision-making within the Household: The Role of Autonomy and Differences in Preferences
(2018-03)We use a field experiment to identify how differences in preferences and autonomy in decision-making result in sub-optimal adoption of technologies that can maximize the welfare of all members of the household. We create ... -
Decomposed Effects of Democracy on Economic Freedom
(2002)Many previous empirical studies conclude that democracy increases economic freedom. However, these studies use highly aggregated indices of economic freedom, which eliminate interesting information and obstruct policy ... -
Decoupling: Is there a Separate Contribution from Environmental Taxation
(2011-01)Decoupling is a crucial topic in the analysis of sustainable development. Without decoupling, continuing and increasing economic growth in developed and developing countries would come with ever increasing environmental ... -
Demand for Coffee: The Role of Prices, Preferences and Market Power
(2005)The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the role of prices in determining demand for roasted coffee in Sweden. This is of interest because many believe that consumer prices are high relative to green coffee-bean prices, ... -
Design of stated preference surveys: Is there more to learn from behavioral economics?
(2009-12-09)We discuss the design of stated preference (SP) surveys in light of findings in behavioral economics such as context dependence of preferences, learning, and differences between revealed and normative preferences. More ... -
Determinants of Economies of Scope in Retail
(2020-08)This paper studies the determinants of economies of scope and quantifies their impact on the extensive and intensive product margins in retail. We use a framework based on a multiproduct technology to model stores’ incentives ... -
Determinants of Household Fuel Choice in Major Cities in Ethiopia
(2009-11-30)This paper looks at the fuel choice of urban households in major Ethiopian cities, using panel data collected in 2000 and 2004. It examines use of multiple fuels by households in some detail, a topic not much explored ... -
Determinants of Institutional Quality in Sub-Saharan African Countries
(2008-06-19)In this study, a number of factors have been considered as potential determinants of institutional quality in Sub- Saharan African countries. The empirical analysis has shown that historical factors such as state ... -
The Determinants of Rural Child Labor: An Application to India
(2007-06-19)There are several factors that may contribute to the decision to send a child to work, such as poverty, market imperfections and parental preferences. The aim of this paper is to determine empirically the relative importance ... -
Determinants of Soil Capital
(2009-01-28)This paper combines knowledge from soil science and economics to estimate economic determinants of soil capital. Explaining soil capital facilitates a better understanding of constraints and opportunities for increased ... -
Difference in Preferences or in Preference Orderings? Comparing Choices of Environmental Bureaucrats, Recreational Anglers, and the Public
(2016-08)Do Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) bureaucrats represent the general public or are they more in line with an interest group? We study preferences for environmental policy using a choice experiment (CE) on three ... -
Differences in Wage Distributions between Natives, Non-Refugees, and Refugees
(2008-09-15)This study examines differences in wage distributions between natives, non-refugees, and refugees in Sweden. We find that the wage differentials between natives and non-refugee immigrants decrease across the distribution, ... -
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 ... -
Disability and Marginal Utility of Income
(2007-11-21)It is often assumed that disability lowers the marginal utility of income. In this article individuals’ marginal utility of income in two states, (1) paralyzed in both legs from birth and (2) not mobility impaired at all, ... -
Discontinuities in the Age-Victimization Profile and the Determinants of Victimization
(2021-12): Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported victimizations, we find sharp and discontinuous increases in victimization rates at these ages: about 13% for both ... -
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 ... -
Discounting and relative prices in assessing future environmental damages
(2006)Environmentalists are often upset at the effect of discounting costs of future environmental damage, e.g. due to climate change. An often overlooked message is that we should discount costs but also take into account the ...