Browsing Working papers by Author "Villegas-Palacio, Clara"
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Conditional Cooperation and Disclosure in Developing Countries
Martinsson, Peter; Pham-Khanh, Nam; Villegas-Palacio, Clara (2012-09)Understanding the motivations behind people’s voluntary contributions to public goods is crucial for the broader issues of economic and social development. By using the experimental design of Fischbacher et al. (2001), we ... -
Conditional Cooperation and Social Group - Experimental results from Colombia
Martinsson, Peter; Villegas-Palacio, Clara; Wollbrant, Conny (2009-08-05)In contrast to previous studies on cross-group comparisons of conditional cooperation, this study keeps cross- and within-country dimensions constant. The results reveal significantly different cooperation behavior between ... -
Does disclosure crowd out cooperation?
Martinsson, Peter; Villegas-Palacio, Clara (2010-05-18)This paper investigates whether disclosure crowds out pro-social behavior using a public goods experiment. In a between-subject design, we investigate different degrees of disclosure. We find a small positive but insignificant ... -
Should we tax or let firms trade emissions? An experimental analysis with policy implications for developing countries
Coria, Jessica; Villegas-Palacio, Clara; Cárdenas, J.C. (2011-09)In this paper we use laboratory experiments to test the theoretical predictions derived by Villegas-Palacio and Coria (2010) about the effects of the interaction between technology adoption and incomplete enforcement. They ... -
Social Information and Charitable Giving: An artefactual field experiment with young children and adolescents
Guzmán, Andrea; Villegas-Palacio, Clara; Wollbrant, Conny (2013-03. U)A growing literature in economics examines the development of preferences among children and adolescents. We combine a repeated dictator game with treatments that either provides participants with information about the ... -
Targeted Enforcement and Aggregate Emissions With Uniform Emission Taxes
Coria, Jessica; Villegas-Palacio, Clara (2010-06)In practice, targeted monitoring seems to be a strategy frequently used by regulators. In this paper, we study the effects of targeted monitoring strategies on the adoption of a new abatement technology and, consequently, ... -
Why Do Environmental Taxes Work Better in Developed Countries?
Coria, Jessica; Villegas-Palacio, Clara; Cárdenas, J.C. (2011-12)We compare of the performance of emission taxes between Colombia and Sweden in an experimental setting where subjects are regulated through environmental taxes and had to decide on emission levels, compliance behavior, and ...