Search for dissertations about: "stake size"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words stake size.

  2. 1. Fairness, Reciprocity and Inequality: Experimental evidence from South Africa

    Author : Martine Visser; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; inequality; cooperation; punishment; public goods; experimental economics; social norms; inequality aversion; altruism; reciprocity; stake size; social capital; South Africa;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of six papers, related to artifactual field experiments, conducted in South Africa. The main focus of the thesis is the effect of different forms of heterogeneity on cooperation and punishment within groups. READ MORE

  4. 2. Measuring Trust and the Value of Statistical Lives: Evidence from Bangladesh

    Author : Minhaj Mahmud; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social capital; trust; social distance; religion; trust game; stake size; field experiment; value of statistical life; contingent valuation; risk reduction; effect of training; willingness to pay; sensitivity to scope; social preference; choice experiment; life-saving programs; relative value of life; Bangladesh.;

    Abstract : This thesis includes five self-contained essays. The first three essays relate to the measurement of trust using both an experimental and a survey approach, and the other two essays relate to the measurement of the value of (statistical) life using stated preference methods. READ MORE

  5. 3. Fish life histories in a warming climate: a mechanistic basis of change and a community context

    Author : Viktor Thunell; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Body size dependent interactions structure food webs, and these are changing with climate warming. We cannot yet predict how warming affects many aspects of life history evolution and species ecology, despite a longstanding interest in the structuring effects of temperature and body size in food webs. READ MORE

  6. 4. Water diffusion and free volume in hydrophilic polymers

    Author : Charlotte Trotzig; Centrum för analys och syntes; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Physical chemistry; free volume; self-diffusion; degree of crystallinity; glass transition temperature; tensile storage modulus; surface tension; isotherm; HPMC; PEO; water; triacetin; clay; Macromolecular chemistry; dynamic mechanical analysis; Fysikalisk kemi; differential scanning calorimetry; nuclear magnetic resonance; positron annihilation; Makromolekylär kemi;

    Abstract : During moisture uptake in polymers, the diffusion of the water molecules is believed to occur via unoccupied voids. These voids are called free volume cavities and their sizes are continuously altered when the moisture content in the polymer is enhanced. READ MORE

  7. 5. Two Essays on Valuation of Marine Resources: Applications to Sweden

    Author : Björn Olsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Paper 1: D61; Q26; Q51 Paper 2: D61; Q26;

    Abstract : Paper 1: Historical records show that the stock density of coastal cod (Gadus morhua) in the waters off the Swedish west coast is extremely low. In 2001 the stock size was two percent of the size in the 1970s. READ MORE