Search for dissertations about: "stated preferences"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words stated preferences.

  2. 16. Environmental and Behavioral Economics - Applications to China

    Author : Haoran He; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; charitable giving; China; contingent behavior; dictator game; experiment; earned endowment; external validity; field experiment; gender; household decision-making; laboratory experiment; litter; market-based policy; natural experiment; plastic bags; random parameter model; relative influence; revealed behavior; spouses; stated preference; time preferences; windfall money;

    Abstract : Paper 1: “The Effects of an Environmental Policy on Consumers – Lessons from the Chinese Plastic Bag Regulation.” To reduce plastic bag litter, China introduced a nationwide regulation requiring all retailers to charge for plastic shopping bags on June 1, 2008. READ MORE

  4. 17. 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. 18. Who Benefits from Regulatory Failures in Swedish Electricity Distribution

    Author : Magnus Söderberg; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : The existence of regulatory failures has been widely supported in theoretical and empirical studies over the last decades. This licentiate thesis looks at two specific aspects of regulatory failure described in the literature: the way the regulatory process is influenced by actors’ size and ownership. READ MORE

  6. 19. Some Aspects of Resource and Behavioral Economics

    Author : Daniel Spiro; John Hassler; Sjak Smulders; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Exhaustible Resources; Finite Horizon; Renewable Resources; Forestry; Fishery; Trade; Variety; Social Norms; Conformity; Preference Formation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four essays in resource and behavioral economics.Resource Extraction, Capital Accumulation and Time HorizonThe paper shows that relaxing the standard infinite horizon assumption can explain the patterns of exhaustible resource extraction and prices for the last century. READ MORE

  7. 20. Experimental testing of old and new hypotheses in Economics

    Author : Eskil Forsell; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Chapter summaries Evaluating Replicability of Laboratory Experiments in Economics The reproducibility of scientific findings has been called into question. To contribute data about reproducibility in economics, we replicate 18 studies published in the American Economic Review and the Quarterly Journal of Economics in 2011-2014. READ MORE