Department of Economics / Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik: Recent submissions
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Are Crime Rates Really Stationary?
(2009-09-11)Many empirical studies of the economics of crime focus solely on the determinants thereof, and do not consider the dynamic and cross-sectional properties of their data. As a response to this, the current paper offers an ... -
Myths and Facts about Panel Unit Root Tests
(2009-09-11)This paper points to some of the common myths and facts that have emerged from 20 years of research into the analysis of unit roots in panel data. Some of these are wellknown, others are not. But they all have in common ... -
Using Panel Data to Construct Simple and Efficient Unit Root Tests in the Presence of GARCH
(2009-09-11)In search for more efficient unit root tests in the presence of GARCH, some researchers have recently turned their attention to estimation by maximum likelihood. However, although theoretically appealing, the new test ... -
The Tax-Spending Nexus: Evidence from a Panel of US State- Local Governments
(2009-09-11)We re-examine the tax-spending nexus using a panel of 50 US state-local government units between 1963 and 1997. We find that, unlike tax revenues, expenditures adjust to revert back to a long-term equilibrium relationship. ... -
Seasonal Unit Root Tests for Trending and Breaking Series with Application to Industrial Production
(2009-09-11)Some unit root testing situations are more difficult than others. In the case of quarterly industrial production there is not only the seasonal variation that needs to be considered but also the occasionally breaking ... -
Stock returns in relation to environmental, social and governance performance: mispricing or compensation for risk?
(2009-09-01)Using detailed data on seven environmental, social and governance (ESG) attributes for a long panel of large publicly traded U.S. rms during July 1992-June 2008, this study nds that only the community indicator has a ... -
Sufficient reduction in multivariate surveillance
(2009-08-31)The relation between change points in multivariate surveillance is important but seldom considered. The sufficiency principle is here used to clarify the structure of some problems, to find efficient methods, and to determine ... -
Essays on Efficiency Measurement and Corporate Social Responsibility
(2009-08-26)Paper 1: Ranking corporations based on sustainable and socially responsible practices. A Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach This study ranks publicly listed corporations based on social and environmental (i.e. ... -
A Microsimulation Approach to an Optimal Swedish Income Tax
(2009-08-25)This paper follows the theory of optimal taxation and the goal is to identify a tax/benefit design that maximizes social welfare. A two stage process is proposed where the individuals preferred choice of leisure and ... -
Assessment of existing global financial initiatives and monitoring aspects of carbon sinks in forest ecosystems – The issue of REDD
(2009-08-14)The objective of this report is to explore the topic of carbon sinks in forest ecosystems, focusing on the issue of REDD. The report covers different angles: i) an overview of existing financial and methodological initiatives ... -
Easy come, easy go - The role of windfall money in lab and field experiments
(2009-08-11)A growing number of experimental studies focus on the differences between the lab and the field. Important in this issue is the role of windfall money. By conducting a dictator game, where the recipient is a charity ... -
Assessment of existing global financial initiatives and monitoring aspects of carbon sinks in forest ecosystems – The issue of REDD
(2009-08-10)The objective of this report is to explore the topic of carbon sinks in forest ecosystems, focusing on the issue of REDD. The report covers different angles: i) an overview of existing financial and methodological initiatives ... -
Conditional Cooperation and Social Group - Experimental results from Colombia
(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 ... -
Are Social Preferences Skin Deep? Dictators under Cognitive Load
(2009-07-03)We study the impact of cognitive load in dictator games to test two conflicting views of moral behavior. Are social preferences skin‐deep in the sense that they are the result of humans’ cognitive reasoning while the ... -
Forestland Reform in China: What do the Farmers Want? A Choice Experiment on Farmers’ Property Rights Preferences
(2009-06-30)Various decentralization experiments are currently underway in the Chinese forestry sector. However, a key question often ignored by researchers and policy makers is what farmers really want from reform. This paper ... -
How Does Communal HIV/AIDS Affect Fertility? - Evidence from Malawi
(2009-06-25)Recently there has been a surge in interest on how HIV/AIDS affects fertility in countries hit by the disease. In this study, the effect of communal HIV/AIDS on fertility in rural Malawi is estimated using individual data ... -
REFERENCE PRICING - Making Parallel Trade in Pharmaceuticals Work
(2009-06-17)Should governments allow parallel trade of pharmaceuticals? There is no clear-cut answer to this question, since parallel trade causes some public concerns. One is that prices might not decrease much in the home country ... -
Voting Motives, Group Identity, and Social Norms
(2009-06-17)The conventional rational voter model has problems explaining why people vote, since the costs typically exceed the expected benefits. This paper presents Swedish survey evidence suggesting that people vote based on a ... -
Taxes, Permits and the Adoption of Abatement Technology under Imperfect Compliance
(2009-06-16)This paper analyzes the effects of the choice between price-based and quantity-based emission regulations on compliance incentives and social welfare in the presence of incomplete enforcement and technology adoption. We ...