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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 ... -
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 ... -
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility and Economic Performance
(2009-06-11)This paper studies the link between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and economic performance of companies. Acknowledging the argument that companies might behave socially responsible strategically, i.e. favoring ... -
Get Shorty? - Market Impact of the 2008-09 U.K. Short Selling Ban
(2009-06-11)In September 2008, during one of the most intense periods of the financial crisis, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) decided to ban short-selling in financial stocks during four months in the U.K. market. The aim of ... -
The Impact of the EU Emissions Trading System on CO2 Intensity in Electricity Generation
(2009-06-09)Prior to the launch of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) in 2005, the electricity sector was widely proclaimed to have more low-cost emission abatement opportunities than other sectors. If this were true, effects ... -
Economics vs. Physical-based Metrics for Relative Greenhouse Gas Valuations
(2009-06-02)A range of alternatives to the Global Warming Potential (GWP) have been suggested in the scientific literature. One of these alternative metrics that has received significant attention is the cost-effective relative valuation ... -
Family-Size Effects on Earnings – Definitions Matter
(2009-05-20)Number of siblings has previously been found to adversely affect earned income. However, we still lack understanding of whether nature or nurture drives this effect. We examine in detail the effects of having different ... -
Attitudes to Personal Carbon Allowances: The effect of trust in politicians, perceived fairness and ideology
(2009-05-04)The idea of Personal Carbon Allowances (PCAs) was presented by the British Environment Secretary David Miliband in 2006. Although no state is seriously developing proposals for them, they have been heavily debated within ... -
Pricing basket default swaps in a tractable shot-noise model
(2009-04-27)We value CDS spreads and kth-to-default swap spreads in a tractable shot noise model. The default dependence is modelled by letting the individual jumps of the default intensity be driven by a common latent factor. The ... -
Conspicuous Leisure: Optimal Income Taxation when both Relative Consumption and Relative Leisure Matter
(2009-04-21)Previous studies on public policy under relative consumption concerns have ignored the role of leisure comparisons. This paper considers a two-type optimal nonlinear income tax model where people care both about their ... -
Farmers' Preferences for Crop Variety Traits: Lessons for On-Farm Conservation and Technology Adoption
(2009-04-20)Although in-situ conservation is increasingly considered an efficient way of conserving plant genetic resources, little is known about the incentives and constraints that govern conservation decisions among small farm ... -
Household decision making and the influence of spouses’ income, education, and communist party membership: A field experiment in rural China
(2009-04-20)We study household decision making in a high-stakes experiment with a random sample of households in rural China. Spouses have to choose between risky lotteries, first separately and then jointly. We find that spouses’ ...