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Many argue that it is socially inefficient to use distributional weights in cost-benefit analysis, and that doing so implies large inefficiency losses, when distributional matters can be dealt with…
1 August 2005 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThis paper employs a choice experiment to obtain consumer preferences and willingness to pay for food product quality attributes currently not available in Sweden. Data were obtained from a large mail…
1 June 2005 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenWe find, using survey-experimental methods, that most individuals are concerned with both relative income and relative consumption of particular goods. The degree of concern varies in the expected…
1 March 2005 | Peer Reviewed | Central America, SwedenWe investigate the effectiveness of different smoking policies on smokers’ expectations to quit smoking using a choice experiment on a sample of smokers identified within the World Health Organization…
1 March 2005 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenGlobal environmental problems are often assumed to imply extensive inefficiencies since there is no global authority corresponding to the government at a national level. This paper shows, on the…
1 January 2005 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThe economic benefits many African countries derive from international wildlife tourism are very few, especially when viewed from existing potentials in terms of resources and uniqueness. African…
1 January 2005 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThis paper is an application of the contingent valuation method on community plantations in the highlands of Ethiopia. A discrete-continuous elicitation format was applied. It was found that there is…
18 November 2004 | Discussion Paper | Sweden, Ethiopia, Global HubEishers are risk-averse according to most empirical studies, while expected-utility theory predicts risk neutrality even for sizable stakes. We test this prediction using data from a stated-choice…
1 November 2004 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThis paper analyzes the marginal willingness to pay for changes in noise levels related to changes in the volume of flight movements at a city airport in Stockholm, Sweden, by using a choice…
1 September 2004 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThe Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is intended to improve the situation of the poorest developing countries by reducing their debt burden and by permitting increased spending on…
1 September 2004 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden