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This paper analyzes the welfare effects of improved health status through increased water quality using a choice experiment. The survey was administered to a random sample of households in…
6 May 2004 | Discussion Paper | SwedenUsing a contingent valuation survey, people’s willingness to pay for a given risk reduction is found to be much larger, consistently more than two times as large, when traveling by air compared to by…
1 March 2004 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenWe present a model of fishers’ gear choice, which allows for heterogeneity both in production technology and risk preferences and apply it on a panel of Swedish trawlers. Stochastic revenue functions…
1 February 2004 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenNamibia is currently in the process of phasing out water subsidies in its government-sponsored irrigation schemes. However, the financial effects on the affected farmers are frequently unclear, and so…
1 September 2007 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenGroundwater can augment total agricultural water supply in areas where rainfall is persistently low, but can also function as a buffer source of water in areas where rainfall is high but variable. In…
1 December 2003 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThe results from a survey of Swedish commercial fishers on regulation compliance and attitudes to control and restrictions are reported. According to the responding fishers, 90% of all Swedish catches…
1 November 2003 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThe interest for wetlands is increasing, not only because of the possibility of a cost-efficient uptake of nutrients, but also because wetlands can be designed to provide other services. What values…
1 November 2003 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenSocial inequality aversion is measured through a veil-of-ignorance experiment with Indian students. The median relative risk aversion is found to be quite high, about 3, and independent caste. Co…
20 October 2003 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThe main objective of thus study is to contribute to the design of policies dealing with the problems of congestion and air pollution in the urban context of a typical developing country. In this…
1 October 2003 | Peer Reviewed | Central America, SwedenThis study applies the hedonic pricing model to property sales in the township areas in Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia, where municipal authorities have pursued a programme of selling plots of…
1 May 2003 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden