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Incentives conditioned on socially desired acts such as donating blood, departing conflict or mitigating climate change have increased in popularity. Many incentives are targeted, excluding some of…
| Other Publications | Central America, SwedenA critical issue in the design of incentive mechanisms is the choice of whom to target. For forests, the leading schemes: [i] target locations with high ecosystem-service density; [ii] target…
| Other Publications | Central AmericaThis is a PhD dissertation by Haileselassie Medhin and containing seven self-contained papers: Paper 1: Thanks but No Thanks: A New Policy to Reduce Land Conflict Paper 2: Experimentation and Social…
| Thesis PHD | Sweden, EthiopiaThis article analyses the Total Factor Productivity (TFP) performance of fisheries in Iceland, Norway and Sweden during the period 1973 to 2003. We measure TFP growth using real gross value added as…
| Peer Reviewed | SwedenWe use three rounds of a rich panel data set to investigate the determinants of household fuel choice and energy transition in urban Ethiopia. We observe that energy transition did not occur following…
| EfD Discussion Paper | Ethiopia, Global HubMost studies suggest that environmental taxes are regressive, making them less attractive policy options. The general objective of this paper is to analyze and compare fossil fuel and food tax…
| Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaRural Malawi is largely characterised by high levels of poverty, unemployment and high population densities. It is also seen as the ‘warm heart of Africa’, which, together with its abundant natural…
| Peer Reviewed | South AfricaThe adoption and diffusion of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) has become an important issue in the development-policy agenda for sub-Saharan Africa, especially as a way to tackle land…
| Peer Reviewed | EthiopiaGroundwater pumping can reduce the flow of surface water in nearby streams. In the United States, recent awareness of this externality has led to intra- and inter-state conflict and rapidly-changing…
| Peer Reviewed |The type and combination of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) adopted have a significant effect on agricultural productivity and food security. This study develops a multinomial endogenous…
| Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Ethiopia, Global Hub