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Center director Francisco Alpízar and Chairman of the Board of the association “Forever Costa Rica” released an opinion article titled: “The sharks, the finning and the public interest”. On March 2015…
22 February 2016 | Other Publications | Central AmericaAbstract: Attitudes towards risk and uncertainty have been indicated to be highly context-dependent, and to be sensitive to the measurement technique employed. We present data collected in controlled…
18 February 2016 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenAbstract: We investigate the relationship between social class belonging and contributions to local public goods. By utilizing the social class classifications in Colombia and an experimental design…
18 February 2016 | Peer Reviewed | Central America, SwedenAbstract: This paper experimentally investigates if and how beliefs, trust, and risk attitudes are associated with cooperative behavior. By applying incentivized elicitation methods to measure these…
18 February 2016 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenAbstract: Poverty and altered planning horizons brought on by the HIV/AIDS epidemic can change individual discount rates, altering incentives to conserve natural resources. Using longitudinal…
18 February 2016 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, KenyaAbstract: Common identity and peer punishment have been identified as crucial means to reduce free riding and promote cooperation in teams. This paper examines the relative importance of these two…
18 February 2016 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenAbstract: Harrington (J Public Econ 37: 29-53, 1988) shows that a suitable strategy for regulators to make enforcement more efficient is to target surveillance resources according to past compliance…
17 February 2016 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenWe analyze optimal social discount rates when people derive utility from relative consumption, i.e. their own consumption level relative to the consumption level of others. We compare the social…
12 February 2016 | Peer Reviewed | SwedenThe research analyzes the impact of climate change (including increased variability and less predictability of temperature and rainfall) on food security in Kenya. The study is based on county-level…
19 January 2016 | Research Brief | KenyaAfrican wildlife conservation has been transformed, shifting from a traditional, state-managed government approach to a broader governance approach with a wide range of actors designing and…
12 January 2016 | Peer Reviewed | South Africa