Theses Phd & MSc
- south africa | Behavior ec. Fairness, Reciprocity and Inequality: Experimental evidence from South Africa This thesis consists of six papers, related to artifactual field experiments, conducted in South Africa. The main focus of the thesis is the effect of different forms of heterogeneity on cooperation and punishment within groups. Martine Visser, 2007,"Fairness, Reciprocity and Inequality: Experimental evidence from South Africa",doctoral thesis,Göteborg University. School of Business, Economics and Law.
- central america eeu sweden | Parks & Wildlife ‘Contribute! You can make a difference!’ A nature field experiment and a choice experiment of the payment system of voluntary contribution. Evidence from Cahuita National Park in Costa Rica. Ida Hellmark och Anna Nordén, 2008, ‘Contribute! You can make a difference!’ A nature field experiment and a choice experiment of the payment system of voluntary contribution. Evidence from Cahuita National Park in Costa Rica. MSc Thesis, Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg.
- south africa | Policy design Socially responsible investment between supply and demand: analysis of and issues in the social construction of “political saving” This study focuses on a movement in methods of structuring that has been around for the past twenty years: socially responsible investing. The study focuses on France between 2001 and 2005 and a particular category of actors: asset managers who sell financial products presented as socially responsible on the French market. Stephanie,Giamporcaro,2006,"Socially responsible investment between supply and demand: analysis of and issues in the social construction of “political saving", unpublished doctoral dissertation Sociology University René Descartes La Sorbonne (French)
- china | Forestry Research on the Performance of the State-owned Forestry Industry Enterprise Based on the Principal-Agent Theory Since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, the state-owned forestry industry (SOFI) has contributed greatly to national construction and social development. However, since the end of the 1970s the SOFI has been affected by the “two crises” [poor economic performance and ecological degradation], and these to date have yet to be resolved. Jiang, S. 2006. "Research on the Performance of the State-owned Forestry Industry Enterprise Based on the Principal-Agent Theory". Doctoral Thesis, Department of Forestry Economics and Management, Northeast Forestry University of China.
- central america eeu sweden | Behavior ec. Essays on Environmental Policy-Making in Developing Countries: Applications to Costa Rica This thesis consists of five papers dealing with fairly heterogeneous issues, based on the problems or topics analyzed, but also based on the methodologies used to approach them. The overriding motives are the design of environmental policies in the context of a typical developing country (where Costa Rica is used as a representative of such countries), and the study and application of techniques that can provide the necessary information for policy-making. Alpízar, F. 2002. "Essays on Environmental Policy-Making in Developing Countries: Applications to Costa Rica". Doctoral Thesis, Department of Economics, Göteborg, Göteborg University.
