Publications related to EfD by Martine Visser
Martine Visser is Associate Professor in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town.
She received her doctoral degree in Economics from the University of Gothenburg in May 2007. Her dissertation combined behavioral and environmental economics, using economic experiments to study the role of social norms such as cooperation and social sanctioning on provision of public goods in unequal communities. ("Fairness, Reciprocity and Inequality: Experimental Evidence from South Africa."). One of her thesis projects dealt with inequality in the context of fishing rights and poaching behavior of nine fishing communities along the West Coast of South Africa, while the other focused on the role that social background has on cooperation and sanctioning behavior amongst teenagers from different ethnic populations in Cape Town.
Martine has taught a number of courses within the School of Economics, including: Micro-economics/Game Theory, Econometrics, Environmental Economics, and Resource Economics.
Her current research interests include behavioral and experimental research and specifically studying the role of social norms and its application to environment and natural resource use. She is currently working on various projects that consider the role of social norms and risk preferences on behavior of individuals confronted with climate variability and risk. Another line of research that she is pursuing involves the role of local governance and social institutions on the provision of basic services to the poor and its effects on subjective well-being.
Current research projects:
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Equity rules in the Climate Burden Sharing: Lab and Field Experiments from South Africa (with Kerri Brick (EPRU))
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Mitigation and Adaptation in a Social Dilemma setting of Climate Change using framed lab experiment (with Dr Asa Lofgren, EEU, Sweden and Reviva Hasson, UCT);
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Risk Preferences and Compliance Behavior: Experimental Evidence from South African Fishing Communities (with Associate Professor Justine Burns and Kerri Brick, UCT)).
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The Role Social Norms and Reference Points on Electricity Consumption: A Natural Field Experiment based in Cape Town (with Grant Smith, UCT);
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Risky Sex in a Risky World - Evidence from Young Adults in South Africa (Empirical study using the Cape Area Panel Study to investigate the role of uncertainty about future health and income on risky sexual behavior) (with Andrea Mannberg, Umea University, Sweden, and Dr Mintewab Bezabih, Portsmouth University, UK)
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Responses to Climate Risk: Field Experiments with small scale farmers from South Africa (with Kerri Brick and Feri Gwata (UCT)
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Wellbeing, Social Institutions and Basic Services – Empirical Evidence using the Cape Area Panel Study (Brennan Hodkinson, UCT)
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2010 Supervision Master and Phd students research projects: Phd Student Adewara Sunday: Public Goods in Nigeria , Master Student Feri Gatwa: Measuring risk aversion to climate change , Master Student Grant Smith: Experimental and Behavioural economics in public policy making
Peer reviewed
- Behavioral Response to Plastic Bag Legislation in Botswana Dikgang, J. and Visser, M. 2012, "Behavioural Response to plastic bag legislation in Botswana", South African Journal of Economics, 2012, vol 80, pp. 123-133
- Social capital, cooperative behavior and norm-enforcement Kocher, M., P. Martinsson and M. Visser 2011. Social capital, cooperative behavior and norm-enforcement. Forthcoming in Journal of Behavioral Economics and Organization.
- Treatment effects of Climate Change risk on mitigation and adaptation behaviour in an experimental setting Hasson, R., Lofgren, A., and Visser, M. 2010, Treatment effects of Climate Change risk on mitigation and adaptation behaviour in an experimental setting. Forthcoming in South African Journal of Economics
- Risk Aversion: Experimental Evidence from South African Fishing Communities Brick, K., Visser, M., Burns, J. (forthcoming). Risk Aversion: Experimental Evidence from South African Fishing Communities. American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
- Elasticity of demand, price and time: lessons from South Africa's plastic-bag levy Johane Dikgang, Anthony Leiman and Martine Visser, 2011, Elasticity of demand, price and time: lessons from South Africa's plastic-bag levy, Applied Economics,First published on: 14 June 2011 (iFirst)
- Climate Change in a Public Goods Game: Investment Decision in Mitigation versus Adaptation Hasson, Reviva, Åsa Löfgren, and Martine Visser (forthcoming), "Climate Change in a Public Goods Game: Investment Decision in Mitigation versus Adaptation", Ecological Economics.
- Meeting a national emission reduction target in an experimental setting K, Brick and M,Visser,(2010). Meeting a national emission reduction target in an experimental setting. Climate Policy, Volume 10, Number 5, 2010 , pp. 543-559(17)
- Does stake size matter for cooperation and punishment? Martin G, Kocher, Peter, Martinsson, and Martine, Visser, 2008, "Does Stake Size Matter for Cooperation and Punishment?" Economics Letters 99:508-511.
- Income Inequality, Reciprocity and Public Goods Provision A. Hofmeyer,J. Burns and M. Visser. 2007. "Income Inequality, Reciprocity and Public Goods Provision". Forthcoming in South African Journal of Economics
- The economics of plastic bag legislation in South Africa R. Hasson, A. Leiman and M. Visser, 2007. “The economics of plastic bag legislation in South Africa” South African Journal of Economics, Volume 75, Number 1, March, pp. 66-83(18)
- Community-Based provision of development services in rural South Africa Matthew Breier & Martine Visser, 2006, "Community-Based Provision Of Development Services In Rural South Africa," South African Journal of Economics, Economic Society of South Africa, vol. 74(2), pages 301-314, 06.
EfD Discussion Papers
- Behavioral Response to Plastic Bag Legislation in Botswana Johane Dikgang and Martine Visser (2010), “Behavioral Response to Plastic Bag Legislation in Botswana”, EfD Discussion Paper 10-13, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, May 2010.
- Climate Change in a Public Goods Game: Investment Decision in Mitigation versus Adaptation Hasson, Reviva, Åsa Löfgren, and Martine Visser (2009), "Climate Change in a Public Goods Game: Investment Decision in Mitigation versus Adaptation", EfD Discussion Paper 09-23, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, October 2009.
- Social Background, Cooperative Behavior, and Norm Enforcement Kocher, Martin, Peter Martinsson, and Martine Visser (2009), "Social Background, Cooperative Behavior, and Norm Enforcement", EfD Discussion Paper 09-22, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, October 2009.
- Responsible Investment: A Vehicle for Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth in South Africa Stéphanie Giamporcaro, Lise Pretorius and Martine Visser (2010),"Responsible Investment: A Vehicle for Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth in South Africa"EfD Discussion Paper 10-17, Environment for Development Initiative and Resources for the Future, Washington DC, June 2010.
- Use of Anthropometric Measures to Analyze How Sources of Water and Sanitation Affect Children’s Health in Nigeria Adewara, Sunday Olabisi and Martine Visser, 2011, “Use of Anthropometric Measures to Analyze How Sources of Water and Sanitation Affect Children’s Health in Nigeria”, Environment for Development Discussion Paper Series, EfD DP 11-02.
Discussion Papers
- Bridging the Great Divide in South Africa: Inequality and Punishment in the Provision of Public Goods Martine, Visser and Justine, Burns,2006, "Bridging the Great Divide in South Africa: Inequality and Punishment in the Provision of Public Goods," Working Papers in Economics 219, Göteborg University, Department of Economics.
- Demand for health care in HIV/AIDS – affected households in two communities in the Free State Frikkie Booysens and Martine Visser, 2006, “Demand for health care in HIV/AIDS – affected households in two communities in the Free State Province of South Africa”, ERSA Working Paper Number 8.
- Competition policy and privatisation in the South African water industry Beatrice Conradie & Jacqui Goldin & Anthony Leiman & Barry Standish & Martine Visser, 2001. "Competition Policy and Privatisation in the South African Water Industry," Working Papers 9677, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit.
- Green certificate trading Visser, M. And K. Brick (2009). “Green certificate trading” Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (February)
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