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Abstract Households in developing countries are subject to considerable risk and shocks, but most can’t deal with them using formal credit and insurance mechanisms. We use five rounds of the South…

4 May 2023 | Peer Reviewed | South Africa, Global Hub

Abstract The depletion of resource reserves will cause stagnation of socio-economic development in resource-based cities. The formation of new sources of economic growth in resource-depleted cities…

30 March 2023 | Peer Reviewed | Global Hub

Abstract This study contributes to the literature on whether financial development stimulates technical energy efficiency (TEE) or not, by addressing core biases that creep into the relationship and…

30 March 2023 | Peer Reviewed | Ghana, Global Hub

Executive Summary Economic instruments such as taxes and fees have been extensively used in other environmental domains but have so far been relatively sparsely applied to chemicals. However, there is…

9 March 2023 | Report | Global Hub

AbstractWe investigate the behavioural responses of natural common-pool resource users to three policy interventions—sanctioned quotas, information provisioning, and a combination of both. We focus on…

2 March 2023 | Peer Reviewed | South Africa, Global Hub

Abstract Although rebound effects are well-known as a phenomenon, the question of how to avoid and minimize rebound effects have largely been ignored in practical policy. In this study, five concrete…

13 December 2022 | Peer Reviewed | Global Hub

Abstract Sweden was one of the first countries to introduce a carbon tax in 1991. We assemble a unique dataset tracking all CO2 emissions from the Swedish manufacturing sector to estimate the impact…

9 January 2023 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Global Hub

ABSTRACT As more entrepreneurial experiences are integrated into engineering programs, students are faced with new challenges they need help in managing. While previous research has identified…

13 December 2022 | Peer Reviewed | Global Hub

Abstract We study distributional preferences in adolescent peer networks. Using incentivized choices between allocations for themselves and a passive agent, children are classified into efficiency…

13 December 2022 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Global Hub