Peter Martinsson

Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics

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1.

Sundays are Blue: Aren't They? The Day-of-The-Week Effect on Subjective Well-Being and Socio-Economic Status

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4563
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 17 Nov 2009
Alpaslan Akay and Peter Martinsson
IZA Institute of Labor Economics and Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics
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subjective well-being, day-of-the-week effect

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Reconciling Pro-Social vs. Selfish Behavior: Evidence for the Role of Self-Control

Published in Judgment and Decision Making, 7(3): 304-315, ESMT Working Paper No. 10-003 (R1)
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 25 May 2010 Last Revised: 05 Mar 2013
Peter Martinsson, Kristian Ove R. Myrseth and Conny E. Wollbrant
Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin and Göteborg University - School of Business, Economics and Law
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self-control, pro-social behavior, altruism, experiment

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Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

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Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

ESMT Working Paper No. 12-01 (R1)
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 28 May 2013
Martin G. Kocher, Kristian Ove R. Myrseth, Peter Martinsson and Conny E. Wollbrant
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics, Trinity College Dublin, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and Göteborg University - School of Business, Economics and Law
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self-control, cooperation, public good, risk, experiment

Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4200
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 01 May 2013
Martin G. Kocher, Peter Martinsson, Kristian Ove R. Myrseth and Conny E. Wollbrant
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin and Göteborg University - School of Business, Economics and Law
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self-control, cooperation, public good, risk, experiment

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Household Decision Making and the Influence of Spouses' Income, Education, and Communist Party Membership: A Field Experiment in Rural China

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4139
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 28 Apr 2009
Fredrik Carlsson, Peter Martinsson, Ping Qin and Matthias Sutter
Goeteborg University - School of Economics & Commercial Law, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Goeteborg University and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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household decision making, risk, field experiment, China

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Ostracism and the Provision of a Public Good - Experimental Evidence

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Ostracism and the Provision of a Public Good - Experimental Evidence

MPI Collective Goods Preprint No. 2005/24
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Dec 2005
Frank P. Maier-Rigaud, Peter Martinsson and Gianandrea Staffiero
IESEG School of Management (LEM-CNRS), Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and Europe Economics
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Experiment, Public Good, Ostracism

Ostracism and the Provision of a Public Good: Experimental Evidence

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 73, pp. 387-395, 2010
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 02 May 2011
Frank P. Maier-Rigaud, Peter Martinsson and Gianandrea Staffiero
IESEG School of Management (LEM-CNRS), Department of Economics and Quantitative Methods, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and Europe Economics
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Ostracism, Exclusion, public good, teamwork, experiment

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Social Preferences in Childhood and Adolescence: A Large-Scale Experiment

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5016
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Jul 2010
Matthias Sutter, Francesco Feri, Martin G. Kocher, Peter Martinsson, Katarina Nordblom and Daniela Rützler
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, University of London, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Göteborg University - Department Economics and University of Innsbruck
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children, social preferences, age, gender, experiment

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Cooperation in Social Dilemmas: The Necessity of Seeing Self-Control Conflict

ESMT Working Paper No. 10-004 (R1)
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 28 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2012
Peter Martinsson, Kristian Ove R. Myrseth and Conny E. Wollbrant
Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin and Göteborg University - School of Business, Economics and Law
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Self-Control, Pro-Social Behavior, Public Good Experiment, Conditional Cooperation

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Attitudes Toward Uncertainty Among the Poor: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4225
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Jun 2009
Alpaslan Akay, Peter Martinsson, Haileselassie Medhin and Stefan Trautmann
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Göteborg University - School of Global Studies and Tilburg University
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risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, poverty, cultural differences

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The Origins of Cultural Divergence: Evidence from a Developing Country

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 07 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 10 Jun 2018
Hoang-Anh Ho, Peter Martinsson and Ola Olsson
University of Gothenburg, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and University of Gothenburg
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Culture, Voluntary Settlement, Vietnam

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Cooperative Behavior and Common Pool Resources: Experimental Evidence from Community Forest User Groups in Nepal

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7323
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Randall A. Bluffstone, Astrid Dannenberg, Peter Martinsson, Prakash Jha and Rajesh Bista
Portland State University - Department of Economics, Göteborg University, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, ForestAction Nepal and ForestAction Nepal
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Inequality, Global Environment, Climate Change and Environment, Science of Climate Change, Climate Change and Health

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The Effect of Religion on Cooperation and Altruistic Punishment: Experimental Evidence from Public Goods Experiments

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6179
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 11 Dec 2011
Alpaslan Akay, Gökhan Karabulut and Peter Martinsson
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics
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cooperation, experiment, public goods, punishment, religion

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Measuring Risk Preferences in Rural Ethiopia: Risk Tolerance and Exogenous Income Proxies

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7137
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Ferdinand M. Vieider, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Sahan Dissanayake, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson and Alemu Mekonnen
University of Lyon, CNRS-GATE, EfD Ethiopia, Portland State University - Department of Economics, Colby College - Department of Economics, Mekelle University - Department of Economics, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and Addis Ababa University - Department of Economics
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Global Environment, Science of Climate Change, Climate Change and Environment, Energy and Environment, Climate Change and Health, Energy Demand, Energy and Mining

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Community Managed Forest Groups and Preferences for REDD Contract Attributes: A Choice Experiment Survey of Communities in Nepal

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7326
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Sahan Dissanayake, Prakash Jha, Bhim Adhikari, Rajesh Bista, Randall A. Bluffstone, Harisharan Luintel, Peter Martinsson, Naya S. Paudel, Eswaran Somanathan and Michael Toman
Colby College - Department of Economics, Ca Foscari University of Venice, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), ForestAction Nepal, Portland State University - Department of Economics, ForestAction, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, ForestAction, Indian Statistical Institute and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Science of Climate Change, Global Environment, Inequality, Climate Change and Health, Climate Change and Environment

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Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce Fuelwood Consumption and Carbon Emissions? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia Using a Randomized Treatment Trial with Electronic Monitoring

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7324
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegzhiaber, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen and Ferdinand Vieider
EfD Ethiopia, Portland State University - Department of Economics, Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Addis Ababa University - Department of Economics and WZB Berlin Social Science Center - Risk & Development Unit
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Climate Change and Health, Climate Change and Environment, Global Environment, Science of Climate Change, Inequality

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The Effect of Religiosity and Religious Festivals on Positional Concerns: An Experimental Investigation of Ramadan

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6172
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 11 Dec 2011
Alpaslan Akay, Gökhan Karabulut and Peter Martinsson
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics
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religion, positional concerns, Ramadan, Islam

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The Effect of Power Outages and Cheap Talk on Willingness to Pay to Reduce Outages

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4307
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Jul 2009
Fredrik Carlsson, Peter Martinsson and Alpaslan Akay
Goeteborg University - School of Economics & Commercial Law, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and IZA Institute of Labor Economics
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contingent valuation, cheap talk, experience, power outages

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Does Stake Size Matter for Cooperation and Punishment?

Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. 06-104/1
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 25 Nov 2006
Martin G. Kocher, Peter Martinsson and Martine Visser
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and Göteborg University
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experiment, public goods, punishment, stake size

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Positional Concerns Through the Life Cycle: Evidence from Subjective Well-Being Data and Survey Experiments

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6342
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 18 Feb 2012
Alpaslan Akay and Peter Martinsson
IZA Institute of Labor Economics and Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics
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positional concerns, life cycle, subjective well-being, survey experiment

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Preferences for REDD+ Contract Attributes in Low-Income Countries: A Choice Experiment in Ethiopia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7296
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Sahan Dissanayake, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen, Michael Toman and Ferdinand M. Vieider
Colby College - Department of Economics, EfD Ethiopia, Portland State University - Department of Economics, Mekelle University - Department of Economics, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Addis Ababa University - Department of Economics, World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG) and University of Lyon, CNRS-GATE
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Climate Change and Health, Global Environment, Science of Climate Change, Climate Change and Environment

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Life Satisfaction and Air Quality in Europe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6732
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 21 Jul 2012
Susana Ferreira, Alpaslan Akay, Finbarr Brereton, Juncal Cunado, Peter Martinsson and Mirko Moro
University of Georgia, IZA Institute of Labor Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and University of Stirling
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air quality, SO2 concentrations, subjective well-being, life satisfaction, Europe, European Social Survey, GIS

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Household Decision Making in Rural China: Using Experiments to Estimate the Influences of Spouses

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5127
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 24 Aug 2010
Fredrik Carlsson, Haoran He, Peter Martinsson, Ping Qin and Matthias Sutter
Goeteborg University - School of Economics & Commercial Law, Göteborg University, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Goeteborg University and Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods
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household decision making, spouses, relative influence, random parameter model, field experiment, time preferences

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The Improved Biomass Stove Saves Wood, But How Often Do People Use it? Evidence from a Randomized Treatment Trial in Ethiopia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7297
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen and Ferdinand M. Vieider
EfD Ethiopia, Portland State University - Department of Economics, Mekelle University - Department of Economics, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Addis Ababa University - Department of Economics and University of Lyon, CNRS-GATE
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Energy and Mining, Climate Change and Health, Science of Climate Change, Energy Demand, Climate Change and Environment, Energy and Environment, Global Environment

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Tolling on the River: Trade and Informal Taxation on the Congo

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Nov 2016
Ola Olsson, Maria Eriksson Baaz and Peter Martinsson
University of Gothenburg, Göteborg University and Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics
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Corruption, Informal Taxation, Congo

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Thanks But No Thanks: A New Policy to Reduce Land Conflict

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 4864
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Jul 2014
Martin Dufwenberg, Gunnar Köhlin, Peter Martinsson and Haileselassie Medhin
University of Arizona - Department of Economics, Göteborg University - Department of Economics, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and Göteborg University - School of Global Studies
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conflict, land-conflict game, social preferences, forward induction, Ethiopia, experiment, land reform

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Can Improved Biomass Cookstoves Contribute to REDD+ in Low-Income Countries? Evidence from a Controlled Cooking Test Trial with Randomized Behavioral Treatments

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7394
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Sahan Dissanayake, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen and Michael Toman
EfD Ethiopia, Portland State University - Department of Economics, Colby College - Department of Economics, Mekelle University - Department of Economics, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Addis Ababa University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Climate Change and Health, Global Environment, Climate Change and Environment, Science of Climate Change

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Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? Evidence from Rural Ethiopia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3812
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 11 Nov 2008
Alpaslan Akay and Peter Martinsson
IZA Institute of Labor Economics and Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics
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absolute income, relative income, subjective well-being

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Does Positional Concern Matter in Poor Societies? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Rural Ethiopia

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4354
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Aug 2009
Alpaslan Akay, Peter Martinsson and Haileselassie Medhin
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and Göteborg University - School of Global Studies
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Ethiopia, positional concern, relative income

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Do You Enjoy Having More than Others? Survey Evidence of Positional Goods

Economica, Vol. 74, No. 296, pp. 586-598, November 2007
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 Oct 2007
Fredrik Carlsson, Olof Johansson-Stenman and Peter Martinsson
Goeteborg University - School of Economics & Commercial Law, Goeteborg University - School of Economics & Commercial Law and Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics
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Coordination via Redistribution

Working Paper of the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance No. 2017-7
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 27 Nov 2017
Andrea Martinangeli, Peter Martinsson and Amrish Patel
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and University of East Anglia (UEA)
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Coordination, redistribution, experiment, distributive preferences, forward induction, signalling altruism

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Improved Cook Stoves for Climate Change Mitigation? Evidence of Values, Preferences and Carbon Savings from a Choice Experiment in Ethiopia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 8499
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Aug 2018
Sahan Dissanayake, Abebe Damte Beyene, Randall Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Gilbert Kiggundu, Shannon H. Kooser, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen and Michael Toman
Colby College - Department of Economics, World Bank, University of Reading, Mekelle University - Department of Economics, World Bank, World Bank, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Addis Ababa University - Department of Economics and World Bank - Development Research Group (DECRG)
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Energy and Mining, Energy and Environment, Energy Demand, Health Care Services Industry, Global Environment, Pollution Management & Control, Air Quality & Clean Air, Brown Issues and Health, Environmental Disasters & Degradation

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What Contributes to Life Satisfaction in Transitional Romania?

Review of Development Economics, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 59-70, February 2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 08 May 2006
Peter Martinsson and Daniela Andren
Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and Örebro University School of Business
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The Effect of Nonbinding Agreements on Cooperation Among Forest User Groups in Nepal and Ethiopia

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7325
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Astrid Dannenberg and Peter Martinsson
Göteborg University and Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics
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Global Environment, Climate Change and Health, Inequality, Science of Climate Change, Climate Change and Environment

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Positional Concerns Among the Poor: Does Reference Group Matter? Evidence from Survey Experiments

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8215
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 11 Jun 2014
Alpaslan Akay, Lisa Andersson, Peter Martinsson and Haileselassie Medhin
IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Göteborg University, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and Göteborg University - School of Global Studies
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reference groups, income comparison, experiment

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Does it Matter if You are Observed by Others? Evidence from Donations in the Field

The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 115, Issue 1, pp. 74-83, 2013
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 Jan 2013
Francisco Alpizar and Peter Martinsson
Tropical Agricultural and Higher Education Center and Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics
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Donation, prosocial behavior, third party

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Minimum Levels and Framing in Public Good Provision

Economic Inquiry, Vol. 57, Issue 3, pp. 1568-1581, 2019
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 22 May 2019
Peter Martinsson, Haileselassie Medhin and Emil Persson
Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics, Göteborg University - School of Global Studies and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Trust and Religion: Experimental Evidence from Rural Bangladesh

Economica, Vol. 76, No. 303, pp. 462-485, July 2009
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Jun 2009
Olof Johansson-Stenman, Minhaj Mahmud and Peter Martinsson
Goeteborg University - School of Economics & Commercial Law, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics
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Risk Taking for Oneself and Others: A Structural Model Approach

Economic Inquiry, Vol. 54, Issue 2, pp. 879-894, 2016
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 26 Feb 2016
Ferdinand M. Vieider, Clara Villegas‐Palacio, Peter Martinsson and Milagros Mejía
University of Lyon, CNRS-GATE, National University of Colombia - Department of Geosciences and Environment, Göteborg University - Department of Economics and Statistics and University of San Martín de Porres
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