Essays about: "Public goods"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 177 essays containing the words Public goods.
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11. Carrots, Sticks, and Other Tricks: Understanding the effectiveness and robustness of social mechanisms for encouraging cooperation in a complex adaptive system
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomiAbstract : Cooperation is critical for success in many economic interactions, but social dilemmas between the best outcomes for society and for individual decision-makers often arise. This thesis adds to existing game-theoretic and behavioural studies by evaluating cooperation in the public goods game (a canonical social dilemma) in a more complex, realistic system. READ MORE
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12. The Value of School Quality Under Free Choice : An Empirical Study of School Quality on Residential Prices in Västerås, Sweden
University essay from KTH/Fastighetsföretagande och finansiella systemAbstract : Education is one of the most important public goods that society can provide, and researchers have since long agreed that schools' performances are capitalized into residential property prices. However, all previous research is based on residential markets where school districts prevail. READ MORE
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13. To what extent are Hungarian farmers willing to cooperate on agri-environmental schemes? : experimental evidence from a public goods game
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : European Union agri-environmental measures fail to deliver expected benefits despite playing a central role in mitigating the negative effects of agriculture on biodiversity and the environment. Implementing agri-environmental contracts following a landscape-scale rather than an individual�farm level approach could potentially contribute to improving their environmental performance. READ MORE
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14. Swedish Farmers’ Acceptance of RCTs and Economic Experiments
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : A shift in the Common European Agriculture (CAP) towards agri-environmental payment schemes meant to incentivise the provision of environmental public goods calls for a diverse set of policy evaluation methods. Economic experiments such as RCTs can be efficient and cost-effective tools for improving and evaluating the effectiveness of these novel policies. READ MORE
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15. A comparative study of nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms on sustainable road network planning
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskapAbstract : Global warming is a serious threat to the existence of human life on earth. Greenhouse gas emission is the major cause of global warming. Carbon dioxide is the major greenhouse gas emitted due to human activity. Road transport accounts for 15% of CO2 emissions worldwide. READ MORE
