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The Excess Cost of Supplementary Constraints in Climate Policy: The Case of Sweden’s Energy Intensity Target [PDF]
From the perspective of climate policy, a target for energy efficiency could imply costly overlapping regulation. We estimate, using a computable general equilibrium model of the Swedish economy, the potential economic cost of attaining the national 2020
Östblom, Göran +2 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Increased frequency of extreme weather events, particularly droughts, threatens grassland farming by destabilizing yields and farms' economic viability. We examine, theoretically and through numerical simulations, how sown plant diversity (natural insurance) influences the attractiveness of indemnity and drought index insurance (formal ...
Nicolas Alou +3 more
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The aim of this paper is to explore how changes in welfare systems can come about, in order to increase our understanding of the connection between policy instruments and party politics.
Grees, Nadja,
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AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.Frailty was associated with decreased gray and white matter brain volumes in older adults. Synthetic MRI further revealed relaxometry alterations correlated with frailty severity across multiple clinical scales. ABSTRACT Objectives Frailty, a common condition in the elderly, is characterized by a decline in physiological reserves and an increased ...
Yuhui Chen +7 more
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Climate Policy Measures: What do people prefer ?
Several countries are responding to the climate change threat with various policy measures (e.g., taxes, permit trading, regulations, information campaigns, etc).
Cole, Scott, Brännlund, Runar
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Chapter 4: The Swedish Model [PDF]
This chapter tries to explain the strong performance of public finances in Sweden and looks at what lessons for other countries can be drawn. Section 4.2 reviews the development of public finances over time.
Hans-Werner Sinn +7 more
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Swedish farmers' approval of nudges
Agribusiness, EarlyView.Abstract Interest in the use of behavioral policy approaches, such as nudges, has strongly increased over the past years, including in the domains of food, agricultural and environmental policies. While the approval of nudges among the general public has been studied extensively, we know little about the attitude of farmers toward nudging. Farmers may (
Liesbeth Colen +2 more
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The Effect of Children on Earnings Using Exogenous Variation in Family Size: Swedish Evidence [PDF]
This paper takes advantage of an exogeneous variation in the sex composition of previous children, to study the effect of an additional child on women’s earnings.
Hirvonen, Lalaina
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
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Inspections and enforcement as instruments for enhancing environmental behavior
, 2017 The research program ”Inspections and enforcement as instruments for enhancing environmental behavior” has focused on evaluating the effectiveness of inspections and enforcement. The results presented in this report build on the previous research program
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