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Pathways to development
(PhD Thesis;2014:73, Doctoral thesis, 2014)This thesis consists of four articles and an introduction. It contributes to the debate on development, development aid and poverty reduction, and identifies possible pathways to development. In particular, I study financing ... -
Peasant agriculture and sustainable land use in Ethiopia : economic analyses of constraints and incentives for soil conservation
(Doctor scientiarum theses;1997:25, Doctoral thesis, 1997)In agriculture-based poor economies, degradation of agricultural land poses a serious threat to current and future food production potential. Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in Africa that is heavily dependent on ... -
Peasants and risk : a study of risk, market imperfections and farm household behaviour in Northern Zambia
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Persistent miscoordination : an economics of Amazon fires
(PhD Thesis;2018:16, Doctoral thesis, 2018)This thesis analyzes micro-level causes of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon, and the impact of policies and droughts on smallholders’ decisions to use and control fires. Fires in the Brazilian Amazon are an important ... -
Personality traits, food values and consumer behavior
(PhD Thesis;2021:33, Doctoral thesis, 2021-04)The thesis consists of four papers investigating the effects of personality traits and food values on food-related choices and behavior. The analysis uses data from the Norwegian Monitor Survey (NMS) and an online survey ... -
Policy reforms, soil fertility management, cash cropping and agricultural productivity in Ethiopia
(PhD Thesis;2007:39, Doctoral thesis, 2007)This thesis consists of an introduction and four independent papers. The papers aim at investigating agricultural productivity and factors that affect the performance of agriculture and food security directly or indirectly. ... -
Poverty, institutions, peasant behavior and conservation investment in northern Ethiopia
(Dr.scient.;2003:2, Doctoral thesis, 2003) -
Poverty, resource use and intensification strategies of smallholders under population pressure in southern Ethiopia
(PhD Thesis;2007:37, Doctoral thesis, 2007)The dissertation investigates resource use and intensification strategies of smallholders facing poverty and population pressure. It comprises an introduction and four independent papers. Based on data collected from a ... -
Risk and irrigation investment in a semi-arid economy
(PhD Thesis;2008:49, Doctoral thesis, 2008)The thesis consists of an introduction and four independent papers. It investigates the role of production risk and irrigation investment on farm households’ production decisions, efficiency, and income. Paper I analyses ... -
Rural nonfarm employment in Ethiopia : participation, impacts and dynamics
(PhD Thesis;2010:20, Doctoral thesis, 2010)This thesis consists of four papers analyzing the different facets of rural nonfarm employment in Ethiopia. The analyses in this thesis are mainly based on panel data of more than 1400 rural household in Ethiopia. The ... -
Seed security in the presence of climate shocks and socioeconomic inequality in Africa
(PhD Thesis;2022:65, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Access to diverse and well-adapted seeds is vital in helping farmers raise crop yields, agricultural incomes, and food security, reducing poverty and inequalities, and improving human well-being. The realization of benefits ... -
Short term effects of long-term policies: climate policies in power markets
(Dr.scient.;2007:11, Doctoral thesis, 2007) -
SME growth : the role of collectively competence-based resources
(PhD Thesis;2014:10, Doctoral thesis, 2014)High-growth firms contribute disproportionately to job and value creation. Previous research on high-growth firms has shown that high-growth firms are characterized by innovative qualities, have important spillover effects, ... -
Socioeconomic status and health : the role of lifestyle choices
(PhD Thesis;2012:4, Doctoral thesis, 2012)This thesis focuses on the relationship between socioeconomic status, health and related lifestyle choices. It uses repeated cross-section and stated preference data from Norway and consists of four papers. The first paper ... -
Sustainable use of minerals in the context of a digital and energy transition
(PhD Thesis;2023:46, Doctoral thesis, 2023)This thesis examines the sustainable use of minerals in the context of a low-carbon and digital transition. Based on original research, this thesis contributes to designing policy interventions, namely market-based instruments ... -
Taxation of income and wealth in an imperfect world : rates matter, rules decide
(PhD Thesis;2023:66, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Rising inequality and tightening government budgets have brought taxation high up on the agenda, both in the public debate and in academia. In particular, this has spurred a renewed interest in wealth taxation. To raise ... -
Technology adoption, land rental contracts and agricultural productivity
(Dr.scient.;2005:20, Doctoral thesis, 2005)This dissertation explores the potential for adoption of agricultural technologies and how alternative land rental contracts and kinship influence agricultural productivity and input use. It contains an introduction and ... -
Tenure, forest use and policies for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+)
(PhD Thesis;2014:57, Doctoral thesis, 2014)The objectives of the thesis is to improve our understanding of what determine differences in access to and use of land and forest resources across households, introduce new methods to analyze this, and identify policy ... -
The economics of dairy production : effects of breeding and marketing quotas
(PhD Thesis;2012:22, Doctoral thesis, 2012)This dissertation compiles four articles investigating the effects of breeding and marketing quota in dairy production. Farm level panel datasets from Norway and Iceland were used for the analysis. In the first article, ... -
The environmental requirements of piglets and use of the creep area
(PhD Thesis;2010:47, Doctoral thesis, 2010)Around 15% of all liveborn piglets die during the lactation period, and this poses a major economical and welfare challenge for the pig production. It has been hypothesized that an increased use of the creep area early ...