Doctoral theses (HH): Recent submissions
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Four essays on commodity price dynamics and risk
(PhD Thesis;2017:60, Doctoral thesis, 2017)This thesis consists of four empirical studies of commodity markets, with emphasis on agricultural commodities and energy. Employing a variety of time series techniques, I analyze market behavior, price dynamics and ... -
Essays in transport economics : challenges in modeling travel mode choice and user benefits
(PhD Thesis;2015:61, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11-19)The subject of this PhD thesis is transport economics. The thesis concerns the modeling and application of transport-related choice data, in particular data from choice experiments, and contributes on the field of specifying ... -
Eliciting consumer willingness to pay for food quality attributes : experiments conducted in Tanzania, Norway and the US
(PhD Thesis;2015:4, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11-10)In assessing and measuring consumer preference and willingness to pay for quality attributes, many things matter including context and choice of methods. This thesis focuses on two themes; (1) assessing consumer ... -
The economic implication of animal feed scarcity on farm intensifcation, food production and consumption : empirical evidence from Tigrai, Ethiopia
(PhD Thesis;2019:64, Doctoral thesis, 2018)This dissertation analyses cattle farming in order to (i) test the hypotheses of Boserup and Malthus in the merits of distinguishing both direct and indirect effects of population pressure on farm intensification, and (ii) ... -
Mapping farmers’ preferences of cimate change adaptation measures : stated preference and field experiments in Ethiopia
(PhD Thesis;2019:46, Doctoral thesis, 2019)This thesis maps preferences for climate change adaptation measures and ecosystem services among Ethiopian smallholder farmers; by analyzing their decision-making behavior under uncertainty in a framed field experiment, ... -
Moving towards sustainability : business models and entrepreneurship in the Norwegian wool industry
(PhD thesis;2020:6, Doctoral thesis, 2020)This thesis is part of the research project "KRUS - enhancing local wool value chains in Norway", focusing on the role of Norwegian wool in a move towards more sustainability in fashion and textiles. The thesis contributes ... -
Aquaculture in Bangladesh : essays on production variability, consumer preferences and market integration
(PhD Thesis;2018:15, Doctoral thesis, 2018)The main objective of this thesis is to increase knowledge about production, consumer and market issues related to aquaculture in Bangladesh. This is done by investigating (1) production risk and technical efficiency, (2) ... -
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 ... -
Four essays on the characteristics of the oil market
(PhD Thesis;2018:63, Doctoral thesis, 2018)The purpose of this thesis is to study the role of oil in the macroeconomy. The thesis consists of an introduction and four independent papers. The first paper studies factors drive the oil prices, in the long run, using ... -
Incentivized forest conservation : spatial econometric and experimental evidence
(PhD Thesis;2018:21, Doctoral thesis, 2018)A key element in the implementation of an effective result-based mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) is the reference level (RL). Setting RLs requires modeling and predicting ... -
Climate-smart agriculture in Malawi : uptake and opportunities in the face of climate change
(Doctoral thesis, 2018)Is agriculture becoming climate-smart? Can recurrent weather events such as droughts explain increased use and adoption of agricultural technologies that are perceived climate-smart? I have merged a four-wave household ... -
Experience and Theory: A Defense of the Kantian A priori and Kepler’s Philosophy of Science in Light of Modern Space-Time Physics
(PhD Thesis;2017:70, Doctoral thesis, 2017)This thesis is intended as a contribution to the debate over the relation between everyday thinking and contemporary science. My main aim is to contribute to a more general debate concerning epistemology and scientific ... -
Time and money : a study of purchasing decisions
(PhD Thesis;2017:54, Doctoral thesis, 2017)A consumer does not just choose how much to purchase of each good on a shopping trip, but also how frequently he shops during a certain period of time. The first paper introduces a microeconomic model, which accounts for ... -
Landholding, forest extraction and poverty in Uganda
(PhD Thesis;2012:53, Doctoral thesis, 2012)Motivated by a large body of literature that suggests land is a key determinant of livelihood strategies for farm households in developing countries, this thesis offers insights on how the mode of land acquisition at the ... -
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, ... -
Efficiency, risk and management of fisheries sector in Bangladesh
(PhD Thesis;2012:62, Doctoral thesis, 2012)This dissertation consists of an introduction and five independent papers on Bangladesh fisheries sector. The first paper investigates how the fishery sector has developed and identifies the potential problems faced by the ... -
Four empirical essays on agriculture and human capital in Sub-Saharan Africa
(PhD Thesis;2016:73, Doctoral thesis, 2016)The objective of this thesis is to shed light on households' agricultural investments and adaptation to climate risk and shocks, and how politicians and local customs may impact households' behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa. ... -
Conservation agriculture, livelihoods and deforestation in Zambia
(PhD Thesis;2016:102, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Conservation agriculture (CA) practices such as minimum tillage have been promoted for about two decades as a way to conserve soils and increase agricultural productivity and farm incomes in sub-Saharan Africa, including ... -
Management of short-term price uncertainty in the salmon spot market
(PhD Thesis;2016:56, Doctoral thesis, 2016)The spot price of Norwegian farmed Atlantic salmon is highly volatile and hard to predict. The uncertainty over the future spot price obscures revenue projections of salmon farmers and cost expectations of processors, ... -
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 ...