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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. ... -
Consumers and bioenergy : the effects of behavioural factors in households' heating consumption choice in Norway
(PhD Thesis;2013:63, Doctoral thesis, 2013)How energy consumers behave, namely, what type and how much of different energy products and services they consume, direct and indirect affects the environment, as well as personal (and collective) well-being. Understanding ... -
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, ... -
Essays on the Russian electricity and capacity market
(PhD Thesis;2016:04, Doctoral thesis, 2018-05-03)During the past decade the Russian power sector has undergone a dramatic reform. This has created a need for better understanding of the drivers and development of the sector. This dissertation describes the functioning ... -
Health economic evaluations of shoulder pain, colorectal cancer and scoliosis
(PhD Thesis;2015:16, Doctoral thesis, 2018-04-25)Key conclusions In Paper I, a cost-of-illness (COI) study on shoulder pain in Sweden, showed that the mean health care cost per patient was €326 during 6 months, and physiotherapy treatments accounted for 60% of this cost. ... -
Four essays on consumer studies, market simulation, and international trade of fish
(PhD Thesis;2015:73, Doctoral thesis, 2018-04-24)This thesis consists of four empirical studies of fish markets, with emphases on consumer studies, market simulation and international trade. The topics of the papers are French consumers’ preference for ecolabeled fish, ... -
Mastering the leader role : how individuals in leader roles increase leader role efficacy and trust in subordinates, (re)construct leader identities, and attempt to craft leader roles that fit
(PhD Thesis;2015:34, Doctoral thesis, 2018-02-28)People have a psychological need to master their environment and the roles they enact (Ashforth, 2001). Individuals who take on leader roles are no exception. However, as the leader role is filled with complex, demanding, ... -
Climate change and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa : four approaches to modeling rural households
(PhD Thesis;2015:7, Doctoral thesis, 2018-02-28)The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to increased knowledge of potential impacts of climate change on the welfare of households in developing countries. It focuses on impacts of changing temperature and precipitation ... -
Food prices in sub-Saharan Africa : four essays on grain prices, food aid, cross-border trade and fuel prices
(PhD Thesis;2015:20, Doctoral thesis, 2017-11-29)The central concern of this thesis is the measurement and explanation of food price movements in Ethiopia and Malawi. The main objective is to examine how food grain pricesrespond to domestic and international commodity ... -
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
(Doctor scientiarum theses;1998:26, Doctoral thesis, 1998) -
Land policy reform and land rental markets in Ethiopia : equity, productivity and welfare implications
(PhD Thesis;2010:24, Doctoral thesis, 2010)The land holding system in most developing countries is not purely an economic affair. It is very much intertwined with people’s culture and identity. That is partly why land-related issues usually generate intense emotional ... -
Unlocking the concept of capacity in modern fisheries management
(Dr.philos;2010:01, Doctoral thesis, 2010) -
Treatment of undesirable outputs in production analysis : desirable modeling strategies and applications
(PhD Thesis;2011:38, Doctoral thesis, 2011)The thesis consists of an introduction and four related papers. Their common topic is production analysis when undesirable outputs are accounted for. The introduction establishes the research platform on which the following ... -
Access to productive assets and impact on household welfare in rural Uganda
(PhD Thesis;2011:27, Doctoral thesis, 2011)This thesis assesses the impact of access to productive assets on the welfare of rural farm households in Uganda. It consists of an introduction paper and five other independent papers. Paper I provides robust empirical ... -
Caste discrimination, land tenure, and natural resource management in Nepal
(PhD Thesis;2011:03, Doctoral thesis, 2011)The dissertation investigates the issues related to land tenancy transactions, land productivity and land related investment with a due focus on caste discrimination in the Nepalese rural society. This study also explores ... -
The flower markets : five essays on flower prices 1993-2008
(PhD Thesis;2010:40, Doctoral thesis, 2010)The thesis consists of an introduction and five independent, but related essays. The unifying theme is the challenge of production and marketing of cut flowers under price uncertainty. Essay I gives an overview of international ... -
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 ... -
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 ...