A5055609647- Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Auction Theory and Applications
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Energy Efficiency and Management
- Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
- Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
- Forest Management and Policy
- FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance
- Game Theory and Applications
- Market Dynamics and Volatility
- Capital Investment and Risk Analysis
- Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
Tilburg University
2014-2024
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2007-2022
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
2022
Tinbergen Institute
2022
National Bureau of Economic Research
2014-2019
World Bank Group
2018
Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
2017
Lund University
2017
Erasmus University Rotterdam
2014
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
2014
Monitoring Land Use Land-use decisions are based largely on agricultural market values. However, such can lead to losses of ecosystem services, as the provision wildlife habitat or recreational space, magnitude which may overwhelm any benefits. In a research project forming part UK National Ecosystem Assessment, Bateman et al. (p. 45 ) estimate value these net losses. Policies that recognize diversity and complexity natural environment target changes different areas so radically improve land...
We use a series of field experiments in rural Burundi to examine the impact exposure conflict on social, risk, and time preferences. find that affects behavior: individuals exposed violence display more altruistic behavior towards their neighbors, are risk-seeking, have higher discount rates. Large adverse shocks can thus alter savings investments decisions, potentially long-run consequences—even if themselves temporary. (JEL C93, D12, D74, 012, 017, 018)
The agglomeration bonus is an incentive mechanism to induce adjacent landowners spatially coordinate their land use for the delivery of ecosystem services from farmland. This paper uses laboratory experiments explore performance in achieving socially optimal management configuration a local network environment where information available subjects varies and strategic setting unfavorable efficient coordination. indicate that if are informed about both direct indirect neighbors' actions, they...
ABSTRACT This article examines the extent to which agglomeration economies in one location affect employment growth and establishment births, using data from Dutch province of South‐Holland. The are particular interest because they represent a census, rather than sample, all establishments can be pinpointed within 416 (postal) zip code areas averaging less 6 km 2 size. Results suggest that positively new establishments, but with possible exception manufacturing, this effect dies out quickly...
We conduct a field experiment to measure cooperation among groups of recreational fishermen at privately owned fishing facility. Group earnings are greater when group members catch fewer fish. Consistent with classical economic theory, though in contrast prior results from laboratory experiments, we find no cooperation. A series additional treatments identifies causes the difference. rule out subject pool and setting as potential identify type activity involved source lack our experiment....
Mees, H. L. P., J. Dijk, D. van Soest, P. Driessen, M. F. W. Rijswick, and Runhaar. 2014. A method for the deliberate deliberative selection of policy instrument mixes climate change adaptation. Ecology Society 19(2): 58. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-06639-190258
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We use experimental data from 35 randomly selected communities in Burundi to examine the impact of exposure conflict on social-, risk- and time preferences. These types preferences are important as they determine people's propensity invest their ability overcome social dilemmas, so that changes therein foster or hinder economic growth. find affects Individuals have been exposed greater levels violence display more altruistic behavior towards neighbors, risk seeking, higher discount rates....
We conducted a randomized, controlled trial with small- and medium-sized enterprises in Kenya to estimate the causal impact of an electronic payment (e-payment) technology on business finance. Using encouragement design, we exogenously increased e-payment usage among random subset firms by relaxing adoption transaction costs information barriers. Sixteen months after intervention, find that access mobile loans (in number as well amount borrowed) at least 50% (0.17 standard deviation), likely...
Abstract Stochastic dynamic programming is used to investigate optimal holding of primary tropical forest in humid Costa Rica when future nonuse benefits conservation are uncertain and increasing. The quasi‐option value maintaining forests included as a component investment natural capital. Although the impact uncertainty on incentives substantial, our results indicate that rising trend compensation by international community for beneficial spillovers more important factors determining...
We explore how individual equilibrium effort in tournaments varies with the number of contestants. The probability winning a tournament depends on both and luck, we show that distribution luck component is critical determining effort. Our theory predicts an increasing (decreasing) function contestants if there considerable (little) mass favorable draws. test our using laboratory field experiments, find substantial support for settings. This paper was accepted by Teck Ho, behavioral economics.
We study the effectiveness of costly rewards in mitigating excess extraction a standard Common Pool Resource (CPR) game experiment. implement two treatments. In first, are pure transfer from one player to other. second, benefits receiving reward higher than cost providing it. Referring latter as "net positive" rewards, we observe that these used more frequently and that, unlike they effective sustaining cooperation CPR game.
Real world observations suggest that social norms of cooperation can be effective in overcoming dilemmas such as the joint management a common pool resource—but also they subject to slow erosion and sudden collapse. We show these patterns collapse emerge endogenously model closed community harvesting renewable natural resource which individual agents face temptation overexploit resource, while cooperative norm spreads through via interpersonal relations. analyze under what circumstances...
<i>We use common-pool resource experiments to explore whether allowing users vote on a natural management institution's incentive structure enhances the efficiency of use. We hypothesize that voting enables communicate their willingness limit excess exploitation. Compared games in which appropriate incentives are imposed exogenously, behavior is more cooperative conditional majority having voted for structure. However, effectiveness this form local community participation limited as than...
We study how human preferences affect the resilience of economies that depend on more than one type natural resources. In particular, we analyze whether degree substitutability resources in consumer needs may give rise to multiple steady states and path dependence even when are managed optimally. This is a major shift interpretation analysis resilience, from viewing (limited) as an objective property economy-environment system acknowledging its partially subjective, preference-based...