Fredrik Carlsson

Professor
Environmental and Behavioural Economics 

Address: P.O. Box 640, SE 405 30 Gothenburg
Visiting address: Vasagatan 1
Tel: +46-(0)31-786 4174
Fax: +46-(0)31-786 1043
Email: Fredrik.Carlsson@economics.gu.se
Room: E-501E 

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Research Interests

Behavioral Economics
Environmental Economics in particular Stated Preference Methods

Recent working papers

Carlsson F., Johansson-Stenman O., Nam P. 2011 Funding a new bridge in Vietnam: A field experiment on conditional cooperation and default contributions Working Papers in Economics 503

Carlsson F., Lampi E., Li W., Martinsson P. 2011. Subjective well-being among preadolescents - Evidence from urban China, Working Papers in Economics 500

Carlsson F., Kataria M., Lampi E., Levati V. 2011 Doing good with other people’s money: A charitable giving experiment with students in environmental sciences and economics Working Papers in Economics 487

Carlsson F., Kataria M., Krupnick A., Lampi E., Löfgren Å., Qin P., Sterner T., Chung S. 2010 The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth - A Multiple Country Test of an Oath Script Working Papers in Economics 473

Carlsson F., Kataria M., Krupnick A., Lampi E., Löfgren Å., Qin P., Sterner T., Chung S. 2010 A fair share: Burden-sharing preferences in the United States and China. Working Papers in Economics 471

Carlsson F., Mörkbak M., Olsen S. 2010 The first time is the hardest: A test of ordering effects in choice experiments. Working Papers in Economics 470.

Carlsson F., He H., Martinsson P. 2010 Windfall vs. earned money in the laboratory: Do they affect behavior of men and women differently? Working Papers in Economics 468

Carlsson F., He H., Martinsson P., Qin P., Sutter M. 2010. Household decision making in rural China: Using experiments to estimate the influence of spouses. Working Papers in Economics 465

Carlsson F., He H., Martinsson P. 2009 Easy come, easy go: The role of windfall money in lab and field experiments, Working Papers in Economics 374

Carlsson F., Martinsson P., Qin P., Sutter M. 2009 Household decision making and the influence of spouses' income, education, and communist party membership: A field experiment in rural China, Working Papers in Economics 356

Publications

Carlsson, F., Löfgren Å., Sterner T. 2012 Discrimination in scientific review - A natural field experiment on blind versus non-blind review Scandinavian Journal of Economics, accepted for publication

Carlsson F., Kataria M., Krupnick A., Lampi E., Qin P., Chung S., Sterner T. 2012 Paying for mitigation: A multiple country study, Land Economics, accepted for publication

Alpizar F., Carlsson F., Naranjo M. 2011 The effect of risk, ambiguity, and coordination on farmers¿ adaptation to climate change: A framed field experiment, Ecological Economics 70, 2317-26

Carlsson F., Kataria M., Lampi E., Löfgren Å., Sterner T. 2011 Is fairness blind? - The effect of framing on preferences for effort-sharing rules. Ecological Economics 70, 1529-35

Carlsson F., Martinsson P., Akay A. 2011 The effect of power outages and cheap talk on willinges to pay to reduce outages, Energy Economics 33, 790-98

Qin P., Carlsson F., Xu J. 2011 Forest tenure reform in China: A choice experiment on farmers property rights preferences Land Economics 87, 473-487

Carlsson F., Kataria M., Lampi E. 2011 Do EPA administrators recommend environmental policies that citizens want?, Land Economics, 87, 60-74

Carlsson F., Garcia J., Löfgren Å. 2010 Conformity and the demand for environmental goods Environmental and Resource Economics 47, 407-21

Carlsson F., Johansson-Stenman O. 2010 Scale factors and hypothetical referenda: A clarifying note, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 59, 286-92

Carlsson F., Johansson-Stenman O. 2010 Voting motives group identity, and social norms Kyklos 63, 495-516

Asrat S., Yesuf M., Carlsson F., Wale, E. 2010 Farmers' preferences for crop variety traits: Lessons for on-farm conservation and technology adoption Ecological Economics 69, 2394-2401

Carlsson F., Daruvala D., Jaldell H. 2010 Do you do what you say or do you do what you say others do? Journal of Choice Modeling 3, 113-33

Ibanez M., Carlsson F. 2010 A choice experiment on coca cropping, Journal of Development Economics, 93, 249-63

Carlsson F., Daruvala D., Jaldell H. 2010 Value of statistical life and cause of accident: A choice experiment Risk Analysis 30, 975-86

Carlsson F., Daruvala D., Jaldell H. 2010 Preferences for lives, injuries, and age: A stated preference survey Accident Analysis and Prevention 42, 1814-21

Carlsson F., Kataria M., Lampi E. 2010 Dealing with ignored attributes in choice experiments on valuation of Sweden's environmental quality obejctives Environmental and Resource Economics 47, 65-89

Carlsson, F. 2010 Design of stated preference surveys: Is there more to learn from behavioral economics Environmental and Resource Economics, 46, 167-77

Carlsson F., Qin P. 2010 It is better to be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix: a study of concern for relative standing in rural China Journal of Socio-Economics 39, 180-86

Carlsson F., Gupta G., Johansson-Stenman O. 2009 Keeping up with the Vaishyas: Caste and relative standing Oxford Economic Papers 61, 52-73

Muchapondwa E., Carlsson F., Köhlin G. 2008 Wildlife management in Zimbabwe: Evidence from a contingent valuation study South African Journal of Economics 76:4

Alpizar F., Carlsson F., Johansson-Stenman O. 2008 Does context matter more for hypothetical than for actual contributions? Evidence from a natural field experiment Experimental Economics 11, 299-314

Carlsson F., Martinsson P. 2008 How much is too much? - An investigation of the effect of the number of choice sets, starting point and the choice of bid vectors in choice experiments Environmental and Resource Economics 40, 165-76

Carlsson, F., Kataria M. 2008. Assessing management options for weed control with demanders and non-demanders in a choice experiment, Land Economics 84, 517-528

Alpizar F., Carlsson F., Johansson-Stenman O. 2008 Anonymity, reciprocity, and conformity: Evidence from voluntary contributions to a national park in Costa Rica Journal of Public Economics 92, 1047-1060

Carlsson F., Martinsson P. 2008 Does it matter when a power outage occurs? A choice experiment study on the willingness to pay to avoid power outages Energy Economics 30, 1232-1245

Carlsson F., Frykblom P., Lagerkvist C.J. 2007 Consumer willingness to pay for farm animal welfare - Transportation of farm animals to slaughter versus the use of mobile abattoirs European Review of Agricultural Economics 34, 321-344

Carlsson F., Frykblom P., Lagerkvist C.J. 2007 Farm animal welfare - Testing for market failure Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 30, 61-73

Carlsson F., Johansson-Stenman O., Martinsson P. 2007 Do you enjoy having more than others? Survey evidence of positional goods, Economica 74, 586-98

Carlsson F., Nam P. Linde-Rahr M., Martinsson P. 2007 Are Vietnamese farmers concerned with their relative position in society? Journal of Development Studies 43, 1177-88

Carlsson F., Frykblom P., Lagerkvist C.J. 2007 Preferences with and without price variation - Does the price attribute affect behavior in stated preference surveys? Environmental and Resource Economics 38, 155-64

Carlsson F., Frykblom P., Lagerkvist C.J. 2007 Consumer benefits of labels and bans on GM foods -Choice experiments with Swedish consumers American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89, 152-161

Carlsson F., Martinsson P. 2007 Willingness to pay among Swedish households to avoid power outages - A random parameter Tobit model approach Energy Journal 28, 75-89

Lagerkvist C.J., Carlsson F., Viske D. 2006 Swedish consumer preferences for animal welfare and biotech: A choice experiment AgBioForum 9, 51-58

Carlsson F., Löfgren Å. 2006 Airline choice, switching costs and frequent flyer programs Applied Economics 38, 1469-75

Carlsson F., Frykblom P., Lagerkvist C.J. 2005 Using cheap-talk as a test of validity in choice experiments Economics Letters 89, 147-52

Carlsson F., Frykblom P., Lagerkvist C.J. 2005 Consumer preferences for food product quality attributes from Swedish agriculture Ambio 34, 366-70

Hammar H., Carlsson F. 2005 Smokers Expectations to Quit Smoking Health Economics 14, 257-67

Carlsson F., Daruvala D., Johansson-Stenman O. 2005 Are people inequality averse or just risk averse? Economica 72, 375-96

Carlsson F. 2004 Price and frequency choice under monopoly and competition in aviation markets Review of Industrial Organization 24, 37-49

Alpizar F., Carlsson F., Johansson-Stenman O. 2004 How much do we care about absolute versus relative income and consumption? Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 56, 405-21

Carlsson F., Lampi E., Martinsson P. 2004 The marginal values of noise disturbance from air traffic: Does the time of the day matter? Transportation Research Part D 9, 373-85

Carlsson F., Johansson-Stenman O., Martinsson P. 2004 Is transport safety more valuable in the air? Journal of Risk and Uncertainty 28, 147-63

Carlsson F. 2003 Airport Marginal cost pricing: Discussion and application to Swedish airports International Journal of Transport Economics 30, 283-303

Carlsson F., Gupta G., Johansson-Stenman O. 2003 Choosing from behind a veil of ignorance in India Applied Economics Letters 10, 825-27

Carlsson F., Frykblom P., Liljenstolpe C. 2003 Valuing wetland attributes ¿ An application of choice experiments Ecological Economics 47, 95-103

Alpizar F., Carlsson F. 2003 Policy implications and analysis of the determinants of travel mode choice: An application of choice experiments to metropolitan Costa Rica Environment and Development Economics 8, 603-619

Carlsson F., Johansson-Stenman O. 2003 The costs and benefits of electric vehicles ¿ A 2010 perspective Journal of Transport Economics and Policy 37, 1-28

Alpizar, F., Carlsson F., Martinsson P. 2003 Using choice experiments for mon-market valuation Economic Issues 8, 83-110

Carlsson F., Martinsson P. 2003 Design techniques for stated preference methods in health economics Health Economics 12, 281-94

Carlsson F. 2003 The demand for intercity public transport: The case of business passengers Applied Economics 35, 41-50

Carlsson F., Hammar H. 2002 Incentive-based regulation of CO₂ emissions from international aviation Journal of Air Transport Management 8, 365-72

Carlsson F., Lundström S. 2002 Economic freedom and growth: Decomposing the effects, Public Choice 112, 335-44

Johansson-Stenman O., Carlsson F., Daruvala D. 2002 Measuring future grandparents' preferences for equality and relative standing, Economic Journal 112, 362-83

Carlsson F. 2002. Environmental charges in airline markets, Transportation Research Part D 7, 57-73

Carlsson F., Martinsson P. 2001 Willingness to pay for a reduction in air pollution - A multilevel analysis, Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 4, 17-27

Carlsson F., Martinsson P. 2001 Do hypothetical and actual marginal willingness to pay differ in choice experiments? Application to the valuation of the environment, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 41, 179-92

Carlsson F., Johansson-Stenman O. 2000 Willingness to pay for improved air quality in Sweden Applied Economics 32, 661-70

Carlsson F. 2000. Environmental taxation and strategic commitment in duopoly models Environmental and Resource Economics 15, 243-56

Carlsson F. 1999 Incentive-based environmental regulation of domestic civil aviation in Sweden Transport Policy 6, 75-82

Other Working Papers

Carlsson F., Köhlin G., Mekonnen A. 2004 Contingent valuation of community plantations in Ethiopia: A look into value elicitation formats and intra-household preference variations, Working Papers in Economics 151

Abou-Ali H., Carlsson F. 2004 Evaluating the welfare effects of improved water quality using the choice experiment method, Working Papers in Economics 131

Carlsson F., Lundström S. 2000 Effects of political and economic freedom on the environment: An empirical analysis of the CO₂ case, Working Papers in Economics 29

Carlsson F. 1999 Private vs. Business and rail vs. air passengers: Willingness to pay for improvements of public transport attributes, Working Papers in Economics 14