Peter Martinsson

Professor
Behavioural Economics

Address: P.O. Box 640, SE 405 30 Gothenburg
Visiting address: Vasagatan 1
Tel: 46 (0)31-786 5255
Fax: 46 (0)31-786 10 43
Email: Peter.Martinsson@economics.gu.se
Room: E-625

RECENT WORKING PAPERS (2010-2012)

Kocher, M.G., P. Martinsson, K.O. Myrseth and C. Wollbrant (2012 January) Strong, Bold, and Kind: Self-Control and Cooperation in Social Dilemmas. University of Gothenburg, Working Paper in Economics 523. Download

He, H., P. Martinsson and M. Sutter (2011 December) Group Decision Making Under Risk: An experiment with student couples. University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 519. Download

Akay, A., G. Karabulut and P. Martinsson (2011 November) The Effect of Religiosity and Religious Festivals on Positional Concerns: An Experimental Investigation of Ramadan. IZA Discussion Papers 6172. Download

Akay, A., G. Karabulut and P. Martinsson, Peter (2011 November) The Effect of Religion on Cooperation and Altruistic Punishment: Experimental Evidence from Public Goods Experiments," IZA Discussion Papers 6179. Download

Carlsson, F., E. Lampi, W. Li and P. Martinsson (2011 May) Subjective well-being among preadolescents - Evidence from urban China. University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 500. Download

Kocher, M.G., P. Martinsson, D. Matzat and C. Wollbrant (2011 January) The role of beliefs, trust, and risk preferences in contributions to a public good. University of Gothenburg, Working Paper in Economics 482. Download

Carlsson, F., H.He and P. Martinsson (2010 August) Windfall vs. earned money in the laboratory: Do they affect the behaviour of men and women differently? University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 468. Download

Carlsson, F., H. He, P. Martinsson, P. Qin and M. Sutter (2010 August) Household decision making in rural China: Using experiments to estimate the influences of spouses, University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 465. Download

Alpizar, F. and P. Martinsson (2010 July) Paying the price of sweetening your donation: Evidence from a natural field experiment, University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 460. Download

Martinsson, P., K.O.R Myrseth and C. Wollbrant (2010 July) Conditional Cooperation: Evidence for the role of self-control, University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 459. Download

Alpizar, F. and P. Martinsson (2010 June) Are they watching you and does it matter? Evidence from a natural field experiment, University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 456. Download

Sutter, M., F. Feri, M.G. Kocher, P. Martinsson, K. Nordblom and D. Rützler (2010 June) Social preferences in childhood and adolescence: A large-scale experiment, University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 454. Download

Alpizar, F. and P. Martinsson (2010 May) Don't tell me what to do, tell me who to follow! Field experiment evidence on voluntary donations, University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 452. Download

Martinsson, P. and C. Villegas-Palacio (2010 May) Does disclosure crowd out cooperation?, University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 446. Download

Martinsson, P., K.O.R. Myrseth and C. Wollbrant (2010 May) Reconciling pro-social vs. selfish behavior: Evidence for the role of self-control, University of Gothenburg, Working Papers in Economics 445. Download

FORTHCOMING PAPERS

Johansson-Stenman, O., M. Mahmud and P. Martinsson (2012) Trust, trust games and stated trust: Evidence from rural Bangladesh, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization. Download

He, H., P. Martinsson and M. Sutter (2012) Group Decision Making Under Risk: An Experiment with Student Couples, Economics Letters. Download

Akay, A., P. Martinsson, H. Medhin and S. Trautmann (2012) Attitudes toward uncertainty among the poor: Evidence from rural Ethiopia, Theory and Decision. Download

Akpalu, W. and P. Martinsson (2012) Does Possibility of Ostracism Decrease Overfishing? A Common Pool Resource Experiment in Ghana, Journal of African Economies. Download

PUBLISHED PAPERS

Löfgren, Å, P. Martinsson, M. Hennlock and T. Sterner (2012) Does experience eliminate the effect of a default option? - A field experiment on CO2-offsetting for air transport, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 63, 66-72. Download

Kocher, M., P. Martinsson and M. Visser (2012) Social environment, cooperative behavior and norm-enforcement, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 81, 341-354. Download

Akay, A., P. Martinsson and H. Medhin (2012) Does Positional Concern Matter in Poor Societies? - Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Rural Ethiopia, World Development 40, 428-435. Download

Alpizar, F. and P. Martinsson (2012) Paying the price of sweetening your donation – Evidence from a natural field experiment, Economics Letters 114, 182-185. Download

Carlsson, F., P. Martinsson and A. Akay (2011) The Effect of Power Outages and Cheap Talk on Willingness to Pay to Reduce Outages, Energy Economics 33, 790-798. Download

Johansson-Stenman, O., M. Mahmud and P. Martinsson (2011) Saving lives versus life-years in rural Bangladesh: An ethical preferences approach, Health Economics 20, 723-736. Download

Martinsson, P., K. Nordblom, D. Rützler and M. Sutter (2011) Social preferences during childhood and the role of gender and age - An experiment in Austria and Sweden, Economics Letters 110, 248-251. Download

Akay, A. and P. Martinsson (2011) Does Relative Income Matter for the Very Poor? - Evidence from Rural Ethiopia, Economics Letters 110, 213-215. Download

Maier-Rigaud, F.P., P.Martinsson and G. Staffiero (2010) Ostracism and the provision of a public good: Experimental Evidence, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 73, 387-395. Download

Johansson-Stenman, O., M. Mahmud and P. Martinsson (2009) Trust and Religion: Experimental evidence from rural Bangladesh, Economica 76, 462-485. Download

Johansson-Stenman, O. and P. Martinsson (2008) Are some lives more valuable? An ethical preferences approach; Journal of Health Economics, 27, 739-752. Download

Kocher, M., P. Martinsson and M. Visser (2008) Does stake size matter for cooperation and punishment, Economics Letters, 99, 508-511. Download

Carlsson, F. and P. Martinsson (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, 165-176. Download

Carlsson, F. and P. Martinsson (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, 1332-1345. Download

Carlsson, F., O. Johansson-Stenman and P. Martinsson (2007) Do You Enjoy Having More than Others? Survey Evidence of Positional Goods, Economica, 74, 586-598. Download

Carlsson, F., P. Nam, M. Linde-Rahr and P. Martinsson (2007) Are Vietnamese Farmers Concerned with their Relative Position in Society?, Journal of Development Studies, 43, 1177-1188.Download

Carlsson, F. and P. Martinsson (2007) Willingness to Pay Among Swedish Households to Avoid Power Outages - A Random Parameter Tobit Model Approach, Energy Journal, 28, 75-89. Download

Johansson-Stenman, O. and P. Martinsson (2006) Honestly, why are you driving a BMW?, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 60, 129-146. Download

Andrén, D. and P. Martinsson (2006) What Contributes to Life Satisfaction in Transitional Romania?. Review of Development Economics, 10, 59-70. Download

Johansson-Stenman, O., M. Mahmud and P. Martinsson (2005) Does the size of stake matter in trust games? Economics Letters, 88, 365-369. Download

Johansson-Stenman, O. and P. Martinsson (2005) Anyone for higher speed limits? Adaptive and self-interested political preferences, Public Choice, 122, 319-331. Download

Carlsson, F. O. Johansson-Stenman and P. Martinsson (2004) Willingness to pay for reductions in fatal risks in public transports, Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 28, 147-163. Download

Carlsson, F., E. Lampi and P. Martinsson (2004) Measuring Marginal Values of Noise Disturbance from Air Traffic: Does the Time of the Day Matter?, Transportation Research Part D, 9, 373-385.

Eggert, H. and P. Martinsson (2004) Are commercial fishers risk lovers?, Land Economics, 80, 550-560. Download

Jowett, M., A. Deolalikar and P. Martinsson (2004) Utilisation of health services in Vietnam and the effect of voluntary health insurance, Health Economics, 13, 845-857. Download

Martinsson, P. and B. Meding (2004) Contingent valuation surveys and cost-benefit analyses - an application to a prevention programme, Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 123, 501-520.

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

Carlsson, F. and P. Martinsson (2003) Design techniques for choice experiments in health economics, Health Economics, 12, 281-94. Download

Carlsson, F. and P. Martinsson (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, 179-192. Download

Carlsson, F. and P. Martinsson (2001) Willingness to Pay for a Reduction in Air Pollution - A multilevel analysis, Environmental Economics and Policy, 4, 17-27.

OLD WORKING PAPERS

Akay, A. and P. Martinsson (2009 November) Sundays are blue: Aren't they? The day-of-the-week effect on subjective well-being and socio-economic status. IZA Discussion Paper 4563. Download

Carlsson, F., H. He and P. Martinsson (2009 August) Easy come, easy go - The role of windfall money in lab and field experiments, University of Gothenburg Working Papers in Economics 374. Download

Carlsson, F., P. Martinsson, P. Qin and M. Sutter (2009 April) Household decision making and the influence of spouses' income, education, and communist party membership: A field experiment in China, IZA Discussion Paper 4139. Download