Publications 2024
Papers
Holden, S. T. & Tilahun, M. (2024). Can Climate Shocks Make Vulnerable Subjects More Willing to Take Risks? Environmental and Resource Economics doi: /10.1007/s10640-024-00850-5
Takahashi, R., Otsuka, K., Tilahun, M., Birhane, E., Holden, S. T. (2024). Beyond Ostrom: Randomized experiment of the impact of individualized tree rights on forest management in Ethiopia. World Development 178, June 2024, 106586. doi: /10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106586
Publications 2023
Published Software package
Sandorf, E. D. & Campbell, D. 2023 spdesign: Designing Stated Preference Experiments CRAN
Working papers
Stein T. Holden, Sarah Tione, Mesfin Tilahun, Samson Katengeza (2023). How WEIRD are student samples? Lessons based on the trust game in Malawi. CLTS Working Paper No. 06/2023. Center for Land Tenure Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway.
Stein T. Holden and Mesfin Tilahun (2023). Numeracy Skills, Decision Errors, and Risk Preference Estimation. CLTS Working Paper No. 05/2023. Center for Land Tenure Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway.
Stein T. Holden and Mesfin Tilahun (2023). Can climate shocks make vulnerable subjects more willing to take risks? CLTS Working Paper No. 03/2023. Center for Land Tenure Studies, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway.
Holden, S. and Tione, S. E. and Tilahun, M. and Katengeza, S. (2023): “Measurement Error, Luck and Risk-Taking by University Students in a Repeated Risky Investment Game”. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4471965 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4471965
Holden, S. T., Tilahun, M., Sommervoll, D. E., and Sandorf, E. D. (2023). Civil War Impacts on Youth Business Groups in Tigray: A Pre-Analysis Plan and Documentation for Ethical Approval by Institutional Review Board at NMBU. CLTS Report No. 2/2023. Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Aas, Norway.
Journal and book contributions:
Stein T. Holden and Mesfin Tilahun (2023). How are social preferences of youth related to their motivation to invest in environmental conservation (local public goods)? Chapter 4 in Behavioural Economics and the Environment. A Research Companion, edited by Alessandro Bucciol, Alessandro Tavoni, and Marcella Veronesi.
Tilahun M., Holden S. T. (2023): Livelihood diversification and migration intentions among land-poor youth in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia: do they correlate with livestock assets, trust, and trustworthiness? Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, vol. 7. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1175572
Conference presentations and Seminars
Holden, S. T. & Tilahun, M. (2023). Can climate shocks make vulnerable subjects more willing to take risks? Paper presented at the Nordic Conference in Development Economics, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, June 14-15, 2023.
Holden. S. T. (2023). Social Preferences, Trust, and Performance of Youth Business Groups. Invited speaker presentation at the Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society's 37th Annual Conference, 7th-10th February 2023, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Holden, S. T. (2023). Can climate shocks make vulnerable subjects more willing to take risks? Presentation at the Department of Economics and Public Policy, University of Adelaide, Australia, February 19th, 2023.