Kjetil Bjorvatn
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1417560 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Kjetil Bjorvatn |
| PRENOMES | Kjetil |
| SOBRENOME | Bjorvatn |
| ASSINATURA | BJORVATN K |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Norwegian School of Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6656-6379 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 11 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 27 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1995 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Bad Money? Witchcraft Beliefs and Fairness Views in Kenya
Witchcraft beliefs are prevalent in many African societies and are generally seen as a source of distrust and an impediment to economic development. However, we have limited knowledge of individual perceptions on the role of occult forces in economic affairs. In this paper, we explore attitudes to income and inequality associated with witchcraft, using a large-scale lab experiment in Nairobi, Kenya. Combining evidence from spectator decisions wit…
Cash Transfers and Business Survival During Covid
The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown policies that followed led to a sharp economic downturn. Many countries used cash transfers to curb the negative effects on vulnerable households but little is known about the effects of such transfers in a time of crisis, when markets are closed and movements are restricted. In this paper, we study the impacts of cash transfers to households in Uganda. Leveraging differences in the timing of the interventio…
Making a promise increases the moral cost of lying
Elections and selfishness
Elections affect the division of resources in society and are occasions for political elites to make appeals rooted in voters' self-interest. Hence, elections may erode altruistic norms and cause people to behave more selfishly. We test this intuition using Dictator Games in a lab-in-the-field experiment involving a sample of more than 1000 individuals in Kenya and Tanzania. We adopt two approaches. First, we experimentally prime participants to …
Resource rents, balance of power, and political stability
We study the association between natural resource rents and internal political stability, highlighting the importance of the distribution of political power as a mediating factor. We present a simple theoretical model demonstrating that increased rents are likely to be positively associated with the internal stability of a powerful incumbent while destabilizing a less powerful incumbent. Our empirical analysis confirms this prediction. Employing …
Demographic Transition in Resource Rich Countries
Resource Curse and Power Balance
Destructive Competition
Urban Infrastructure and Industrialization
Islamic Economics and Economic Development
Islamic economics is part of the Islamic fundamentalist movement gaining ground in large parts of the Muslim world. Various shades of fundamentalism have always existed in Islam. But the attention
Leviathan in a dual economy
Resource Curse and Power Balance
Destructive Competition
Demographic Transition in Resource Rich Countries
Resource rents, balance of power, and political stability
We study the association between natural resource rents and internal political stability, highlighting the importance of the distribution of political power as a mediating factor. We present a simple theoretical model demonstrating that increased rents are likely to be positively associated with the internal stability of a powerful incumbent while destabilizing a less powerful incumbent. Our empirical analysis confirms this prediction. Employing …
Urban Infrastructure and Industrialization
Leviathan in a dual economy
Leviathan in a dual economy
Islamic Economics and Economic Development
Islamic economics is part of the Islamic fundamentalist movement gaining ground in large parts of the Muslim world. Various shades of fundamentalism have always existed in Islam. But the attention
Urban Infrastructure and Industrialization
Destructive Competition
Resource Curse and Power Balance
Demographic Transition in Resource Rich Countries
Resource rents, balance of power, and political stability
We study the association between natural resource rents and internal political stability, highlighting the importance of the distribution of political power as a mediating factor. We present a simple theoretical model demonstrating that increased rents are likely to be positively associated with the internal stability of a powerful incumbent while destabilizing a less powerful incumbent. Our empirical analysis confirms this prediction. Employing …
Elections and selfishness
Elections affect the division of resources in society and are occasions for political elites to make appeals rooted in voters' self-interest. Hence, elections may erode altruistic norms and cause people to behave more selfishly. We test this intuition using Dictator Games in a lab-in-the-field experiment involving a sample of more than 1000 individuals in Kenya and Tanzania. We adopt two approaches. First, we experimentally prime participants to …
Making a promise increases the moral cost of lying
Bad Money? Witchcraft Beliefs and Fairness Views in Kenya
Witchcraft beliefs are prevalent in many African societies and are generally seen as a source of distrust and an impediment to economic development. However, we have limited knowledge of individual perceptions on the role of occult forces in economic affairs. In this paper, we explore attitudes to income and inequality associated with witchcraft, using a large-scale lab experiment in Nairobi, Kenya. Combining evidence from spectator decisions wit…
Cash Transfers and Business Survival During Covid
The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown policies that followed led to a sharp economic downturn. Many countries used cash transfers to curb the negative effects on vulnerable households but little is known about the effects of such transfers in a time of crisis, when markets are closed and movements are restricted. In this paper, we study the impacts of cash transfers to households in Uganda. Leveraging differences in the timing of the interventio…
Economics (8 obras) · Political science (8 obras) · Economic rent (4 obras) · Market economy (4 obras) · Natural Resources and Economic Development (4 obras) · Politics (4 obras) · Business (3 obras) · Development economics (3 obras) · Economic system (3 obras) · Finance (3 obras)