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Homepage:	https://folk.universitetetioslo.no/karineny/
Phone:	+4722857283
Postal address:	Department of Economics University of Oslo P.O.Box 1095 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway
Workplace:	Økonomisk institutt (Department of Economics), Universitetet i Oslo (University of Oslo), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2025

1. The mixed effects of making contribution behaviors observable
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
2. Unwillingly Informed: the Prosocial Impact of Third-Party Informers
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics

2021

3. A perfectly competitive economy is an economy without welfare relevant endogenous learning
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics

2020

4. Collaboration, Alphabetical Order and Gender Discrimination – Evidence from the Lab
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
   Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2019)

2019

5. Humans in the perfectly competitive market
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
6. No Man is an Island - Social coordination and the Environment
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article No Man is an Island: Social Coordination and the Environment, Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer (2020) View citations (9) (2020)
7. The Third Theorem of Welfare Economics: Report from a Fictional Field Study
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)

2018

8. Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context
   Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
   See also Journal Article Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (32) (2019)

2017

9. Healer or Gatekeeper? Physicians' Role Conflict When Symptoms Are Non-Verifiable
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)

2015

10. Reciprocal Climate Negotiators
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Reciprocal climate negotiators, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2018) View citations (19) (2018)

2014

11. Climate engineering reconsidered
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library View citations (12)
    See also Journal Article Climate engineering reconsidered, Nature Climate Change, Nature (2014) View citations (8) (2014)
12. Project Evaluation with Democratic Decision-making: What Does Cost-benefit Analysis Really Measure?
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (23)
    See also Journal Article Project evaluation with democratic decision-making: What does cost–benefit analysis really measure?, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (23) (2014)
13. Reciprocal Climate Negotiators: Balancing Anger against Even More Anger
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
14. Social norms, Morals and Self-interest as Determinants of Pro-environment Behaviours
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (31)
    Also in Stirling Economics Discussion Papers, University of Stirling, Division of Economics (2014) View citations (10)
    Discussion Papers in Environment and Development Economics, University of St. Andrews, School of Geography and Sustainable Development (2014) View citations (16)
    Working Papers, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw (2014) View citations (28)

2012

15. Cooperation Is Relative: Income and Framing Effects with Public Goods
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (4)

2011

16. Are Nurses More Altruistic than Real Estate Brokers?
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (31)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2011) View citations (27)
    See also Journal Article Are nurses more altruistic than real estate brokers?, Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2011) View citations (27) (2011)
17. Is corporate social responsibility associated with lower wages?
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article Is Corporate Social Responsibility Associated with Lower Wages?, Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer (2013) View citations (50) (2013)

2009

18. Playing with the Good Guys - A Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation
    CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (8)
    Also in Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article Playing with the good guys. A public good game with endogenous group formation, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2011) View citations (55) (2011)
19. Reluctant Recyclers: Social Interaction in Responsibility Ascription
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (6)
20. Selfish Bakers, Caring Nurses? A Model of Work Motivation
    HERO Online Working Paper Series, University of Oslo, Health Economics Research Programme View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Selfish bakers, caring nurses? A model of work motivation, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2010) View citations (47) (2010)
21. The Gate is Open: Primary Care Physicians as Social Security Gatekeepers
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (14)

2008

22. I Don't Want to Hear About it: Rational Ignorance among Duty-Oriented Consumers
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article I don't want to hear about it: Rational ignorance among duty-oriented consumers, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier (2011) View citations (45) (2011)

2005

23. Moral hazard and moral motivation: Corporate social responsibility as labor market screening
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (16)
24. The Fear of Exclusion: Individual Effort when Group Formation is Endogenous
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Fear of Exclusion: Individual Effort when Group Formation is Endogenous*, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell (2007) View citations (7) (2007)

2004

25. A dissolving paradox: Firms’ compliance to environmental regulation
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (3)

2003

26. Green consumers and public policy: On socially contingent moral motivation
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics
    See also Journal Article Green consumers and public policy: On socially contingent moral motivation, Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier (2006) View citations (200) (2006)
27. The Role of Warnings in Regulation: Keeping Control with Less Punishment
    Memorandum, Oslo University, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The role of warnings in regulation: keeping control with less punishment, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2004) View citations (37) (2004)

2002

28. On the value of households' recycling efforts
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (42)

2001

29. Does Public Policy Crowd Out Private Contributions to Public Goods?
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Does Public Policy Crowd Out Private Contributions to Public Goods, Public Choice, Springer (2003) View citations (98) (2003)

2000

30. An Economic Model of Moral Motivation
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article An economic model of moral motivation, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2003) View citations (349) (2003)
31. The Evolution of Considerate Smoking Behavior
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (4)

1999

32. The Welfare Effects of Carbon Policies: Grandfathered Quotas versus Differentiated Taxes
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (6)

1998

33. Are there Social Limits to Growth?
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (3)
34. Non-Verifiable Emissions, Voluntary Agreements, and Emission Taxes
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department
35. The Assumption of Equal Marginal Utility of Income: How Much Does it Matter?
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article The assumption of equal marginal utility of income: how much does it matter?, Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2001) View citations (11) (2001)

1997

36. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Democratic Ideal
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Democratic Ideal, Nordic Journal of Political Economy, Nordic Journal of Political Economy (2000) View citations (4) (2000)

1996

37. Some Norwegian Politicians' Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Some Norwegian Politicians' Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis, Public Choice, Springer (1998) View citations (25) (1998)
38. The Political Man and Contingent Valuation: Motives Do Count
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (1)

1995

39. Project Evaluations and Decision Processes
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (1)

1994

40. Sufficient Welfare Indicators Allowing Disagreement in Evaluations of Social Welfare
    Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Response diversity as a sustainability strategy
   Nature Sustainability, 2023, 6, (6), 621-629 View citations (2)

2020

2. No Man is an Island: Social Coordination and the Environment
   Environmental & Resource Economics, 2020, 76, (1), 177-193 View citations (9)
   See also Working Paper No Man is an Island - Social coordination and the Environment, Memorandum (2019) (2019)
3. Why physicians are lousy gatekeepers: Sicklisting decisions when patients have private information on symptoms
   Health Economics, 2020, 29, (7), 778-789 View citations (5)

2019

4. Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context
   Ecological Economics, 2019, 161, (C), 9-19 View citations (32)
   See also Working Paper Save the planet or close your eyes? Testing strategic ignorance in a charity context, Memorandum (2018) (2018)
5. Sustaining cooperation through self-sorting: The good, the bad, and the conditional
   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019, 116, (12), 5299-5304 View citations (11)

2018

6. Reciprocal climate negotiators
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2018, 92, (C), 707-725 View citations (19)
   See also Working Paper Reciprocal Climate Negotiators, IZA Discussion Papers (2015) View citations (2) (2015)
7. Social Norms and the Environment
   Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2018, 10, (1), 405-423 View citations (41)

2017

8. Framing in a threshold public goods experiment with heterogeneous endowments
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2017, 138, (C), 99-110 View citations (15)

2014

9. Climate engineering reconsidered
   Nature Climate Change, 2014, 4, (7), 527-529 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Climate engineering reconsidered, LSE Research Online Documents on Economics (2014) View citations (12) (2014)
10. Do responsible employers attract responsible employees?
    IZA World of Labor, 2014, 17 View citations (9)
11. Project evaluation with democratic decision-making: What does cost–benefit analysis really measure?
    Ecological Economics, 2014, 106, (C), 124-131 View citations (23)
    See also Working Paper Project Evaluation with Democratic Decision-making: What Does Cost-benefit Analysis Really Measure?, Memorandum (2014) View citations (23) (2014)

2013

12. Is Corporate Social Responsibility Associated with Lower Wages?
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2013, 55, (1), 107-117 View citations (50)
    See also Working Paper Is corporate social responsibility associated with lower wages?, Memorandum (2011) View citations (9) (2011)

2011

13. Are nurses more altruistic than real estate brokers?
    Journal of Economic Psychology, 2011, 32, (5), 818-831 View citations (27)
    See also Working Paper Are Nurses More Altruistic than Real Estate Brokers?, IZA Discussion Papers (2011) View citations (31) (2011)
14. I don't want to hear about it: Rational ignorance among duty-oriented consumers
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2011, 79, (3), 263-274 View citations (45)
    See also Working Paper I Don't Want to Hear About it: Rational Ignorance among Duty-Oriented Consumers, Memorandum (2008) View citations (6) (2008)
15. Playing with the good guys. A public good game with endogenous group formation
    Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (9-10), 1111-1118 View citations (55)
    Also in Journal of Public Economics, 2011, 95, (9), 1111-1118 (2011) View citations (61)
    See also Working Paper Playing with the Good Guys - A Public Good Game with Endogenous Group Formation, CESifo Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (8) (2009)

2010

16. Selfish bakers, caring nurses? A model of work motivation
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2010, 75, (3), 377-394 View citations (47)
    See also Working Paper Selfish Bakers, Caring Nurses? A Model of Work Motivation, HERO Online Working Paper Series (2009) View citations (4) (2009)
17. Social Interaction in Responsibility Ascription: The Case of Household Recycling
    Land Economics, 2010, 86, (4) View citations (73)

2008

18. Attracting responsible employees: Green production as labor market screening
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2008, 30, (4), 509-526 View citations (117)

2007

19. The Fear of Exclusion: Individual Effort when Group Formation is Endogenous*
    Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2007, 109, (3), 531-550 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper The Fear of Exclusion: Individual Effort when Group Formation is Endogenous, Memorandum (2005) View citations (1) (2005)

2006

20. Firms’ Compliance to Environmental Regulation: Is There Really a Paradox?
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2006, 35, (1), 1-18 View citations (23)
21. Green consumers and public policy: On socially contingent moral motivation
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2006, 28, (4), 351-366 View citations (200)
    See also Working Paper Green consumers and public policy: On socially contingent moral motivation, Memorandum (2003) (2003)

2005

22. Evaluating the Hirsch Hypothesis: A response
    Ecological Economics, 2005, 55, (4), 456-458

2004

23. The Cold Shiver of Not Giving Enough: On the Social Cost of Recycling Campaigns
    Land Economics, 2004, 80, (4) View citations (54)
24. The role of warnings in regulation: keeping control with less punishment
    Journal of Public Economics, 2004, 88, (12), 2801-2816 View citations (37)
    See also Working Paper The Role of Warnings in Regulation: Keeping Control with Less Punishment, Memorandum (2003) View citations (3) (2003)

2003

25. An economic model of moral motivation
    Journal of Public Economics, 2003, 87, (9-10), 1967-1983 View citations (349)
    See also Working Paper An Economic Model of Moral Motivation, Discussion Papers (2000) View citations (13) (2000)
26. Are Differentiated Carbon Taxes Inefficient? A General Equilibrium Analysis
    The Energy Journal, 2003, 24, (2), 95-113
    Also in The Energy Journal, 2003, Volume24, (Number 2), 95-112 (2003) View citations (12)
27. Does Public Policy Crowd Out Private Contributions to Public Goods
    Public Choice, 2003, 115, (3-4), 397-418 View citations (98)
    See also Working Paper Does Public Policy Crowd Out Private Contributions to Public Goods?, Discussion Papers (2001) View citations (4) (2001)
28. On social norms: the evolution of considerate smoking behavior
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2003, 52, (3), 323-340 View citations (59)
29. Status-seeking and material affluence: evaluating the Hirsch hypothesis
    Ecological Economics, 2003, 45, (1), 29-39 View citations (18)

2001

30. The assumption of equal marginal utility of income: how much does it matter?
    Ecological Economics, 2001, 36, (3), 397-411 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper The Assumption of Equal Marginal Utility of Income: How Much Does it Matter?, Discussion Papers (1998) View citations (3) (1998)

2000

31. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Democratic Ideal
    Nordic Journal of Political Economy, 2000, 26, 83-93 View citations (4)
    See also Working Paper Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Democratic Ideal, Discussion Papers (1997) View citations (1) (1997)
32. Homo Economicus and Homo Politicus: interpretation and aggregation of environmental values
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2000, 42, (3), 305-322 View citations (120)
33. Project analysis as input to public debate: Environmental valuation versus physical unit indicators
    Ecological Economics, 2000, 34, (3), 393-408 View citations (12)
34. Voluntary Agreements and Non-Verifiable Emissions
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2000, 17, (2), 125-144 View citations (5)

1998

35. Some Norwegian Politicians' Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Public Choice, 1998, 95, (3-4), 381-401 View citations (25)
    See also Working Paper Some Norwegian Politicians' Use of Cost-Benefit Analysis, Discussion Papers (1996) View citations (2) (1996)

1996

36. Allowing disagreement in evaluations of social welfare
    Journal of Economics, 1996, 63, (3), 303-324 View citations (14)

1995

37. ON THE INTERPRETATION AND APPLICABILITY OF A “GREEN NATIONAL PRODUCT”
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1995, 41, (1), 57-71 View citations (12)