This study contributes to economic knowledge by recovering the system of economic philosophy and theory developed by the 19th century American Protectionists. The account provided in this thesis is comprehensive and covers all major aspects of their theoretical system. Put simply, this study...

Agricultural extension services and direct payments are key policy instruments; yet their effectiveness is often debated. Extension services lack a demand-driven approach, neglecting farmer preferences. Similarly, the effects of direct payments, particularly coupled payments, remain unclear....

As governments and corporations have intensified their efforts to locate, extract, and capitalise oil, gas, and various other biophysical materials, the world has simultaneously witnessed a proliferation of social resistance to these efforts. While taking many forms, such resistance, and...

The bioeconomy offers solutions to urgent sustainability challenges, such as climate change, resource scarcity, and world hunger. Bioclusters, which are localized hubs of bioeconomy activities, can create synergies in the use of natural resources and new technological knowledge, thereby...

This dissertation explores the use of behavioral economics to advance climate change mitigation strategies. While climate change is often treated as a technical or economic problem in policy discussions, this research argues that it is ultimately also a behavioral problem. The dissertation...

In the context of contemporary socio-environmental shifts, the concept of “degrowth” advocates for transforming societies to ensure environmental justice and a well-being for all within planetary boundaries. This PhD thesis, positioned within degrowth studies, provides a processual, holistic...

This thesis makes two unique contributions to the International Political Economy literature. It presents the first comprehensive, empirical investigation of petrodollar accumulation and recycling spanning the period 1980-2021. It also corrects the misconception that petrodollar recycling in the...

The increasing availability of open-source and high-quality satellite data has facilitated market developments in the index insurance sector. However, the suitability of various satellite products for detecting weather extremes and crop yield variations across world regions must be thoroughly...

Agricultural sustainability (AS) is a key component in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. Despite wide use of the concept in both research and policy, there is still not a universally accepted method for its measurement. This research proposes using item response theory (IRT) to generate a...

This Ph.D. thesis consists of four self-contained chapters, which all investigate macroeconomic questions from a micro perspective: through structural models with either full distributional heterogeneity or approximations thereof, and in one case, through microdata. In addition, all projects are...