This dissertation consists of three essays that employ empirical as well as theoretical research methods. Each essay studies different aspects of how we fund public goods. Common to all three works is the focus on cooperation that is not enforced by laws or by legally binding contracts.

The topic of this book is related to the rising field of behavioral public policymaking. Scholars belonging to this movement propose policy interventions that address systematic and predictable violations of rationality to steer agents' behavior in directions that are self-beneficial, possibly...

Risk is a pervasive factor in agriculture and a subject of great interest to agricultural economists. However, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding of the knowledge held by farm advisors, students, and economists with regards to farmers' risk preferences. Misconceptions about farmers'...

As the debate around the cost-effectiveness of agri-environmental schemes (AES) is growing at the European level, researchers and policymakers are exploring the potential of result-based AES. Result based AES initiate payments only if pre-defined environmental outcomes are achieved, thus...