Erlend Dancke Sandorf, PhD

Erlend Dancke Sandorf, PhD

Post-doctoral Researcher at School of Economics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences

I am a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow with the Economics Division at the Stirling Managment School. I hold a PhD in Environmental Economics from UiT - The Arctic University of Norway. My research interests lie in the areas of choice modeling and environmental economics. I specialize in the application of advanced discrete choice models in the context of environmental valuation.

Econometrics
Choice Modeling
Public speaking
Envir. Econ.
Resource Econ.
Behavioral Econ.

Technical skills

Projects

Recent Posts

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New publication in Bio-based and Applied Economics

This paper explores the potential usefulness and possible pitfalls of using integrated choice and latent variable models (hybrid choice models) on stated choice data to inform policy. Using a series of Monte-Carlo simulations, we consider how model selection depends on the strength of relationship between the latent variable and preferences and the strength of relationship between the latent variable and the indicator. Our findings show that integrated choice and latent variable models are difficult to estimate, even when the data generating process is known.

October 15, 2020 Read
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New publication in PLoS ONE

We report and interpret preferences of a sample of the Dutch adult population for different strategies to end the so-called ‘intelligent lockdown’ which their government had put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a discrete choice experiment, we invited participants to make a series of choices between policy scenarios aimed at relaxing the lockdown, which were specified not in terms of their nature (e.g. whether or not to allow schools to re-open) but in terms of their effects along seven dimensions.

September 16, 2020 Read
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New publication in Environmental and Resource Economics

The growth in global aquaculture production may address the lack of sustainability in wild fisheries, alleviate poverty in rural and coastal areas, and help meet the worldwide increase in demand for animal protein. However, there is an ongoing debate about the severity of the environmental impact of aquaculture production. Investing in new high-tech production systems can address both productivity growth and the environmental externalities, but high investment costs hinder adoption of high-tech production methods.

August 4, 2020 Read