Is Informal Redistribution Costly? Evidence from a Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in Senegal
In Sub-Saharan Africa, individuals frequently transfer a substantial share of their resources to members of their social networks. Social pressure to redistribute, however, can induce disincentive effects on resource allocation decisions. This paper measures and characterizes the costs of redistribu...
Main Authors: | Botlz, Marie, Marazyan, Karine, Villar, Paola |
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Format: | Journal Article |
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
2021
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36151 |
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