Blar i CLTS Working papers (HH) på emneord "Field experimentation"
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Explaining anomalies in intertemporal choice : a mental zooming theory
(CLTS Working paper;2014:2, Working paper, 2014)I present a theory that can explain hyperbolic discounting and magnitude effects in intertemporal choice. This approach builds on theories of narrow framing and reference dependence and expands these theories in a novel ... -
High discount rates : an artifact caused by poorly framed experiments or a result of people being poor and vulnerable?
(CLTS Working paper;2013:8, Working paper, 2013)This study revisits the issue whether poverty and shocks are associated with high discount rates by using an incentive compatible Multiple Price List approach in a poor rural population in Africa where a substantial share ... -
Risk preferences, shocks and technology adoption : farmers’ responses to drought risk
(CLTS Working paper;2015:3, Working paper, 2015)Climate risk represents an increasing threat to poor and vulnerable farmers in drought-proneareas of Africa. This study assesses the maize and fertilizer adoption responses of food insecure farmers in Malawi, where Drought ... -
Risky choices of poor people : comparing risk preference elicitation approaches in field experiments
(CLTS Working paper;2014:10, Working paper, 2014)This paper studies the risk preferences of poor rural households in Malawi and compares the Holt and Laury (2002) (HL) multiple price list approach with hypothetical real-world framing and monetary incentive-compatible ... -
Tools, fertilizer or cash? : exchange asymmetries in productive assets
(CLTS Working paper;2014:13, Working paper, 2014)We used a field experiment to investigate exchange asymmetries in productive assets among poor rural respondents in Ethiopia. Farmers were randomly allocated two types of productive assets or cash, with a choice to keep ...