• Beyond Ostrom: Randomized Experiment of the Impact of Individualized Tree Rights on Forest Management in Ethiopia 

      Takahashi, Ryo; Otsuka, Keijiro; Tilahun, Mesfin; Birhane, Emiru; Holden, Stein T. (CLTS Working paper;06/21, Working paper, 2021)
      In this study, we argue that while community forest management is effective in protecting forest resources as argued by Ostrom, it may fail to provide proper incentives to take care of such resources because of collective ...
    • Gender differences in investments and risk preferences 

      Holden, Stein T.; Tilahun, Mesfin (CLTS Working paper;02/22, Working paper, 2022)
      We analyze individual investment behavior among 822 young men and women that are members of 111 formal business groups in northern Ethiopia.We collected baseline data and investment data one year later combined with ...