Calendrier du 13 janvier 2016
Development Economics Seminar
Du 13/01/2016 de 17:00 à 18:30
DUPAS Pascaline (STANFORD UNIVERSITY)
Targeting Experimentation Subsidies in Credit Constrained Environments
écrit avec Sylvain Chassang, Catlan Reardon and Erik Snowberg
For many technologies, the rate of return depends on local conditions. Therefore, local experimentation is needed for individuals to make technology adoption decisions. Given this public good aspect, experimentation needs to be subsidized. The premise of our study is that people are heterogeneous in their suitability as experimenters, and that the effectiveness of programs to promote experimentation can be enhanced by targeting the most appropriate experimenters. The key question is how to identify who are the most appropriate experimenters: is this information known from individuals themselves? from their network? If known, can it be elicited? We develop theoretically, implement and compare (through a field experiment with Kenyan farmers) three elicitation/selection mechanisms, based on the selective trials approach developed in Chassang et al. (2012).
Economic History Seminar
Du 13/01/2016 de 12:30 à 14:00
GREEN Brett (WUSTL)
A very English institution? Foreign influences and the poor law.