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The right to benefit: Using videos to encourage citizen involvement in resource revenue management

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  • Christa Brunnschweiler

    (School of Economics, University of East Anglia)

  • Nanang Kurniawan

    (Department of Politics and Government, Universitas Gadja Mada)

  • Paivi Lujalac

    (Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu)

  • Primi Putri

    (Geography Research Unit, University of Oulu)

  • Sabrina Scherzer

    (Department of Geography, NTNU)

  • Indah Wardhani

    (Department of Politics and Government, Universitas Gadja Mada)

Abstract

The governance of natural resource wealth is a key factor in promoting strong institutions and economic development in resource-rich countries. In this paper, we explore how individuals engagement in local natural resource revenue (NRR) management can be enhanced and encouraged. We focus on Indonesia, which is a large gold and petroleum producer, among other natural resources, with local challenges such as underdevelopment of resource-rich areas and corruption. We run a randomized survey experiment among 807 local community members in an oil-rich district using videos with three information treatments that give citizens salient and easily understandable information on local NRR and additional motivation to use this information to engage in NRR management. Our outcomes include survey questions on stated behavior and citizen rights perception regarding NRR management, and two incentive-compatible measures. We find that providing easily understandable information increases respondents sense of the right to personally influence how NRR are used and the propensity to donate to an anti-corruption NGO. Our positive example treatment was able to increase respondents sense of their right to benefit from NRR and their right to influence NRR management, while our negative example treatment had no impact on our outcomes. We also explore intervening mechanisms and heterogeneous effects. Providing the population of resource-rich areas with easily understood information on NRR management that is relevant to the local context offers an encouraging avenue for combating NRR-related mismanagement and corruption.

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  • Christa Brunnschweiler & Nanang Kurniawan & Paivi Lujalac & Primi Putri & Sabrina Scherzer & Indah Wardhani, 2023. "The right to benefit: Using videos to encourage citizen involvement in resource revenue management," University of East Anglia School of Economics Working Paper Series 2023-06, School of Economics, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK..
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    Keywords

    accountability; survey experiment; video; Indonesia; petroleum revenues; information treatment;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q35 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Hydrocarbon Resources
    • Q38 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy (includes OPEC Policy)
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General

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