Does Scarcity Reduce Cooperation? Experimental Evidence from Rural Tanzania
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scarcity; cooperation; field experiment;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C71 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Cooperative Games
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
- D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AGR-2020-11-16 (Agricultural Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2020-11-16 (Experimental Economics)
- NEP-SOC-2020-11-16 (Social Norms and Social Capital)
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