Replication data for: Private Information and the Allocation of Land Use Subsidies in Malawi
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) B. Kelsey Jack
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Project Citation:
Jack, B. Kelsey. Replication data for: Private Information and the Allocation of Land Use Subsidies in Malawi. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113855V1
Project Description
Summary:
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Efficient targeting of public programs is difficult when the cost or
benefit to potential recipients is private information. This study
illustrates the potential of self-selection to improve allocational
outcomes in the context of a program that subsidizes tree planting
in Malawi. Landholders who received a tree planting contract as a
result of bidding in an auction kept significantly more trees alive over
a three year period than did landholders who received the contract
through a lottery. The gains from targeting on private information
through the auction represent a 30 percent cost savings per surviving
tree for the implementing organization.
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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D04 Microeconomic Policy: Formulation, Implementation, and Evaluation
D44 Auctions
D82 Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Q24 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land
Q28 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy
D04 Microeconomic Policy: Formulation, Implementation, and Evaluation
D44 Auctions
D82 Asymmetric and Private Information; Mechanism Design
O13 Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products
Q24 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Land
Q28 Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy
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