Is Ignorance Bliss? The Effect of Asymmetric Information between Spouses on Intra-household Allocations

We conducted a field experiment in Southern Ghana to test the effect of asymmetric information on intrahousehold allocation. A lottery was conducted, where prizes were distributed in public and in private. The results indicate that asymmetric information over windfalls has a differential effect on o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Castilla, Carolina, Walker, Thomas
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: American Economic Association 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17929