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