Using artefactual field experiments to learn about the incentives for sustainable forest use in developing economies

Erwin Bulte, Andreas Kontoleon, John List, Ty Turley and Maarten Voors ()

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Abstract: We implement a public goods game and a social intervention modeled after a public goods game in rural Sierra Leone near the Gola Forest Reserve. We also collect demographic, economic and forest conservation data on households in the area. We use this data to assess the mapping of social preferences from the artefactual field experiment (AFE) into real world behavior. We find evidence of heterogeneity in shifting factors between the AFE, the field experiment, and conservation outcomes. We also find evidence that social controls like war violence and witchcraft may explain some of this correlation.

Date: 2011
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Journal Article: Using Artefactual Field Experiments to Learn about the Incentives for Sustainable Forest Use in Developing Economies (2011)
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