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D'Exelle, Ben 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9332-5223 and van den Berg, Marrit
(2014)
Aid distribution and cooperation in unequal communities.
Review of Income and Wealth, 60 (1).
pp. 114-132.
ISSN 0034-6586
Abstract
We experimentally study aid distribution and cooperation in a field lab in rural Nicaragua. In the first stage of the experimental game, participants contribute to a collective effort that determines the amount of aid given to the group, which is distributed among the players in a second stage. We find that in a treatment where a group representative, selected as the highest contributor, distributes aid, contributions are higher compared to a treatment where aid is equally distributed. The higher amounts of aid attracted, however, benefit representatives only. At the same time, representatives do care about fairness. They give higher aid shares to players with low endowments and lower shares to low contributors. Moreover, representatives with lower relative wealth or who contribute relatively more, keep higher aid shares. With our experimental game simulating community-based development (CBD) schemes, we discuss the implications of our results for elite capture in such schemes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development) |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Experimental Economics (former - to 2017) Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural Economics Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Environment, Resources and Conflict Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Behavioural and Experimental Development Economics |
| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jul 2014 09:46 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2024 16:54 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/49557 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/roiw.12092 |
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