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Effective anti-corruption policy-making: What can we learn from experimental economics?

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Experimental studies have shown that deterrence (monitoring and punishment) can be an effective anti-corruption policy.

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Amadou Boly

Robert Gillanders

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Publication Date: 04/2017

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Overconfidence and Risk-taking in the Field: Evidence from Ethiopian Farmers

Economic Development and Cultural Change

forthcoming

Toman Barsbai, Ulrich Schmidt, Ulrike Zirpel

We argue that overconfidence wrongly inflates the expected returns to a risky income-generating activity. Overconfidence thus increase the...
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The nutrient-income elasticity in ultra-poor households: Evidence from Kenya

European Journal of Development Research

11/2021

Rainer Thiele, Hamidou Jawara

The relationship between nutrient intake and wealth of poor households continues to be an issue of huge policy relevance. In this paper, we...
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Covid-19 in Africa and its Impact on the Economy

Kiel Policy Brief

09/2021

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Klaus-Jürgen Gern, Ole Lück, Saskia Meuchelböck

Kiel Policy Brief No. 158: Official data substantially underreports the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in Africa as testing and...
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Africa’s female entrepreneurs – towards funding success

PEGNet Policy Briefs

07/2021

Charles Ackah, Aoife Hanley, Cecília Hornok ...

Opportunities for well-paid employment for women are scarce in many African countries. Entrepreneurship is therefore one way in which women...

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