Using Artefactual Field Experiments to Learn about the Incentives for Sustainable Forest Use in Developing Economies
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One vexing problem facing mankind is how to promote sustainable use of common property resources. Within developed and developing countries alike, misuse of fresh water, pastures, and forests is commonplace. While developed countries have in many cases designed principles and laws to promote sustainable resource use, developing countries often lack the institutional know-how and means to enforce property rights. This has led researchers to look for alternative means to address common property resource problems. We study behavior and attitudes towards forest conservation in Sierra Leone and aim for two contributions related to common property resources. First, we attempt to establish if behavioral games, or, following the parlance of Glenn Harrison and John List (2004), artefactual field experiments (AFEs), can explain behavior in the field. If AFEs can explain variability in treatment of the commons, then we can have greater confidence in testing mechanisms in the laboratory and transferring the lessons learned to naturally occurring settings. This approach relies on the framework of Steven D. Levitt and John A. List (2007, hereafter LL), who propose that behavior in laboratory experiments is influenced by not Using Artefactual Field Experiments to Learn about the Incentives for Sustainable Forest Use in Developing Economies
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Field Experiments to Learn about the Incentives for Sustainable Forest Use in Developing Economies
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