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Davis, Mikal S.

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Contests as a Tool for Development: Evidence from Peru.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Contests as a Tool for Development: Evidence from Peru./
Author:	Davis, Mikal S.
Description:	68 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 51-06.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International51-06(E).
Subject:	Economics, Agricultural. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=1538588
ISBN:	9781303120114

Contests as a Tool for Development: Evidence from Peru.
Davis, Mikal S.

Contests as a Tool for Development: Evidence from Peru. - 68 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 51-06.

Thesis (M.S.)--Tufts University, 2013.

To investigate the effectiveness of contests in a development setting, I use a case study from Peru where contests are implemented by giving households numeric scores based on how well they have adopted improved agricultural, sanitation and agribusiness technologies. This paper analyzes the incentive effects of these contests by testing three hypotheses generated by theory: (1) Increasing the number of contestants will decrease average performance; (2) Performance is increasing in the prize spread; (3) High ability contestants will adopt low-risk strategies while low ability contestants will adopt high risk strategies. I find evidence consistent with theory for hypotheses (2) and (3), but the results for hypothesis (1) are ambiguous in regard to theoretical predictions. Together, the results suggest that contests influence behavior in predictable ways and therefore have the potential to be an additional policy option for development organizations.

ISBN: 9781303120114Subjects--Topical Terms:

626648
Economics, Agricultural.

Contests as a Tool for Development: Evidence from Peru.
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