Neighborhood effects and social behavior: The case of irrigated and rainfed farmers in Bohol, the Philippines

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 118, Issue , 2015, Pages 227-246

  Tsusaka, Takuji W ^a,b   Kajisa, Kei ^a,c   Pede, Valerien O ^a   Aoyagi, Keitaro ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Malawi)

^c AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Behavioral games; Dictator game; Irrigation; Public goods game; Social norms; Spatial econometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942551659     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebo.2015.04.022     Document Type: Article

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