We run a lab-in-the-field experiment with 1,060 university students in Mozambique to examine the correlates of behavioural dishonesty, distinguishing between intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Using an incentivized dice game, which yields direct estimates of the propensity to cheat, we find that...

Von einem polit-ökonomischen Ansatz ausgehende Untersuchung der Probleme, die sich aus europäisch-kolonialen Grundbesitzvorstellungen und der Schaffung von Wildreservaten einerseits und der Notwendigkeit einer Sicherung der Existenzgrundlage sowie sakralen Vorstellungen der afrikanischen...

Do people conform to social norms at least partly to signal their social preferences? Using a vignette experiment, we find that parents who do not marry off their under-age daughters in Malawian villages where child marriage is prevalent are perceived as less altruistic, reciprocal, and...