We examine the dynamic management of a soil resource—the issue at the core of both environmental and development challenges in developing countries. Our theoretical framework extends the traditional bioeconomic model of renewable resources to soil carbon management and investigates the effects...

We implement a public goods experiment in Central Malawi that asks small-scale farmers to contribute to the cost of a soil test, the results of which provide public information with private value. By randomly varying the plot selected for soil testing within each village, we examine the role of...