Information and subsidies: Complements or substitutes?

被引：48

作者：

Ashraf, Nava ^{[1
]}

Jack, B. Kelsey ^{[2
]}

Kamenica, Emir ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Business, Baker Lib 443, Boston, MA 02163 USA

[2] Tufts Univ, Dept Econ, Medford, MA 02155 USA

[3] Univ Chicago, Booth Sch Business, Chicago, IL 60637 USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC BEHAVIOR & ORGANIZATION | 2013年 / 88卷

关键词：

Subsidies; Information; Health; MALARIA PREVENTION; PRODUCT; QUALITY; DEMAND; PRICES; CHOICE; MARKET;

D O I：

10.1016/j.jebo.2012.12.031

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

020101 [政治经济学];

摘要：

Does providing information about a product influence the impact of price subsidies on purchases? This question is particularly relevant for health products in developing countries where both informational campaigns and price subsidies are common policy instruments. We conduct a field experiment in Zambia and find that providing information about a new version of a product significantly increases the impact of price subsidies on take-up. Taken alone, the information manipulation has no significant impact on demand while the price subsidy substantially increases demand. However, the evaluation of either intervention in isolation fails to capture the significant complementarity between the two. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：133 / 139

页数：7

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