Using Artefactual Field Experiments to Learn about the Incentives for Sustainable Forest Use in Developing Economies
在塞拉利昂农村实施公共品博弈和社会干预，结合家庭数据，分析人工实验中的社会偏好如何映射到现实森林保护行为，发现战争暴力、巫术等社会控制因素影响这种关联。
We implement a public goods game and a social intervention modeled after a public goods game in rural Sierra Leone near the Gola Forest Reserve. We also collect demographic, economic and forest conservation data on households in the area. We use this data to assess the mapping of social preferences from the artefactual field experiment (AFE) into real world behavior. We find evidence of heterogeneity in shifting factors between the AFE, the field experiment, and conservation outcomes. We also find evidence that social controls like war violence and witchcraft may explain some of this correlation.