| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP16284 |
| DP16284 Public Service Delivery and Free Riding: Experimental Evidence from India | |
| Alex Armand; Britta Augsburg; Antonella Bancalari | |
| 发表日期 | 2022-04-11 |
| 出版年 | 2022 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | This paper provides novel evidence on the trade-off between public service delivery and free riding in low- and middle-income countries. We implement a field experiment in the slums of two major Indian cities, where inadequate access to sanitation restricts residents to either free ride, by disposing human waste in common-property areas, or use a fee-funded public service provided by community toilets. Using original survey, behavioral and objective measurements, we show that top-down incentives for the quality of service provision improves delivery and reduces non-payment of fees, but excludes a share of residents from using the service, forcing them into free riding. Willingness to pay for the service is unaffected, but demand for public intervention in the quality of delivery increases, replacing the demand to address free riding. Adding a campaign sensitizing the consequences of free riding among residents raises awareness, but does not induce any behavioral change. Supplementing reduced form estimates with structural estimates, we show that eliminating free riding requires subsidizing use beyond free basic services. |
| 主题 | Development Economics ; Public Economics |
| 关键词 | Public service Basic services Infrastructure Maintenance Free riding Willingness to pay Water and sanitation Information Health |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp16284-0 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/546202 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Alex Armand,Britta Augsburg,Antonella Bancalari. DP16284 Public Service Delivery and Free Riding: Experimental Evidence from India. 2022. |
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