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Collective management of an environmental threat when exposure is heterogeneous: A complementary methods approach (2020)
Journal Article
Barr, A., Owens, T., & Perera, A. (2020). Collective management of an environmental threat when exposure is heterogeneous: A complementary methods approach. World Development, 135, Article 105078. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105078

We adopt a complementary methods approach to investigate whether and how heterogeneity in individual returns to a public good affects public good provision. We engage smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka in: a one-shot, framed, lab-in-the-field experimen... Read More about Collective management of an environmental threat when exposure is heterogeneous: A complementary methods approach.

Risk taking and sharing when risk exposure is interdependent (2020)
Journal Article
Barr, A., Owens, T., & Perera, A. (2020). Risk taking and sharing when risk exposure is interdependent. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 176, 445-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2020.04.011

© 2020 Elsevier B.V. Using a specially designed experiment, we investigate whether and how interdependence in risk exposure, i.e., risk taking by some members of a potential risk sharing group affecting not only their own but also their co-members' r... Read More about Risk taking and sharing when risk exposure is interdependent.

The effect of education, income inequality and merit on inequality acceptance (2020)
Journal Article
Barr, A., & Miller, L. (2020). The effect of education, income inequality and merit on inequality acceptance. Journal of Economic Psychology, 80, Article 102276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joep.2020.102276

A large number of observational and experimental studies have explored the determinants of individual preferences for redistribution. In general, inequalities are more likely to be accepted by people of higher socioeconomic status, in richer societie... Read More about The effect of education, income inequality and merit on inequality acceptance.