Replication data for: Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Esther Duflo; Michael Kremer; Jonathan Robinson

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Project Citation:

Duflo, Esther, Kremer, Michael, and Robinson, Jonathan. Replication data for: Nudging Farmers to Use Fertilizer: Theory and Experimental Evidence from Kenya. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2011. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112458V1

Project Description

Summary: We model farmers as facing small fixed costs of purchasing fertilizer and assume some are stochastically present biased and not fully sophisticated about this bias. Such farmers may procrastinate, postponing fertilizer purchases until later periods, when they may be too impatient to purchase fertilizer. Consistent with the model, many farmers in Western Kenya fail to take advantage of apparently profitable fertilizer investments, but they do invest in response to small, time-limited discounts on the cost of acquiring fertilizer (free delivery) just after harvest. Calibration suggests that this policy can yield higher welfare than either laissez-faire policies or heavy subsidies. (JEL Q13, Q12, Q16, Q18)

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      Q12 Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
      Q13 Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
      Q16 Agricultural R&D; Agricultural Technology; Biofuels; Agricultural Extension Services
      Q18 Agricultural Policy; Food Policy

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