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How Important Is Temptation Spending? Maybe Less than We Thought

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dc.contributor.authorBrune, Lasse
dc.contributor.authorKerwin, Jason T.
dc.contributor.authorLi, Qingxiao
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-17T20:53:27Z
dc.date.available2024-01-17T20:53:27Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-08
dc.description.abstractTemptation plays a key role in theoretical work on spending and saving in developing countries. The limited empirical evidence on its importance, however, suggests that cash transfers do not induce increases in temptation spending. This paper expands the evidence base by studying the effect of randomized exposure to temptation on spending decisions in rural Malawi. Consistent with the cash transfer literature, a more tempting environment does not induce significant changes in temptation spending. However, the magnitudes of both temptation spending levels and the treatment effects are somewhat sensitive to the definition of temptation spending used. This paper examines the potential factors that may be driving these 0 results, and suggests that future research may find a limited role for temptation in the economic decisions of the poor.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099946012082333002/IDU06c40656c0c3cb04f9d0ab0b00e64fca4f398
dc.identifier.citationThe World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40912
dc.identifier.issn0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40912
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherPublished by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWorld Bank Economic Review
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectTEMPTATION SPENDING
dc.subjectSELF-CONTROL
dc.subjectBEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.titleHow Important Is Temptation Spending? Maybe Less than We Thoughten
dc.typeJournal Article
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://academic.oup.com/wber/article/36/2/433/6501138 Journal website (version of record)
okr.crossref.titleHow Important Is Temptation Spending? Maybe Less than We Thought
okr.date.disclosure2024-01-17
okr.date.lastmodified2023-12-11T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeJournal Article
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099946012082333002/IDU06c40656c0c3cb04f9d0ab0b00e64fca4f398
okr.guid099946012082333002
okr.identifier.docmidIDU-6c40656c-c3cb-4f9d-ab0b-0e64fca4f398
okr.identifier.doi10.1093/wber/lhab027
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40912
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34210985
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34210985
okr.identifier.report186295
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okr.pagenumber433–454
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099946012082333002/pdf/IDU06c40656c0c3cb04f9d0ab0b00e64fca4f398.pdfen
okr.peerreviewAcademic Peer Review
okr.region.administrativeAfrica Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.countryMalawi
okr.topicFinance and Financial Sector Development::Microfinance
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume36 (2)
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