- Collection:
- Spelman College Faculty Publications
- Title:
- Leaders Needed: Experimental Evidence from Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal
- Creator:
- Bernard, Tanguy, International Food Policy Research Institute
Sene, Ligane, International Food Policy Research Institute
Wouterse, Fleur, International Food Policy Research Institute
Viceisza, Angelino, Department of Economics, Spelman College - Date of Original:
- 2015
- Subject:
- Spelman College--Faculty
African American scholars
African Americans--Education (Higher)--Georgia
African American universities and colleges--Georgia--Atlanta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Atlanta Metropolitan Area, 33.8498, 84.4383
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Most decisions are taken in group contexts where one persons behavior is affected by others. We explore drivers of coordination in Rural Producer Organizations (RPOs) of groundnut farmers in Senegal. We conduct a randomized controlled trial motivated by a theoretical model, where we varied the number and type of individuals invited to a training on collective commercialization. We use this variation to identify effects on subsequent commercialization behavior of members who did not attend the training. Our results suggest that non-trained individuals are likely to sell more through the group if a sufficient number of group leaders attended the training. KEYWORDS: Coordination, Leadership, Farmer Groups, Strategic Uncertainty, Collective Marketing, Field Experiments, Development
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12322/sc.fac.pubs:2015_visceisza
- Holding Institution:
- Spelman College
- Rights:
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