Browsing Harvard Kennedy School by Author "Zenker, Juliane"

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Better Knowledge Need Not Affect Behavior: A Randomized Evaluation on the Demand for Lottery Tickets in Rural Thailand

Zenker, Juliane; Wagener, Andreas; Vollmer, Sebastian (Center for International Development at Harvard University, 2014-04)

Despite the poor odds, low-income households in rural Thailand spend significant amounts on tickets of the Thai Government Lottery. One explanation might be that, due to lack of information about the properties of the game, ...