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SUMMARY:Development and political economy seminar - Lore Vandewalle
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DESCRIPTION:We unpack constraints that limit quality upgrading by carpentry
  workshops in Uganda. Low quality can limit the price of items in the marke
 t\, squeezing the returns and stifling firm growth. A natural prescription 
 is to produce higher quality. However\, we observe that prices do not syste
 matically reward quality. This may reflect consumer preference for low-qual
 ity products or a lack of information to value items correctly. We conduct 
 a randomised control trial to uncover whether consumers can discern quality
  and whether the provision of information can correct (if needed) the price
 -quality gradient. Consumers rank five wooden items according to their qual
 ity and provide their willingness to pay for each item. A treatment group r
 eceives information on the most critical dimensions for quality discernment
 . After this\, quality rankings and willingness to pay are elicited again. 
 We find that the information intervention leads to a correction of quality 
 rankings in the right direction\, whereby regular consumers catch up with t
 he knowledge displayed by carpenters. Finally\, the intervention steepens t
 he price-quality gradient. Altogether\, our study shows that information fr
 ictions account\, at least in part\, for the incentives for quality provisi
 on in the market.\\n\\nContact: Timothée Demont : timothee.demont[at]univ
 -amu.frHabiba Djebbari : habiba.djebbari[at]univ-amu.fr\n\nPlus d'informati
 ons: https://www.amse-aixmarseille.fr/fr/evenements/lore-vandewalle
LOCATION:MEGA - Salle Carine Nourry\, 424\, Chemin du Viaduc\, 13080 Aix-en
 -Provence
URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.amse-aixmarseille.fr/fr/evenements/lore-vandewalle
CONTACT:Timothée Demont :&nbsp\;timothee.demont[at]univ-amu.frHabiba Djebb
 ari : habiba.djebbari[at]univ-amu.fr
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