The freedom to choose: theory and quasi-experimental evidence on cash transfer restrictions
Should cash transfer programmes restrict consumer choice? For example, should food assistance delivered in cash be restricted to food and exclude temptation goods? Theoretically, if transfers are extra-marginal, restrictions induce (1) a substitution effect away from restricted goods and (2) a negat...
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Centre for the Study of African Economies
2021
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