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022			_a1945-7782
100			_a Lipscomb, Molly _9120630
100			_a Schechter, Laura _9120631
100			_a Zhu, Jessica _9120632
100			_a2024
100			_aDeutschmann, Joshua W. _9120633
245		0	_aSpillovers without Social Interactions in Urban Sanitation
260			_bAmerican Economic Journal: Applied Economics
260			_c2024
300			_a482-515
520			_aWe run a randomized controlled trial coupled with lab-in-the-field social network experiments in urban Dakar. Decision spillovers and health externalities play a large role in determining uptake of sanitation technology, with decision spillovers being largest among households that don't receive significant subsidies. There is no evidence that the spillovers are explained by social forces in general, nor by specific social mechanisms such as learning from others, social pressure, or reciprocity. We do find evidence of a fourth, nonsocial, mechanism impacting decisions: increasing health benefits. As more neighbors adopt the sanitary technology, it becomes more worthwhile for other households to adopt as well.
650			_a Energy _925087
650			_a Environment
650			_a Hazardous Waste _957049
650			_a Natural Resources
650			_a Noise _9120634
650			_aHousing _9284
856			_uhttps://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/app.20220047
999			_c133749 _d133749