Ask a local: improving the public pricing of land titles in urban Tanzania

Manara, M and Regan, T (2022) Ask a local: improving the public pricing of land titles in urban Tanzania. Working Paper. Centre for Economic Performance.

Abstract

Information on willingness-to-pay is key for public pricing and allocation of services but not easily collected. Studying land titles in Dar-es-Salaam, we ask whether local leaders know and will reveal plot owners' willingness-to-pay. We randomly assign leaders to predict under different settings then elicit owners' actual willingness-to-pay. Demand is substantial, but below exorbitant fees. Leaders can predict the aggregate demand curve and distinguish variation across owners. Predictions worsen when used to target subsidies, but adding cash incentives mitigates this. Finally, we demonstrate that leader-elicited information can improve the public pricing of title deeds, raising uptake while maintaining public funds.

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Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
Subject Areas: Economics
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Wheeler Institute for Business and Development

Date Deposited: 17 May 2022 14:37
Last Modified: 08 Mar 2024 16:43
URI: https://lbsresearch.london.edu/id/eprint/2531
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