When transparency fails: Financial incentives for local banking agents in Indonesia
Economic Development Seminar (EDS)
Speaker
Gianmarco León-Ciliotta (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)Date & time
Apr 22, 2021,
9:30-11:00 am EDT
Location
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Abstract: We study the effect of raising the level and the transparency of financial incentives offered to local agents for acquiring clients of a new banking product on take-up. We find that paying agents higher incentives increases take-up, but only when the incentives are unknown to prospective clients. When disclosed, higher incentives instead have no effect on take-up, despite greater agent effort.
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