An Experiment in Community Pricing (Pilot Phase)

Principal Investigator

Jonathan Levav
Stanford Graduate School of Business

Co-Investigators

Fred Finan
U​niversity of California, Berkeley
Research Locations Rwanda
Award Date September 2014
Award Type Faculty I-Award

Abstract

This study will assess whether a “Groupon”-like, community pricing model can effectively leverage the strong community ties of low-income populations, to encourage take-up of products that are good for health and also have aspirational qualities.