Research

Publications

Accountability and taxation: Experimental evidence. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 216, 386-432, 2023.

Understanding inequality within households (with Ingvild Almås and Charlotte Ringdal). In Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics, Springer, Cham. 2022. GLO Discussion Paper. Forskning.no (in Norwegian)

Understanding the Resource Curse: A Large-Scale Experiment on Corruption in Tanzania (with  Alexander W. Cappelen, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Donald Mmari and Bertil Tungodden). Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization , 183, pp. 129-157, 2021 

Household Bargaining and Spending on Children: Experimental Evidence from Tanzania (with Charlotte Ringdal). Economica, 88, 430-455, 2021. GlobDev Blog, World Bank Blogs

The Customer is King: Evidence on VAT Compliance in Tanzania (with Odd-Helge Fjeldstad,  Cecilia Kagoma, Ephraim Mdee,  and Vincent Somville),  World Development, 128, 2020, Misum Academic Insight

To pay or not to pay? Citizens attitudes toward taxation in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and South Africa (with Merima Ali and Odd-Helge Fjeldstad). World Development, 64, pp. 828-842, 2014. 

Working papers

Work in progress

Successful Advances in Fiscal ARchItecture (SAFARI): Evidence from a new tax in Zanzibar. With Nadja Dwenger, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Lucas Katera and Vincent Somville.

Embezzlement and taxation: Experimental evidence. With Louis Putterman and Jean-Robert Tyran.

VAT compliance in Tanzania. With Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Lucie Gadenne, Vincent Somville, Jonathan Weigel and Tanzania Revenue Authority. CMI Insight

Public services, security and the legacy of pre-colonial states in Uganda . With Odd-Helge Fjeldstad, Merima Ali, Godfrey Asiimwe, and Anne Mette Kjær.  

Dishonesty and Trust: Behavioral Evidence from Tanzania. With Alexander W. Cappelen, Odd-Helge Fjeldstad and Bertil Tungodden), in preparation.

In Norwegian

 Investeringer i barns utdanning: Bryr kvinner seg mer enn menn? With  Charlotte Ringdal. 2019, Magma 6/2019  (peer-reviewed)

Styrer fordommer bistand? With Charlotte Ringdal. Bergens Tidende, 31. July 2017.