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Relationship Banking in India

Antoinette Schoar
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Train the Trainer: Promoting Savings by Training Banking Business Correspondent Agents in Andhra Pradesh

Shawn Cole
Laura Litvine
Santadarshan Sadhu

The Impact of Defaults and Financial Incentives on Savings Decisions on a Mobile Money Platform in Afghanistan

Joshua Blumenstock
Michael Callen
Tarek Ghani
In partnership with a mobile network operator launching a new phone-based savings account, researchers evaluated the role of defaults and financial incentives on savings decisions. Two months after the launch of the phone-based savings account, the company’s employees randomly assigned a default...
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Sensitivity to Interest Rates and Account Ownership Requirements for a Commitment Savings Account in the Philippines

Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman
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Social Pressure and Charitable Giving in the United States

Stefano DellaVigna
John List
Ulrike Malmendier
Gautam Rao
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The Impact of a Simple Savings Device on Meeting Planned and Unplanned Expenses in Niger

Jenny Aker
Markus Goldstein
Margaret McConnell
Michael O'Sullivan
Melita Sawyer
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a savings lockbox, or SMS reminders, on household saving, spending, and the ability to cope with negative shocks in rural Niger. Take-up and usage of the lockbox were high, and while the lockbox intervention did not affect overall...
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Identity in Charitable Giving in the United States

Judd Kessler
Katherine Milkman
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Reminder Messaging and Peer Support for Debt Reduction in the United States

Dean Karlan
Jonathan Zinman