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Know your rights! A field experiment on legal knowledge, property rights, and investment in Kenya

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  • Adam Aberra
  • Matthieu Chemin

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Knowledge of the laws is needed for them to have an impact. In this article, we test the effects of disseminating legal knowledge, carefully designed to the particular circumstances of small-scale farmers living with uncertain property rights on their land. We find that greater legal knowledge increases the security of property rights and investment on the land (JEL K4, O1).

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  • Adam Aberra & Matthieu Chemin, 2025. "Know your rights! A field experiment on legal knowledge, property rights, and investment in Kenya," The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press, vol. 41(1), pages 348-378.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:jleorg:v:41:y:2025:i:1:p:348-378.
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    • K4 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development

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