Gustav Agneman
Publications
The Material basis of Cooperation: How Scarcity Reduces Trusting Behaviour
In this study, we investigate whether food scarcity influences the level of trusting behaviour in rural Tanzania by leveraging quasi-experimental variation in food supply induced by the harvest.
Market Participation and Moral Decision-Making: Experimental Evidence from Greenland
We conduct rule-breaking experiments in 13 villages across Greenland (N = 543), where stark contrasts in market participation within villages allow us to examine the relationship between market participation and moral decision-making
How economic expectations shape preferences for national independence: Evidence from Greenland
This paper investigates how economic expectations shape voting intentions in a hypothetical independence referendum in Greenland.
Outreach
The effects of food scarcity on trusting behaviour: Evidence from Tanzania
Food scarcity decreases trust among Tanzanian farmers, reducing the resilience of affected communities
How food scarcity reduces trusting behaviour
Communities with higher levels of trust are better able to cope with crises. However, trust goes down in times of food scarcity when the need for cooperation is at its highest.
Winner of the QoG Best Paper Award 2022
The 2022 Quality of Government Best Paper Award goes to Gustav Agneman, Kasper Brandt, Christoffer Cappelen, and David Sjöberg, for the paper “The Uneven Reach of the State: A Novel Approach to Mapping Local State Presence.”