We implement a public goods experiment in Central Malawi that asks small-scale farmers to contribute to the cost of a soil test, the results of which provide public information with private value. By randomly varying the plot selected for soil testing within each village, we examine the role of...

This paper documents the role of village fairness norms in land markets. We establish a strong and robust relationship between experimentally elicited village-level fairness norms and land rental markets across 250 villages in Malawi. Stronger fairness norms correlate with a tighter range in...