Alvin Etang Ndip

BSc (Buea, Cameroon), MA (Bergamo, Italy), PhD (Otago)

Alvin's research interests are mainly in the areas of development economics, microfinance, experimental economics, and social capital. His recent research focuses on empirical analyses of the importance of trust in social and economic interactions. He is also currently analysing the extent to which individuals giving money to non-government aid agencies (such as World Vision) give more money when poverty is higher in the recipient country, and if they are more generous when the causes of poverty are perceived to be beyond the country's control.

Contact details

Office CO725
Tel 64 3 479 8654
Fax 64 3 479 8174
Email alvin.etang@otago.ac.nz

Current teaching

• Econ206
• Econ207
• Econ442

Publications

"Does Trust Extend beyond the Village? Experimental Trust and Social Distance in Cameroon" (with D. Fielding and S. Knowles), Experimental Economics (2010, forthcoming)

"Analysing the Radius of Trust in Rural Cameroon", Journal of African Economies (2010, forthcoming)

"Trust and ROSCA Membership in Rural Cameroon", (with D. Fielding and S. Knowles), Journal of International Development (2010, forthcoming)

Papers under Review

"Giving to Africa and Perceptions of Poverty" (with D. Fielding and S. Knowles)

"Are Survey measures of Trust Correlated with Experimental Trust? Empirical Evidence from Cameroon" (with D. Fielding and S. Knowles)

Non-Technical Papers

"Education matters for Trust: An experiment", EcoNZ@Otago, Issue 24, 1-3, March 2010

"Measuring Trust: An experimental investigation", EcoNZ@Otago, Issue 20, 7-9, February 2008

Research in Progress

"Expressive Voting" (with D. Fielding and S. Knowles)

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