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Population growth and the tragedy of the commons : can trade prevent natural resource and welfare collapse?

Schiff, Maurice W. - 2024

Many developing countries depend crucially on open-access renewable natural resources (NR). Trade is generally viewed as hurting the long-term health of NR in commodity-exporting countries. I examine whether trade might be beneficial in the case of population growth. Dynamic general equilibrium...

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Means testing versus basic income : the (lack of) political support for a universal allowance

Cremer, Helmuth; Roeder, Kerstin - 2015

This paper studies the political economy of a basic income (BI) versus a means tested welfare scheme. We show in a very simple setting that if society votes on the type of system, its generosity as well as the "severity" of means testing (if any), a BI system could only emerge in the political...

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Norm enforcement in social dilemmas : an experiment with police commissioners

Dickinson, David L.; Masclet, David; Villeval, Marie-Claire - 2014

Do individuals trained in law enforcement punish or reward differently from typical student subjects? We analyze norm enforcement behavior of newly appointed police commissioners in both a Voluntary Contribution Mechanism game and a Common Pool Resource game. Our experimental design includes...

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Cooperativeness and impatience in the tragedy of the commons

Fehr, Ernst (contributor); Leibbrandt, Andreas (contributor) - 2008

reduce the current and the future yield for both others and themselves. Accordingly, economic theory predicts that more … fishermen who exhibit a higher propensity for cooperation in a laboratory public goods experiment, and those who show more … patience in a laboratory time preference experiment, exploit the fishing grounds less in their daily lives. Moreover, because …

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The effect of positive mood on cooperation in repeated interaction

Proto, Eugenio; Sgroi, Daniel; Nazneen, Mahnaz - 2017

Existing research supports two opposing mechanisms through which positive mood might affect cooperation. Some studies have suggested that positive mood produces more altruistic, open and helpful behavior, fostering cooperation. However, there is contrasting research supporting the idea that...

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Higher intelligence groups have higher cooperation rates in the repeated prisoner's dilemma

Proto, Eugenio; Rustichini, Aldo; Sofianos, Andis - 2014

Intelligence affects social outcomes of groups. A systematic study of the link is provided in an experiment where two …

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Intelligence disclosure and cooperation in repeated interactions

Lambrecht, Marco; Proto, Eugenio; Rustichini, Aldo; … - 2022

We investigate in a laboratory setting whether revealing information on the intelligence of both players affects behavior in repeated games. We study the Prisoners' Dilemma (PD) and Battle of Sexes (BoS) as they cover a large set of the interesting scenarios generated by repeated games of two...

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A forgotten issue : distributional effects of day care subsidies in Germany

Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Spieß, C. Katharina; Wagner, Gert G. - 2000

In general child care subsidies are widely accepted as a means to create equal chances for mothers in the labour market as well as for children. Although there is a general consensus that the use of child care should be publicly supported, there is no consensus on how this should be done....

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Is there such thing as middle class values? : class differences, values and political orientations in Latin America

López-Calva, Luis F.; Rigolini, Jamele; Torche, Florencia - 2012

Middle class values have long been perceived as drivers of social cohesion and growth. In this paper we investigate the relation between class (measured by the position in the income distribution), values, and political orientations using comparable values surveys for six Latin American...

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The roots of cooperation

Bašić, Zvonimir; Bindra, Parampreet Christopher; … - 2021

Understanding the roots of human cooperation among strangers is of great importance for solving pressing social dilemmas and maintening public goods in human societies. We study the development of cooperation in 929 young children, aged 3 to 6. In a unified experimental framework, we examine...

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