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Public Goods with Punishment and Abstaining in Finite and Infinite Populations
Hauert, Christoph; Traulsen, Arne; Brandt, Hannelore; … - 2008
Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009431981
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Foundations for Cooperation in Social Dilemmas
Ahn, Toh-Kyeong - 2001
"Institutional approaches to social dilemmas have so far focused on how to create incentive structures that channel individuals' behavior into socially desirable outcomes assuming that everyone is selfish. However, the presumption of universal selfishness is not only empirically invalid but may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468335
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Incorporating Motivational Heterogeneity into Game Theoretic Models of Collective Action
Ahn, Toh-Kyeong; Ostrom, Elinor; Walker, James M. - 2002
Subsequently published as:"Incorporating Motivational Heterogeneity into Game Theoretic Models of Collective Action." Public Choice, 117, 2003, 295-315."Understanding cooperation in the context of social dilemma games is fundamental to understanding how alternative institutional arrangements may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468400
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The Use of Peer Sanctioning Mechanisms in an Asymmetric Commons Dilemma: An Experimental Study
Eisentraut, Renate - 2000
"In symmetric commons dilemmas, peer sanctioning, i.e. the possibility to gather information about the resource use of others and to sanction overuse, can be an effective structural solution in terms of resource conservation. However, most real world commons are characterized by structural...
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Concerted Action and the Transformer Dilemma: Overcoming Uncertainty in Electricity Provision for Irrigation in Andhra Pradesh, India
Kimmich, C. - 2011
"The dilemma structure underlying common-pool resource governance may prevail due to irreconcilable interests of actors, and may involve uncertainties resulting from the resource or actors involved. This paper addresses the knowledge and uncertainty problem in an analysis of electricity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468503
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Generating Revenues from WTP for Ecosystem Restoration: An Auction Experiment on Public Goods
Smith, Elizabeth C.; Swallow, Stephen K. - 2010
collected using a field experiment employingan experimental auction approach with mechanisms to reduce free riding often seen in … willingness to pay estimates are compared to a baseline choice experiment that employs an incentive compatible, majority vote … mechanism and actual (not hypothetical) money payments. A conditional logit model, rooted in McFadden’s choice theory,is used to …
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Trust and Reciprocity in the Market-Based Provision of Public Goods. Experimental Evidence and Applications to Conservation Tenders
Vogt, Nora - 2013
Vertragserfüllung in der kontrollierten Laborumgebung simuliert. In einem ersten Experiment kann auf Basis dieses Untersuchungsdesigns … Experiment verdeutlicht jedoch, wie wichtig vertrauensbasierte Vertragsbeziehungen insbesondere in Bereitstellungsumgebungen sind …
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Appropriation Externalities in the Commons: Theory and Experimental Evidence
Herr, Andrew - 1996
of the commons.' This dissertation combines the tools of game theory and experimental methods to gain a broader …
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Essays on Individual Behavior in Social Dilemma Environments: An Experimental Analysis
Dudley, Dean - 1993
"In this study, individual level behavior is investigated in the context of computer assisted voluntary contribution mechanism public good (VCM) provision experiments and common pool resource (CPR) appropriation experiments. Previous studies of these environments have concentrated on aggregate...
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