Contrasting effects of information sharing on common-pool resource extraction behavior: Experimental findings

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Dubois, D., Farolfi, S., Nguyen-Van, P., & Rouchier, J. (2020). Contrasting effects of information sharing on common-pool resource extraction behavior: Experimental findings. PloS one, 15(10), e0240212.

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240212

Abstract

This paper experimentally investigates the impact of different information sharing mechanisms in a common-pool resource game, with a view to finding a mechanism that is both efficient and inexpensive for the managing agency. More precisely, we compare the observed extraction levels produced as a result of three mechanisms: a mandatory information sharing mechanism and two voluntary information sharing mechanisms that differ in the degree of freedom given to the players. Our main result is that a voluntary information sharing mechanism could help in reaching a lower average extraction level than that observed with the mandatory mechanism.

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Experimental Economics

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